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Britain buys forts on Africa’s Gold Coast from Denmark.

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Britain buys forts on Africa’s Gold Coast from Denmark.

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The Orange River is named in honour of Prince William V of Orange by the Dutch discoverer Col. Robert Gordon.

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William Paterson, collector of plants in SA, is born in Montrose, Scotland.

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Machtelt Smit (born Combrinck), founder of the first private welfare organisation in SA, is born.

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Joan van Arkel, the first minister of religion at the Cape, arrives in Table Bay on board the Nieu Middelburg. Date is given as

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Maluleke George, the deputy defence minister, attends the 90th commemoration of the Battle of Delville Wood in France. During t

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The first of South Africa’s fleet of Gripen aircraft ordered to re-equip the SA National Defence Force is transported by road t

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A diesel train carrying 1 140-ton diesel derails and explodes in Swartruggens, North West Province.

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IFP political director, Ziba Jiyane, is appointed secretary-general of the party at its annual general conference in Ulundi.

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The IFP releases its new constitution at its annual general conference held in Ulundi.

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The Security Council unanimously adopts resolution 765(1992). Pursuant to that resolution, the Secretary-General appointed a Sp

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The SA government transfers R2bn to the Independent Development Trust to ‘overcome the backlog in the socio-economic developmen

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The ANC sent a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk and demanded an end violent police action.

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Nothembu Grace Millicent, social worker and community leader, dies in Cape Town.

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South Africa’s largest labour federation, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), held its annual congress from 12

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Supreme Court Act No 2, providing for the separation of the Ciskei judiciary from South Africa, commences.

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Charles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, jurist, journalist, politician, farmer and first state president of SA, dies in Bloemfontein.

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Joe Gqabi assassinated in Salisbury.

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The ‘Committee of 81’, representing all Coloured schools and colleges in the Western Cape, decides to end class boycotts.

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The Secretary of Health announces that all senior doctors in the Public Service, irrespective of race, will in future receive e

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Soviet advisers are expelled from the Republic of Somali by orders of the president, Muhammad Siyad Barre.

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Shaun MacLean Pollock, Springbok cricket player and son of the Springbok Peter Pollock, is born.

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The Council of the New Zealand Softball Association decides by seventeen votes to seven to invite a South African men’s softbal

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Europeans and Americans are reportedly fleeing Biafra, the oil rich eastern region of Nigeria, as more Nigerian Federal troops

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Horatio Isaiah Budlwana (Bud) Mbelle, interpreter, insurance agent, community leader and politician, dies in Pretoria. He was w

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Judge Ivan Curlewis (42) dies in the same year he was appointed judge of Transvaal.

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Britain buys forts on Africa’s Gold Coast from Denmark.

Britain buys forts on Africa’s Gold Coast from Denmark.

The Orange River is named in honour of Prince William V of Orange by the Dutch discoverer Col. Robert Gordon.

William Paterson, collector of plants in SA, is born in Montrose, Scotland.

Machtelt Smit (born Combrinck), founder of the first private welfare organisation in SA, is born.

Joan van Arkel, the first minister of religion at the Cape, arrives in Table Bay on board the Nieu Middelburg. Date is given as

Maluleke George, the deputy defence minister, attends the 90th commemoration of the Battle of Delville Wood in France. During t

The first of South Africa’s fleet of Gripen aircraft ordered to re-equip the SA National Defence Force is transported by road t

A diesel train carrying 1 140-ton diesel derails and explodes in Swartruggens, North West Province.

IFP political director, Ziba Jiyane, is appointed secretary-general of the party at its annual general conference in Ulundi.

The IFP releases its new constitution at its annual general conference held in Ulundi.

The Security Council unanimously adopts resolution 765(1992). Pursuant to that resolution, the Secretary-General appointed a Sp

The SA government transfers R2bn to the Independent Development Trust to ‘overcome the backlog in the socio-economic developmen

The ANC sent a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk and demanded an end violent police action.

Nothembu Grace Millicent, social worker and community leader, dies in Cape Town.

South Africa’s largest labour federation, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), held its annual congress from 12

Supreme Court Act No 2, providing for the separation of the Ciskei judiciary from South Africa, commences.

Charles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, jurist, journalist, politician, farmer and first state president of SA, dies in Bloemfontein.

Joe Gqabi assassinated in Salisbury.

The ‘Committee of 81’, representing all Coloured schools and colleges in the Western Cape, decides to end class boycotts.

The Secretary of Health announces that all senior doctors in the Public Service, irrespective of race, will in future receive e

Soviet advisers are expelled from the Republic of Somali by orders of the president, Muhammad Siyad Barre.

Shaun MacLean Pollock, Springbok cricket player and son of the Springbok Peter Pollock, is born.

The Council of the New Zealand Softball Association decides by seventeen votes to seven to invite a South African men’s softbal

Europeans and Americans are reportedly fleeing Biafra, the oil rich eastern region of Nigeria, as more Nigerian Federal troops

Ivory Coast closes sea and airports to South Africa and Portugal.

The SA rugby team beats New Zealand 15-11 on Newlands.

Roelf Meyer, former politician and NP negotiator at CODESA, is born.

Horatio Isaiah Budlwana (Bud) Mbelle, interpreter, insurance agent, community leader and politician, dies in Pretoria. He was w

Judge Ivan Curlewis (42) dies in the same year he was appointed judge of Transvaal.