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St James Church massacre. Azanian Peoples’ Liberation Army (APLA the armed wing of the Pan-Africanist Congress)

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The 25th Summer Olympics opens in Barcelona, Spain.

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The South African government admits donating $35 billion in 1989 to support political parties opposing the South-West Africa Pe

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Representatives of the South African authorities, business and religious leaders, as well as ANC and IFP, meet in Johannesburg

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Liberian rebels attack an airfield in Monrovia, closing off that city’s last link to outside world.

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Senior ANC member, ‘Mac’ Maharaj and over forty other members of the ANC and the SACP, are detained for allegedly attempting to

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The body of Eric Mntonga, the Border co-director of the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA), is fou

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Indemnity Act No 31, indemnifying the Ciskei administration against any court proceedings arising from its actions, commences.

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The trial ends in the Natal Supreme Court in Pietermaritzburg of five Africans all of whom have previous convictions for subver

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Congresses of both the Progressive and the Reform parties, held simultaneously in Johannesburg, unanimously approve the merger

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Charles H. Weich (pseud. Emol) (80), first Afrikaans music critic, dies.

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Dr Christiaan Barnard transplants two lungs and a heart into a man in Cape Town, South Africa, and the operation is described a

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The Springbok team beats the All Blacks 17-6 in the first test match in Pretoria.

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The SA rugby team loses 6-8 against the French team in Springs.

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The Mozambique leader, Eduardo Mondlane, as the president of Frelimo, successfully promotes a coalition between several indepen

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The monarchy in Tunis ends and the country becomes a republic with Habib ben Ali Bourguiba as first president.

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A meeting in Johannesburg, called by the South African Native National Congress is attended by a large number of people from th

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Comoros is proclaimed a French colony.

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The Cape Town city hall is inaugurated five years after the corner stone was laid and while the building is still in progress.

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James James Ranisi Jolobe, Xhosa author and poet, and Presbyterian clergyman, is born in Xhalanga district, Transkei.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: In the month since 25 June, Emily Hobhouse has addressed 26 public meetings in Britain on the concentration c

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The first ‘Burgerspond’, named after Pres. T.F. Burgers and made of gold from Pilgrim’s Rest, is handed in London to J.J. Pratt

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Prof. Ulrich Gerhard Lauts (78), who reported on the Great Trek and further adventures of the Voortrekkers and who was appointe

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Dr James Barry, physician at the Cape who performed the first caesarean in the Cape Colony, dies in London.

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The Battle of Berea takes place in the OVS and Basotho War.

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Fearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, dies in Simonstown. He was buried at the Royal Observatory.

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St James Church massacre. Azanian Peoples’ Liberation Army (APLA the armed wing of the Pan-Africanist Congress)

The 25th Summer Olympics opens in Barcelona, Spain.

The South African government admits donating $35 billion in 1989 to support political parties opposing the South-West Africa Pe

Representatives of the South African authorities, business and religious leaders, as well as ANC and IFP, meet in Johannesburg

Liberian rebels attack an airfield in Monrovia, closing off that city’s last link to outside world.

Senior ANC member, ‘Mac’ Maharaj and over forty other members of the ANC and the SACP, are detained for allegedly attempting to

The body of Eric Mntonga, the Border co-director of the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA), is fou

Indemnity Act No 31, indemnifying the Ciskei administration against any court proceedings arising from its actions, commences.

The trial ends in the Natal Supreme Court in Pietermaritzburg of five Africans all of whom have previous convictions for subver

Congresses of both the Progressive and the Reform parties, held simultaneously in Johannesburg, unanimously approve the merger

Charles H. Weich (pseud. Emol) (80), first Afrikaans music critic, dies.

Dr Christiaan Barnard transplants two lungs and a heart into a man in Cape Town, South Africa, and the operation is described a

The Springbok team beats the All Blacks 17-6 in the first test match in Pretoria.

The SA rugby team loses 6-8 against the French team in Springs.

The Mozambique leader, Eduardo Mondlane, as the president of Frelimo, successfully promotes a coalition between several indepen

The monarchy in Tunis ends and the country becomes a republic with Habib ben Ali Bourguiba as first president.

Bantu Holomisa, SA politician and leader of the UDM, is born.

Judge Ismael Mahomed, first SA Black chief justice, is born.

Prof. Jan Kamp, literary critic and editor of Het Westen, dies.

Roland Trimen (75), curator of the South African Museum, dies in London.

A meeting in Johannesburg, called by the South African Native National Congress is attended by a large number of people from th

Comoros is proclaimed a French colony.

The Cape Town city hall is inaugurated five years after the corner stone was laid and while the building is still in progress.

James James Ranisi Jolobe, Xhosa author and poet, and Presbyterian clergyman, is born in Xhalanga district, Transkei.

Anglo-Boer War 2: In the month since 25 June, Emily Hobhouse has addressed 26 public meetings in Britain on the concentration c

The first ‘Burgerspond’, named after Pres. T.F. Burgers and made of gold from Pilgrim’s Rest, is handed in London to J.J. Pratt

Prof. Ulrich Gerhard Lauts (78), who reported on the Great Trek and further adventures of the Voortrekkers and who was appointe

Dr James Barry, physician at the Cape who performed the first caesarean in the Cape Colony, dies in London.

The Battle of Berea takes place in the OVS and Basotho War.

Fearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, dies in Simonstown. He was buried at the Royal Observatory.