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Nelson Mandela to step down

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SA President Nelson Mandela to step down

Bessie Head is born

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Novelist and historian Bessie Head is born

The Battle of Ulundi begins

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The Battle of Ulundi begins

Samuel Kanyon Doe

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Liberian President, Samuel Kanyon Doe publically offers to resign

Lumumba

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Patrice Emery Lumumba, first Prime Minister of an independent Congo, is born

Seretse Khama

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Seretse Khama is born

Moses Mayekiso

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Union leader, Moses Mayekiso is reported to be under arrest on his return from Sweden.

Flag of Djibouti

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Djibouti, France’s last colony, gains independence

SACTU

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SACTU launches a national potato boycott.