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EVENTS

2 May - Lord Alfred Milner , British colonial secretary and the High Commissioner For Southern Africa , returns to Britain

6 May - British troops kill over 60 Zulu s during a punitive expedition near Durban

24 November - South Africa (Springboks) beat Ireland 15-12 in Ireland

BIRTHS

5 March - Siegfried Mynhardt , Actor , is born in Johannesburg

11 June - Nicolaas Petrus Van Wyk Louw , Poet , dramatist and essayist, is born in Sutherland , Cape Colony

30 October - Archibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan , a Xhosa Writer and Linguist , is born in the Tsolo district of the Cape Colony

13 December - Laurens Van Der Post , Author , Farmer , war hero, political adviser, educator, Journalist , Humanitarian , Philosopher , explorer, and conservationist, is born in Philippolis

DEATHS