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The Spanish Civil War begins in the early morning hours with a revolt at Melilla in Spanish Morocco.

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Ethiopian King Haile Selassie urges his countrymen to fight to the last man against the invading Italian army.

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The SA author and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman (Herman Malan), shoots and kills his stepbrother David Russell during a qua

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Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela is born in the small village of Mvezo, in the district of Qunu near Umtata.

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Mohandas Gandhi, after successfully leading campaigns of Passive Resistance in this country, finally leaves from Cape Town by s

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Anglo-Boer War 2: In the first drive in the Cape Colony, the British under overall command of Gen. French are deployed along th

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The ZAR Volksraad passes the Aliens Act (Franchise Law), Act No 3 of 1899, allowing i.a. naturalisation of fo

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Thomas Cook, British travel agent, dies.

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Charles Baxter, SA author and Natal magistrate, is born in Oxfordshire, England.

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The Santos of Germany, weighing 163 tons, sinks near Mossel Bay with a cargo of skins, dried fruit and wool from Cape Town.

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The National Prosecuting Authority’s spokesperson Panyaza Lesufi says human remains believed to be those of the &quot;Pebco Thr

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Almost 200 Black families, who were removed from their land in Eersterus, east of Pretoria in the 1950’s, receive R17 million f

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In Stinkwater, Hammanskraal, 2 200 families are given title deeds to land they had lived on for more than 50 years.

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The president of Burundian transitional government, Domitien Ndayizeye, and representatives of the three main political parties

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Elder statesman Nelson Mandela says he could not receive a better birthday gift the next day than a commitment by the world to

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The Australian rugby team gains its biggest ever victory over SA by beating the Springboks 32-6 in Brisbane.

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An agreement to restore peace in Liberia is reached by the warring factions, whose accord includes a cease-fire, an interim gov

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British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock is held at gunpoint by security forces in Zimbabwe when his plane lands at the ‘wrong’

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The Government Gazette announces an extension to the provisions of the 1964 Tear Gas Act to widen the range of those empowered

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The United States expresses deep concern to the South African Ambassador, Donald Sole, over government and police response to s

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The SA rugby team beats Australia 19-11 in Sydney.

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SA signs a multilateral treaty on the partial revision of the 1959 radio regulations.

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The Minister of Health, Dr. A. Hertzog, says there can be no exception to the government’s policy of differential salaries for

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SA extends treaty with the United States on the civil uses of atomic energy of 8 July 1957.

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Palaeontologist Mary Leakey discovers one of the oldest hominid skulls in the Olduvai Gorge, northern Tanzania. At first she fo

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Matsilela Ephraim (Jomo) Sono, SA soccer player and director, is born in Orlando East, Soweto. After his father died, he lived

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Black (Bantu) Authorities Act No 68, providing for the establishment of tribal, regional and territorial authorities in the res

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The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) introduces its own national news service

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Suppression of Communism Act (Internal Security Act) No. 44 of 1950, approved in parliament on 26 June 1950, comes into force.

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Government of India, in a gazette extraordinary, announces termination of trade relations with South Africa.

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The Spanish Civil War begins in the early morning hours with a revolt at Melilla in Spanish Morocco.

Ethiopian King Haile Selassie urges his countrymen to fight to the last man against the invading Italian army.

The SA author and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman (Herman Malan), shoots and kills his stepbrother David Russell during a qua

Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela is born in the small village of Mvezo, in the district of Qunu near Umtata.

Mohandas Gandhi, after successfully leading campaigns of Passive Resistance in this country, finally leaves from Cape Town by s

Anglo-Boer War 2: In the first drive in the Cape Colony, the British under overall command of Gen. French are deployed along th

Anglo-Boer War 2: The ZAR Volksraad passes the Aliens Act (Franchise Law), Act No 3 of 1899, allowing i.a. naturalisation of fo

Thomas Cook, British travel agent, dies.

Charles Baxter, SA author and Natal magistrate, is born in Oxfordshire, England.

The Santos of Germany, weighing 163 tons, sinks near Mossel Bay with a cargo of skins, dried fruit and wool from Cape Town.

The National Prosecuting Authority’s spokesperson Panyaza Lesufi says human remains believed to be those of the &amp;quot;Pebco Thr

Almost 200 Black families, who were removed from their land in Eersterus, east of Pretoria in the 1950’s, receive R17 million f

In Stinkwater, Hammanskraal, 2 200 families are given title deeds to land they had lived on for more than 50 years.

The president of Burundian transitional government, Domitien Ndayizeye, and representatives of the three main political parties

Elder statesman Nelson Mandela says he could not receive a better birthday gift the next day than a commitment by the world to

The Australian rugby team gains its biggest ever victory over SA by beating the Springboks 32-6 in Brisbane.

An agreement to restore peace in Liberia is reached by the warring factions, whose accord includes a cease-fire, an interim gov

British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock is held at gunpoint by security forces in Zimbabwe when his plane lands at the ‘wrong’

The Government Gazette announces an extension to the provisions of the 1964 Tear Gas Act to widen the range of those empowered

The United States expresses deep concern to the South African Ambassador, Donald Sole, over government and police response to s

The SA rugby team beats Australia 19-11 in Sydney.

SA signs a multilateral treaty on the partial revision of the 1959 radio regulations.

The Minister of Health, Dr. A. Hertzog, says there can be no exception to the government’s policy of differential salaries for

SA extends treaty with the United States on the civil uses of atomic energy of 8 July 1957.

Palaeontologist Mary Leakey discovers one of the oldest hominid skulls in the Olduvai Gorge, northern Tanzania. At first she fo

Matsilela Ephraim (Jomo) Sono, SA soccer player and director, is born in Orlando East, Soweto. After his father died, he lived

Black (Bantu) Authorities Act No 68, providing for the establishment of tribal, regional and territorial authorities in the res

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) introduces its own national news service

Suppression of Communism Act (Internal Security Act) No. 44 of 1950, approved in parliament on 26 June 1950, comes into force.

Government of India, in a gazette extraordinary, announces termination of trade relations with South Africa.

The National Prosecuting Authority’s spokesperson Panyaza Lesufi says human remains believed to be those of the "Pebco Thr