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Two newspapers, the World and the Weekend World are banned. This day was later commemorated by journalists country-wide as nati

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Black Solidarity Day.

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KwaZulu: Medium of Instruction and Language Act No 5 commences.

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The Progressive Party decides to fight the election in opposition to the government’s policy of separate development.

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New electoral divisions are defined and plans are open for inspection. 160 electoral divisions are provided for the House of As

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The office of the Minister of Agricultural Economics and Marketing is damaged by an explosion in Pretoria.

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Britain and Egypt sign Suez Canal agreement. British will withdraw troops over next twenty months.

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British troops seize Suez canal zone in a swift dawn raid.

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Sita Gandhi, her mother Sushila and father Manilal stage a sit-in in the ‘whites only&quot; reading room, defying the segregati

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Discovery of sea-shells in Algeria proves that the Sahara was once partially submerged.

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Elsabé Antoinette Murray Steytler (Elsa Joubert), SA author and winner of several awards, is born in Paarl, CP.

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Erik Holm, professor of entomology at the University of Pretoria and expert in archaeology, is born in Bethulie, OFS.

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Herman Arnold Ameshoff (45), judge of the ZAR, dies in Paris.

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The first branch of the Suid-Afrikaanse Vrouefederasie (SAVF), a women’s welfare and cultural organisation which comes into bei

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The Turkish-Egyptian fleet is conquered by the Anglo-French-Russian armada at Navarino.

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Col. George Sackville Fraser, after whom Fraser’s Camp, military outpost established by the British during the frontier war of

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The first Dutch Reformed Church in Stellenbosch is consecrated.

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Cattle-herd David Jansz is murdered at the Cape by a group of Strandlopers (a Khoi-Khoi tribe), led by interpreter Herry who t

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Press Freedom Day.

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South African cellular phone company MTN will announce a $12-million sponsorship of African soccer’s major events at a news con

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Low turnout in parliamentary elections in Swaziland.

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Four Osama bin Laden followers convicted in the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa are sentenced in New York to life w

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Health officials launch an intensive effort to find the origins of an outbreak of Ebola fever in Uganda.

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Fighting between Nigeria’s Hausa and Yoruba tribes leaves 100 dead in Lagos. (2004). Yesterdays, Pretoria News, 18 October.

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President Thabo Mbeki pays a state visit to Rwanda.

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Former SA President Nelson Mandela begins his first visit to Israel, a gesture of final reconciliation with a nation that had b

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A train is derailed and ploughs through a town near Alexandria, Egypt, killing forty-seven and injuring one hundred people.

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The Red Cross begins picking bodies up off the shattered streets of Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, following four months of fi

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Libya announces that it will deport over one million Africans.

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A team of twelve Commonwealth observers, including high-ranking officers from military and police, a former Government Minister

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Two newspapers, the World and the Weekend World are banned. This day was later commemorated by journalists country-wide as nati

Black Solidarity Day.

KwaZulu: Medium of Instruction and Language Act No 5 commences.

The Progressive Party decides to fight the election in opposition to the government’s policy of separate development.

New electoral divisions are defined and plans are open for inspection. 160 electoral divisions are provided for the House of As

The office of the Minister of Agricultural Economics and Marketing is damaged by an explosion in Pretoria.

Britain and Egypt sign Suez Canal agreement. British will withdraw troops over next twenty months.

British troops seize Suez canal zone in a swift dawn raid.

Sita Gandhi, her mother Sushila and father Manilal stage a sit-in in the ‘whites only&amp;quot; reading room, defying the segregati

Discovery of sea-shells in Algeria proves that the Sahara was once partially submerged.

Elsabé Antoinette Murray Steytler (Elsa Joubert), SA author and winner of several awards, is born in Paarl, CP.

Erik Holm, professor of entomology at the University of Pretoria and expert in archaeology, is born in Bethulie, OFS.

Herman Arnold Ameshoff (45), judge of the ZAR, dies in Paris.

The first branch of the Suid-Afrikaanse Vrouefederasie (SAVF), a women’s welfare and cultural organisation which comes into bei

The Turkish-Egyptian fleet is conquered by the Anglo-French-Russian armada at Navarino.

Col. George Sackville Fraser, after whom Fraser’s Camp, military outpost established by the British during the frontier war of

The first Dutch Reformed Church in Stellenbosch is consecrated.

Cattle-herd David Jansz is murdered at the Cape by a group of Strandlopers (a Khoi-Khoi tribe), led by interpreter Herry who t

Press Freedom Day.

South African cellular phone company MTN will announce a $12-million sponsorship of African soccer’s major events at a news con

Low turnout in parliamentary elections in Swaziland.

Four Osama bin Laden followers convicted in the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa are sentenced in New York to life w

Health officials launch an intensive effort to find the origins of an outbreak of Ebola fever in Uganda.

Fighting between Nigeria’s Hausa and Yoruba tribes leaves 100 dead in Lagos. (2004). Yesterdays, Pretoria News, 18 October.

President Thabo Mbeki pays a state visit to Rwanda.

Former SA President Nelson Mandela begins his first visit to Israel, a gesture of final reconciliation with a nation that had b

A train is derailed and ploughs through a town near Alexandria, Egypt, killing forty-seven and injuring one hundred people.

The Red Cross begins picking bodies up off the shattered streets of Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, following four months of fi

Libya announces that it will deport over one million Africans.

A team of twelve Commonwealth observers, including high-ranking officers from military and police, a former Government Minister

Sita Gandhi, her mother Sushila and father Manilal stage a sit-in in the ‘whites only" reading room, defying the segregati