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President Thabo Mbeki unveils the Women’s Monument at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Its aim is to commemorate the role of wo

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South African women celebrate the first National Women’s day.

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Two members of the Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) and a supporter of the Konserwatiewe Party (Conservative Party), die when

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International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women of South Africa and Namibia was observed for the first time.

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The Theron Commission Report is discussed at a meeting between the Prime Minister and the sixteen-member Liaison Committee of t

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French government has decided to supply no further continental (ground or air) armaments to South Africa. This political decisi

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Moses Kotane is awarded the Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe.

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The French Minister of State for National Defence confirms the continued supply of French arms to South Africa, except for anti

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Prime Minister Vorster reorganises his cabinet in order to strengthen the ‘verligte’ enlightened elements in the government.

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Biafran troops, under the command of Colonel Ojukwu, have crossed the Niger River into Nigeria’s Mid-Western State and are head

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The SA cricket team beats England in the second test in Nottingham, thereby scoring the first victory over the English in ten y

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Robert Matana Gumede, founder/chair/chief executive of Gijima Afrika Investment Group of Companies and former owner and managin

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In one of the largest demonstrations staged in this country’s history, women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to pres

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The United States drops the second atom bomb to force Japan to surrender, this time on Nagasaki.

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James Filbert Sojane, sports administrator and pioneer in the taxi industry who strove to improve the image and administration

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Ahomed Ebrahim Lambat, attorney, politician, community worker and sworn translator to the Supreme Court in Urdu and Gujarati, i

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Sheila Cussons, SA poet now living in Israel, is born at Moravia, near Piketberg, CP.

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Hassan Howa, cricket promoter and campaigner for sports equality, is born in Cape Town.

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Moses Mauane (Malume) Kotane, political functionary of the SACP and compositor of the communist newspaper Umsebenzi, is born

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Anglo-Boer War 2: British officers Ian Hamilton and Baden-Powell evacuate Rustenburg and Olifant’s Nek and occupy Commando Drif

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Robert Moffat (87), Scottish missionary near Kuruman and father-in-law of David Livingstone, dies in Tunbridge, Wales.

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Anna Susanna (Antjie) Scheepers, Voortrekker pioneer woman who, together with Martha Tregardt (Trichardt) and Breggie Pretorius

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Anders Sparrman, Swedish physician, naturalist and Cape explorer, dies in Stockholm.

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Makana (Makanda, Nxele), a Xhosa chief/witchdoctor imprisoned on Robben Island by Lord Charles Somerset, overpowers a guard but

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Lord Liverpool, British Colonial Secretary, sends instructions to Cape governor Sir John Cradock, to investigate allegations ma

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The sixty castaways of the Nieuw-Haerlem, who stayed for a year at the Cape after their ship had been wrecked, arrive in Amster

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National Women’s Day. Since 1995 celebrated in South Africa.

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The Tanzanian musician Patrick Malisidya, co-founder of the Afro 70 band, dies.

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Government orders the slaughter of 30 000 ostriches in an effort to contain an outbreak of bird flu in SA.

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President Thabo Mbeki’s parliamentary councillor, Manne Dipico, resigns from the National Assembly in order to concentrate his

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President Thabo Mbeki unveils the Women’s Monument at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Its aim is to commemorate the role of wo

South African women celebrate the first National Women’s day.

Two members of the Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) and a supporter of the Konserwatiewe Party (Conservative Party), die when

International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women of South Africa and Namibia was observed for the first time.

The Theron Commission Report is discussed at a meeting between the Prime Minister and the sixteen-member Liaison Committee of t

French government has decided to supply no further continental (ground or air) armaments to South Africa. This political decisi

Moses Kotane is awarded the Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe.

The French Minister of State for National Defence confirms the continued supply of French arms to South Africa, except for anti

Prime Minister Vorster reorganises his cabinet in order to strengthen the ‘verligte’ enlightened elements in the government.

Biafran troops, under the command of Colonel Ojukwu, have crossed the Niger River into Nigeria’s Mid-Western State and are head

The SA cricket team beats England in the second test in Nottingham, thereby scoring the first victory over the English in ten y

Robert Matana Gumede, founder/chair/chief executive of Gijima Afrika Investment Group of Companies and former owner and managin

In one of the largest demonstrations staged in this country’s history, women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to pres

The United States drops the second atom bomb to force Japan to surrender, this time on Nagasaki.

James Filbert Sojane, sports administrator and pioneer in the taxi industry who strove to improve the image and administration

Ahomed Ebrahim Lambat, attorney, politician, community worker and sworn translator to the Supreme Court in Urdu and Gujarati, i

Sheila Cussons, SA poet now living in Israel, is born at Moravia, near Piketberg, CP.

Hassan Howa, cricket promoter and campaigner for sports equality, is born in Cape Town.

Moses Mauane (Malume) Kotane, political functionary of the SACP and compositor of the communist newspaper Umsebenzi, is born

Anglo-Boer War 2: British officers Ian Hamilton and Baden-Powell evacuate Rustenburg and Olifant’s Nek and occupy Commando Drif

Robert Moffat (87), Scottish missionary near Kuruman and father-in-law of David Livingstone, dies in Tunbridge, Wales.

Anna Susanna (Antjie) Scheepers, Voortrekker pioneer woman who, together with Martha Tregardt (Trichardt) and Breggie Pretorius

Anders Sparrman, Swedish physician, naturalist and Cape explorer, dies in Stockholm.

Makana (Makanda, Nxele), a Xhosa chief/witchdoctor imprisoned on Robben Island by Lord Charles Somerset, overpowers a guard but

Lord Liverpool, British Colonial Secretary, sends instructions to Cape governor Sir John Cradock, to investigate allegations ma

The sixty castaways of the Nieuw-Haerlem, who stayed for a year at the Cape after their ship had been wrecked, arrive in Amster

National Women’s Day. Since 1995 celebrated in South Africa.

The Tanzanian musician Patrick Malisidya, co-founder of the Afro 70 band, dies.

Government orders the slaughter of 30 000 ostriches in an effort to contain an outbreak of bird flu in SA.

President Thabo Mbeki’s parliamentary councillor, Manne Dipico, resigns from the National Assembly in order to concentrate his