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Four men die instantly when a car swerves to avoid a second which was spinning on the Odi race track and ploughed into spectato

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The South African National Government Cabinet announces the go-ahead for an antiretroviral roll-out plan.

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Peter Oxley (58), TV journalist, dies in Cape Town.

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First day of office for Tito Mboweni as President of the SA Reserve Bank, succeeding Dr Chris Stals. He was inaugurated on the

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Simon Ramoni, SA super bantamweight, wins the International Boxing Organisation (IBO) title.

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Justice Richard Goldstone said that his Commission was ready to carry out a full-scale inquiry into the security forces and pol

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South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha announces agreement has been reached for a cease-fire in the Angolan conflict between

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Fourteen people die in an attack on a cinema building in Umlazi where the funeral service for murdered UDFmember, Victoria Mxen

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Lieutenant-General Johann Coetzee, Head of the Security Police, announces that Ernest Dipale, arrested under the new Internal S

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Helen Elizabeth Martins, artist known for her queer sculptures at the Owl House in the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda dies in h

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Fire destroys Struis Bay school Principal’s office.

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The SA rugby team loses the second test 8-9 against New Zealand in Newlands, Cape Town.

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Lieutenant Colonel Yakubu Gowon, leader of Nigeria’s National Military Government, reinstates a federal government system. This

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Beatle records are banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), due to John Lennon’s previous ‘Jesus’ comments.

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Following the findings of the Viljoen Commission into the employment of African labour in twelve gold mines, the experiment is

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Shackleton 1718 crashes in the mountains at Steynskloof Dam near Rawsonville with total loss of life. The aircraft was on its w

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Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskj&ouml;ld, UN secretary-general, instructs Belgium to withdraw its troops from the Congo.

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The last tram trip from Pretoria Church Square to the station takes place.

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The symbolic Ossewatrek, organised by the Uitvoerende Raad van die Afrikaanse Taalen Kultuurvereniging (ATKV), starts from the

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Prof. Stephanus Andrew Louw, authority on language geography, is born in Krugersdorp.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: In Bethlehem, OFS, a Black man called Frans is tried by the British, found guilty, sentenced to death and h

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Anglo-Boer War 2: At Buffelshoek, a council of war adopts De Wet’s proposal to reduce the number of wagons to one per twenty-

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The London Convention is ratified by the Volksraad. It restored the name Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek and did not mention Britis

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Louisa Frederika Meyburgh, also called the ‘first Afrikaans minister of Port Elizabeth’ because of her fervour for proclaiming

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At request of Pres. T.F. Burgers, J.F. (Jan Volkstem) Celliers publishes a pro-government newspaper, De Volksstem, in Pretoria

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King Moshesh (Moshoeshoe, Msheshwe) of the Basuto beats off an attack by Com. Louw Wepener of the Orange Free State.

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The Swiftsure is wrecked in a storm at Plettenberg Bay, without loss of lives.

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Dr Carl Pehr Thunberg, SA explorer, dies.

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Tjaart van der Walt, frontier farmer and field commandant who played an important role in the third frontier war against the co

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IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi reveals at the funeral of his daughter, Princess Mandisi Sibukakonke, that she died from HIV/Ai

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Four men die instantly when a car swerves to avoid a second which was spinning on the Odi race track and ploughed into spectato

The South African National Government Cabinet announces the go-ahead for an antiretroviral roll-out plan.

Peter Oxley (58), TV journalist, dies in Cape Town.

First day of office for Tito Mboweni as President of the SA Reserve Bank, succeeding Dr Chris Stals. He was inaugurated on the

Simon Ramoni, SA super bantamweight, wins the International Boxing Organisation (IBO) title.

Justice Richard Goldstone said that his Commission was ready to carry out a full-scale inquiry into the security forces and pol

South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha announces agreement has been reached for a cease-fire in the Angolan conflict between

Fourteen people die in an attack on a cinema building in Umlazi where the funeral service for murdered UDFmember, Victoria Mxen

Lieutenant-General Johann Coetzee, Head of the Security Police, announces that Ernest Dipale, arrested under the new Internal S

Helen Elizabeth Martins, artist known for her queer sculptures at the Owl House in the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda dies in h

Fire destroys Struis Bay school Principal’s office.

The SA rugby team loses the second test 8-9 against New Zealand in Newlands, Cape Town.

Lieutenant Colonel Yakubu Gowon, leader of Nigeria’s National Military Government, reinstates a federal government system. This

Beatle records are banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), due to John Lennon’s previous ‘Jesus’ comments.

Following the findings of the Viljoen Commission into the employment of African labour in twelve gold mines, the experiment is

Shackleton 1718 crashes in the mountains at Steynskloof Dam near Rawsonville with total loss of life. The aircraft was on its w

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskj&amp;ouml;ld, UN secretary-general, instructs Belgium to withdraw its troops from the Congo.

The last tram trip from Pretoria Church Square to the station takes place.

The symbolic Ossewatrek, organised by the Uitvoerende Raad van die Afrikaanse Taalen Kultuurvereniging (ATKV), starts from the

Prof. Stephanus Andrew Louw, authority on language geography, is born in Krugersdorp.

Anglo-Boer War 2: In Bethlehem, OFS, a Black man called Frans is tried by the British, found guilty, sentenced to death and h

Anglo-Boer War 2: At Buffelshoek, a council of war adopts De Wet’s proposal to reduce the number of wagons to one per twenty-

The London Convention is ratified by the Volksraad. It restored the name Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek and did not mention Britis

Louisa Frederika Meyburgh, also called the ‘first Afrikaans minister of Port Elizabeth’ because of her fervour for proclaiming

At request of Pres. T.F. Burgers, J.F. (Jan Volkstem) Celliers publishes a pro-government newspaper, De Volksstem, in Pretoria

King Moshesh (Moshoeshoe, Msheshwe) of the Basuto beats off an attack by Com. Louw Wepener of the Orange Free State.

The Swiftsure is wrecked in a storm at Plettenberg Bay, without loss of lives.

Dr Carl Pehr Thunberg, SA explorer, dies.

Tjaart van der Walt, frontier farmer and field commandant who played an important role in the third frontier war against the co

IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi reveals at the funeral of his daughter, Princess Mandisi Sibukakonke, that she died from HIV/Ai

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld, UN secretary-general, instructs Belgium to withdraw its troops from the Congo.