This Week in History 13 – 19 July
13 July 1947 – Memorandum on housing conditions in Fietas, Johannesburg … read more
14 July 1775 – Cape boundary extended to Fish and Bushman’s rivers … read more
15 July 1994 – Hundreds of thousands of Hutus flee to Zaire … read more
*16 July 1916 – South Africans in WW1: Battle of the Delville Wood … read more
17 July 1950 – Suppression of Communism Act comes into force … read more
18 July 2008 – Nelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday … read more
19 July 1965 – Ingrid Jonker, SA poet, commits suicide … read more
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