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The French occupy the North African city of Algiers. The colonisation of Algeria was seen as a way of providing employment for

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Lord Charles Somerset, governor of the Cape, publishes a proclamation proclaiming English as the only language to be used in co

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A German baker, Carel Christoph Pabst, starts a music school in Cape Town to train amateur musicians for his orchestra.

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Father Frans Claerhout, acclaimed South African painter from Flemish descent, dies in his sleep at a Bloemfontein hospital afte

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Granny Maloko Temo of Mantata near Dendron, eldest person in SA and allegedly eldest in the world, celebrates her 130th birthda

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Philip Rabinowitz, Polish born South African centenarian, sets a new world record by running the 100m in 28.7 seconds. Owin

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An Egyptian immigrant armed with two handguns and a hunting knife fatally shoots two people and injures several others near the

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Congolese President Joseph Kabila and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni meet for first face-to-face peace talks in Tanzania as

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The SA rugby team beats England 18-0 on a very muddy Newlands field, Cape Town.

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It is announced unexpectedly that Tito Mboweni, Minister of Labour, will succeed Dr Chris Stals as President of the SA Reserve

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Sam Mabe, PAC member and deputy editor of the Sowetan, is shot dead in a car by two gunmen in Soweto.

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Mr Alexander hands his report on the granting of gambling rights to the Transkei Military Council. It refers to a ‘grotesque pa

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Professor Carel Boshoff resigns as chairman of the Broederbond. He is critical of the government’s constitutional proposals, wh

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Ethiopia’s Emperor Haile Selassie agrees to military supervision of his government and speedup of democratic reforms.

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The Bantu Labour Regulations Amendment Bill becomes operative

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Because a select committee to inquire into and report on certain organisations has not completed its task at the end of the par

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A meeting of the World Council of Churches in Sweden (4 -19 July), at which the Rt Rev A.H. Zulu, Bishop of Zululand and Swazil

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The Sierra Leone government imposes a ban on all trade and commerce with South Africa, as a protest against its apartheid polic

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A United Nations eight-man committee with instructions to investigate conditions in the Mandated Territory of South Africa is r

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The Congolese army mutinies.

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Four matches are played to mark the official start of professional soccer in southern Africa.

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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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Haroun S. Ebrahim, financier, director of various companies, and trustee of Joosub H.S. Ebrahim Foundation, is born.

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World War II: East Africa. British posts at Kassala and Gallabat, on the borders of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia), Eritrea, and Suda

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Despite Haile Selassie’s call for the League of Nations to protect Abyssinia, the League decides to drop sanctions against Ital

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Fighting breaks out as a riotous crowd on the Johannesburg market square is confronted by police and mounted soldiers during th

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Susanna Helena Kok, medical missionary of the Dutch Reformed Church and authority on leprosy who worked mainly in Nigeria, is b

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Afrikaans-speaking Boers protest that the new electorate laws favour the English-speakers, and are an example of how Boers are

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Republican General C.F. Beyers captures a troop train near Naboomspruit, Transvaal, killing nine soldiers.

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Johannes Albertus Munnik (Albert) Hertzog, advocate, politician, leader of the Herstigte Nasionale Party and eldest son of form

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The French occupy the North African city of Algiers. The colonisation of Algeria was seen as a way of providing employment for

Lord Charles Somerset, governor of the Cape, publishes a proclamation proclaiming English as the only language to be used in co

A German baker, Carel Christoph Pabst, starts a music school in Cape Town to train amateur musicians for his orchestra.

Father Frans Claerhout, acclaimed South African painter from Flemish descent, dies in his sleep at a Bloemfontein hospital afte

Granny Maloko Temo of Mantata near Dendron, eldest person in SA and allegedly eldest in the world, celebrates her 130th birthda

Philip Rabinowitz, Polish born South African centenarian, sets a new world record by running the 100m in 28.7 seconds. Owin

An Egyptian immigrant armed with two handguns and a hunting knife fatally shoots two people and injures several others near the

Congolese President Joseph Kabila and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni meet for first face-to-face peace talks in Tanzania as

The SA rugby team beats England 18-0 on a very muddy Newlands field, Cape Town.

It is announced unexpectedly that Tito Mboweni, Minister of Labour, will succeed Dr Chris Stals as President of the SA Reserve

Sam Mabe, PAC member and deputy editor of the Sowetan, is shot dead in a car by two gunmen in Soweto.

Mr Alexander hands his report on the granting of gambling rights to the Transkei Military Council. It refers to a ‘grotesque pa

Professor Carel Boshoff resigns as chairman of the Broederbond. He is critical of the government’s constitutional proposals, wh

Ethiopia’s Emperor Haile Selassie agrees to military supervision of his government and speedup of democratic reforms.

The Bantu Labour Regulations Amendment Bill becomes operative

Because a select committee to inquire into and report on certain organisations has not completed its task at the end of the par

A meeting of the World Council of Churches in Sweden (4 -19 July), at which the Rt Rev A.H. Zulu, Bishop of Zululand and Swazil

The Sierra Leone government imposes a ban on all trade and commerce with South Africa, as a protest against its apartheid polic

A United Nations eight-man committee with instructions to investigate conditions in the Mandated Territory of South Africa is r

The Congolese army mutinies.

Four matches are played to mark the official start of professional soccer in southern Africa.

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

Haroun S. Ebrahim, financier, director of various companies, and trustee of Joosub H.S. Ebrahim Foundation, is born.

World War II: East Africa. British posts at Kassala and Gallabat, on the borders of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia), Eritrea, and Suda

Despite Haile Selassie’s call for the League of Nations to protect Abyssinia, the League decides to drop sanctions against Ital

Fighting breaks out as a riotous crowd on the Johannesburg market square is confronted by police and mounted soldiers during th

Susanna Helena Kok, medical missionary of the Dutch Reformed Church and authority on leprosy who worked mainly in Nigeria, is b

Afrikaans-speaking Boers protest that the new electorate laws favour the English-speakers, and are an example of how Boers are

Anglo-Boer War 2: Republican General C.F. Beyers captures a troop train near Naboomspruit, Transvaal, killing nine soldiers.

Johannes Albertus Munnik (Albert) Hertzog, advocate, politician, leader of the Herstigte Nasionale Party and eldest son of form