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The first motorists’ organisation in SA, the Automobile Club of South Africa (called the Royal Automobile Club of SA since 1911

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An elderly pensioner dies in a hail of bullets and two other pensioners are seriously injured during an attack at a pay point i

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Jeff Radebe, the transport minister, launches the national SA Police Services Railway Unit in Cape Town. According to the SA Ra

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In Dass, Nigeria, pregnant Hajara Ibrahim, 29, appears before an Islamic court to hear her lawyer launch an appeal against her

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The match between the SA rugby team and New Zealand ends in a tie with 18 points each. SA loses the series 2-0.

The South African Government orders the slaughter of 30 000 ostriches in an effort to contain an outbreak of bird flu

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The South African Government orders the slaughter of 30 000 ostriches in an effort to contain an outbreak of bird flu

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A hijacker holds an Algerian jetliner for five hours at an airport in western Algeria before he is overpowered. All 232 people

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Five hundred people attend an AWB meeting and a further 200 attend an Afrikaner Volkswag meeting the gatherings are held to pro

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Roelof Temmingh, SA composer and organist, is born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He emigrates with his family in 1958 to SA.

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Gé Korsten, popular SA singer, is born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He came to SA at the age of nine years.

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Ten people die in an attack by the IFP on the launching of an ANC branch in Appelbosch, Natal North Coast.

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Prof. Elize Botha, Afrikaans literary critic and former president of the SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (SA Academy of Scien

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Gerard Sekoto, SA artist is born in Botshabelo, Middelburg, Transvaal. He left SA for Paris in 1947. He died in 1993.

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Gé Korsten, popular SA singer, is born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He came to SA at the age of nine years.

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The ANC and the South African government make further concessions in an attempt to draw the FA into an inclusive constitutional

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Fifteen people are killed in an attack on youth volunteers for an ANC voter education workshop in Mahlele, Creighton, Natal, pr

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A scientist by the name of Koch discovers a vaccine successful in the prevention of , an animal disease that caused an in most

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Israel Isaac (Lippy) Lipshitz, SA sculptor is born in Plungian, Lithuania. His father emigrated to SA in 1904 and was joined

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Adv. C.R. Swart resigns as governor-general of SA to become the first state president of SA on 31 May 1961.

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Adv. C.R. Swart resigns as governor-general of SA to become the first state president of SA on 31 May 1961.

Joseph Fansio Mati portrait

Joseph Fansio Mati

Afrikaans Community 1652-1795

… Far East, but an uneasy relationship with the Khoikhoi and San and unfavourable climatic conditions forced the Company …

Sadecque Variava

Mandela, From a Freedom Fighter to an Icon of Reconciliation

Mandela, From a Freedom Fighter to an Icon of Reconciliation

Diplomatic ties are established between SA and Saudi Arabia

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Diplomatic ties are established between SA and Saudi Arabia

Two top SA scientists are refused entry into Russia.

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Two top SA scientists are refused entry into Russia.

SA writer, Nadine Gordimer, wins Nobel Prize for Literature

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SA writer, Nadine Gordimer, wins Nobel Prize for Literature

Negotiations between SA, Cuba and Angola start in London

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Negotiations between SA, Cuba and Angola start in London

First Black Test cricket captain in SA is announced

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First Black Test cricket captain in SA is announced

Phumizile Mlambo-Ngcuka is appointed as SA Deputy President

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Phumizile Mlambo-Ngcuka is appointed as SA Deputy President