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George Christopher Cato, Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, is born in London. He comes from a Huguenot family, origi

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US scientists announce at the 12th annual Conference on Retrovirus and Opportunistic Infections in Boston the discovery of a ke

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Kwame Nkrumah, first prime minister and later president of Ghana, becomes the Leader of Government Business in the Gold Coast A

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Johannes van der Walt, member of the Ossewa-Brandwag (O.B.)and world renowned wrestler, who escaped from police detention after

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George Charles Gunn (Anton de Waal), composer of Afrikaans songs, co-worker of Danie Bosman and Nico Carstens, is born.

This day in history

SA government opens “whites only” downtown districts of Johannesburg and Durban to all races in the first break with apartheid

This day in history

At the end of the third meeting between Mozambique and South Africa, in Maputo, a joint statement is released announcing that t

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Bishop Robert Gray arrives in South Africa and takes up his post as the first Anglican Bishop of Cape Town.

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Lord Charles Somerset (64), former governor at the Cape and direct descendent of the Plantagenet kings who ruled England from 1

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The Presidents of South Africa, Uganda, Mozambique, Botswana and Zimbabwe meet in Cape Town. The five leaders exchange views on

This day in history

The MPLA government in Angola is recognised by most countries of the world. Foreign intervention is condemned, and the with

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Dr Hasmukh Gajjar, medical practitioner, former chair of the Vodacom Group and managing director of various IT companies, is bo

This day in history

The General Assembly of the United Nations calls on South Africa to reconsider its apartheid policy and adopts resolution 1016

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Prof. Pothinus Carl Matsiri Mokgokong, academic, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of the North, is born in Makot

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The Reunited National Party (Herenigde Nasionale Party of Volksparty) is founded by the followers of D.F. Malan and J.B.M. Hert

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A plane brings nineteen sick and weak-looking adolescents home to Uganda after months or possibly years -of captivity under Uga

This day in history

Several newspapers report that the University of Stellenbosch opened its two hostels on the Tygerberg campus to medical and den

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Dr H.F. Verwoerd rejects ‘White leadership with justice’ and announces the dawn of a new era that would end discrimination in S

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David Rattray, KwaZulu historian is murdered at his home at Fugitive’s Drift Lodge. It immediately becomes world news and affec

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SA signs protocol on cooperation between the Department of Foreign Affairs of South Africa and the Ministry of External Affairs

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African heads of state of the Monrovia Group, which includes Liberia, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon, issue charter for Pan-African

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President F.W. de Klerk opens parliament and suggests a referendum in which the vote of each race group be counted separately.

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It is announced that efforts by Britain’s Foreign Secretary, Mr. Butler and Glasgow University to obtain permission from the So

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Emily Hobhouse, English nurse who visited the Transvaal and Orange Free Sate Republics during the South Afric

This day in history

Anglo-Boer War 2: The British, under General Warren, surrenders to General Botha at Spioenkop. At least 1 000 British and sixty

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A special commission of justice completes the trial of prisoners in the Slagter’s Nek rebellion in the Eastern Cape and confirm

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Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok says more than seventeen million people were arrested under influx control laws between

This day in history

The first batch of Resisters who cross the Natal Transvaal border are arrested and given one month’s suspended sentence each.

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The Cape Corps, consisting of thirty-two officers and 1022 soldiers, leaves for East Africa during the First World War.

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Langalibalele, chief of the AmaHlubi people, is tried by a British special court, found guilty of treason, and banished to Robb

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George Christopher Cato, Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, is born in London. He comes from a Huguenot family, origi

US scientists announce at the 12th annual Conference on Retrovirus and Opportunistic Infections in Boston the discovery of a ke

Kwame Nkrumah, first prime minister and later president of Ghana, becomes the Leader of Government Business in the Gold Coast A

Johannes van der Walt, member of the Ossewa-Brandwag (O.B.)and world renowned wrestler, who escaped from police detention after

George Charles Gunn (Anton de Waal), composer of Afrikaans songs, co-worker of Danie Bosman and Nico Carstens, is born.

SA government opens “whites only” downtown districts of Johannesburg and Durban to all races in the first break with apartheid

At the end of the third meeting between Mozambique and South Africa, in Maputo, a joint statement is released announcing that t

Bishop Robert Gray arrives in South Africa and takes up his post as the first Anglican Bishop of Cape Town.

Lord Charles Somerset (64), former governor at the Cape and direct descendent of the Plantagenet kings who ruled England from 1

The Presidents of South Africa, Uganda, Mozambique, Botswana and Zimbabwe meet in Cape Town. The five leaders exchange views on

The MPLA government in Angola is recognised by most countries of the world. Foreign intervention is condemned, and the with

Dr Hasmukh Gajjar, medical practitioner, former chair of the Vodacom Group and managing director of various IT companies, is bo

The General Assembly of the United Nations calls on South Africa to reconsider its apartheid policy and adopts resolution 1016

Prof. Pothinus Carl Matsiri Mokgokong, academic, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of the North, is born in Makot

The Reunited National Party (Herenigde Nasionale Party of Volksparty) is founded by the followers of D.F. Malan and J.B.M. Hert

A plane brings nineteen sick and weak-looking adolescents home to Uganda after months or possibly years -of captivity under Uga

Several newspapers report that the University of Stellenbosch opened its two hostels on the Tygerberg campus to medical and den

Dr H.F. Verwoerd rejects ‘White leadership with justice’ and announces the dawn of a new era that would end discrimination in S

David Rattray, KwaZulu historian is murdered at his home at Fugitive’s Drift Lodge. It immediately becomes world news and affec

SA signs protocol on cooperation between the Department of Foreign Affairs of South Africa and the Ministry of External Affairs

African heads of state of the Monrovia Group, which includes Liberia, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon, issue charter for Pan-African

President F.W. de Klerk opens parliament and suggests a referendum in which the vote of each race group be counted separately.

It is announced that efforts by Britain’s Foreign Secretary, Mr. Butler and Glasgow University to obtain permission from the So

Anglo-Boer War 2: Emily Hobhouse, English nurse who visited the Transvaal and Orange Free Sate Republics during the South Afric

Anglo-Boer War 2: The British, under General Warren, surrenders to General Botha at Spioenkop. At least 1 000 British and sixty

A special commission of justice completes the trial of prisoners in the Slagter’s Nek rebellion in the Eastern Cape and confirm

Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok says more than seventeen million people were arrested under influx control laws between

The first batch of Resisters who cross the Natal Transvaal border are arrested and given one month’s suspended sentence each.

The Cape Corps, consisting of thirty-two officers and 1022 soldiers, leaves for East Africa during the First World War.

Langalibalele, chief of the AmaHlubi people, is tried by a British special court, found guilty of treason, and banished to Robb