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… Herero Revolt: A repair team begins to repair the destroyed state railway line between Waldau and Karibib. With the outbreak of …

… General J.B.M. Hertzog, as leader of the Opposition, announces he will introduce a motion calling on the Union of South Africa …

… The Cape becomes British territory for the second time, when conditions of surrender at Blaauberg …

… The Sand River Convention, under which Britain renounces all claims to authority beyond the Vaal River, is signed.  This lays …

… Pieter Hackius becomes Governor of the Cape and succeeds Jakob Borghorst who returns to The Netherlands because of poor health. …

… Tunisia achieves (limited) self-government with the return of Habib Bourguiba. Muhammad al-Amin ibn Muhammad, the Pasha Bey, wi …

… The Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hassim Jawad, announces that Iraq will not recognise the government of South Africa because of its …

… Protocol on consultations between the Department of Foreign Affairs of South Africa and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulg …

… Responsible government is promulgated in the Orange River Colony. News 24 gives the date self-government was granted as 1 July …

… A proclamation is published in the Government Gazette providing for the detention of offenders for up to three years in rehabil …

… The young girl Joan Horn disappears mysteriously in Pretoria. … It is believed that her disappearance is connected to the activit …

… The Police Amendment Bill, passed unopposed, empowers the police to search without warrant any person or premises …

… Regulations are proclaimed for the layout of a third Voortrekker town, the first in Natal, named after Piet Retief and Gerrit M …

… Patricia de Lille, former member of the PAC and current leader of the Independent Democrats, is born in Beaufort West. …

… Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista. Cuban intervention in the Angolan war started du …

… At its inaugural Congress in Pretoria, the South African Party commits itself to a federal or confederal solution to the countr …

… The Natal Mercury reports that Mr Jan Steyn, a director of Hillview Investments, announced that the company was to develop SA’s …

… Cloete: The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology … Anglo-Boer War 2: The peace proposals, as approved by the British Cabinet, are wired to Lord Milner and Lord …

… The World Health Organisation adopts a diluted proposal on wider international access to cheap HIV/Aids drugs. The WHO urges ta …

… SA signs a medical co-operation treaty with the government of the Republic of China, providing advanced training for …

… Abeid Karume, leader of the Zanzibar Afro-Shrazi Party, seizes power from the Arab dominated Zanzibar National Party and procla …

… negotiations, Sudan’s government and main rebel group sign the final agreement to the Naivasha, Ken …

… Willem Johannes Conradie, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and author of the first Bible told for children in Afrikaans, a …

… A press report states the ANC has released a CIA memorandum approved for release under the US Freedom of Information Act, which …

… The Acting General-Secretary of the Lutheran Church in South Africa claims that T. Muofhe, a …

… (2005). Milestones, The Star , 7 Jan. … SA’s first national news Agency, the South African Press Association (Sapa), is established from what was the Reuters South Afr …

… The South African Tsunami Relief Fund hands over a first bulk donation of R700 000 to the International Red Cross. …

… President Thabo Mbeki salutes the historic deal by the world’s most industrialised nations to write off debt …

… For the second time René de Villiers, member of parliament for Parktown, draws the attention of Deputy Minister of Bantu …

… The Naledi branch of the SA Students Movement holds a meeting, attended by …