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Holy Roman Empire fleet captures vessel Port of Africa at Mehedia in Tunis, naval headquarters of Turkish corsair Dragut.

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International Day of Peace Vigil.

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Catherine Labuschagne 25 makes history when she becomes the first woman fighter pilot in the world to fly a Gripen fighter jet

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Beverly Mashinini wins a bronze medal in the Athens Paralympic Games.

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Wheelchair athlete Ernst van Dyk, cut off from a certain gold medal by Mexico’s Saul Mendoza in the 1&nbsp;500m final Athens Pa

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Australia comes first in the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, winning 199 medals; England wins 136, Canada 99 and SA ends fi

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Government releases its White Paper on the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP).

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Twenty people die in Kliprivier when gunmen, travelling in two minibuses, open fire on vehicles and pedestrians.

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The Goldstone Commission of Inquiry issues an Interim report on hostels, in which it recommends that those hostels associated w

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President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela, leader of the ANC agree, at a peace summit, to resume constitutional negotiations t

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Charles Taylor, leader of a Liberian rebel faction, announces a unilateral cease-fire set to take effect the next day.

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Charles Taylor, leader of a Liberian rebel faction, announces a unilateral cease-fire set to take effect the next day.

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The government prohibits an anti-apartheid conference organised by COSATU and restricts its organisers for ten days.

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The railway line between Cape Town and Johannesburg is completed. The first train arrives after a journey lasting two days,

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British forces occupy Cairo.

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The George Henri Harrison, 136 tons, is wrecked at Plettenberg Bay after it has left the bay during a storm.

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Dr James Barry, colonial medical inspector who will perform what is believed to be the first recorded, and successful, caesarea

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Erasmus Smit, religious leader of the Voortrekkers, is ordained as missionary in Torenberg (now Colesberg) by the Reverend Jame

Cyril Ramaphosa by Anthony Butler

SA’s gold-panning team returns victorious from the World Gold Panning Championships held in Slovakia

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SA’s gold-panning team returns victorious from the World Gold Panning Championships held in Slovakia

The Simelela Rape Survivors Centre in Cape Town reports on rape in Khayelitsha

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The Simelela Rape Survivors Centre in Cape Town reports on rape in Khayelitsha

The iconic Athlone cooling towers are demolished

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The iconic Athlone cooling towers are demolished

Boers and the British clash in the battle of Dalmanutha

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Boers and the British clash in the battle of Dalmanutha

Helen Nontando Jabavu, author and periodical editor in London, is born in Middeldrift, SA

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Helen Nontando Jabavu, author and periodical editor in London, is born in Middeldrift, SA

Amina Lawal’s sentence upheld

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Amina Lawal’s sentence upheld

The MK and ZIPRA formally announce that they had formed a military alliance

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The MK and ZIPRA formally announce that they had formed a military alliance

Musicians Boycott South Africa

White Lies: Canon Collins and the Secret War Against Apartheid by Denis Herbstein

Ruth First by Chris Van Wyk

Thandi Modise, a Woman in War by Thandi Modise and Robyn Curnow

Thandi Modise, a Woman in War by Thandi Modise and Robyn Curnow