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Anglo-Boer War 2: The British Agent in Johannesburg, Sir William Conyngham Greene, leaves Pretoria.

This day in history

Anglo-Boer War 2: The war between the British Empire and the two Boer republics, the Transvaal and Orange Free State, breaks ou

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Standard Bank starts business in a tent in Ferreirasdorp, Witwatersrand.

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Dr Louis Herman, SA educationist and writer, is born in Southampton, England.

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Frederick Logier (66), organist and music teacher who established the Logier music academy in Cape Town, dies. A composition by

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Sir Harry Smith (73), former Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, dies in England.

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Commandant A.T. Spies, founder of the Klip River and Utrecht Republics, is born in Swellendam, CC.

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Kaizer Chiefs are handed a R250 000 fine suspended for a year and a one match lock out for their next home PSL match at a disci

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A year-old baby girl, Khensani Mitilene, is shot dead on her mother’s back when &quot;a war&quot; breaks out in the Johannesbur

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Milton Obote (81), Uganda’s former dictator who was first toppled by Idi Amin and overthrown again after a second stint in powe

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A large crowd spends the night outside the Durban magistrate’s court in an all-night vigil for former deputy president Jacob Zu

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Chad’s first oil pipeline opens.

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SA President Thabo Mbeki is publicly opposed to the provision of AIDS drugs in South Africa, arguing that they are dangerously

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Explosives detonate in a house in 27th Avenue, Villieria, Pretoria.

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Rebels use a missile to shoot down a jetliner carrying forty civilians in eastern Congo, claiming it was ferrying government tr

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Haitian leader Lt Gen. Raoul Cedras resigns, paving the way for the return of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide (now resi

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SA signs cooperation agreement with the European Union.

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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, loses 0-4 against Nigeria in an away game.

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Ten occupants are shot, stabbed and firebombed in an attack on a bus in Katlehong, East Rand.

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F.W. de Klerk announces the unconditional release of eight security prisoners. The eight are former ANC secretary-general Walte

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Ludwig (58) and Angelique (43) Adelberg of Muldersdrift die when their rented Cessna plane crashes in a mountain side near Geor

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US jet fighters force an Egyptian airliner carrying hijackers of cruise ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, where the hijacker

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Magdalena Gertruide (Magda) Sauer, first woman in SA to practise as a qualified architect and art critic of Die Burger, dies in

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Anwar Sadat’s funeral service is held in Cairo. Prime Minister Begin represents Israel.

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At least 4,500 people die when two earthquakes strike North West Algeria. In El-Asnam (formerly Orleansville) and its surroundi

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The PAC appoints V. Make as its new chairman and H. Isaacs to replace the assassinated Mr. Sibeko as its Director of Foreign Af

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President P.W. Botha makes a number of changes in the allocation of portfolios, but retains the post of Minister of Defence him

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B.J. Vorster is sworn in as State President in Pretoria, the occasion being marked by a display of the country’s military force

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The ‘Afrikaanse Taalmonument’ (Afrikaans Language Monument), on the slope of Paarl Rock just outside Paarl, Western Cape, is in

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A memorial tablet for Johannes van der Walt, SA wrestler and national hero of an Afrikaner section, is unveiled at the Rand Afr

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The British Agent in Johannesburg, Sir William Conyngham Greene, leaves Pretoria.

Anglo-Boer War 2: The war between the British Empire and the two Boer republics, the Transvaal and Orange Free State, breaks ou

Standard Bank starts business in a tent in Ferreirasdorp, Witwatersrand.

Dr Louis Herman, SA educationist and writer, is born in Southampton, England.

Frederick Logier (66), organist and music teacher who established the Logier music academy in Cape Town, dies. A composition by

Sir Harry Smith (73), former Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, dies in England.

Commandant A.T. Spies, founder of the Klip River and Utrecht Republics, is born in Swellendam, CC.

Kaizer Chiefs are handed a R250 000 fine suspended for a year and a one match lock out for their next home PSL match at a disci

A year-old baby girl, Khensani Mitilene, is shot dead on her mother’s back when &amp;quot;a war&amp;quot; breaks out in the Johannesbur

Milton Obote (81), Uganda’s former dictator who was first toppled by Idi Amin and overthrown again after a second stint in powe

A large crowd spends the night outside the Durban magistrate’s court in an all-night vigil for former deputy president Jacob Zu

Chad’s first oil pipeline opens.

SA President Thabo Mbeki is publicly opposed to the provision of AIDS drugs in South Africa, arguing that they are dangerously

Explosives detonate in a house in 27th Avenue, Villieria, Pretoria.

Rebels use a missile to shoot down a jetliner carrying forty civilians in eastern Congo, claiming it was ferrying government tr

Haitian leader Lt Gen. Raoul Cedras resigns, paving the way for the return of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide (now resi

SA signs cooperation agreement with the European Union.

The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, loses 0-4 against Nigeria in an away game.

Ten occupants are shot, stabbed and firebombed in an attack on a bus in Katlehong, East Rand.

F.W. de Klerk announces the unconditional release of eight security prisoners. The eight are former ANC secretary-general Walte

Ludwig (58) and Angelique (43) Adelberg of Muldersdrift die when their rented Cessna plane crashes in a mountain side near Geor

US jet fighters force an Egyptian airliner carrying hijackers of cruise ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, where the hijacker

Magdalena Gertruide (Magda) Sauer, first woman in SA to practise as a qualified architect and art critic of Die Burger, dies in

Anwar Sadat’s funeral service is held in Cairo. Prime Minister Begin represents Israel.

At least 4,500 people die when two earthquakes strike North West Algeria. In El-Asnam (formerly Orleansville) and its surroundi

The PAC appoints V. Make as its new chairman and H. Isaacs to replace the assassinated Mr. Sibeko as its Director of Foreign Af

President P.W. Botha makes a number of changes in the allocation of portfolios, but retains the post of Minister of Defence him

B.J. Vorster is sworn in as State President in Pretoria, the occasion being marked by a display of the country’s military force

The ‘Afrikaanse Taalmonument’ (Afrikaans Language Monument), on the slope of Paarl Rock just outside Paarl, Western Cape, is in

A memorial tablet for Johannes van der Walt, SA wrestler and national hero of an Afrikaner section, is unveiled at the Rand Afr

A year-old baby girl, Khensani Mitilene, is shot dead on her mother’s back when "a war" breaks out in the Johannesbur