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Anglo-Boer War 2 Start of the ‘first De Wet hunt’, when a two-pronged attack by Gens. Accurate Republican shelling repulses Pag

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The Berlin Airlift, which delivers 2m tons of food and fuel to West Berliners while circumventing a Soviet blockade, and in whi

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Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne (Gascoigne) Bulwer (77), governor of Natal after whom the town Bulwer was named, dies in Norfolk, Eng

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South Africa was told by IAEA to open all nuclear plants to international inspection or face sanctions by the International Ato

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Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet, politician and Chief Justice of the Union of South Africa, is born in Aliwal North district, CC.

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South Africa beats the West Indian Cricket team with 346 runs on Centurion Park, Pretoria, and wins thereby the series 5-0. Jac

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In the first incident to hint that grave trouble was looming in Natal, culminating in the Bambatha rebellion, Henry Smith, an U

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A 1000-strong search party finds the body of the Prince Imperial of France, Louis Napoleon, who was killed when Zulu warriors a

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Natal Indian Congress (NIC) meets in an emergency session in Durban and decides on a hartal on 13 June, which was designated &q

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Ivory Coast’s two western rebel groups, the Movement for Justice and Peace and the Ivorian Popular Movement of the Greater West

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Bartolomeu Dias erects the second padrão, that of St. Philip, at Cape Maclear, west of Cape Point, on his return journey. v.

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President Nelson Mandela says that in order to promote national unity he was willing to bring into government those who remain

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The entire family of Morgan Montoedi, five members, are killed in a petrol bomb attack on their home in Kagiso, West Rand.

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Lord Salisbury negotiates an Anglo-French agreement on West Africa and ends the Niger crisis. It defines the border between Nig

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British mission to subdue Sekhukhune is abandoned after having failed with much loss of life on both sides. He was ultimately d

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Pierre Jacy Fourie, boxer and winner of the middle and light-heavyweight SA titles, is born in Malvern, Johannesburg. He was

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Esther Franks, physician and first woman ophthalmic surgeon to practise in SA, dies in Pretoria. She was a pioneer in the fight

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William John Burchell leaves Cape Town with a specially built wagon on a journey, which was to last four years, to explore the

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Mohammed Charles Ouseb, Namibian football player for Kaizer Chiefs who was winner of the Kick Off Footballer of the Season, 98/

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SA signs an agreement with Southern Rhodesia for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with res

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After the 1914 Rebellion, General Christiaan de Wet is found guilty of high treason in the High Court, Bloemfontein, and senten

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Johannes de Wet (80), champion for freedom of the press against Lord Charles Somerset and member of the Cape legislative assemb

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Angola, Cuba, and South Africa end eight months of negotiations under US mediation for a settlement in South West Africa by sig

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The first Regional Dispute Resolution Committee was established in Natal in terms of the National Peace Accord signed on 14 Sep

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Meshack Mogale (16), dies in police custody after being arrested at a night vigil for an unrest victim. He was allegedly kicked

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Governor Bruno von Schuckmann of German South-West Africa is succeeded by Dr Theodor Zeits, who occupied the post until 1915.

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Afrikaans poet, Breyten Breytenbach, is released from prison after serving seven of the nine years to which he was sentenced in

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Wilhelmina ten Damme, wife of Governor Hendrik Swellengrebel, dies at the age of forty. Swellendam was named in honour of them.

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Johannes Brill, rector of Grey College, is born in Zutphen, the Netherlands. He was the first linguist to argue that Afrikaans

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Alleged date of death of Makana by drowning while trying to escape from Robben Island, where he was imprisoned. He struggled

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Anglo-Boer War 2 Start of the ‘first De Wet hunt’, when a two-pronged attack by Gens. Accurate Republican shelling repulses Pag

The Berlin Airlift, which delivers 2m tons of food and fuel to West Berliners while circumventing a Soviet blockade, and in whi

Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne (Gascoigne) Bulwer (77), governor of Natal after whom the town Bulwer was named, dies in Norfolk, Eng

South Africa was told by IAEA to open all nuclear plants to international inspection or face sanctions by the International Ato

Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet, politician and Chief Justice of the Union of South Africa, is born in Aliwal North district, CC.

South Africa beats the West Indian Cricket team with 346 runs on Centurion Park, Pretoria, and wins thereby the series 5-0. Jac

In the first incident to hint that grave trouble was looming in Natal, culminating in the Bambatha rebellion, Henry Smith, an U

A 1000-strong search party finds the body of the Prince Imperial of France, Louis Napoleon, who was killed when Zulu warriors a

Natal Indian Congress (NIC) meets in an emergency session in Durban and decides on a hartal on 13 June, which was designated &amp;q

Ivory Coast’s two western rebel groups, the Movement for Justice and Peace and the Ivorian Popular Movement of the Greater West

Bartolomeu Dias erects the second padrão, that of St. Philip, at Cape Maclear, west of Cape Point, on his return journey. v.

President Nelson Mandela says that in order to promote national unity he was willing to bring into government those who remain

The entire family of Morgan Montoedi, five members, are killed in a petrol bomb attack on their home in Kagiso, West Rand.

Lord Salisbury negotiates an Anglo-French agreement on West Africa and ends the Niger crisis. It defines the border between Nig

British mission to subdue Sekhukhune is abandoned after having failed with much loss of life on both sides. He was ultimately d

Pierre Jacy Fourie, boxer and winner of the middle and light-heavyweight SA titles, is born in Malvern, Johannesburg. He was

Esther Franks, physician and first woman ophthalmic surgeon to practise in SA, dies in Pretoria. She was a pioneer in the fight

William John Burchell leaves Cape Town with a specially built wagon on a journey, which was to last four years, to explore the

Mohammed Charles Ouseb, Namibian football player for Kaizer Chiefs who was winner of the Kick Off Footballer of the Season, 98/

SA signs an agreement with Southern Rhodesia for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with res

After the 1914 Rebellion, General Christiaan de Wet is found guilty of high treason in the High Court, Bloemfontein, and senten

Johannes de Wet (80), champion for freedom of the press against Lord Charles Somerset and member of the Cape legislative assemb

Angola, Cuba, and South Africa end eight months of negotiations under US mediation for a settlement in South West Africa by sig

The first Regional Dispute Resolution Committee was established in Natal in terms of the National Peace Accord signed on 14 Sep

Meshack Mogale (16), dies in police custody after being arrested at a night vigil for an unrest victim. He was allegedly kicked

Governor Bruno von Schuckmann of German South-West Africa is succeeded by Dr Theodor Zeits, who occupied the post until 1915.

Afrikaans poet, Breyten Breytenbach, is released from prison after serving seven of the nine years to which he was sentenced in

Wilhelmina ten Damme, wife of Governor Hendrik Swellengrebel, dies at the age of forty. Swellendam was named in honour of them.

Johannes Brill, rector of Grey College, is born in Zutphen, the Netherlands. He was the first linguist to argue that Afrikaans

Alleged date of death of Makana by drowning while trying to escape from Robben Island, where he was imprisoned. He struggled

Natal Indian Congress (NIC) meets in an emergency session in Durban and decides on a hartal on 13 June, which was designated &q