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An intensified campaign to enforce the pass laws leads to increased prosecutions in the Cape Town area. The government is worki

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The Alliance of Black Reformed Christians in South Africa (ABRECSA) starts its inaugural conference at St Peter’s Seminary, Ham

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Menachem Begin of Israel and Anwar Sadat of Egypt are named winners of the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize. The prize will be awarded on

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Ugandan troops invade Tanzania, occupying the Kagera salient.

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President Carter announces that the United States government will support the decision against the sale of arms to South Africa

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Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, on his first trip to the US, arrives in Washington for talks with President Ford.

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SA signs an amendment to a customs union agreement of 11 September 1969 with Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland.

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UN peacekeeping forces arrive in Cairo to attempt to set up a lasting cease-fire between Israeli and Arab forces.

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Israel Abrahams, Chief Rabbi of Cape Town and Hebrew scholar, dies in Jerusalem, Israel. He came to SA in 1937 and held the pos

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The Carletonville inquests exonerates the police from any blame for the shootings at the Western Deep Levels on 11 September 19

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The government of Congo announces that the country will change its name to the Republic of Zaire.

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The Minister of Police, S.L. Muller, speaking at a National Party meeting, warns that several hundred South African born Black

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The United Nations (UN) General Assembly votes to end South Africa’s mandate over South West Africa.

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The Prime Minister, Dr H.F. Verwoerd, opens a new international radio service, ‘The Voice of South Africa’, intended to counter

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British Prime Minister warns Rhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Smith, that their government would be committing treason if they go

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Forty-five African leaders (and one Indian) from South Africa meet in Lobatsi, Bechuanaland (27-28 October), to make plans to s

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Offices of Moslem Brotherhood are burnt down by a mob in Cairo, following an assassination attempt on Egyptian leader Colonel G

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The Afrikaans service of the SAUK (SABC) radio station is instituted.

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The first court verdict in Afrikaans is delivered in the Bloemfontein Appeal Court by Judge F.W. Beyers.

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The corner stone of the Technical College in Pretoria, at the corner of Church and Du Toit streets, is laid.

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The late Emily Hobhouse is honoured in Bloemfontein during a memorial service and her ashes, received from London, are placed a

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Southern Rhodesia referendum rejects joining the Union of South Africa.

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Oliver Reginald Tambo, president of South Africa’s African National Congress, is born in a rural Mbizana, in eastern Mpondoland

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Hermien Dommisse, SA actress, is born.

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Prof. Hendrik Johannes Jan Matthys Van der Merwe, academic and linguist, is born in Morgenzon, Tvl.

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Richard Maxwell (Dick) Haldane, trade union leader who was honoured with the Award of Merit from TUCSA in 1964, is born in Grea

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Rosalie van der Gught, theatre director, actor and head of the Speech and Drama Department at the University of Cape Town (UCT)

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Anglo-Boer War 2: English social worker and reformer Emily Hobhouse is placed under arrest aboard the Avondale Castle, in terms

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Governor Henry Barkly of the Cape Colony annexes the territory east and west of the Vaal river (including the Kimberley diamond

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Andrew Barnard (45), colonial secretary of the Cape and husband of Lady Ann Barnard, dies on a farm near Cape Town after contra

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An intensified campaign to enforce the pass laws leads to increased prosecutions in the Cape Town area. The government is worki

The Alliance of Black Reformed Christians in South Africa (ABRECSA) starts its inaugural conference at St Peter’s Seminary, Ham

Menachem Begin of Israel and Anwar Sadat of Egypt are named winners of the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize. The prize will be awarded on

Ugandan troops invade Tanzania, occupying the Kagera salient.

President Carter announces that the United States government will support the decision against the sale of arms to South Africa

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, on his first trip to the US, arrives in Washington for talks with President Ford.

SA signs an amendment to a customs union agreement of 11 September 1969 with Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland.

UN peacekeeping forces arrive in Cairo to attempt to set up a lasting cease-fire between Israeli and Arab forces.

Israel Abrahams, Chief Rabbi of Cape Town and Hebrew scholar, dies in Jerusalem, Israel. He came to SA in 1937 and held the pos

The Carletonville inquests exonerates the police from any blame for the shootings at the Western Deep Levels on 11 September 19

The government of Congo announces that the country will change its name to the Republic of Zaire.

The Minister of Police, S.L. Muller, speaking at a National Party meeting, warns that several hundred South African born Black

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly votes to end South Africa’s mandate over South West Africa.

The Prime Minister, Dr H.F. Verwoerd, opens a new international radio service, ‘The Voice of South Africa’, intended to counter

British Prime Minister warns Rhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Smith, that their government would be committing treason if they go

Forty-five African leaders (and one Indian) from South Africa meet in Lobatsi, Bechuanaland (27-28 October), to make plans to s

Offices of Moslem Brotherhood are burnt down by a mob in Cairo, following an assassination attempt on Egyptian leader Colonel G

The Afrikaans service of the SAUK (SABC) radio station is instituted.

The first court verdict in Afrikaans is delivered in the Bloemfontein Appeal Court by Judge F.W. Beyers.

The corner stone of the Technical College in Pretoria, at the corner of Church and Du Toit streets, is laid.

The late Emily Hobhouse is honoured in Bloemfontein during a memorial service and her ashes, received from London, are placed a

Southern Rhodesia referendum rejects joining the Union of South Africa.

Oliver Reginald Tambo, president of South Africa’s African National Congress, is born in a rural Mbizana, in eastern Mpondoland

Hermien Dommisse, SA actress, is born.

Prof. Hendrik Johannes Jan Matthys Van der Merwe, academic and linguist, is born in Morgenzon, Tvl.

Richard Maxwell (Dick) Haldane, trade union leader who was honoured with the Award of Merit from TUCSA in 1964, is born in Grea

Rosalie van der Gught, theatre director, actor and head of the Speech and Drama Department at the University of Cape Town (UCT)

Anglo-Boer War 2: English social worker and reformer Emily Hobhouse is placed under arrest aboard the Avondale Castle, in terms

Governor Henry Barkly of the Cape Colony annexes the territory east and west of the Vaal river (including the Kimberley diamond

Andrew Barnard (45), colonial secretary of the Cape and husband of Lady Ann Barnard, dies on a farm near Cape Town after contra