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… of Ethiopia (1930-74), is born as Lij Tafari Makonnen in the village of Ejersa Goro in the Harar provin …

… football player who plays for SA and who was winner of the Kick Off Footballer of the Season, 97 …

… The 600-ton cargo ship The Duke of Northumberland, en route from Madras to London, …

… It is announced that the referendum will be held on 2 November 1983, with the Whites being asked whether they are in favour of …

… Egypt and Israel in an attempt to end disputes over the Gaza Strip fail. The talks were doomed after Israeli forc …

… The first known reference to Antjie Somers, SA bogy figure, is made in The Friend.  It is alleged that he was a brigand, dress …

… First day of office for Tito Mboweni as President of the SA Reserve Bank, succeeding Dr Chris Stals. He was inaugurated on the …

… The SA rugby team loses its fourth consecutive test match when New Zealand beats the Springbok team 34-18 in a Tri-Nations matc …

… The Castillo de Bellver spills 250 000 ton of oil in the sea at Cape Town after it caught fire in Saldana Bay. …

… Jack van der Schyff misses a goal kick and the SA rugby team loses 22-23 against the British Lions on Ellis Park field. …

… Anna Louisa (Annie) Visser, SA singer who was one of the first singers to record Afrikaans songs, is born on the farm Lokshoek, …

… The SA cricket team loses the fourth test against England on Trent Bridge with 8 …

… World Bids Farewell In The Land Mandela Freed by Lydia Polgreen, Nicholas Kulish and Alan Cowell (The New York TImes), 10 December 2013 …

… Mandela’s Death Stirs Sense Of Loss Around The World by Nicholas Kulish, Lydia Polgreen and Alan Cowell (The New York Times), 6 December 2013 …

… In the Athens Paralympic Games Natalie du Toit wins her fifth gold medal, the 50m freestyle, in a world record 29.52sec, after …

… writes to Otto Jansz on Robben Island, enquiring about the number of sheep on the island and whether he needs …

… The UN Security Council votes to lift sanctions against Libya … that had been in place for eleven years as a response to the 1988 …

… Hendrik Swellengrebel, the only Cape governor to be born at the Cape, is born in Cape Town.  Swellendam is named after …

… Kevin Williams, member of a gang, dies in the regional court in Stellenbosch when his throat is cut while the court is in sessi …

… Dr Albert Jan Jurie Wessels, author and founder of the Toyota motor company in SA, is born in the district of Boshof, OFS.  …

… Cloete: The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology | Wallis, F. (2000). … Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Moedwil takes place, with the Boer forces under Gen. De la Rey and Kemp retreating …

… Thibault, SA architect of several well-known houses in the western Cape and also the Lutheran Church in Cape Town, is bor …

… The Olympic Games end in Athens with a spectacular fireworks display and SA 40th on the list of medal winners, after Hestrie Cl …

… The ANC and the Inkatha Freedom Party announce that they have held …

… Sir George Grey, governor of the Cape Colony from 1854-1861, with the exception of a few months when he was recalled, dies in L …

… Sir George Grey, governor of the Cape Colony from 1854-1861, with the exception of a few months when he was recalled, dies in L …

… Kitchener meets with Gen. Louis Botha in an effort to end the Anglo-Boer War, but Botha finds the British conditions unacc …

… The SA government and the ANC agree to a plan which will lead to Black majority …

… (2004). Footballer of the decade: Bafana Bafana record. Kick Off. Special ed. … The game between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Cote d’Ivoure ends in …

… A delegation of four members of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa, led by Dr Nico Smith, talks with the ANC in Lusaka, Zambia …