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… Willem Lambertus van Warmelo, compiler of Afrikaanse Liedjies, is born in the Netherlands. …

… London hosts an international conference on the protection of African elephants and rhinoceroses. …

… The first contingent of Chinese labourers leaves China for the Witwatersrand gold …

… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 8, p. 338 … Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, founder of the Anglo American Corporation, is born in Germany. …

… Sir Langham Dale, superintendentgeneral of education in SA, is born in Hampshire, England. …

… South Africa is formally accepted as the 53rd member of the OAU. …

… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … Winnie Mandela and the entire executive of the ANC Women’s League are suspended. …

… Bouvereniging, a landmark in the economic history of the Afrikaner, is founded. …

… declares itself a republic and becomes the Republic of Rhodesia (not recognised internationally). …

… government introduces a bill to outlaw foreign funding of political activity. …

… Anti-Apartheid Movement launches an international boycott of the Shell corporation. …

… Welcome Ncita, junior featherweight of SA, wins the International Boxing Federation title (IBF). …

… Johannes J. Fagan, SA composer of mainly orchestral music, is born in Tulbach, Cape. …

… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1990). Race Relations Survey 1989/90 , Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 847 … Thousands of teachers in Venda boycott classes to back demands for …

… born in Utrecht, Holland, in 1699, becomes Governor of the Cape. …

… The first indication of protest over schooling in Afrikaans appears in Soweto …

… South Africa signs treaty amending the statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency. …

… Dr. Andries Treurnicht, former leader of the Conservative Party, is born in Piketberg. …

… The election of the first government sponsored Soweto Community Council is …

… Petition by Black women against carrying of passes in the Orange Free State. …

… The first congregation of the Reformed Church (Gereformeerde Kerk) is founded in …

… Louis Henri Meurant, pioneer of the Afrikaans language, is born in Cape Town. …

… Spain and France begin talks on their respective ‘sphere of influence’ in Morocco. …

… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, … Six ANC members are gunned down by a group of men in Folweni, Natal. …

… The Congo state is established as a personal possession of Belgium’s King Leopold II. …

… South African worker’s union leader and president of NACTU, is born. …

… approve new constitution to eventually give Blacks control of the nation. …

… | Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 279. … Paul Kruger is sworn in as president of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR.) …

… James Read, controversial missionary of the London Mission Society, dies at Elands Post. …

… Mr Ben M. Skosana, former SA minister of Correctional Services, is born in Sharpeville. …