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The Rev. Wilhelm A. Alheit is inducted in the DRC in Colesberg. He and his daughter drowned in 1910 at Kleinmond.

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Marches organised by the African National Congress, SA Communist Party and the Congress of South African Trade Unions are held

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Prime Minister Vorster and Dr. Hilgard Muller arrive in Geneva. A meeting is held with twelve South African ambassadors to Euro

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Grintek of SA, Saab of Sweden and British aerospace sign a historic contract for supplying military equipment worth about R60 m

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SA author Herman Charles Bosman is found guilty of murdering his stepbrother and sentenced to death. The sentence was later

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Former defence minister Magnus Malan joins former SA Defence Force chief Constand Viljoen in denying any knowledge of mass grav

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American troops arrive in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, in advance of a multinational operation to feed and help send home more tha

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Katangan President Moise Tshombe and Congo President Joseph Kasavubu are accused in a UN report of conspiracy to murder ex-prem

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All South Africans will have access to clean running water by 2008, says Water Affairs and Forestry Minister Buyelwa Sonjica.

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After a meeting between the Prime Minister John Vorster, with his Minister of Bantu Administration, and seven of the eight ‘hom

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In Egypt, the German Afrika Korps and Italian forces under Rommel begin a retreat westwards after a renewed campaign by the all

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The government announces a plan to allow White and Black businessmen to form partnerships as part of a strategy to draw Blacks

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Rwandan and Zairian forces bombard each another with artillery along the border, while rebels in Zaire, supported by Rwanda, cl

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Korean War (1950-1953). South African No 2 Squadron, known as Cheetah Squadron, comprising of fifty officers and 157 other rank

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The decisive Battle of Bembesi (Bembasi) is fought in the Ndebele War, Rhodesia. The Ngubi, Mbezu and Nsukamini regiments fou

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The National Assembly passes legislation providing for abortion on demand within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy and for te

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Dr Fabian Defu Ribeiro and his wife Florence Barbara are gunned down in their courtyard. Policemen A.J.M. Joubert, P.J. Verster

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Representatives of the Federation of Unions of South Africa (Fedusa), the National Council of Trade Unions (Nactu), and the Con

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A leader of the South West African People’s Union and former prisoner on Robben Island, Mr Immanuel Shifidi, is killed during v

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Paramount Chief of the Zulus, Cyprian Bhepezulu, and twelve Kraals occupied by his followers, are attacked by hostile Blacks fo

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The Joint Committee of the First and Sixth Committees of the General Assembly adopts a French-Mexican proposal, supported by In

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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, war correspondent during Anglo-Boer War 2 and later premier of Britain, is born in Oxfor

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Dr Robert Broom, SA archaeologist and discoverer of the “Mrs Ples” skull at the Sterkfontein Caves, is born in Scotland.

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Schalk Burger, flank forward AJ Venter, centre Gcobani Bobo and uncapped winger, Jongikhaya Nokwe are released to play for the

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Four White South Africans are killed and seventeen injured when armed APLA guerrillas storm into a golf club in King William’

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Frans Lion Cachet (64), pastor in several parts of SA and various denominations, dies in Bergen-op-Zoom, the Netherlands.

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Cyril Ramaphosa, a lawyer and general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, is arrested in Lebowa, on charge of organ

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Philip Alan Moore, politician, soldier, educator and financier who emigrated to SA in 1913, dies in Johannesburg. He was the ‘f

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Forty-five mercenaries from South Africa under Colonel Mike Hoare land in Seychelles, attack the airport and cause heavy damage

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Mercenary coup in Comoros gives up power after twenty-one days. The mercenary leader and ex-presidential bodyguard, Bob Denard,

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The Rev. Wilhelm A. Alheit is inducted in the DRC in Colesberg. He and his daughter drowned in 1910 at Kleinmond.

Marches organised by the African National Congress, SA Communist Party and the Congress of South African Trade Unions are held

Prime Minister Vorster and Dr. Hilgard Muller arrive in Geneva. A meeting is held with twelve South African ambassadors to Euro

Grintek of SA, Saab of Sweden and British aerospace sign a historic contract for supplying military equipment worth about R60 m

SA author Herman Charles Bosman is found guilty of murdering his stepbrother and sentenced to death. The sentence was later

Former defence minister Magnus Malan joins former SA Defence Force chief Constand Viljoen in denying any knowledge of mass grav

American troops arrive in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, in advance of a multinational operation to feed and help send home more tha

Katangan President Moise Tshombe and Congo President Joseph Kasavubu are accused in a UN report of conspiracy to murder ex-prem

All South Africans will have access to clean running water by 2008, says Water Affairs and Forestry Minister Buyelwa Sonjica.

After a meeting between the Prime Minister John Vorster, with his Minister of Bantu Administration, and seven of the eight ‘hom

In Egypt, the German Afrika Korps and Italian forces under Rommel begin a retreat westwards after a renewed campaign by the all

The government announces a plan to allow White and Black businessmen to form partnerships as part of a strategy to draw Blacks

Rwandan and Zairian forces bombard each another with artillery along the border, while rebels in Zaire, supported by Rwanda, cl

Korean War (1950-1953). South African No 2 Squadron, known as Cheetah Squadron, comprising of fifty officers and 157 other rank

The decisive Battle of Bembesi (Bembasi) is fought in the Ndebele War, Rhodesia. The Ngubi, Mbezu and Nsukamini regiments fou

The National Assembly passes legislation providing for abortion on demand within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy and for te

Dr Fabian Defu Ribeiro and his wife Florence Barbara are gunned down in their courtyard. Policemen A.J.M. Joubert, P.J. Verster

Representatives of the Federation of Unions of South Africa (Fedusa), the National Council of Trade Unions (Nactu), and the Con

A leader of the South West African People’s Union and former prisoner on Robben Island, Mr Immanuel Shifidi, is killed during v

Paramount Chief of the Zulus, Cyprian Bhepezulu, and twelve Kraals occupied by his followers, are attacked by hostile Blacks fo

The Joint Committee of the First and Sixth Committees of the General Assembly adopts a French-Mexican proposal, supported by In

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, war correspondent during Anglo-Boer War 2 and later premier of Britain, is born in Oxfor

Dr Robert Broom, SA archaeologist and discoverer of the “Mrs Ples” skull at the Sterkfontein Caves, is born in Scotland.

Schalk Burger, flank forward AJ Venter, centre Gcobani Bobo and uncapped winger, Jongikhaya Nokwe are released to play for the

Four White South Africans are killed and seventeen injured when armed APLA guerrillas storm into a golf club in King William’

Frans Lion Cachet (64), pastor in several parts of SA and various denominations, dies in Bergen-op-Zoom, the Netherlands.

Cyril Ramaphosa, a lawyer and general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, is arrested in Lebowa, on charge of organ

Philip Alan Moore, politician, soldier, educator and financier who emigrated to SA in 1913, dies in Johannesburg. He was the ‘f

Forty-five mercenaries from South Africa under Colonel Mike Hoare land in Seychelles, attack the airport and cause heavy damage

Mercenary coup in Comoros gives up power after twenty-one days. The mercenary leader and ex-presidential bodyguard, Bob Denard,