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Church leaders launch a major initiative among business, labour, government and political groups to restart negotiations and he

This day in history

Albert Zafy, the top opposition leader in Madagascar is arrested and thousands of his supporters protest in a central square.

This day in history

A Korean Air DC-10 crashes in heavy fog while attempting to land at Tripoli airport in Libya, killing eighty-two people, four o

This day in history

The government of President Obote of Uganda is overthrown for the second time and replaced by a military council under Gen. Tit

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The Republic of Ciskei Constitution Amendment Act No 10, removing the post of Vice-President, commences.

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The deposed Shah of Iran dies at a military hospital outside Cairo, Egypt, at age sixty.

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UN Security Council endorses Western plan for ending guerrilla warfare in Southwest Africa and making it independent new state

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There is further unrest (27-31 July) in the townships throughout the country including those of Alexandra (Northern Johannesbur

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After four years of intermittent tension, Britain breaks off diplomatic relations with Uganda, the first time in thirty years t

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Dr Georg Siegfried Johannes Kuschke, industrialist and president in 1970 of the Industrial Development Corporation, dies in Joh

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Prime Minister Vorster completes a tour of African homelands in the Northern Transvaal during which he hold talks with leaders

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An Uranium Enrichment Bill is announced, establishing the Uranium Enrichment Corporation of South Africa.

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Jonathan Neil (Jonty) Rhodes, SA cricket player, is born in Pietermaritzburg.

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Britain and Egypt initial an agreement to end British occupation of the Suez Canal Zone.

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The undeclared Korean War ends, after three years of fighting between North Korean and Chinese Communists against the United Na

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(William Matthew) Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist, dies.

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Kippie Moeketsi, SA jazz player, is born. He died in 1983.

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Samuel Vernon Collins, pioneer in the reclaiming of off shore diamonds on the West Coast, is born in Texas.

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Zoltan Borbereki-Kovaks, S.A artist, is born in Ronaszek, Hungary. He settled in SA in 1950.

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The South African Agricultural Union (SAAU) comes into being in Pretoria. It was first called the Intercolonial Agricultural

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Steinaecker’s corps’ prisoners taken on 21-07-1901 at Bremersdorp by Boer General Tobias Smuts, are tried and

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Chief Commandant C.R. De Wet, operating in the Bethlehem district, issues instructions to Commandant Willem D. Fouche in the Ea

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Anglo-Boer War 2: In a diplomatic note to the ZAR Milner states that the new Aliens Act includes unacceptable regulations.

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Sir Joseph Benjamin Robinson, one of the richest mine magnates, buys Section B of the farm Langlaagte from mrs Anna Elizabeth d

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Jim McKendrick, SA rugby Springbok, is born in Stellenbosch.

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Nicolaas Johannes Brümmer, clergyman, professor, author and cultural leader, is born at Prospect, Dordrecht.

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Susanna Catharina Smit, wife of Erasmus Smit and Gerrit Maritz’s sister, who rendered valuable service in teaching the children

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Henry Bathurst (72), British statesman and co-founder of the British Colonial Office, dies. The town of Bathurst (1820) was

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Sipho Gumede, SA jazz legend, dies after suffering from lung cancer.

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The European Union proposes a ban on the import of “conflict diamonds” from Sierra Leone. The proposal matches a similar resolu

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Church leaders launch a major initiative among business, labour, government and political groups to restart negotiations and he

Albert Zafy, the top opposition leader in Madagascar is arrested and thousands of his supporters protest in a central square.

A Korean Air DC-10 crashes in heavy fog while attempting to land at Tripoli airport in Libya, killing eighty-two people, four o

The government of President Obote of Uganda is overthrown for the second time and replaced by a military council under Gen. Tit

The Republic of Ciskei Constitution Amendment Act No 10, removing the post of Vice-President, commences.

The deposed Shah of Iran dies at a military hospital outside Cairo, Egypt, at age sixty.

UN Security Council endorses Western plan for ending guerrilla warfare in Southwest Africa and making it independent new state

There is further unrest (27-31 July) in the townships throughout the country including those of Alexandra (Northern Johannesbur

After four years of intermittent tension, Britain breaks off diplomatic relations with Uganda, the first time in thirty years t

Dr Georg Siegfried Johannes Kuschke, industrialist and president in 1970 of the Industrial Development Corporation, dies in Joh

Prime Minister Vorster completes a tour of African homelands in the Northern Transvaal during which he hold talks with leaders

An Uranium Enrichment Bill is announced, establishing the Uranium Enrichment Corporation of South Africa.

Jonathan Neil (Jonty) Rhodes, SA cricket player, is born in Pietermaritzburg.

Britain and Egypt initial an agreement to end British occupation of the Suez Canal Zone.

The undeclared Korean War ends, after three years of fighting between North Korean and Chinese Communists against the United Na

(William Matthew) Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist, dies.

Kippie Moeketsi, SA jazz player, is born. He died in 1983.

Samuel Vernon Collins, pioneer in the reclaiming of off shore diamonds on the West Coast, is born in Texas.

Zoltan Borbereki-Kovaks, S.A artist, is born in Ronaszek, Hungary. He settled in SA in 1950.

The South African Agricultural Union (SAAU) comes into being in Pretoria. It was first called the Intercolonial Agricultural

Anglo-Boer War 2: Steinaecker’s corps’ prisoners taken on 21-07-1901 at Bremersdorp by Boer General Tobias Smuts, are tried and

Chief Commandant C.R. De Wet, operating in the Bethlehem district, issues instructions to Commandant Willem D. Fouche in the Ea

Anglo-Boer War 2: In a diplomatic note to the ZAR Milner states that the new Aliens Act includes unacceptable regulations.

Sir Joseph Benjamin Robinson, one of the richest mine magnates, buys Section B of the farm Langlaagte from mrs Anna Elizabeth d

Jim McKendrick, SA rugby Springbok, is born in Stellenbosch.

Nicolaas Johannes Brümmer, clergyman, professor, author and cultural leader, is born at Prospect, Dordrecht.

Susanna Catharina Smit, wife of Erasmus Smit and Gerrit Maritz’s sister, who rendered valuable service in teaching the children

Henry Bathurst (72), British statesman and co-founder of the British Colonial Office, dies. The town of Bathurst (1820) was

Sipho Gumede, SA jazz legend, dies after suffering from lung cancer.

The European Union proposes a ban on the import of “conflict diamonds” from Sierra Leone. The proposal matches a similar resolu