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A Venda schoolteacher, Mr Mkosi Mavhina, is found hanging from a tree 20km from his home. A post-mortem examination reveals tha

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Sixty-one White South Africans, mainly from the Afrikaans community, meet the ANC in Dakar (9-12 July), in search of a democrat

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Mozambique and the Soviet Union reject the findings of the Margo Commission on the air disaster in which Pres. Samora Machel wa

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The Minister of Home Affairs of KwaNdebele, Piet Ntuli, is killed in a car bomb explosion in the homeland. The date of this e

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Chad and Zaire sign an agreement on military co-operation.

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SA signs Protocol amending the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.

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Professor Arthur Edward Herbert Bleksley, mathematician and astronomer, dies in Johannesburg.

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Uganda asks the United Nations (UN) to condemn the Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe.

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Some 2 000 men storm King Hassan’s birthday party in Morocco, killing 100 people in an attempted coup; the king survives.

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The University Christian Movement ‘s (UCM) Second Annual Conference, held at Stutterheim (9-15 July), is attended by 150 studen

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A Royal Air Force Valiant under Wing Commander M.J. Beetham sets a new record for the London-Cape Town flight, completing the j

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A month-long cease-fire ends in the Middle East as Egypt attacks Israeli positions by air. At the same time Iraq attacks by lan

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Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph, SA composer, is born.

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The Hitler youth movement is prohibited in South-West Africa.

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The Executive of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) meets in Durban and appoints S.R. Naidoo as the SAIC’s nominee to the

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WWI: Dr Theodore Seitz, governor of German South West Africa, surrenders at the farm Khorab, between Otavi and Tsumeb, to Gen.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: ‘Long Cecil’, the gun designed and manufactured by G.F. Labram and used by the British during the siege, is t

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Lieutenant General Hunter and Brigadier-General Sir Hector A. MacDonald arrive at Bethlehem, OFS. Hunter take

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George Christopher Cato (79), Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies in the city.

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Prof. Johannes Cornelis van Rooy, chairman of the FAK 1941-1951, is born in Steynsburg, Karoo.

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Death of President J.H. Brand of the Orange Free State.

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Sister Henrietta Stockdale, nursing pioneer in SA, is born in Nottinghamshire, England.

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Georg Schmidt, first Protestant missionary (Moravian Brethren) in SA, who established a mission station under the Hottentots, a

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International Small Arms Destruction Day.

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The third conference of the African Union (AU) selects South Africa as the seat of the future Pan African parliament. Pres. M

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A group of about 150 women occupy the Chevron Texaco Corp oil pipeline terminal in Escravos, Nigeria, trapping some 700 workers

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Stephan Bouwer (50), author of television productions, cabarets and lyrics, dies in his sleep in Johannesburg.

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Seven Muslim radicals are hanged in Egypt for attacking foreign tourists in their campaign to overthrow the government.

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SA exchanges notes with Sudan regarding the establishment of a trade representative office of the Sudan in Pretoria.

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SA signs agreement with the International Committee of the Red Cross regarding visits by the ICRC to persons held in South Afri

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A Venda schoolteacher, Mr Mkosi Mavhina, is found hanging from a tree 20km from his home. A post-mortem examination reveals tha

Sixty-one White South Africans, mainly from the Afrikaans community, meet the ANC in Dakar (9-12 July), in search of a democrat

Mozambique and the Soviet Union reject the findings of the Margo Commission on the air disaster in which Pres. Samora Machel wa

The Minister of Home Affairs of KwaNdebele, Piet Ntuli, is killed in a car bomb explosion in the homeland. The date of this e

Chad and Zaire sign an agreement on military co-operation.

SA signs Protocol amending the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.

Professor Arthur Edward Herbert Bleksley, mathematician and astronomer, dies in Johannesburg.

Uganda asks the United Nations (UN) to condemn the Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe.

Some 2 000 men storm King Hassan’s birthday party in Morocco, killing 100 people in an attempted coup; the king survives.

The University Christian Movement ‘s (UCM) Second Annual Conference, held at Stutterheim (9-15 July), is attended by 150 studen

A Royal Air Force Valiant under Wing Commander M.J. Beetham sets a new record for the London-Cape Town flight, completing the j

A month-long cease-fire ends in the Middle East as Egypt attacks Israeli positions by air. At the same time Iraq attacks by lan

Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph, SA composer, is born.

The Hitler youth movement is prohibited in South-West Africa.

The Executive of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) meets in Durban and appoints S.R. Naidoo as the SAIC’s nominee to the

WWI: Dr Theodore Seitz, governor of German South West Africa, surrenders at the farm Khorab, between Otavi and Tsumeb, to Gen.

Anglo-Boer War 2: ‘Long Cecil’, the gun designed and manufactured by G.F. Labram and used by the British during the siege, is t

Anglo-Boer War 2: Lieutenant General Hunter and Brigadier-General Sir Hector A. MacDonald arrive at Bethlehem, OFS. Hunter take

George Christopher Cato (79), Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies in the city.

Prof. Johannes Cornelis van Rooy, chairman of the FAK 1941-1951, is born in Steynsburg, Karoo.

Death of President J.H. Brand of the Orange Free State.

Sister Henrietta Stockdale, nursing pioneer in SA, is born in Nottinghamshire, England.

Georg Schmidt, first Protestant missionary (Moravian Brethren) in SA, who established a mission station under the Hottentots, a

International Small Arms Destruction Day.

The third conference of the African Union (AU) selects South Africa as the seat of the future Pan African parliament. Pres. M

A group of about 150 women occupy the Chevron Texaco Corp oil pipeline terminal in Escravos, Nigeria, trapping some 700 workers

Stephan Bouwer (50), author of television productions, cabarets and lyrics, dies in his sleep in Johannesburg.

Seven Muslim radicals are hanged in Egypt for attacking foreign tourists in their campaign to overthrow the government.

SA exchanges notes with Sudan regarding the establishment of a trade representative office of the Sudan in Pretoria.

SA signs agreement with the International Committee of the Red Cross regarding visits by the ICRC to persons held in South Afri