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On this day in history: 08 February

Special Features Pierce Van Heerden - February 7, 2018

Tuesday, 08 February 1881 During the Anglo-Boer War 1 – also called Transvaal War of Independence or Anglo-Transvaal War – a Boer force of about...

On this day in history: 01 February

National Pulane - February 1, 2018

Monday, February 1, 1864 David Hume (66), explorer and big-game hunter, died in Grahamstown. He came to the Cape with Benjamin Moodie's Scotch settlers in...

On this day in history: 30 January

Special Features Pierce Van Heerden - January 30, 2018

Monday, 30 January 1899 Dr Max Theiler, first South African to receive the Nobel Prize, was born in Pretoria in 1899. He studied medicine at the...

On this day in history: 25 January

News Pulane - January 25, 2018

Monday, 25 January 1965 Abram Fischer, Q.C., standing trial under the Suppression of Communism Act, fails to arrive in court, forfeits his bail and disappears....

On this day in history: 18 January

Local Pulane - January 18, 2018

Monday, January 18, 1677 Jan van Riebeeck (57) dies in Batavia. References: • Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau Wednesday,...

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