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The eastern portion of Peelton is incorporated into the Transkei, against the wish of many of the inhabitants. South African ci

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KwaNdebele ‘homeland’ rejects independence.

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Four rockets explode in Voortrekkerhoogte. The ANC claims responsibility.

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This day saw R2 million worth of damage in 36 hours of fighting. Langa and Guguletu residents stop employees leaving for work.

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Twenty-seven people die in overnight rioting in townships in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

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A statement issued simultaneously in Lusaka and Salisbury, gives details of proposals agreed to after two days of talks between

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The Commission of Inquiry into Certain Organisations submits its final report on NUSAS to Parliament. It finds that its leaders

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Rosalind Ballingall, drama student of the University of Cape Town, disappears mysteriously from the house she rents with friend

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The United Nations Security Council’s resolution calls on South Africa to withdraw its administration from Namibia immediately,

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Over 5,000 soldiers supported by tanks, armoured cars and air force units begin manoeuvres in an exercise code named Operation

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The fourth rugby test match between SA and France ends in a draw with 6 points each. SA wins the series 2-1.

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Under the Suppression of Communism Amendment Bill tabled in Parliament, any attorney or advocate who has committed an offence u

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The SA rugby team beats Australia 23-11 in the first test in Port Elizabeth.

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The Federasie van Rapportryerskorpse (Federation of Dispatch-riders) is founded, to promote the culture, interests and identity

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The radical leader of Tunisia’s left-wing opposition party, Salah ben Youssef, is assassinated in Frankfurt, Germany.

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UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold and UN troops enter rebel province of Katanga in Zaire.

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Walter Sisulu and others are arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act.

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Salukazi Dakile-Hlongwane, businessman and current Executive Chair and Director of Nozola Investments, is born in Johannesburg.

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African mineworkers’ strike, led by J.B. Marks, leader of the African Mineworkers’ Union, starts. About 60 000 miners went on s

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Edgar John (Eddie) Barlow, Springbok cricket player in thirty tests (1961-1970), is born in Pretoria.

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Luanda, capital of Angola, becomes a port of call for South African Airways with the airline’s operation of a 10-seater Junkers

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The SA rugby team beats Australia 12-3 in Johannesburg.

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Victor Sidney Norton, outstanding and courageous journalist, is born in Johannesburg.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The rearguard of the Boer forces under De Wet fights a running battle with Lord Methuen’s British force.

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During negotiations with State Attorney J.C. Smuts, Sir W. Conyngham Greene, the British agent in Johannesburg, expresses the o

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Cornelis Jacob Langenhoven, SA author, i.a. “Die Stem”, advocate and editor of Het Zuid-Westen, is born in Ladismith, C.P.

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Tiyo Soga, missionary and first ordained Black minister who published a Xhosa translation of the first part of Bunyan’s Pilgrim

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Fearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, arrives in Cape Town.

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Grahamstown, in the Eastern Cape, is founded.

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Johannes Jacobus Janse (Lang Hans) van Rensburg, leader of one of the early Voortrekker treks, is born at the Sundays River,

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The eastern portion of Peelton is incorporated into the Transkei, against the wish of many of the inhabitants. South African ci

KwaNdebele ‘homeland’ rejects independence.

Four rockets explode in Voortrekkerhoogte. The ANC claims responsibility.

This day saw R2 million worth of damage in 36 hours of fighting. Langa and Guguletu residents stop employees leaving for work.

Twenty-seven people die in overnight rioting in townships in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

A statement issued simultaneously in Lusaka and Salisbury, gives details of proposals agreed to after two days of talks between

The Commission of Inquiry into Certain Organisations submits its final report on NUSAS to Parliament. It finds that its leaders

Rosalind Ballingall, drama student of the University of Cape Town, disappears mysteriously from the house she rents with friend

The United Nations Security Council’s resolution calls on South Africa to withdraw its administration from Namibia immediately,

Over 5,000 soldiers supported by tanks, armoured cars and air force units begin manoeuvres in an exercise code named Operation

The fourth rugby test match between SA and France ends in a draw with 6 points each. SA wins the series 2-1.

Under the Suppression of Communism Amendment Bill tabled in Parliament, any attorney or advocate who has committed an offence u

The SA rugby team beats Australia 23-11 in the first test in Port Elizabeth.

The Federasie van Rapportryerskorpse (Federation of Dispatch-riders) is founded, to promote the culture, interests and identity

The radical leader of Tunisia’s left-wing opposition party, Salah ben Youssef, is assassinated in Frankfurt, Germany.

UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold and UN troops enter rebel province of Katanga in Zaire.

Walter Sisulu and others are arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act.

Salukazi Dakile-Hlongwane, businessman and current Executive Chair and Director of Nozola Investments, is born in Johannesburg.

African mineworkers’ strike, led by J.B. Marks, leader of the African Mineworkers’ Union, starts. About 60 000 miners went on s

Edgar John (Eddie) Barlow, Springbok cricket player in thirty tests (1961-1970), is born in Pretoria.

Luanda, capital of Angola, becomes a port of call for South African Airways with the airline’s operation of a 10-seater Junkers

The SA rugby team beats Australia 12-3 in Johannesburg.

Victor Sidney Norton, outstanding and courageous journalist, is born in Johannesburg.

Anglo-Boer War 2: The rearguard of the Boer forces under De Wet fights a running battle with Lord Methuen’s British force.

During negotiations with State Attorney J.C. Smuts, Sir W. Conyngham Greene, the British agent in Johannesburg, expresses the o

Cornelis Jacob Langenhoven, SA author, i.a. “Die Stem”, advocate and editor of Het Zuid-Westen, is born in Ladismith, C.P.

Tiyo Soga, missionary and first ordained Black minister who published a Xhosa translation of the first part of Bunyan’s Pilgrim

Fearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, arrives in Cape Town.

Grahamstown, in the Eastern Cape, is founded.

Johannes Jacobus Janse (Lang Hans) van Rensburg, leader of one of the early Voortrekker treks, is born at the Sundays River,