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Lord William Selbourne, British high commissioner in South Africa and governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies, open

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Ex-burgher councillor Jacobus van Reenen, ex-burgher Lieutenant Barend Jacob Artoys and burghers Nicolaas Godfried Heyns and Ti

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Phillip Tobias, professor emeritus of anatomy and human biology at the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School and South

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Treaty ends British occupation of Egypt, except Suez Canal zone, and Britain and Egypt form alliance for twenty years.

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Johann Rupert, chairperson of Richemont and Remgro and prominent business leader, lashes out at a meeting in Cape Town against

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The Prins Albert is wrecked in a storm near Plettenberg Bay. The cargo and all on board and are rescued.

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Robert Matana Gumede, founder/chair/chief executive of Gijima Afrika Investment Group of Companies and former owner and managin

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James Filbert Sojane, sports administrator and pioneer in the taxi industry who strove to improve the image and administration

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The Universities Amendment Act and the Extension of University Education Amendment Act give the Minister of Education, Arts and

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Dr Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek (48), philologist and pioneer in Bushman (San) and Bantu research, dies in Cape Town.

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Jack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best-known plastic and reconstruction surgeons, is born in Cape Town.

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Umkhonto and ZAPU guerrillas engaged Rhodesian forces in Wankie (now Hwange) Game Reserve, near border of Zambia and Botswana.

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’Rekord’ announces that Robert Liefeldt, men’s gymnastics coach and seasoned judge of the All Africa Games and Commonwealth Gam

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The Deputy Minister of Bantu Administration and Education, Punt Janson, invites guidance in humanising the pass laws and influx

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The Rev. Stephanus Johannes Gerhardus Hofmeyr, missionary in the Soutpansberg and Rhodesia and later amongst Whites, dies at th

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Murdered Free State official Noby Ngombane’s wife, Nokwanda, and two of her sisters, Vuyokasi Mlambo, 26, and Thanthiswa Mlambo

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Representatives of the South African authorities, business and religious leaders, as well as ANC and IFP, meet in Johannesburg

This day in history

A bilateral summit between delegations of the ANC and the South African Government, led respectively by Nelson Mandela and Pres

This day in history

James (Sofasonke – meaning ‘We shall all die’) Mpanza, politician and founder of the Sofasonke Party and a champion for bette

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Political assassinations: Nhlanhla Makhanya (14), Rev. Mntambo, his son and an employee, Mr Mtshali, Mr Ngenya and Siyabonga Go

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu and religious leaders from South Africa’s Hindu and Muslim communities hold talks with the African Nati

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Gen. Louis Botha, soldier and statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, dies in Pretoria.

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Ouneas (Pakes) Dikgetsi, MEC for Housing and Local Government, Northern Cape Provincial Government and founder member of the Un

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Deputy Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology and ANC Women’s League president Winnie Mandela is accused of misusing

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Exchange of notes with Namibia takes place. It concerns formal school and technical college instructional programmes and the pe

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The student activists Porta Shabangu, Thabo Mohale and Derrick Mashobane are ambushed and shot in Swaziland by a Vlakplaas divi

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The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruct

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Zahi Hawass and fellow Egyptologists announce the discovery of a workers’ cemetery and village just beyond Heit el-Shorab (the

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The Most Reverend Janani Luwum, Anglican archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Boga-Zaïre and two government ministers ar

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Basil Neo Sipho Bridgeman (Doc) Bikitsha (77), veteran journalist and story-teller who wrote for Drum and various newspapers, d

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Lord William Selbourne, British high commissioner in South Africa and governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies, open

Ex-burgher councillor Jacobus van Reenen, ex-burgher Lieutenant Barend Jacob Artoys and burghers Nicolaas Godfried Heyns and Ti

Phillip Tobias, professor emeritus of anatomy and human biology at the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School and South

Treaty ends British occupation of Egypt, except Suez Canal zone, and Britain and Egypt form alliance for twenty years.

Johann Rupert, chairperson of Richemont and Remgro and prominent business leader, lashes out at a meeting in Cape Town against

The Prins Albert is wrecked in a storm near Plettenberg Bay. The cargo and all on board and are rescued.

Robert Matana Gumede, founder/chair/chief executive of Gijima Afrika Investment Group of Companies and former owner and managin

James Filbert Sojane, sports administrator and pioneer in the taxi industry who strove to improve the image and administration

The Universities Amendment Act and the Extension of University Education Amendment Act give the Minister of Education, Arts and

Dr Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek (48), philologist and pioneer in Bushman (San) and Bantu research, dies in Cape Town.

Jack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best-known plastic and reconstruction surgeons, is born in Cape Town.

Umkhonto and ZAPU guerrillas engaged Rhodesian forces in Wankie (now Hwange) Game Reserve, near border of Zambia and Botswana.

’Rekord’ announces that Robert Liefeldt, men’s gymnastics coach and seasoned judge of the All Africa Games and Commonwealth Gam

The Deputy Minister of Bantu Administration and Education, Punt Janson, invites guidance in humanising the pass laws and influx

The Rev. Stephanus Johannes Gerhardus Hofmeyr, missionary in the Soutpansberg and Rhodesia and later amongst Whites, dies at th

Murdered Free State official Noby Ngombane’s wife, Nokwanda, and two of her sisters, Vuyokasi Mlambo, 26, and Thanthiswa Mlambo

Representatives of the South African authorities, business and religious leaders, as well as ANC and IFP, meet in Johannesburg

A bilateral summit between delegations of the ANC and the South African Government, led respectively by Nelson Mandela and Pres

James (Sofasonke – meaning ‘We shall all die’) Mpanza, politician and founder of the Sofasonke Party and a champion for bette

Political assassinations: Nhlanhla Makhanya (14), Rev. Mntambo, his son and an employee, Mr Mtshali, Mr Ngenya and Siyabonga Go

Archbishop Desmond Tutu and religious leaders from South Africa’s Hindu and Muslim communities hold talks with the African Nati

Gen. Louis Botha, soldier and statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, dies in Pretoria.

Ouneas (Pakes) Dikgetsi, MEC for Housing and Local Government, Northern Cape Provincial Government and founder member of the Un

Deputy Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology and ANC Women’s League president Winnie Mandela is accused of misusing

Exchange of notes with Namibia takes place. It concerns formal school and technical college instructional programmes and the pe

The student activists Porta Shabangu, Thabo Mohale and Derrick Mashobane are ambushed and shot in Swaziland by a Vlakplaas divi

The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruct

Zahi Hawass and fellow Egyptologists announce the discovery of a workers’ cemetery and village just beyond Heit el-Shorab (the

The Most Reverend Janani Luwum, Anglican archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Boga-Zaïre and two government ministers ar

Basil Neo Sipho Bridgeman (Doc) Bikitsha (77), veteran journalist and story-teller who wrote for Drum and various newspapers, d