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The British colonial government of Kenya broadcasts a call to Mau Mau nationalist guerrilla fighters to surrender.

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The Mau Mau rebellion starts in Kenya.

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Fietas, Johannesburg: Indian representatives declared that the area near Diepkloof is acceptable to the Indian community in a m

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Judge John Stephen Curlewis (77), Chief Justice of the Union of South Africa, dies in Pretoria.

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The first plots are sold in Mayfair on the West Rand.

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Dr Albert Jacobus Stals, minister of health in Dr Malan’s cabinet, is born at Oude Kloof, Tulbach, CC.

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Ernst Albert Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, lays the foundation stone of the dry dock of Table Bay, Cape Town.

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The Alabama, remembered in the Cape song ‘Daar kom die Alabama”, starts its voyages.

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The Prins Albert is wrecked in a storm near Plettenberg Bay. The cargo and all on board and are rescued.

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Jacobus Hoendervangers (religious name: Petrus), first resident priest in the OFS, is born in Steenbergen, North Brabant, the N

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The Reverend Daniel Lindley, missionary and minister to the Voortrekkers, is born in Ten Mile Creek, Pennsylvania.

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William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and champion for the abolishment of the slave trade, is born.

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Willem Adriaan (Wilhelm Adriaen) van der Stel, eldest son of Simon van der Stel who also became governor of the Cape, is born i

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The Simelela Rape Survivors Centre in Cape Town reports that almost half of the rapes in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha township invol

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Start of South African Music Week.

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Former rebel group the Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD) suspends its participation in DR Congo’s transitional government.

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Nick du Toit and thirteen other suspected mercenaries go on trial in Equatorial Guinea on account of a failed coup attempt. A f

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The SA rugby team beats Australia 61-22 in the Tri-Nations championship in Pretoria.

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Zambian police shoot and wound former president Kenneth Kaunda at an opposition rally in Kabwe.

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The Motsuenyane Commission finds the ANC guilty of torture in its camps and calls for a public apology to people whose rights h

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Fana Nzimande, IFP supporting headman, his wife and four children between the ages of four to fifteen, are shot dead in their h

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Twenty-three people are injured in a bomb blast in a Wimpy Bar in East London.

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Caiphus Nyoka, student leader, is shot dead by police raiding his father’s home in Daveyton.

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National Security Amendment Act No 24, empowering the Minister of Justice to lift banning orders, commences.

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American President Carter announces at a press conference that South Africa has promised that no nuclear explosive test will be

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Arab guerrillas hijack an Egyptair plane shortly after takeoff from Cairo. The plane lands at Luxor where Egyptian commandos su

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A three-day strike starts in Soweto by between 150,000 and 200,000 workers.

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The new campus of the University of Port Elizabeth is inaugurated during sumptuous festivities.

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The Republican Party issues its election manifesto which does not oppose separate development but demands increased services to

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An alleged Soviet spy, Y.N. Loginov, who was arrested in 1967, is handed over to a non-communist country, West Germany.

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The British colonial government of Kenya broadcasts a call to Mau Mau nationalist guerrilla fighters to surrender.

The Mau Mau rebellion starts in Kenya.

Fietas, Johannesburg: Indian representatives declared that the area near Diepkloof is acceptable to the Indian community in a m

Judge John Stephen Curlewis (77), Chief Justice of the Union of South Africa, dies in Pretoria.

The first plots are sold in Mayfair on the West Rand.

Dr Albert Jacobus Stals, minister of health in Dr Malan’s cabinet, is born at Oude Kloof, Tulbach, CC.

Ernst Albert Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, lays the foundation stone of the dry dock of Table Bay, Cape Town.

The Alabama, remembered in the Cape song ‘Daar kom die Alabama”, starts its voyages.

The Prins Albert is wrecked in a storm near Plettenberg Bay. The cargo and all on board and are rescued.

Jacobus Hoendervangers (religious name: Petrus), first resident priest in the OFS, is born in Steenbergen, North Brabant, the N

The Reverend Daniel Lindley, missionary and minister to the Voortrekkers, is born in Ten Mile Creek, Pennsylvania.

William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and champion for the abolishment of the slave trade, is born.

Willem Adriaan (Wilhelm Adriaen) van der Stel, eldest son of Simon van der Stel who also became governor of the Cape, is born i

The Simelela Rape Survivors Centre in Cape Town reports that almost half of the rapes in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha township invol

Start of South African Music Week.

Former rebel group the Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD) suspends its participation in DR Congo’s transitional government.

Nick du Toit and thirteen other suspected mercenaries go on trial in Equatorial Guinea on account of a failed coup attempt. A f

The SA rugby team beats Australia 61-22 in the Tri-Nations championship in Pretoria.

Zambian police shoot and wound former president Kenneth Kaunda at an opposition rally in Kabwe.

The Motsuenyane Commission finds the ANC guilty of torture in its camps and calls for a public apology to people whose rights h

Fana Nzimande, IFP supporting headman, his wife and four children between the ages of four to fifteen, are shot dead in their h

Twenty-three people are injured in a bomb blast in a Wimpy Bar in East London.

Caiphus Nyoka, student leader, is shot dead by police raiding his father’s home in Daveyton.

National Security Amendment Act No 24, empowering the Minister of Justice to lift banning orders, commences.

American President Carter announces at a press conference that South Africa has promised that no nuclear explosive test will be

Arab guerrillas hijack an Egyptair plane shortly after takeoff from Cairo. The plane lands at Luxor where Egyptian commandos su

A three-day strike starts in Soweto by between 150,000 and 200,000 workers.

The new campus of the University of Port Elizabeth is inaugurated during sumptuous festivities.

The Republican Party issues its election manifesto which does not oppose separate development but demands increased services to

An alleged Soviet spy, Y.N. Loginov, who was arrested in 1967, is handed over to a non-communist country, West Germany.