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SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY TIMELINES

A general history of South Africa timeline 26000 BP - 2006

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New! The pre-1499 timeline has been updated, it begins approximately 4 million years ago with the Australopithecines hominids who roamed the African Savannahs.

this week in HISTORY

6 July 1977

Makhaya Ntini, SA cricket player, is born. more

7 July 1985

Boris Becker of West Germany beats Kevin Curren of SA at Wimbledon. more

8 July 1658

Herry, also known as Autshumao, Khoi-Khoi interpreter and chief of the Goringhaikonas, is banished to Robben. more

9 July 1893

George Christopher Cato (79), Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies. more

10 July 1998

An application to the Pretoria Supreme Court, to declare the Freedom of Choice to Terminate Pregnancy Law unconstitutional, fails. more

11 July 1900

Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Silkaatsnek begins. more

12 July 1998

Pres. Nelson Mandela accompanies Queen Elizabeth II on a coach drive through the streets of London. more





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