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Flames roar through the cruise ship Achille Lauro off Somalia. The ship, which was hijacked by PLO terrorists in 1985, sinks tw

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Edries Burton, Santos soccer player who was awarded Kick Off’s accolade for the Most Appearances of the Decade, is born in Heid

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Matthews Mapumolo, ANC member, dies in police custody after he was accosted at home in Swaziland by a group of armed men, shot,

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James Dube, a minor Zulu chief converted by the Rev. Daniel Lindley, is ordained as minister. James was the father of John Lang

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Robert Koch, German scientist who visited SA to investigate the causes of rinderpest, is born in Germany. He was awarded the No

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Angola’s government and its rebel foes agree to a cease-fire in their eighteen-year war. The final cease-fire agreement was onl

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President Thabo Mbeki is consulting with west African leaders ahead of an emergency trip to Ivory Coast to settle the latest un

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The International Committee of the Red Cross reports that more than 400 people were wounded in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, at the wee

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Voters in South-West Africa/Namibia go to the polls to vote for a constituent assembly, which is to draw up a new constitution

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Judge M.T. (Theunie) Steyn, judge of the Appeal Court and administrator-general of South West Africa, is born on the farm Onze

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Following the placing of an embargo on the supply of oil to South Africa from Arab countries, the Prime Minister announces res

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The suspected killer of two young women in Knysna is arrested in Hornlee. Nineteen year old Jessica Wheeler’s body was found in

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The conference of the ANC rejects the Bantu Authorities Act, which, it is stated, was intended to prevent the development of th

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Goede Hoop takes place. Chief Commandant De Wet engages Col. Herbert at Goede Hoop, between Smi

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Sir John George Fraser, SA statesman and private secretary of Pres. J.H. Brand of the OFS, is born in Beaufort West, Karoo.

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The South African Police takes over the tasks of the German South-West African police. 423 members of the disbanded police forc

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Edoardo Villa, SA artist, is born in Bergamot. Italy. He studied sculpture in Italy and was sent to Sonderwater in the Transvaa

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James Sebe Moroka, medical doctor, landowner and politician who was elected president-general of the ANC in 1949, is born in Th

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Sir Robert N. Kotze (82), SA mining engineer who did much for the promotion of safety in mines and who was mainly responsible f

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Benjamin Jennings (Ben) Caddy, militant trade unionist who was arrested in the 1922 strike and who is regarded as the doyen of

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The Weekly Mail reports that former national chairman of the ANC, Govan Mbeki, was refused a passport in March to visit his thr

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The farm Lang Leegte (of which the suburb Langlaagte now forms part) where the first gold was discovered, is registered in the

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Frans Erasmus (38), Springbok prop of Eastern Province, is killed in a car accident, 100 m from the place where his wife was ki

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Sheik Yusuf, Islamic leader and brother of the sultan of Macassar, who was banished to the Cape, dies at Zandvliet, near Faure,

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On a meeting, twelve days after the first one on which was decided to establish a Dutch newspaper, the name De Burger is decide

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Jan Christian Smuts, who was to become the Union of South Africa’s second prime minister, is born on the farm Bovenplaats near

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Major-General Sir Henry Lukin, who fought in the Zulu War, campaigned in German South West Africa and commanded the South Afric

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Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (Frederik), who was administrator of the Transvaal at the age of 29, is appointed principal of the South Af

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The Weekly Mail reports that former national chairman of the ANC, Govan Mbeki, was refused a passport in March to visit his thr

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The farm Lang Leegte (of which the suburb Langlaagte now forms part) where the first gold was discovered, is registered in the

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Flames roar through the cruise ship Achille Lauro off Somalia. The ship, which was hijacked by PLO terrorists in 1985, sinks tw

Edries Burton, Santos soccer player who was awarded Kick Off’s accolade for the Most Appearances of the Decade, is born in Heid

Matthews Mapumolo, ANC member, dies in police custody after he was accosted at home in Swaziland by a group of armed men, shot,

James Dube, a minor Zulu chief converted by the Rev. Daniel Lindley, is ordained as minister. James was the father of John Lang

Robert Koch, German scientist who visited SA to investigate the causes of rinderpest, is born in Germany. He was awarded the No

Angola’s government and its rebel foes agree to a cease-fire in their eighteen-year war. The final cease-fire agreement was onl

President Thabo Mbeki is consulting with west African leaders ahead of an emergency trip to Ivory Coast to settle the latest un

The International Committee of the Red Cross reports that more than 400 people were wounded in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, at the wee

Voters in South-West Africa/Namibia go to the polls to vote for a constituent assembly, which is to draw up a new constitution

Judge M.T. (Theunie) Steyn, judge of the Appeal Court and administrator-general of South West Africa, is born on the farm Onze

Following the placing of an embargo on the supply of oil to South Africa from Arab countries, the Prime Minister announces res

The suspected killer of two young women in Knysna is arrested in Hornlee. Nineteen year old Jessica Wheeler’s body was found in

The conference of the ANC rejects the Bantu Authorities Act, which, it is stated, was intended to prevent the development of th

Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Goede Hoop takes place. Chief Commandant De Wet engages Col. Herbert at Goede Hoop, between Smi

Sir John George Fraser, SA statesman and private secretary of Pres. J.H. Brand of the OFS, is born in Beaufort West, Karoo.

The South African Police takes over the tasks of the German South-West African police. 423 members of the disbanded police forc

Edoardo Villa, SA artist, is born in Bergamot. Italy. He studied sculpture in Italy and was sent to Sonderwater in the Transvaa

James Sebe Moroka, medical doctor, landowner and politician who was elected president-general of the ANC in 1949, is born in Th

Sir Robert N. Kotze (82), SA mining engineer who did much for the promotion of safety in mines and who was mainly responsible f

Benjamin Jennings (Ben) Caddy, militant trade unionist who was arrested in the 1922 strike and who is regarded as the doyen of

The Weekly Mail reports that former national chairman of the ANC, Govan Mbeki, was refused a passport in March to visit his thr

The farm Lang Leegte (of which the suburb Langlaagte now forms part) where the first gold was discovered, is registered in the

Frans Erasmus (38), Springbok prop of Eastern Province, is killed in a car accident, 100 m from the place where his wife was ki

Sheik Yusuf, Islamic leader and brother of the sultan of Macassar, who was banished to the Cape, dies at Zandvliet, near Faure,

On a meeting, twelve days after the first one on which was decided to establish a Dutch newspaper, the name De Burger is decide

Jan Christian Smuts, who was to become the Union of South Africa’s second prime minister, is born on the farm Bovenplaats near

Major-General Sir Henry Lukin, who fought in the Zulu War, campaigned in German South West Africa and commanded the South Afric

Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (Frederik), who was administrator of the Transvaal at the age of 29, is appointed principal of the South Af

The Weekly Mail reports that former national chairman of the ANC, Govan Mbeki, was refused a passport in March to visit his thr

The farm Lang Leegte (of which the suburb Langlaagte now forms part) where the first gold was discovered, is registered in the