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WWI: Dr Theodore Seitz, governor of German South West Africa, surrenders at the farm Khorab, between Otavi and Tsumeb, to Gen.

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João da Nova, Portuguese navigator on his way to India, finds letters and a document in a shoe hanging from a milk wood tree a

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Several attacks take place on IFP members in Nyaninga, near Table Mountain. Mr Mfasheni Mkhize (56), Ntinini Mkhize (41) and Vu

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Twelve Africans on trial at the Supreme Court in Grahamstown, accused of having conspired to take over a town and kill Whites a

Speech by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at the United Nations University THE AFRICAN RENAISSANCE, SOUTH AFRICA AND THE WORLD 9 April 1998

Speech by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at the “Asian Tigers and the African Lion” Business Conference: Gallagher Estates 26 March 1996

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Louise (Lulu) Latsky, SA author of children’s books and the first woman to be awarded a doctorate at the University of Stellenb

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Mohammed Valli Moosa, Murphy Morobe and Vusi Khanyile end their 37-day sit-in at the American Consulate-General in Johannesburg

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Two newspapers, the World and the Weekend World are banned. This day was later commemorated by journalists country-wide as nati

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New electoral divisions are defined and plans are open for inspection. 160 electoral divisions are provided for the House of As

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Prime Minister P.W. Botha concludes a five-day state visit to Taiwan, during which he and his twenty-member delegation meet Tai

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Graca Machel, widow of Samora Machel and third wife of former president Nelson Mandela, is born in Gaza, Mozambique. Her year

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Internal Security Amendment Act No 22, prohibiting any meeting of more than twenty persons to be held without the permission of

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The UN General Assembly decides that the Indian complaint against South Africa should be considered jointly by the First and Si

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The marriage of nearly forty years between former President F.W. de Klerk and Marike is dissolved in the Cape Supreme Court.

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A South African judge jails former state assassin Eugene de Kock for more than 200 years, describing him as a chilling and revo

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Libya expels 145 members of the Palestine Liberation Front, a radical faction of the PLO, and close four training bases used by

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James Thompson Bain, Scottish engineer, labour leader and editor who was one of the most militant labour leaders during the 191

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Steve Strydom, former chairman of the Free State rugby union and well-known SA rugby referee, dies of cancer in Bloemfontein.

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About 10 000 taxi operators march to the Union Buildings, in Pretoria to hand over a memorandum of their grievances and members

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The Carletonville inquests exonerates the police from any blame for the shootings at the Western Deep Levels on 11 September 19

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Forty-five African leaders (and one Indian) from South Africa meet in Lobatsi, Bechuanaland (27-28 October), to make plans to s

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Governor Henry Barkly of the Cape Colony annexes the territory east and west of the Vaal river (including the Kimberley diamond

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Milton Obote (81), Uganda’s former dictator who was first toppled by Idi Amin and overthrown again after a second stint in powe

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Magdalena Gertruide (Magda) Sauer, first woman in SA to practise as a qualified architect and art critic of Die Burger, dies in

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At least 4,500 people die when two earthquakes strike North West Algeria. In El-Asnam (formerly Orleansville) and its surroundi

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Nandi, mother of Shaka and wife of Senzangakoma, dies of dysentery in her royal kraal at Mkinkini, halfway between modern Melmo

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City Press reports that one suspected guerrilla was killed in a shootout with Ciskei police in October and two women are subseq

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The United Arab Republic informs the United Nations that it has banned South African ships from entering UAR ports, and that, w

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Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist and his daughter Augusta, with Mietje Versveld as company, leave on a 167-day journey of explor

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WWI: Dr Theodore Seitz, governor of German South West Africa, surrenders at the farm Khorab, between Otavi and Tsumeb, to Gen.

João da Nova, Portuguese navigator on his way to India, finds letters and a document in a shoe hanging from a milk wood tree a

Several attacks take place on IFP members in Nyaninga, near Table Mountain. Mr Mfasheni Mkhize (56), Ntinini Mkhize (41) and Vu

Twelve Africans on trial at the Supreme Court in Grahamstown, accused of having conspired to take over a town and kill Whites a

Speech by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at the United Nations University THE AFRICAN RENAISSANCE, SOUTH AFRICA AND THE WORLD 9 April 1998

Speech by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at the “Asian Tigers and the African Lion” Business Conference: Gallagher Estates 26 March 1996

Louise (Lulu) Latsky, SA author of children’s books and the first woman to be awarded a doctorate at the University of Stellenb

Mohammed Valli Moosa, Murphy Morobe and Vusi Khanyile end their 37-day sit-in at the American Consulate-General in Johannesburg

Two newspapers, the World and the Weekend World are banned. This day was later commemorated by journalists country-wide as nati

New electoral divisions are defined and plans are open for inspection. 160 electoral divisions are provided for the House of As

Prime Minister P.W. Botha concludes a five-day state visit to Taiwan, during which he and his twenty-member delegation meet Tai

Graca Machel, widow of Samora Machel and third wife of former president Nelson Mandela, is born in Gaza, Mozambique. Her year

Internal Security Amendment Act No 22, prohibiting any meeting of more than twenty persons to be held without the permission of

The UN General Assembly decides that the Indian complaint against South Africa should be considered jointly by the First and Si

The marriage of nearly forty years between former President F.W. de Klerk and Marike is dissolved in the Cape Supreme Court.

A South African judge jails former state assassin Eugene de Kock for more than 200 years, describing him as a chilling and revo

Libya expels 145 members of the Palestine Liberation Front, a radical faction of the PLO, and close four training bases used by

James Thompson Bain, Scottish engineer, labour leader and editor who was one of the most militant labour leaders during the 191

Steve Strydom, former chairman of the Free State rugby union and well-known SA rugby referee, dies of cancer in Bloemfontein.

About 10 000 taxi operators march to the Union Buildings, in Pretoria to hand over a memorandum of their grievances and members

The Carletonville inquests exonerates the police from any blame for the shootings at the Western Deep Levels on 11 September 19

Forty-five African leaders (and one Indian) from South Africa meet in Lobatsi, Bechuanaland (27-28 October), to make plans to s

Governor Henry Barkly of the Cape Colony annexes the territory east and west of the Vaal river (including the Kimberley diamond

Milton Obote (81), Uganda’s former dictator who was first toppled by Idi Amin and overthrown again after a second stint in powe

Magdalena Gertruide (Magda) Sauer, first woman in SA to practise as a qualified architect and art critic of Die Burger, dies in

At least 4,500 people die when two earthquakes strike North West Algeria. In El-Asnam (formerly Orleansville) and its surroundi

Nandi, mother of Shaka and wife of Senzangakoma, dies of dysentery in her royal kraal at Mkinkini, halfway between modern Melmo

City Press reports that one suspected guerrilla was killed in a shootout with Ciskei police in October and two women are subseq

The United Arab Republic informs the United Nations that it has banned South African ships from entering UAR ports, and that, w

Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist and his daughter Augusta, with Mietje Versveld as company, leave on a 167-day journey of explor