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British premier Harold Wilson and Rhodesian leader Ian Smith, meeting aboard HMS Fearless off Gibraltar, fail after five days o

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The General Laws Amendment Bill of 1966 is published. The bill entitles police officers to detain up to fourteen days anyone su

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William Rowntree is nominated as the new American ambassador to South Africa to replace J.C. Salterwaite, due to leave South Af

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SA signs agreement with Portugal (for Angola and Mozambique) with regard to rivers of mutual interest and the Kunene River Sche

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Helen Joseph is the first person to be put under house arrest under the Sabotage Act.

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U.S.S.R. vetoes U.N. approval of the Anglo-French proposal for control of the Suez Canal.

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Gana Makabeni, trade union leader and member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC) in the

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Egypt reaches agreement with Sudan on Nile waters.

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Natal Indian Congress holds a mass meeting in Durban to launch a new phase of Passive Resistance Campaign in view of the stalem

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Dalene Matthee, laurelled Afrikaans writer, is born in Riversdal, CP. Her best-known book, Kringe in ‘n bos (Circles in a for

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C.K. Thambi Naidoo, representing Gandhi at a public meeting in Newcastle, mobilises the Indians living there to start the Satya

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Germany declares South West Africa a German protectorate, though the important port of Walvis Bay remained a British possession

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Transvaal declares independence from Britain.

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Josias Philip Hoffman, first state president of the Orange Free State, dies.

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The first diamond is found in South Africa. The precious stone is picked up by Jacobs’s children on the farm De Kalk near Hopet

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The Enterprise becomes the first English steamship to enter Table Bay.

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The Cape Colony extends its boundaries to the Keiskamma River.

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Floods hit Stellenbosch, causing extensive damage.

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The African National Congress Women’s League (ANCL) states crime has gone far enough, and the government has to pull up its soc

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Ten-year-old Liam Aspeling, snatched from a car on his way to school the previous day, is found unharmed but guarded by an arme

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International Weed Busting Day. The start of National Weed Busting Week.

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An emergency session was convened by parliament on October 12, 1995, to approve legislation to permit local elections to be hel

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Exchange of notes establishing diplomatic relations with Guinea-Bissau.

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The Special Committee against Apartheid holds a solemn meeting in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with South

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African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Nelson Mandela states that his party was prepared to abandon its long-held pol

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Political assassination: Jeff Wabena, ANC, unionist, is shot dead at the ANC branch meeting in Mdantsane, Ciskei.

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Zimbabwean intelligence officers on trial for attempting to bomb ANC refugees

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Lectures commence in the new building of the Goudstadse Onderwyskollege.

Lectures commence in the new building of the Goudstadse Onderwyskollege.

SA signs treaty with Australia on postal parcels.

British premier Harold Wilson and Rhodesian leader Ian Smith, meeting aboard HMS Fearless off Gibraltar, fail after five days o

The General Laws Amendment Bill of 1966 is published. The bill entitles police officers to detain up to fourteen days anyone su

William Rowntree is nominated as the new American ambassador to South Africa to replace J.C. Salterwaite, due to leave South Af

SA signs agreement with Portugal (for Angola and Mozambique) with regard to rivers of mutual interest and the Kunene River Sche

Helen Joseph is the first person to be put under house arrest under the Sabotage Act.

U.S.S.R. vetoes U.N. approval of the Anglo-French proposal for control of the Suez Canal.

Gana Makabeni, trade union leader and member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC) in the

Egypt reaches agreement with Sudan on Nile waters.

Natal Indian Congress holds a mass meeting in Durban to launch a new phase of Passive Resistance Campaign in view of the stalem

Dalene Matthee, laurelled Afrikaans writer, is born in Riversdal, CP. Her best-known book, Kringe in ‘n bos (Circles in a for

C.K. Thambi Naidoo, representing Gandhi at a public meeting in Newcastle, mobilises the Indians living there to start the Satya

Germany declares South West Africa a German protectorate, though the important port of Walvis Bay remained a British possession

Transvaal declares independence from Britain.

Josias Philip Hoffman, first state president of the Orange Free State, dies.

The first diamond is found in South Africa. The precious stone is picked up by Jacobs’s children on the farm De Kalk near Hopet

The Enterprise becomes the first English steamship to enter Table Bay.

The Cape Colony extends its boundaries to the Keiskamma River.

Floods hit Stellenbosch, causing extensive damage.

The African National Congress Women’s League (ANCL) states crime has gone far enough, and the government has to pull up its soc

Ten-year-old Liam Aspeling, snatched from a car on his way to school the previous day, is found unharmed but guarded by an arme

International Weed Busting Day. The start of National Weed Busting Week.

An emergency session was convened by parliament on October 12, 1995, to approve legislation to permit local elections to be hel

Exchange of notes establishing diplomatic relations with Guinea-Bissau.

The Special Committee against Apartheid holds a solemn meeting in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with South

African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Nelson Mandela states that his party was prepared to abandon its long-held pol

Political assassination: Jeff Wabena, ANC, unionist, is shot dead at the ANC branch meeting in Mdantsane, Ciskei.

Zimbabwean intelligence officers on trial for attempting to bomb ANC refugees