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The leaders of seven of the country’s nine Black homelands i.e. all except Chiefs Matanzima (Transkei) and Mangope (Bophuthatsw

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Two oil tankers collide on sea near Stilbaai. The Texanita explodes and sinks and the Oswego Guardian is severely damaged.

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The SA rugby Springbok team loses the second test against New Zealand 13-0.

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SAA diverts from its regular flights to Europe via the east coast of Africa and switches over to the Atlantic route to fly to E

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Jomo Kenyatta is freed after serving nine years in prison for his part in the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya.

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Mandisi Bongani Mabuto Mphalwa, Minister of Trade and Industry of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004, is born.

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Surfer Shaun Thomson, winner of the World Championship in Hawaii in 1977, is born in Durban.

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Ngoako Abel Ramathlodi, former premier of the Northern Province, is born at the village Tauatswala in the then Northern Transva

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Dr Bernabé Jan Gerard de la Bat (84), first principal of the Deaf and Blind Institute in Worcester, dies.

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The Soviet Union and Germany sign the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, a 10-year nonaggression treaty, with a secret addendum, to parti

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Frans Vredenrijk Engelenburg (75), founder member of the Zuid-Afrikaanse Akademie voor Taal, Letteren en Kunst on 1 and 2 July

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The 4th Pan-African Congress meets in New York City, USA.

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Lord Roberts, commander-in-chief of the British forces during Anglo-Boer War 2, congratulates Gen. Louis Botha on his appointme

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Bergendal, near Vanwyksvlei, starts. Gen. Joachim Fourie’s men force the 11th Hussars to retrea

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Cecil John Rhodes visits the Matopos to confer with Matabele chiefs.

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Sir Peregrine Maitland, Governor of the Cape, declares the maintenance of British authority over all emigrant Boers and defines

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Egidius Benedictus Watermeyer, jurist, politician and educator in the Cape Province, is born in Cape Town.

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The Heeren XVII refuses the catching of whales, suggested by Van Riebeeck to supplement the income generated at the Cape.

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Two boys, aged ten and fourteen, die near Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape, after picking up an explosive device they found while hunt

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Regulations granting labour rights for members of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) are promulgated and published in the Go

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Zimbabwe intervenes in the Democratic Republic of Congo to support the regime against a rebellion. The last Zimbabwean soldiers

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US military forces attack a chemical plant in Sudan and what they describe as a terrorist camp in Afghanistan. Said to be linke

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Liberia’s main warring factions signed a peace accord calling for a cease-fire after more than five years of civil war and the

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Vuyani Bungu, SA junior featherweight, wins the International Boxing Federation (IBF) world champion title.

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Decisions on the future constitution of the Transkei are agreed upon at a meeting of a Cabinet committee of the South African a

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SA international acclaimed swimmer and world record holder, Penny Heyns, is born. This date might be wrong. Several sources giv

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Blanche Gerstman (83), composer and musician who also lectured in composition in Pretoria and Cape Town, dies in Cape Town. V

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The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development declares that no more land will be allocated to the ‘homelands’ other than

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Mark Williams, SA soccer player, is born.

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Harold Wolpe, a listed Communist arrested on the Bechuanaland border, and Arthur Goldreich, caught in the Rivonia raid esca

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The leaders of seven of the country’s nine Black homelands i.e. all except Chiefs Matanzima (Transkei) and Mangope (Bophuthatsw

Two oil tankers collide on sea near Stilbaai. The Texanita explodes and sinks and the Oswego Guardian is severely damaged.

The SA rugby Springbok team loses the second test against New Zealand 13-0.

SAA diverts from its regular flights to Europe via the east coast of Africa and switches over to the Atlantic route to fly to E

Jomo Kenyatta is freed after serving nine years in prison for his part in the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya.

Mandisi Bongani Mabuto Mphalwa, Minister of Trade and Industry of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004, is born.

Surfer Shaun Thomson, winner of the World Championship in Hawaii in 1977, is born in Durban.

Ngoako Abel Ramathlodi, former premier of the Northern Province, is born at the village Tauatswala in the then Northern Transva

Dr Bernabé Jan Gerard de la Bat (84), first principal of the Deaf and Blind Institute in Worcester, dies.

The Soviet Union and Germany sign the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, a 10-year nonaggression treaty, with a secret addendum, to parti

Frans Vredenrijk Engelenburg (75), founder member of the Zuid-Afrikaanse Akademie voor Taal, Letteren en Kunst on 1 and 2 July

The 4th Pan-African Congress meets in New York City, USA.

Lord Roberts, commander-in-chief of the British forces during Anglo-Boer War 2, congratulates Gen. Louis Botha on his appointme

Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Bergendal, near Vanwyksvlei, starts. Gen. Joachim Fourie’s men force the 11th Hussars to retrea

Cecil John Rhodes visits the Matopos to confer with Matabele chiefs.

Sir Peregrine Maitland, Governor of the Cape, declares the maintenance of British authority over all emigrant Boers and defines

Egidius Benedictus Watermeyer, jurist, politician and educator in the Cape Province, is born in Cape Town.

The Heeren XVII refuses the catching of whales, suggested by Van Riebeeck to supplement the income generated at the Cape.

Two boys, aged ten and fourteen, die near Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape, after picking up an explosive device they found while hunt

Regulations granting labour rights for members of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) are promulgated and published in the Go

Zimbabwe intervenes in the Democratic Republic of Congo to support the regime against a rebellion. The last Zimbabwean soldiers

US military forces attack a chemical plant in Sudan and what they describe as a terrorist camp in Afghanistan. Said to be linke

Liberia’s main warring factions signed a peace accord calling for a cease-fire after more than five years of civil war and the

Vuyani Bungu, SA junior featherweight, wins the International Boxing Federation (IBF) world champion title.

Decisions on the future constitution of the Transkei are agreed upon at a meeting of a Cabinet committee of the South African a

SA international acclaimed swimmer and world record holder, Penny Heyns, is born. This date might be wrong. Several sources giv

Blanche Gerstman (83), composer and musician who also lectured in composition in Pretoria and Cape Town, dies in Cape Town. V

The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development declares that no more land will be allocated to the ‘homelands’ other than

Mark Williams, SA soccer player, is born.

Harold Wolpe, a listed Communist arrested on the Bechuanaland border, and Arthur Goldreich, caught in the Rivonia raid esca