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Dolf van Niekerk, Springbok water skier, is born in Somerset West.

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Sir Joseph Baynes (83), successful farmer and promoter of dairy farming and also SA minister of Lands and Works, dies

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Ronald Mylchreest, S.A sculptor, is born in Johannesburg.

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WW1: The South African brigade is called to capture Delville Wood in France in a fierce two-day battle.

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Alfred Beit (53), friend of Cecil John Rhodes and co-founder of De Beers Mining Company and Southern Rhodesia, dies.

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Anglo-Boer War 2. The British Colonial Office appoints a Ladies Commission to investigate the concentration camps in SA. The co

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Anglo-Boer War 2 -In the Free State, Lieutenant-General E.L. Elliot’s drive ends. At the cost of only three British casualties,

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Methuen reoccupies Rustenburg. This is the 3rd British occupation of the town.

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Three commandos under the newly appointed Combat General Viljoen, attack about 4 650 British soldiers with twenty field guns an

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Anglo-Boer War 2 Start of the ‘first De Wet hunt’, when a two-pronged attack by Gens. Accurate Republican shelling repulses Pag

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The visiting Dutch commissioner, Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede, gives several instructions to Gov. Simon van der Stel regarding im

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Former Inkatha Freedom Party chairman Ziba Jiyane registers a new political party, the National Democratic Convention (NDC), wi

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Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend and Ryk Neethling win the first gold medal for SA for the 4 x 100m relay at the

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A 32-year-old man, Elvis Ramoloyi, is beaten to death by a mob after he wounded two people in an apparent road rage incident in

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Police in Zimbabwe arrest White farmers who defied a government order to leave their farms.

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The death toll in the ambush of a refugee train by Angolan rebels rises to 252 after rescue workers identify 100 more bodies.

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An armed group kills 29 people in south-western Algeria in the worst violence since President Abdelaziz Bouteflika took office

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In a Tri-Nation test match the SA rugby team comes back from 5-25 and beats New Zealand 24-23 on King’s Park, Durban.

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Pakistan hands over to Kenya a suspect, who reportedly, confessed to involvement in the bombing of the US Embassy in Nairobi ei

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Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Velayati, visits South Africa in connection with South Africa’s agreement to store and mark

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Carlos the Jackal, freelance terrorist, is arrested in Sudan and flown to Paris for trial. He is eventually sentenced to life i

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A controversy erupts at a Johannesburg rugby match when thousands of White South Africans sing the national anthem during a mom

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The Springbok rugby team loses 24-27 against New Zealand in Johannesburg.

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The South African Government, ANC and IFP agree on a draft National Peace Accord that they described as &quot;a firm foundation

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At least 150 Blacks die in violence in Black townships near Johannesburg, between supporters of the ANC and Inkatha Freedom Par

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F.W. de Klerk is appointed and inaugurated as acting state president after the resignation of Pres. Botha the previous day. S

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South African President P. W. Botha, in his ‘Rubicon Speech’, rejects Western pleas to abolish apartheid, and declares, ‘I am n

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Joshua Mqabuko Nyangolo Nkomo, considered by many to be the true hero of the Zimbabwean independence struggle, returns to Harar

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The Lesotho Foreign Ministry appeals for international help to stop South Africa applying an economic squeeze designed to force

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South Africa loses the first rugby test in Christchurch against New Zealand 9-14.

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Dolf van Niekerk, Springbok water skier, is born in Somerset West.

Sir Joseph Baynes (83), successful farmer and promoter of dairy farming and also SA minister of Lands and Works, dies

Ronald Mylchreest, S.A sculptor, is born in Johannesburg.

WW1: The South African brigade is called to capture Delville Wood in France in a fierce two-day battle.

Alfred Beit (53), friend of Cecil John Rhodes and co-founder of De Beers Mining Company and Southern Rhodesia, dies.

Anglo-Boer War 2. The British Colonial Office appoints a Ladies Commission to investigate the concentration camps in SA. The co

Anglo-Boer War 2 -In the Free State, Lieutenant-General E.L. Elliot’s drive ends. At the cost of only three British casualties,

Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Methuen reoccupies Rustenburg. This is the 3rd British occupation of the town.

Three commandos under the newly appointed Combat General Viljoen, attack about 4 650 British soldiers with twenty field guns an

Anglo-Boer War 2 Start of the ‘first De Wet hunt’, when a two-pronged attack by Gens. Accurate Republican shelling repulses Pag

The visiting Dutch commissioner, Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede, gives several instructions to Gov. Simon van der Stel regarding im

Former Inkatha Freedom Party chairman Ziba Jiyane registers a new political party, the National Democratic Convention (NDC), wi

Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend and Ryk Neethling win the first gold medal for SA for the 4 x 100m relay at the

A 32-year-old man, Elvis Ramoloyi, is beaten to death by a mob after he wounded two people in an apparent road rage incident in

Police in Zimbabwe arrest White farmers who defied a government order to leave their farms.

The death toll in the ambush of a refugee train by Angolan rebels rises to 252 after rescue workers identify 100 more bodies.

An armed group kills 29 people in south-western Algeria in the worst violence since President Abdelaziz Bouteflika took office

In a Tri-Nation test match the SA rugby team comes back from 5-25 and beats New Zealand 24-23 on King’s Park, Durban.

Pakistan hands over to Kenya a suspect, who reportedly, confessed to involvement in the bombing of the US Embassy in Nairobi ei

Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Velayati, visits South Africa in connection with South Africa’s agreement to store and mark

Carlos the Jackal, freelance terrorist, is arrested in Sudan and flown to Paris for trial. He is eventually sentenced to life i

A controversy erupts at a Johannesburg rugby match when thousands of White South Africans sing the national anthem during a mom

The Springbok rugby team loses 24-27 against New Zealand in Johannesburg.

The South African Government, ANC and IFP agree on a draft National Peace Accord that they described as &amp;quot;a firm foundation

At least 150 Blacks die in violence in Black townships near Johannesburg, between supporters of the ANC and Inkatha Freedom Par

F.W. de Klerk is appointed and inaugurated as acting state president after the resignation of Pres. Botha the previous day. S

South African President P. W. Botha, in his ‘Rubicon Speech’, rejects Western pleas to abolish apartheid, and declares, ‘I am n

Joshua Mqabuko Nyangolo Nkomo, considered by many to be the true hero of the Zimbabwean independence struggle, returns to Harar

The Lesotho Foreign Ministry appeals for international help to stop South Africa applying an economic squeeze designed to force

South Africa loses the first rugby test in Christchurch against New Zealand 9-14.

The South African Government, ANC and IFP agree on a draft National Peace Accord that they described as "a firm foundation