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KwaNdebele Public Services Act No 3 commences.

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Gazankulu Police Act No 5 commences.

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The Chamber of Mines of South Africa announces wage increases of fifteen percent and twenty-eight percent respectively, for Bla

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A legislative assembly is instituted in Gazankulu. Self-government was granted on 1 Feb. 1973.

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The SA Foreign Minister, Dr. H. Muller and the new British Foreign Secretary, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, discuss the question of th

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The constitution of the South African Students’ Organisation (SASO) is adopted at the inaugural conference and Steve Biko is el

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In preparation for the Council’s taking-over, the Department of Coloured Relations replaces the responsibilities of the Departm

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Britain, Soviet Union, United States and fifty-eight non-nuclear nations, including South Africa, sign the Nuclear Non-prolifer

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The SA Seafarer enters Table Bay in the teeth of a northwestern and is wrecked near Green Point. The cargo vessel’s crew is bro

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The police raid the editorial offices of the Rand Daily Mail in Johannesburg and confiscate documents relating to a series of a

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SA signs multilateral treaty for the extension of the International Wheat Agreement 1962.

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Burundi and Rwanda achieve independence from Germany. They had been part of the German colony Deutsche Ostafrika and then held

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Some 6 million of a total Algerian electorate of 6.5 million cast their ballots in the referendum on independence. The vote was

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Creation of the Somali Democratic Republic from two ex-colonial states: Somaliland (was British Somaliland, gained independence

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Ghana is proclaimed a republic with Francis Nwia Kofie Kwame Nkrumah, as its first president. Although it gained independence o

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World Refugee Year begins.

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Three South African tennis stars Rene Schuurman, Jean Forbes and Sandra Reynolds wear their sack-line tennis dresses for the fi

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Section 83 of the Criminal Procedure Act 56 of 1955 comes into effect. It was used to force journalists to reveal their sources

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The basic agreement about the transfer of Simonstown naval base to the Union of South Africa by the United Kingdom is concluded

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Jacob Daniël du Toit (Totius) (76), SA theologian, poet and co-translator of the Bible into Afrikaans, dies in Pretoria.

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The Berlin airlift, in which SA also takes part, starts. It lasted until 12 May 1949.

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W. van Loon establishes the “Suid-Afrikaanse Orrelbouers (Edms) Bpk.” (South African Organ Builders) at Struben Street, Pretori

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The British Dominion Affairs office becomes the Commonwealth Relations office.

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The Asiatic Land Tenure Board holds its first meeting. Senator Clarkson, Minister of the Interior, in his opening address, invi

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World War II: North Africa. Hampered by sandstorms, General Erwin Rommel’s Panzerarmee Afrika overrun an infantry brigade at Di

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The first national news association, the South African Press Association (Sapa), is established.

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The Afrikaanse Nasionale Kultuurraad (ANK) holds its first meeting under the auspices of the Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurve

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British and Portuguese reach agreement on boundary between what is now Angola and Namibia.

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The first regular broadcasts, by the broadcasting company of the Associated Scientific and Technical Associations of South Afri

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Sir Seretse Khama, first president of Botswana (1966–1980), is born in Serowe, Bechuanaland.

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KwaNdebele Public Services Act No 3 commences.

Gazankulu Police Act No 5 commences.

The Chamber of Mines of South Africa announces wage increases of fifteen percent and twenty-eight percent respectively, for Bla

A legislative assembly is instituted in Gazankulu. Self-government was granted on 1 Feb. 1973.

The SA Foreign Minister, Dr. H. Muller and the new British Foreign Secretary, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, discuss the question of th

The constitution of the South African Students’ Organisation (SASO) is adopted at the inaugural conference and Steve Biko is el

In preparation for the Council’s taking-over, the Department of Coloured Relations replaces the responsibilities of the Departm

Britain, Soviet Union, United States and fifty-eight non-nuclear nations, including South Africa, sign the Nuclear Non-prolifer

The SA Seafarer enters Table Bay in the teeth of a northwestern and is wrecked near Green Point. The cargo vessel’s crew is bro

The police raid the editorial offices of the Rand Daily Mail in Johannesburg and confiscate documents relating to a series of a

SA signs multilateral treaty for the extension of the International Wheat Agreement 1962.

Burundi and Rwanda achieve independence from Germany. They had been part of the German colony Deutsche Ostafrika and then held

Some 6 million of a total Algerian electorate of 6.5 million cast their ballots in the referendum on independence. The vote was

Creation of the Somali Democratic Republic from two ex-colonial states: Somaliland (was British Somaliland, gained independence

Ghana is proclaimed a republic with Francis Nwia Kofie Kwame Nkrumah, as its first president. Although it gained independence o

World Refugee Year begins.

Three South African tennis stars Rene Schuurman, Jean Forbes and Sandra Reynolds wear their sack-line tennis dresses for the fi

Section 83 of the Criminal Procedure Act 56 of 1955 comes into effect. It was used to force journalists to reveal their sources

The basic agreement about the transfer of Simonstown naval base to the Union of South Africa by the United Kingdom is concluded

Jacob Daniël du Toit (Totius) (76), SA theologian, poet and co-translator of the Bible into Afrikaans, dies in Pretoria.

The Berlin airlift, in which SA also takes part, starts. It lasted until 12 May 1949.

W. van Loon establishes the “Suid-Afrikaanse Orrelbouers (Edms) Bpk.” (South African Organ Builders) at Struben Street, Pretori

The British Dominion Affairs office becomes the Commonwealth Relations office.

The Asiatic Land Tenure Board holds its first meeting. Senator Clarkson, Minister of the Interior, in his opening address, invi

World War II: North Africa. Hampered by sandstorms, General Erwin Rommel’s Panzerarmee Afrika overrun an infantry brigade at Di

The first national news association, the South African Press Association (Sapa), is established.

The Afrikaanse Nasionale Kultuurraad (ANK) holds its first meeting under the auspices of the Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurve

British and Portuguese reach agreement on boundary between what is now Angola and Namibia.

The first regular broadcasts, by the broadcasting company of the Associated Scientific and Technical Associations of South Afri

Sir Seretse Khama, first president of Botswana (1966–1980), is born in Serowe, Bechuanaland.