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… Five more people die in overnight violence in South African townships bringing the death toll during a two-day strike by Black …

… A Black high school student, Sipho Malaza, dies while in Security Police custody. His death is the twenty-first in detention si …

… Dr Benedict Wallet Vilakazi, poet and writer and first Black South African to receive a doctorate in literature, is born in Gro …

… feature of the 1976 uprising was the decisive entry of black students onto the stage of history. Until the 1960s, the number of Africans in schools remained relatively low. But the urban African … were either inspired or directly initiated by the Black Consciousness Movement. Its popularity grew rapidly after the …

… examine rock shelters and rock art. Most of his research in South Africa was conducted with Dr Robert Broom, a … ordained priest and a great draftsman, Breuil’s interest in Paleolithic art began when he was still in his home country. He travelled throughout the world to …

… Christopher George de Villiers Burger, SA cricket player in two tests (1957/1958), is born in Randfontein, Transvaal. …

… Hezekiel Sepeng, SA Olympic -, World and Commonwealth silver medal winner in the 800m events, is born in Potchefstroom. ; …

… scholar, author and one of the first Coloured journalists in SA, dies in Cape Town. …

… The rugby match between SA and the British Isles in Johannesburg ends in a draw with ten points each. …

… SA signs agreement with Swaziland in respect of cooperation and mutual assistance in the field of combating crime. …

… The SA rugby team beats New Zealand 17-6 in the third test in Auckland and wins the series 2-1. …

… WW2: The 12th African Division, with 1st SA Infantry Brigade in command, captures Kismayu in Somaliland. …

… at the Wellington Missionary Institute and clergyman in various places in SA, is born. …

… John Erskine (Jack) Cheetham, SA cricket player in twenty-four test matches, is born in Mowbray, Cape Town. …

… The Free Mason Movement is founded in London.   It was introduced into SA from the Netherlands in 1772. …

… André Huguenet, stage-name of Gerhardus Petrus Borstlap, SA actor, producer and author, dies in Bloemfontein in poverty. …

… SA is third in the Rugby World Cup contest when it beats New Zealand 22-18 in Cardiff. …

… Nadine Gordimer, SA author and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991, is born in Springs. …

… scholar, author and one of the first Coloured journalists in SA, is born in Johannesburg. …

… Harold Vane Baumgartner, SA cricket player in one test (1913/1914), is born in Henley-on-Thames, England. …

… Robert Hector Catterall (60), SA cricket player in twenty-four test matches (1922-1933), dies in Kempton Park. …

… (Johan) Welz, painter and architect who emigrated to SA in 1937, dies in Cape Town. …

… Thomas Selema Masekela, SA artist, Chief Health Inspector in Alexandra and later health inspector in Germiston and Sharpeville, …

… Struggle hero Dullah Omar and SA transport minister dies in the Constantiaberg Medi-Clinic in the Western Cape. …

… Alexander John (Sandy) Bell, SA cricket player in sixteen test matches (1929-1935), is born in East London.  …

… Eric Sturgess, SA tennis player who won a title in the mixed doubles on Wimbledon, is born in Johannesburg. …

… João Albasini, trader in SA, Bantu commissioner and White chief of the Magwamba tribe, is born in Portugal. …

… Mauch, purported to be the first man to discover gold in SA, is born in Stetten …

… de Vries, was born on Tuesday the 9 th of February, in 1937, in a small town and agricultural centre of the … Adam Small (an Afrikaans writer that was involved in the Black Consciousness Movement) and Hendrik Januarie (an Afrikaans …

… Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in District 6 in Cape Town. While incarcerated on Robben Island as a … Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in Cape Town.  He was a political prisoner …