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Hendrik Januarie, SA poet, is born.

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Charlotte Makgomo Maxeke, teacher, social worker, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, dies in J

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Jan C. de Waal (92), farmer who endeavoured to increase sheep numbers in the Orange Free State after the Anglo-Boer War and who

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Gert van den Bergh, SA actor and first free-lance radio broadcaster who was honoured by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetens

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T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) arrives in Cairo with a British fact-finding mission whose purpose is to recommend ways of

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Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr, generally known as &quot;Onze Jan&quot;, dies in London. One of his various achievements was assisting in

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Anglo-Boer War: Republican forces under Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog attack Jagersfontein and release all prisoners in the gaol before t

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Boer Gen. P.A. Cronje shells Mafeking, causing only one casualty. After the bombardment, Silas Molemo, a spok

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The two Voortrekker states, one east of the Drakensberg and one west, unite to form the Republic of Natalia. Practical diffic

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The Battle of Vechtkop (Vegkop), near present day Heilbron, FS, between the Voortrekkers and the Ndebele takes place. Kalipi at

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Cornelis Freek Bezuidenhout, accompanied by his son and a visitor, Jacob Erasmus, is shot dead by Khoi soldiers under a White l

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Adam Kok III, Griqua chief and third legitimate son of Griqua chief Adam Kok II, is born in Griqualand West.

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Ex-burgher councillor Jacobus van Reenen, ex-burgher Lieutenant Barend Jacob Artoys and burghers Nicolaas Godfried Heyns and Ti

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World Food Day.

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MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai is cleared in Zimbabwe by the High Court of charges of plotting to kill Mugabe.

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The Afrikaans Language and Culture Association, ATKV, gives former president F.W. de Klerk its highest award for having the cou

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The first president of Mauritania, Moktar Ould Daddah, dies in Paris. Some other sources give date as 14 October.

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The proposal to allow presidential candidates to run for a third term is formally withdrawn in Malawi.

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A young Pretoria couple starts legal action against 1 Military Hospital for at least R800 000 for trauma and shock, when a doct

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The Sudanese government signs a temporary cease-fire with Sudan’s main rebel group, the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army (SPLA

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The SA rugby team beats Uruguay 39-3 in a World Cup match in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Anglo American announces that it is transferring its main listing to the London Stock Exchange.

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Rebels, backed by foreign troops, enter Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo, ending President Pascal Lissouba’s four-month str

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The SA rugby team beats Argentina 46-26 in Johannesburg.

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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, wins 1-0 against Mauritius in a home game.

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Interim constitution is approved by nineteen of the twenty-one parties participating in the Multi-Party Talks.

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Multilateral agreement between the governments of South Africa and Mozambique and the UNHCR for the voluntary repatriation of M

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It is announced that President F.W. de Klerk and African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela are awarded the Nobel Peace Pr

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Conservative Party politician Clive Derby-Lewis and Polish immigrant Janusz Walus are sentenced in the Rand Supreme Court to de

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Political assassination: Ben Badi, Nowinile Badi and granddaughter Vuyokazi Badi (11), are killed at home.

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Hendrik Januarie, SA poet, is born.

Charlotte Makgomo Maxeke, teacher, social worker, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, dies in J

Jan C. de Waal (92), farmer who endeavoured to increase sheep numbers in the Orange Free State after the Anglo-Boer War and who

Gert van den Bergh, SA actor and first free-lance radio broadcaster who was honoured by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetens

T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) arrives in Cairo with a British fact-finding mission whose purpose is to recommend ways of

Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr, generally known as &amp;quot;Onze Jan&amp;quot;, dies in London. One of his various achievements was assisting in

Anglo-Boer War: Republican forces under Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog attack Jagersfontein and release all prisoners in the gaol before t

Anglo-Boer War 2: Boer Gen. P.A. Cronje shells Mafeking, causing only one casualty. After the bombardment, Silas Molemo, a spok

The two Voortrekker states, one east of the Drakensberg and one west, unite to form the Republic of Natalia. Practical diffic

The Battle of Vechtkop (Vegkop), near present day Heilbron, FS, between the Voortrekkers and the Ndebele takes place. Kalipi at

Cornelis Freek Bezuidenhout, accompanied by his son and a visitor, Jacob Erasmus, is shot dead by Khoi soldiers under a White l

Adam Kok III, Griqua chief and third legitimate son of Griqua chief Adam Kok II, is born in Griqualand West.

Ex-burgher councillor Jacobus van Reenen, ex-burgher Lieutenant Barend Jacob Artoys and burghers Nicolaas Godfried Heyns and Ti

World Food Day.

MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai is cleared in Zimbabwe by the High Court of charges of plotting to kill Mugabe.

The Afrikaans Language and Culture Association, ATKV, gives former president F.W. de Klerk its highest award for having the cou

The first president of Mauritania, Moktar Ould Daddah, dies in Paris. Some other sources give date as 14 October.

The proposal to allow presidential candidates to run for a third term is formally withdrawn in Malawi.

A young Pretoria couple starts legal action against 1 Military Hospital for at least R800 000 for trauma and shock, when a doct

The Sudanese government signs a temporary cease-fire with Sudan’s main rebel group, the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army (SPLA

The SA rugby team beats Uruguay 39-3 in a World Cup match in Glasgow, Scotland.

Anglo American announces that it is transferring its main listing to the London Stock Exchange.

Rebels, backed by foreign troops, enter Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo, ending President Pascal Lissouba’s four-month str

The SA rugby team beats Argentina 46-26 in Johannesburg.

The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, wins 1-0 against Mauritius in a home game.

Interim constitution is approved by nineteen of the twenty-one parties participating in the Multi-Party Talks.

Multilateral agreement between the governments of South Africa and Mozambique and the UNHCR for the voluntary repatriation of M

It is announced that President F.W. de Klerk and African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela are awarded the Nobel Peace Pr

Conservative Party politician Clive Derby-Lewis and Polish immigrant Janusz Walus are sentenced in the Rand Supreme Court to de

Political assassination: Ben Badi, Nowinile Badi and granddaughter Vuyokazi Badi (11), are killed at home.

Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr, generally known as "Onze Jan", dies in London. One of his various achievements was assisting in