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C.M. van den Heever (Christiaan Maurits), Afrikaans novelist, is born in the concentration camp at Norvalspont.
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SAA inaugurates the first direct weekly flight between Johannesburg and New York, via Rio de Janeiro.
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Jan Stephanus de Villiers, organist and first South African composer of importance, is born in Paarl.
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Gerard Jacob Theodoor Beelaerts van Blokland (54), co-founder of the Nederlandsch Zuid-Afrikaansche Vereeniging, dies.
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Mandela: Man, Legend And Symbol Of Resistance by Alan Cowell (The New York Times), September 5, 1985
To all residents of Soweto, hostels, Reef and Pretoria, we say: remember you are all Blacks
The circular issued by the Soweto Students' Representative Council, in English, Zulu and a translation into Afrikaans, is an appeal to all residents of Soweto…
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The Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge (FAK), institutes its medal of honour for services to the people.
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The Dutch Reformed church in Bosman Street, designed by Klaas van Rijsse and Weijers, is consecrated.
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Daniël Petrus van den Heever (65), Cape parliamentarian and champion for Afrikaans, dies in Venterstad, CP.
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Carolus Johannes (Karel) Trichardt (Trechardt), son of Voortrekker leader Louis Trichardt and explorer of Mozambique, Zanzibar
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W. E. B. Du Bois (95), writer, Pan-Africanist activist and founder of the NAACP, dies in Accra, Ghana.
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Gen. Daniël (Dan) Pienaar, known for his fighting technique during WW2, is born near Ladybrand, OFS.
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The ‘Volkskongres’ (People’s Congress) of the ‘Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge’ (FAK) meets to deliberate on a race
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The ‘Volkskongres’ (People’s Congress) of the ‘Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge’ (FAK) meets to deliberate on a race
Boeremag members Dirk Hanekom and Henk van Zyl are arrested in Memel. Only Hanekom is charged.
Two members of the extreme right-wing group, Boeremag, Dirk Hanekom and Henk Van Zyl, were apprehended on a farm in Memel district, Free State. They were taken…
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Nicolaas Jacobus van Warmelo, pioneer minister of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk and staunch Afrikaner patriot, dies.
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The South West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded in Windhoek with Sam Nujoma as leader.
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Commissioner Van Overbeek buys the area between Hout Bay and Saldana Bay from the Khoi-Khoi.
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Two people are killed in a bomb explosion in the Wild Coast Sun Casino in the Transkei.
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Private talks (21-22 May) are held between John Vorster and Rhodesian Prime Minister lan Smith.
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Private talks (21-22 May) are held between John Vorster and Rhodesian Prime Minister lan Smith.
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Joachim A. van Plettenberg is sworn in as governor of the Cape after Ryk Tulbach passed away.
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Joachim A. van Plettenberg is sworn in as governor of the Cape after Ryk Tulbach passed away.
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Rhodesia’s White electorate have abandoned their traditional party loyalty and voted overwhelmingly for Ian Smith’s Rhodesian F
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The notorious ‘Panga Man’, who robbed and raped numerous people, is arrested. He was later executed.
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Dr Anna Petronella van Heerden, the first Afrikaner lady to qualify as medical doctor, is born.
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Fifteen mourners are killed in a gun attack on a funeral vigil, allegedly in collusion with the SAP.
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Military rule is re-imposed in Nigeria when General Sani Abacha ousts civilian leader Ernest Shonekan.
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Suzette van der Merwe, former Miss South Africa, marries Owen Goss in Mulders Drift, near Krugersdorp.
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