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Masibulela Hawk Makepula, SA junior flyweight, wins the world champion title of the World Boxing Union in that category.

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The sale of six state-owned provincial radio stations has realised R520 million, to be spend on reducing state debt, new infras

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The Constitutional Court rules that President Nelson Mandela exceeded his power by decreasing electoral boundaries.

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South Africa signs joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Ecuador.

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Political assassinations: Nhlanhla Makhanya (14), Rev. Mntambo, his son and an employee, Mr Mtshali, Mr Ngenya and Siyabonga Go

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Dingaan Thobela, lightweight of SA, wins the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) title.

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Odette Boucher disappears after school in Kempton Park. Later evidence points to the fact that she was abducted by paedophile G

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The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) launches a national campaign to focus on government repression during the

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Diederik Johannes Opperman, Afrikaans poet, dramatist, litterateur, and professor of the University of Stellenbosch, dies in St

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The Republic of South Africa Constitution Bill is enacted.

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The Afrikaner Broederbond (AB) reverses its 1972 decision to expel HNP (Herstigte Nasionale Party) members from its ranks.

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Signs treaty with Zimbabwe for the reciprocal appointment of trade representatives.

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It is reported that the President, Vice-President and Secretary-General of the Hervormde Kerk (Reformed Church) of the Netherla

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The Prime Minister pays a secret visit (22-23 September) to the Ivory Coast in pursuit of his policy of seeking dialogue with B

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Idi Amin gives Uganda’s 8,000 Asians forty-eight hours to leave the country.

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A Commission of the South African Council of Churches publishes a report condemning apartheid as a false faith hostile to Chris

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Mali (without Senegal) gains independence from France (National Day).

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William Henry Brann (54), SA cricket player in three tests, 1922 /1923, dies in Port Elizabeth.

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Twenty non-White leaders are put on trial on charges under Suppression of Communism Act. The accused include Dr. J. S. Moroka,

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Andries Johannes Botha, SA sculptor, is born in Durban, Natal.

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Peter Whipp, SA rugby player, is born.

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South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Executive, meeting in Cape Town, elects Sorabjee Rustomjee as a delegate of SAIC to the me

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Dr Anton Rupert establishes the Voorbrand Tobacco Company in Commissioner Street, Johannesburg.

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Slavery is abolished in Sierra Leone, Africa.

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Douglas Portway, SA born artist who left SA and has since resided in several European countries, is born in Johannesburg.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The British, under Col. Settle, enter Schweizer-Reneke, in western Transvaal.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: As result of a military notice on this date, the first two refugee camps are established at Pretoria and Bloe

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The ZAR takes over control of the railway lines and workshops of the Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg

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Chief Sekwati, Pedi paramount chief, dies in Mosega and is succeeded by his son Sekhukhune I.

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Shaka, Zulu chief and founder of the Zulu empire, is murdered by his two half-brothers Dingane and Mhlangana. Dingane assumes t

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Masibulela Hawk Makepula, SA junior flyweight, wins the world champion title of the World Boxing Union in that category.

The sale of six state-owned provincial radio stations has realised R520 million, to be spend on reducing state debt, new infras

The Constitutional Court rules that President Nelson Mandela exceeded his power by decreasing electoral boundaries.

South Africa signs joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Ecuador.

Political assassinations: Nhlanhla Makhanya (14), Rev. Mntambo, his son and an employee, Mr Mtshali, Mr Ngenya and Siyabonga Go

Dingaan Thobela, lightweight of SA, wins the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) title.

Odette Boucher disappears after school in Kempton Park. Later evidence points to the fact that she was abducted by paedophile G

The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) launches a national campaign to focus on government repression during the

Diederik Johannes Opperman, Afrikaans poet, dramatist, litterateur, and professor of the University of Stellenbosch, dies in St

The Republic of South Africa Constitution Bill is enacted.

The Afrikaner Broederbond (AB) reverses its 1972 decision to expel HNP (Herstigte Nasionale Party) members from its ranks.

Signs treaty with Zimbabwe for the reciprocal appointment of trade representatives.

It is reported that the President, Vice-President and Secretary-General of the Hervormde Kerk (Reformed Church) of the Netherla

The Prime Minister pays a secret visit (22-23 September) to the Ivory Coast in pursuit of his policy of seeking dialogue with B

Idi Amin gives Uganda’s 8,000 Asians forty-eight hours to leave the country.

A Commission of the South African Council of Churches publishes a report condemning apartheid as a false faith hostile to Chris

Mali (without Senegal) gains independence from France (National Day).

William Henry Brann (54), SA cricket player in three tests, 1922 /1923, dies in Port Elizabeth.

Twenty non-White leaders are put on trial on charges under Suppression of Communism Act. The accused include Dr. J. S. Moroka,

Andries Johannes Botha, SA sculptor, is born in Durban, Natal.

Peter Whipp, SA rugby player, is born.

South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Executive, meeting in Cape Town, elects Sorabjee Rustomjee as a delegate of SAIC to the me

Dr Anton Rupert establishes the Voorbrand Tobacco Company in Commissioner Street, Johannesburg.

Slavery is abolished in Sierra Leone, Africa.

Douglas Portway, SA born artist who left SA and has since resided in several European countries, is born in Johannesburg.

Anglo-Boer War 2: The British, under Col. Settle, enter Schweizer-Reneke, in western Transvaal.

Anglo-Boer War 2: As result of a military notice on this date, the first two refugee camps are established at Pretoria and Bloe

Anglo-Boer War 2: The ZAR takes over control of the railway lines and workshops of the Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg

Chief Sekwati, Pedi paramount chief, dies in Mosega and is succeeded by his son Sekhukhune I.

Shaka, Zulu chief and founder of the Zulu empire, is murdered by his two half-brothers Dingane and Mhlangana. Dingane assumes t