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The families who survived the Thirstland Trek and made it to Angola, are naturalised as Portuguese subjects, assured of freedom

This day in history

Gunmen kidnap five aid workers from the U.N. and European Union in Somalia. They are released unharmed three days later.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: During the Battle of Willow Grange, two British soldiers and two burghers are knocked unconscious by lightnin

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Stephanus Johannes Paulus (Fanie) Eloff (62), first notable sculptor born in SA and grandson of Paul Kruger, dies in Pretoria.

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Basil Neo Sipho Bridgeman (Doc) Bikitshan, veteran journalist and story-teller is born in Mayfair, Johannesburg. He grows up in

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Moses Josiah Madiba, author, educationist and first African chancellor of the University of the North, is born at Uitvlucht, Pi

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Energy specialist and free-lance reporter Andrew Kennedy reports that the Koeberg Nuclear plant is quite safe despite power cut

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Dr Pierre Rossouw, ecumenical affairs and information officer of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) re-emphasises that the DRC con

This day in history

Anti-apartheid demonstrations continue in front of the South African Embassy in Washington and spread to other US cities where

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The Security Council, in resolution 182(1963), calls upon all States &quot;to cease forthwith the sale and shipment of equipmen

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The Rev. Johannes Henoch Neethling, co-founder of the Stellenbosch Gymnasium, later the Paul Roos Gymnasium, and also the “Stel

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Police use teargas and rubber bullets to disperse residents of Ganyesa, north of Vryburg in North-West province. Residents were

This day in history

The Weekly Mail reports that allegedly twenty people have died in taxi feuds in 1989 and many more seriously injured.

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The Black Students’ Movement (BSM) at Rhodes University and the Black Students Society (BSS) at the University of the Witwaters

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The Transitional Executive Council has its first meeting in Cape Town and adopts a resolution of the Multi-party Negotiating Co

This day in history

Up to 1&nbsp;000 delegates from SA and overseas meet for the Pan-Africanist Congress’s first national conference inside the cou

This day in history

SA signs the following four agreements with the US: economic, technical and related assistance; the program of the Peace Corps

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Egypt breaks off relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen, all opponents of its peace moves with Israel.

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A cabinet minister restates the government’s policy for the Coloured people. Any policy, or lack thereof, which can lead to int

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Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge, civil rights lawyer and political activist, who was murdered on 19 November, is buried at his home v

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Henry Mutile Fazzie, vice-president, Eastern Cape Region of the United Democratic Front, 1983, and member of the Port Elizabeth

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Sir Leander Starr Jameson and about 500 Rhodesian police surrender at Doornkop, near Krugersdorp, after the failure of the Jame

This day in history

Phatho, chief of the mixed XhosaHottentot (Khoi-Khoi) people the Gqunukwebe and his brother Kobe, sign a new treaty with Col. J

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A new award scheme for miners is implemented. The Inspectorate administers the scheme on behalf of the Mine Health and Safety C

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Sudanese President Omar al Bashir and First Vice-President Ali Osman Mohamad Taha arrive with their National Party Secretary Ge

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The Rev. W.A. Alheit and his youngest daughter, Bella, drown at Kleinmond when a freak wave washes them from the rocks.

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Mary Agard (Mamie) Pocock, algologist and botanist, who is commemorated in many plant names, is born in Rondebosch, Cape Town.

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Frederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist is born in London. He came to Southern Africa in 1871. The

This day in history

Siza Khang Cecil Khampepe, financier and managing director of Khayalethu Home-loans, is born in Johannesburg. He is director of

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Prof. Dirk Postma, founder of the “Gereformeerde Kerk van Suid-Afrika” (GKSA, nicknamed ‘Doppers’) and head of the reformed the

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The families who survived the Thirstland Trek and made it to Angola, are naturalised as Portuguese subjects, assured of freedom

Gunmen kidnap five aid workers from the U.N. and European Union in Somalia. They are released unharmed three days later.

Anglo-Boer War 2: During the Battle of Willow Grange, two British soldiers and two burghers are knocked unconscious by lightnin

Stephanus Johannes Paulus (Fanie) Eloff (62), first notable sculptor born in SA and grandson of Paul Kruger, dies in Pretoria.

Basil Neo Sipho Bridgeman (Doc) Bikitshan, veteran journalist and story-teller is born in Mayfair, Johannesburg. He grows up in

Moses Josiah Madiba, author, educationist and first African chancellor of the University of the North, is born at Uitvlucht, Pi

Energy specialist and free-lance reporter Andrew Kennedy reports that the Koeberg Nuclear plant is quite safe despite power cut

Dr Pierre Rossouw, ecumenical affairs and information officer of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) re-emphasises that the DRC con

Anti-apartheid demonstrations continue in front of the South African Embassy in Washington and spread to other US cities where

The Security Council, in resolution 182(1963), calls upon all States &amp;quot;to cease forthwith the sale and shipment of equipmen

The Rev. Johannes Henoch Neethling, co-founder of the Stellenbosch Gymnasium, later the Paul Roos Gymnasium, and also the “Stel

Police use teargas and rubber bullets to disperse residents of Ganyesa, north of Vryburg in North-West province. Residents were

The Weekly Mail reports that allegedly twenty people have died in taxi feuds in 1989 and many more seriously injured.

The Black Students’ Movement (BSM) at Rhodes University and the Black Students Society (BSS) at the University of the Witwaters

The Transitional Executive Council has its first meeting in Cape Town and adopts a resolution of the Multi-party Negotiating Co

Up to 1&amp;nbsp;000 delegates from SA and overseas meet for the Pan-Africanist Congress’s first national conference inside the cou

SA signs the following four agreements with the US: economic, technical and related assistance; the program of the Peace Corps

Egypt breaks off relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen, all opponents of its peace moves with Israel.

A cabinet minister restates the government’s policy for the Coloured people. Any policy, or lack thereof, which can lead to int

Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge, civil rights lawyer and political activist, who was murdered on 19 November, is buried at his home v

Henry Mutile Fazzie, vice-president, Eastern Cape Region of the United Democratic Front, 1983, and member of the Port Elizabeth

Sir Leander Starr Jameson and about 500 Rhodesian police surrender at Doornkop, near Krugersdorp, after the failure of the Jame

Phatho, chief of the mixed XhosaHottentot (Khoi-Khoi) people the Gqunukwebe and his brother Kobe, sign a new treaty with Col. J

A new award scheme for miners is implemented. The Inspectorate administers the scheme on behalf of the Mine Health and Safety C

Sudanese President Omar al Bashir and First Vice-President Ali Osman Mohamad Taha arrive with their National Party Secretary Ge

The Rev. W.A. Alheit and his youngest daughter, Bella, drown at Kleinmond when a freak wave washes them from the rocks.

Mary Agard (Mamie) Pocock, algologist and botanist, who is commemorated in many plant names, is born in Rondebosch, Cape Town.

Frederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist is born in London. He came to Southern Africa in 1871. The

Siza Khang Cecil Khampepe, financier and managing director of Khayalethu Home-loans, is born in Johannesburg. He is director of

Prof. Dirk Postma, founder of the “Gereformeerde Kerk van Suid-Afrika” (GKSA, nicknamed ‘Doppers’) and head of the reformed the

The Security Council, in resolution 182(1963), calls upon all States "to cease forthwith the sale and shipment of equipmen

Up to 1 000 delegates from SA and overseas meet for the Pan-Africanist Congress’s first national conference inside the cou