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Christoffel Hermanus Kühn (Mikro), Afrikaans author who received the Scheepers Prize for youth work, is born on Van Reenen’s F
… Hermanus Kühn (Mikro), Afrikaans author who received the Scheepers Prize for youth work, is born on Van Reenen’s F …
Maharero, Herero chief under whose leadership the Herero were liberated from their Nama oppressors, dies in Okahandja, South-We
… Maharero, Herero chief under whose leadership the Herero were liberated from their Nama oppressors, dies in …
President P.W. Botha decides against scrapping the Separate Amenities Act, but agrees that some residential areas can be opened
… President P.W. Botha decides against scrapping the Separate Amenities Act, but agrees that some residential …
Identification Amendment Act No 47, amending the 1986 Identification Act so as to repeal certain obsolete provisions, and order
… Identification Amendment Act No 47, amending the 1986 Identification Act so as to repeal certain obsolete …
Hermann Böhle, SA electro-technical engineer and first professor in electro-technics at the South African College in Cape
… engineer and first professor in electro-technics at the South African College in Cape …
Prime Minister Vorster indicates that there is nothing to prevent employers taking the necessary steps to bring about improveme
… that there is nothing to prevent employers taking the necessary steps to bring about improveme …
Prime Minister Vorster indicates that there is nothing to prevent employers taking the necessary steps to bring about improveme
… that there is nothing to prevent employers taking the necessary steps to bring about improveme …
Inkatha agrees to return to the Constitutional Assembly, after an eighteen-month absence, but withdraws again on 7 October 1996
… Inkatha agrees to return to the Constitutional Assembly, after an eighteen-month absence, …
Telkom South Africa Limited officially comes into being and is incorporated as a company with the State as sole shareholder.
… comes into being and is incorporated as a company with the State as sole shareholder. …
Aliens Control Act No 96, replacing all previous legislation regarding foreigners entering, leaving or being resident in the co
… foreigners entering, leaving or being resident in the co …
President F.W. de Klerk vehemently denies any direct or indirect talks between the African National Congress (ANC) leaders and
… vehemently denies any direct or indirect talks between the African National Congress (ANC) leaders and …
Cornelis Broeksma, an attorney from Holland, is executed as a traitor by firing squad at the Johannesburg Fort. Information abo
… from Holland, is executed as a traitor by firing squad at the Johannesburg Fort. Information abo …
A manned private rocket ship SpaceShipOne, piloted by 62-year-old South African-born Michael Melvill, bursts through the Earth’
… South African-born Michael Melvill, bursts through the Earth’ …
South Africa calls for an urgent solution to the row over Iran’s nuclear programme following a meeting in Johannesburg between
… South Africa calls for an urgent solution to the row over Iran’s nuclear programme following a meeting in …
Key points of the National Party’s constitutional proposals are outlined at its special Federal Congress. It provides for unive
… Key points of the National Party’s constitutional proposals are outlined at …
Anglo-Boer War 2: An extraordinary ZAR Government Gazette is published, containing Act no 5 of 1900, allowing for the reorgan
… Cloete: The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology … is published, containing Act no 5 of 1900, allowing for the reorgan …
General Constand Viljoen is appointed as Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and Lieutenant-General Jan Geldenhuys
… General Constand Viljoen is appointed as Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and Lieutenant-General …
Prime Minister Vorster flies to Zurich for talks (3-6 September) with the United States Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger
… Vorster flies to Zurich for talks (3-6 September) with the United States Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger …
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser begins talks in Cairo on proposed negotiations for international control of the Suez Cana
… on proposed negotiations for international control of the Suez Cana …
The Freedom Deputation under Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog arrives in Durban from Europe after a fruitless effort to secure self-determin
… The Freedom Deputation under Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog arrives in …
Anglo-Boer War 2: General Smuts invades the Cape Colony through Kiba Drift, after fighting all night against armed Blacks.
… Cloete: The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology … Anglo-Boer War 2: General Smuts invades the Cape Colony through Kiba Drift, after fighting all night …
Two rebels of the Graaff-Reinet Rebellion five years previously, Marthinus Prinsloo and Adriaan van Jaarsveld, are sentenced to
… Two rebels of the Graaff-Reinet Rebellion five years previously, Marthinus …
Christiaan Neethling Barnard, medical pioneer who performed the first heart transplant, dies of an acute asthma attack in his h
… Christiaan Neethling Barnard, medical pioneer who performed the first heart transplant, dies of an acute asthma attack in …
Ramola Makan, freelance consultant, writer of several cookery books and recipient of inter alia the Silwood Kitchen Honorary Gr
… of several cookery books and recipient of inter alia the Silwood Kitchen Honorary Gr …
Anglo-Boer War 2: Commandant Danie Theron captures a train and 30 soldiers at Klip Station, near the present-day Soweto.
… Cloete: The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology … captures a train and 30 soldiers at Klip Station, near the present-day Soweto. …
Dean Tshenuwani Simon Farisane, pastor, co-translator of the Venda Bible, ANC politician and current MEC for Transport, Limpopo
… Dean Tshenuwani Simon Farisane, pastor, co-translator of the Venda Bible, ANC politician and current MEC for …
Sir John William Akerman, Natal businessman, politician and speaker of the Natal colonial parliament, is born in Plymouth, Engl
… Akerman, Natal businessman, politician and speaker of the Natal colonial parliament, is born in Plymouth, Engl …
Zimbabwe acquits sixty-six of the suspected mercenaries of weapons offences charges but finds Simon Mann guilty of attempting t
… Africa, October to December, v. 15 no. 4, p. 8 | (2005). The financier, the plotter and the mercenary, The Star, 14 January, p. 13 … Zimbabwe acquits sixty…
A residents’ meeting is held to inform those residents of Peelton unable to attend a previous meeting of the incorporation of t
… of Peelton unable to attend a previous meeting of the incorporation of t …
Gen. Louis Botha, soldier and statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, dies in Pretoria.
… Botha, soldier and statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, dies in Pretoria. …