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SA wins the Tri-Nations rugby series by beating Australia 29-15 on the Ellis Park field, Johannesburg.

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Seven people die in a devastating field fire near Lindley, Free State.

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The ANC presents to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission a detailed 300-page analysis of the ANC’s human rights record and s

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Parliament elects Negaso Gidada as president of the newly-named Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

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Minister of Safety and Security, Sydney Mufamadi, visits violence-torn KwaZulu/Natal. He states that 1000 extra troops and poli

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SA signs trade agreement with the government of India.

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The SA rugby team loses 3-26 in Cape Town against Australia.

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Official estimates put the death toll at 503 people killed during the ten previous days of violence.

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Elections to the House of Representatives among the Coloured community show overwhelming support for the Labour Party. Official

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Leaders of Port Elizabeth’s Black secondary school children, decide to end a four-month boycott of classes.

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Dr. Eschel Rhoodie is extradited from France and handed over to the South African authorities. He appears briefly in Pretoria’s

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Kenyan President Jomo Kenyatta (born Kamau Johnstone on 20 October 1891) dies in office in Mombasa. He is succeeded by his vice

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The Pretoria Show is opened for all races

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World Conference for Action against Apartheid, Lagos, starts.

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South Africa signs treaty with Swaziland on the establishment of an office for the Swaziland government labour representative i

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Prime Minister Vorster officially opens the Orange-Fish River Tunnel, believed to be the world’s longest continuous tunnel (c.5

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Rhodesia is asked to withdraw from the 20th Olympic summer games because of its racial policies.

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A spokesman at the Police Headquarters in Pretoria states that the strength of the South African Police Reserve has reached 17,

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South African Airways (SAA) announces the re-routing of its services to Europe via Luanda (Angola), Brazzaville, the Cape Verde

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The SA rugby team beats the British Isles 25-9 in Newlands, Cape Town.

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The Springbok rugby team beats Australia 25-3 in Johannesburg.

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The Ossewa-Brandwag (OB), a republican-minded anti-war movement, disbands after thirteen years.

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Pieter Gert Wessel Grobler, director of the Land Bank, and Minister of Lands in the Hertzog cabinet, under whose auspices the S

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Ephraim Mojalefa (Kid) Ngatane, artist teacher, musician and boxer, is born in Maseru, Lesotho.

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Nelson Mukhuba, SA artist, is born in Venda. His art career started in 1958 and he used mainly marula and jacaranda for woo

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Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, political activist and co-founder of SWAPO, is born in Omangudu, near Ondangwa, Namibia. (Maharaj: Refl

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Pierre Stephanus de Wet, SA actor, producer and pioneer of Afrikaans sound films, is born in Pretoria. African Film Product

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The Duke of Cornwall, later King George V of Britain, lays the corner stone of the St George cathedral in Cape Town.

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Chief Commandant C.R. de Wet, back in the Free State, sets up his headquarters at Renosterpoort.

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T. Samuels scores SA’s first ever try and also the first points for SA in 5 rugby test matches against Britain.

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SA wins the Tri-Nations rugby series by beating Australia 29-15 on the Ellis Park field, Johannesburg.

Seven people die in a devastating field fire near Lindley, Free State.

The ANC presents to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission a detailed 300-page analysis of the ANC’s human rights record and s

Parliament elects Negaso Gidada as president of the newly-named Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

Minister of Safety and Security, Sydney Mufamadi, visits violence-torn KwaZulu/Natal. He states that 1000 extra troops and poli

SA signs trade agreement with the government of India.

The SA rugby team loses 3-26 in Cape Town against Australia.

Official estimates put the death toll at 503 people killed during the ten previous days of violence.

Elections to the House of Representatives among the Coloured community show overwhelming support for the Labour Party. Official

Leaders of Port Elizabeth’s Black secondary school children, decide to end a four-month boycott of classes.

Dr. Eschel Rhoodie is extradited from France and handed over to the South African authorities. He appears briefly in Pretoria’s

Kenyan President Jomo Kenyatta (born Kamau Johnstone on 20 October 1891) dies in office in Mombasa. He is succeeded by his vice

The Pretoria Show is opened for all races

World Conference for Action against Apartheid, Lagos, starts.

South Africa signs treaty with Swaziland on the establishment of an office for the Swaziland government labour representative i

Prime Minister Vorster officially opens the Orange-Fish River Tunnel, believed to be the world’s longest continuous tunnel (c.5

Rhodesia is asked to withdraw from the 20th Olympic summer games because of its racial policies.

A spokesman at the Police Headquarters in Pretoria states that the strength of the South African Police Reserve has reached 17,

South African Airways (SAA) announces the re-routing of its services to Europe via Luanda (Angola), Brazzaville, the Cape Verde

The SA rugby team beats the British Isles 25-9 in Newlands, Cape Town.

The Springbok rugby team beats Australia 25-3 in Johannesburg.

The Ossewa-Brandwag (OB), a republican-minded anti-war movement, disbands after thirteen years.

Pieter Gert Wessel Grobler, director of the Land Bank, and Minister of Lands in the Hertzog cabinet, under whose auspices the S

Ephraim Mojalefa (Kid) Ngatane, artist teacher, musician and boxer, is born in Maseru, Lesotho.

Nelson Mukhuba, SA artist, is born in Venda. His art career started in 1958 and he used mainly marula and jacaranda for woo

Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, political activist and co-founder of SWAPO, is born in Omangudu, near Ondangwa, Namibia. (Maharaj: Refl

Pierre Stephanus de Wet, SA actor, producer and pioneer of Afrikaans sound films, is born in Pretoria. African Film Product

The Duke of Cornwall, later King George V of Britain, lays the corner stone of the St George cathedral in Cape Town.

Chief Commandant C.R. de Wet, back in the Free State, sets up his headquarters at Renosterpoort.

T. Samuels scores SA’s first ever try and also the first points for SA in 5 rugby test matches against Britain.