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… The government drops two Bills, which were designed to …

… A proclamation of Lord Charles Somerset prohibits the use of Dutch in courts, commencing 1March. …

… under martial law in response to wide-spread riots against the British.  …

… Sifiso Nkabinde, secretary-general of the United Democratic Movement, is shot at Richmond, …

… author of inter alia “Bart Nel”, is born in Goes, the Netherlands.  …

… Johannes Hendrik Conradie, administrator of the Cape, is born at Rietvlei, district of Prince Albert. …

… World War 2:  The German troops of Gen. Erwin Rommel move from Italy to …

… Cetewayo (Cetshwayo), cousin of Chaka and the last king of independent Zululand, dies in Eshowe. …

… Britain, Germany and Belgium agree on the borders of Congo, Uganda and German East Africa. …

… The SAPS Amenment Act, 1998, providing a legal framework for …

… Charles Barter, writer, magistrate and editor of The Natal Guardian, marries Emma Butler in Ireland. …

… is nominated and unanimously elected President following the death of Dr. T.E. Donges. …

… A famous former primary school, the “Gedenkschool der Hugenoten”, is opened at Kleinbosch in …

… King Feud’s government issues a decree making it the sole legal trader of narcotics in Egypt. …

… Sir Howard Carter, English archaeologist who discovered the grave of Tutankamen in Egypt, is born. …

… Italy announce a military and political alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis. …

… wins three by-elections with a larger majority than in the 1958 general election. …

… In the new Republic of Cameroon hundreds of people are reported …

… Military observers returning to the Rwandan countryside report ethnic killings of at least …

… The UN, previously without a permanent home, begins to move …

… Culture(s) of the African National congress of SA: Imprint of exile …

… Response letter from the Prime Minister’s Office to Dr James Moroka 29 January …

… The UN reports acceptance of an unconditional ceasefire by …

… Pik Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs in the previous government, is born in Rustenburg, Transvaal. …

… Dr Hendrik Johannes van Eck, chairman of the Industrial Development Corporation, is born in Kimberley. …

… nations meet in San Francisco, California, to organise the United Nations. …

… nations meet in San Francisco, California, to organise the United Nations. …

… Muhammed Abdalah Hassan (the ‘Mad Mullah’) suffers heavy losses in further encounters …

… Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. … in Dudu, Natal South Coast, when unknown gunmen attack the area. …

… The French government decides to request all sporting bodies …