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It is announced that Jacob Sello Selebi (Jackie) is appointed the new National Commissioner of the South African Police service

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The new revised results of the 1996 census survey is announced, according to which SA has 40 583 574 inhabitants.

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Three South Africans are sentenced to twenty-three years of prison in Angola because they assisted Unita rebels with their aero

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SA signs agreement with Namibia regarding trade tests for apprentices and other prospective artisans.

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The formerly Whites-only National Party opens its membership to all race groups. Date is given as 19 October in another source.

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Church, community and worker organisations call for a national day of peaceful protest on the day of the coming municipal elect

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Charlotte Lange disappears after being picked up from her home by eight Whites and one Black in a combi.

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The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) crashes.

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Doctors at Barangwanath Hospital complete the first stage of an operation to separate Siamese twins Mpho and Mphoyana Mathibela

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Republic of Transkei Constitution Act No 15 commences.

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The Prime Minister holds discussions on constitutional developments with the chairman and other members of the Coloured Persons

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Archibald Campbell Mzoliza (AC) Jordan, Xhosa writer and linguist dies in Wisconsin, USA

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Allan Donald, SA national cricket player, is born in Bloemfontein.

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Martial law is declared in Burundi.

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The Minister of Justice banns all meetings to protest against arrest, trial or conviction of any person.

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Prof. Johan Franken, writer of cultural historical works and expert on the history of the French Huguenots at the Cape, dies in

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A separate and autonomous Department of Bantu Education, under its own ministry, is established.

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Dr Yusuf Dadoo is re-elected President of Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC), at a meeting attended by over 12 000 people.

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Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon form the Arab League to present a unified front against the establishment of a Jewish state in P

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Louis Cornelius Eksteen, SA linguist and poet, is born in Windhoek, SWA.

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The second general election is held in the Union of South Africa. The South African Party gets 94 000 votes. The National Party

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Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews, SA academic, ANC politician, Botswana’s first ambassador to the USA and envoy to the UN, is bor

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Anglo-Boer War: British forces dislodge the Boers at Talana Hill in Natal.

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Sir Henry Barkly (83), former Cape governor, dies in London.

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Building of the Delagoa Bay railway line is completed. It is to be opened for traffic on 2 November 1894.

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Jomo Kenyatta, freedom fighter, first prime minister and later president of Kenya, is born presumably on this date.

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Prof. Stephanus Petrus Engelbrecht, Pretoria professor of theology and cultural leader, is born in the district of Standerton,

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It is announced that Jacob Sello Selebi (Jackie) is appointed the new National Commissioner of the South African Police service

The new revised results of the 1996 census survey is announced, according to which SA has 40 583 574 inhabitants.

Three South Africans are sentenced to twenty-three years of prison in Angola because they assisted Unita rebels with their aero

President Mandela warns disgruntled former Umkhonto we Sizwe combatants

SA signs agreement on co-operation with Romania.

Twenty-four persons die in intra-Inkatha conflict in Loskop.

SA signs agreement with Namibia regarding trade tests for apprentices and other prospective artisans.

The formerly Whites-only National Party opens its membership to all race groups. Date is given as 19 October in another source.

Church, community and worker organisations call for a national day of peaceful protest on the day of the coming municipal elect

Charlotte Lange disappears after being picked up from her home by eight Whites and one Black in a combi.

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) crashes.

Doctors at Barangwanath Hospital complete the first stage of an operation to separate Siamese twins Mpho and Mphoyana Mathibela

Republic of Transkei Constitution Act No 15 commences.

The Prime Minister holds discussions on constitutional developments with the chairman and other members of the Coloured Persons

Archibald Campbell Mzoliza (AC) Jordan, Xhosa writer and linguist dies in Wisconsin, USA

Allan Donald, SA national cricket player, is born in Bloemfontein.

Martial law is declared in Burundi.

The Minister of Justice banns all meetings to protest against arrest, trial or conviction of any person.

Prof. Johan Franken, writer of cultural historical works and expert on the history of the French Huguenots at the Cape, dies in

A separate and autonomous Department of Bantu Education, under its own ministry, is established.

Dr Yusuf Dadoo is re-elected President of Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC), at a meeting attended by over 12 000 people.

Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon form the Arab League to present a unified front against the establishment of a Jewish state in P

Louis Cornelius Eksteen, SA linguist and poet, is born in Windhoek, SWA.

The second general election is held in the Union of South Africa. The South African Party gets 94 000 votes. The National Party

Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews, SA academic, ANC politician, Botswana’s first ambassador to the USA and envoy to the UN, is bor

Anglo-Boer War: British forces dislodge the Boers at Talana Hill in Natal.

Sir Henry Barkly (83), former Cape governor, dies in London.

Building of the Delagoa Bay railway line is completed. It is to be opened for traffic on 2 November 1894.

Jomo Kenyatta, freedom fighter, first prime minister and later president of Kenya, is born presumably on this date.

Prof. Stephanus Petrus Engelbrecht, Pretoria professor of theology and cultural leader, is born in the district of Standerton,