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10 September – Transvaal – Lydenburg to Steelpoort, 74 miles 40 chains (119.9 kilometres). [2] 19 September – South West Africa – Gobabis Junction in Windhoek to Ondekaremba, 29 miles 70 chains (48.1 kilometres). [2] 22 September – Transvaal – Naboomspruit to Singlewood, 20 miles 47 chains (33.1 kilometres). [2]
3 February: 1996 Africa Cup of Nations Final football contest played in Johannesburg. Population: 752,349 city. [32] 1997 MTN Sundrome opens. Flag of Johannesburg revised design adopted. 1998 – Website Joburg.org.za launched. [33] 1998 – St Peter's College was founded. 1999 – September: 1999 All-Africa Games held in city. 2000
The Dawes Plan, a restructuring of the payment of reparations owed by Germany to the victorious Allied Powers of World War I, went into effect, three days after it was approved by Germany.
28 September – Pieter-Dirk Uys, performer, author, satirist, and social activist. 5 October – Riaan Cruywagen, news reader and voice artist; 16 October – Kaizer Motaung, footballer, founder & chairman of Kaizer Chiefs F.C. 22 October – Lillian Dube, actress & TV host; 17 December – Belinda Bozzoli, academic and politician (d.2020)
The Union of South Africa was tied closely to the British Empire, and automatically joined with Great Britain and the allies against the German Empire.Both Prime Minister Louis Botha and Defence Minister Jan Smuts were former Second Boer War generals who had fought against the British, but then became active and respected members of the Imperial War Cabinet.
Pages in category "1924 in Africa" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. 1924 in the Belgian Congo; C.
Hertzog led the National Party the 1915 and 1920 elections under the slogan "South Africa first" to create a South Africa independent from the British influence. [18] In the 1924 elections he defeated the South African Party led by Jan Smuts , after Smuts had used force to end the Rand Revolt of white miners in 1922, and stayed in power for 15 ...
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