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The SA rugby team wins the third rugby test against the Lions on Ellis Park 35-16, but loses the series 2-1.

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Twenty-two residents are killed in Katlehong and Tokoza, in ongoing township violence.

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During a four-day consultative visit in South Africa, Commonwealth Secretary-General Chief Emeka Anyaoku says the Commonwealth

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Former police officer Jack le Grange’s death verdict for the killing of two drug traders is put aside and he is released after

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The National Conference of the ANC elects Nelson Mandela unopposed as its new President and Walter Sisulu as its Deputy Preside

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Business Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the count

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Jailed leader of the ANC, Mr Nelson Mandela, meets President P.W. Botha at his office in Tuynhuis.

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The Citizen reports on details of Mr Justice Tom van Reenen’s report on alleged irregularities in the awarding of housing contr

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The Medical Council finds two White medical doctors guilty of misconduct in connection with the death of Black Consciousness le

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The South African Bureau of Racial Affairs (SABRA) issues a statement by Professor Carel Boshoff (Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd’s son-in

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Cape Verde gains independence from Portugal (Cabo Verde).

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General Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, comes to power in Rwanda in a bloodless coup, and remains president until his death in a p

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The Minister of Information outlines his government’s plan for the nine homelands of South Africa in London. They are to become

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Thomas Joseph (Tom) Mboya, likely successor to Kenyan President Jomo Kenyatta, is assassinated in Nairobi. He was born in Kenya

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Thomas Boydell (84), British born SA minister of Post and Telegraph Systems, dies.

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Though Algeria was declared independent by Pres. De Gaulle on 3 July, the Provisional Executive, however, proclaim July 5, the

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As France announces that the Sahara will not be included in its plan for an independent Algeria, eighty people are killed and a

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Indemnity Act No 61 commences with retrospective effect from 21 March 1960. This Act indemnifies the government, its officers a

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announces it has entered into a stand-by agreement with South Africa under which South Af

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In Congo Republic (now Zaire), the army mutinies (5-6 July) and Europeans flee from Leopoldville (now Kinshasa) area to Brazzav

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Ghana boycotts goods from SA.

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Angelo Gobbato, SA opera singer and director, is born.

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Anti-Indian Legislation: The Immigration and Indian Relief (Further) Provision: Act 37/1927 becomes law and the scheme of assis

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Gen. Jan Smuts visits Dublin to negotiate with Eamon de Valera and other Irish leaders on behalf of Britain.

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Generals Louis Botha and Jan Smuts travel from Pretoria to Johannesburg to mediate in the first miners’ strike.

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Horace Brackenridge (Jock) Cameron, SA cricket player in twenty-six tests, is born in Port Elizabeth.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Commandant-General Louis Botha receives a telegraph from President Kruger urging him to continue fighting.

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Reichskommissar (Imperial Commissioner) Gustav Nachtigal, sent by Bismarck, hoists the German flag in Togoland (now Republic of

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Cecil John Rhodes, SA statesman after whom Rhodesia was named, is born in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England.

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Barney Barnato, diamond magnate and life-long member of De Beers Company, is born in London as Barnett Isaacs.

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The SA rugby team wins the third rugby test against the Lions on Ellis Park 35-16, but loses the series 2-1.

Twenty-two residents are killed in Katlehong and Tokoza, in ongoing township violence.

During a four-day consultative visit in South Africa, Commonwealth Secretary-General Chief Emeka Anyaoku says the Commonwealth

Former police officer Jack le Grange’s death verdict for the killing of two drug traders is put aside and he is released after

The National Conference of the ANC elects Nelson Mandela unopposed as its new President and Walter Sisulu as its Deputy Preside

Business Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the count

Jailed leader of the ANC, Mr Nelson Mandela, meets President P.W. Botha at his office in Tuynhuis.

The Citizen reports on details of Mr Justice Tom van Reenen’s report on alleged irregularities in the awarding of housing contr

The Medical Council finds two White medical doctors guilty of misconduct in connection with the death of Black Consciousness le

The South African Bureau of Racial Affairs (SABRA) issues a statement by Professor Carel Boshoff (Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd’s son-in

Cape Verde gains independence from Portugal (Cabo Verde).

General Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, comes to power in Rwanda in a bloodless coup, and remains president until his death in a p

The Minister of Information outlines his government’s plan for the nine homelands of South Africa in London. They are to become

Thomas Joseph (Tom) Mboya, likely successor to Kenyan President Jomo Kenyatta, is assassinated in Nairobi. He was born in Kenya

Thomas Boydell (84), British born SA minister of Post and Telegraph Systems, dies.

Though Algeria was declared independent by Pres. De Gaulle on 3 July, the Provisional Executive, however, proclaim July 5, the

As France announces that the Sahara will not be included in its plan for an independent Algeria, eighty people are killed and a

Indemnity Act No 61 commences with retrospective effect from 21 March 1960. This Act indemnifies the government, its officers a

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announces it has entered into a stand-by agreement with South Africa under which South Af

In Congo Republic (now Zaire), the army mutinies (5-6 July) and Europeans flee from Leopoldville (now Kinshasa) area to Brazzav

Ghana boycotts goods from SA.

Angelo Gobbato, SA opera singer and director, is born.

Anti-Indian Legislation: The Immigration and Indian Relief (Further) Provision: Act 37/1927 becomes law and the scheme of assis

Gen. Jan Smuts visits Dublin to negotiate with Eamon de Valera and other Irish leaders on behalf of Britain.

Generals Louis Botha and Jan Smuts travel from Pretoria to Johannesburg to mediate in the first miners’ strike.

Horace Brackenridge (Jock) Cameron, SA cricket player in twenty-six tests, is born in Port Elizabeth.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Commandant-General Louis Botha receives a telegraph from President Kruger urging him to continue fighting.

Reichskommissar (Imperial Commissioner) Gustav Nachtigal, sent by Bismarck, hoists the German flag in Togoland (now Republic of

Cecil John Rhodes, SA statesman after whom Rhodesia was named, is born in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England.

Barney Barnato, diamond magnate and life-long member of De Beers Company, is born in London as Barnett Isaacs.