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The scheme decided on 17 October, involving the conversion of Newclare, Western Native Township and the southern part of Clarem

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Air services is inaugurated in SA with the amalgamation of a London-based company and a SA-based company under the name of the

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Tobias Ballot Muller, SA youth leader, minister of religion and champion of Afrikaans, dies in Philippolis during the influenza

This day in history

Tobias Ballot Muller, SA youth leader, minister of religion and champion of Afrikaans, dies in Philippolis during the influenza

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Britain annexes the gold fields of Transvaal.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Britain annexes the gold fields of Transvaal.

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Land of the amaXesibe, centred at Mount Ayliff (Griqualand East), is annexed to the Cape Colony.

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George Geoffrey Dawson (original surname: Robinson), SA journalist and editor of the Johannesburg The Star and later the London

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The siege of Makapan’s Cave takes place, after warriors of the Ndebele chief Makapan (Makôpane) murdered twenty-three White me

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Sydney Charles Buxton, British statesman and second governor-general of the Union of SA, is born in London.

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The historical manor Leeuwenhof in Cape Town, which later became the official home of the Cape Province administrator, is bough

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Louis Trichardt, Voortrekker leader, dies in Lourenço Marques (Maputo) of malaria.

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News of the battle of Vechtkop (Vegkop), where the Voortrekkers under Hendrik Potgieter were attacked by Kreli, commanding a fo

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Nqetho, Qwabe chief, forces the Rev. J.W. Shepstone to abandon the Morley mission station. Nqetho was murdered in December of t

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Col. Robert Gordon, explorer of the interior of South Africa, commits suicide because of his inability to prevent the British o

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Janita Claassen (58) SA singer dies of cancer in the Sungarden Hospice in Pretoria.

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Dumisani Makhaye (49), the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Local Government, Housing and Traditional Affairs, dies of cancer in Durban.

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The Springbok rugby team beats England 44-21 on the Stade de France, Paris, in the World Cup quarter-final match, with Jannie d

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A gas explosion devastates the officers’ club of the SA National Defence Force, a national monument, in Wynberg, Cape Town.

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An elephant tramples German tourist Rita Hahn to death on the Hans Merensky golf course in Phalaborwa, Limpopo.

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For the first time the world-champion South African rugby team accepts a Black player.

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SA signs agreement with Lesotho concerning the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect t

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The United Nations celebrates its 50th anniversary. The celebration is the largest gathering of world leaders in history, with

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The SA rugby team loses the second test against France 16-29 in Paris, thereby losing the series.

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In a joint statement, Government and the PAC say they agreed on the urgent need for the establishment of a more representative

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The ANC announces that it is postponing its national conference, set for 15 December 1990, until June 1991, due to the slow pac

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The Transvaal Rugby Football Union executive committee passes a resolution expressing its full support for Dr Luyt and Dr Crave

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Two people die and forty-two are injured in a bomb explosion outside a shopping centre in Witbank, Tvl.

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At least twenty-five people are reported to have died in violence between members of the United Democratic Party and Inkatha in

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National Union of Mineworkers’ leader Cyril Ramaphosa is awarded the Olof Palme prize for “courage and wisdom in the solidarity

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The scheme decided on 17 October, involving the conversion of Newclare, Western Native Township and the southern part of Clarem

Air services is inaugurated in SA with the amalgamation of a London-based company and a SA-based company under the name of the

Tobias Ballot Muller, SA youth leader, minister of religion and champion of Afrikaans, dies in Philippolis during the influenza

Tobias Ballot Muller, SA youth leader, minister of religion and champion of Afrikaans, dies in Philippolis during the influenza

Anglo-Boer War 2: Britain annexes the gold fields of Transvaal.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Britain annexes the gold fields of Transvaal.

Land of the amaXesibe, centred at Mount Ayliff (Griqualand East), is annexed to the Cape Colony.

George Geoffrey Dawson (original surname: Robinson), SA journalist and editor of the Johannesburg The Star and later the London

The siege of Makapan’s Cave takes place, after warriors of the Ndebele chief Makapan (Makôpane) murdered twenty-three White me

Sydney Charles Buxton, British statesman and second governor-general of the Union of SA, is born in London.

The historical manor Leeuwenhof in Cape Town, which later became the official home of the Cape Province administrator, is bough

Louis Trichardt, Voortrekker leader, dies in Lourenço Marques (Maputo) of malaria.

News of the battle of Vechtkop (Vegkop), where the Voortrekkers under Hendrik Potgieter were attacked by Kreli, commanding a fo

Nqetho, Qwabe chief, forces the Rev. J.W. Shepstone to abandon the Morley mission station. Nqetho was murdered in December of t

Col. Robert Gordon, explorer of the interior of South Africa, commits suicide because of his inability to prevent the British o

Janita Claassen (58) SA singer dies of cancer in the Sungarden Hospice in Pretoria.

Dumisani Makhaye (49), the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Local Government, Housing and Traditional Affairs, dies of cancer in Durban.

The Springbok rugby team beats England 44-21 on the Stade de France, Paris, in the World Cup quarter-final match, with Jannie d

A gas explosion devastates the officers’ club of the SA National Defence Force, a national monument, in Wynberg, Cape Town.

An elephant tramples German tourist Rita Hahn to death on the Hans Merensky golf course in Phalaborwa, Limpopo.

For the first time the world-champion South African rugby team accepts a Black player.

SA signs agreement with Lesotho concerning the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect t

The United Nations celebrates its 50th anniversary. The celebration is the largest gathering of world leaders in history, with

The SA rugby team loses the second test against France 16-29 in Paris, thereby losing the series.

In a joint statement, Government and the PAC say they agreed on the urgent need for the establishment of a more representative

The ANC announces that it is postponing its national conference, set for 15 December 1990, until June 1991, due to the slow pac

The Transvaal Rugby Football Union executive committee passes a resolution expressing its full support for Dr Luyt and Dr Crave

Two people die and forty-two are injured in a bomb explosion outside a shopping centre in Witbank, Tvl.

At least twenty-five people are reported to have died in violence between members of the United Democratic Party and Inkatha in

National Union of Mineworkers’ leader Cyril Ramaphosa is awarded the Olof Palme prize for “courage and wisdom in the solidarity