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… and Central Asia express disappointment at a US decision to cut off military aid to doze …

… a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood … The British Conservative government’s intention to resume arms supplies to SA is announced in the House of Commons. Other Commo …

… Despite Haile Selassie’s call for the League of Nations to protect Abyssinia, the League decides to drop sanctions against Ital …

… The Voortrekkers decide to call the first planned town in Natal, up to that time called “Bosjesmansrand” (Bushmen Rand) because …

… SA academic, ANC politician, Botswana’s first ambassador to the USA and envoy to the UN, is bor …

… a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood. … South African Indian Council requests the Prime Minister to reverse the Cabinet’s decision not to return Pageview and Distr …

… a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood. … Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid decides to issue an appeal to member states and organisations …

… a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood. … Pounds Sterling bail when the ‘Coventry four’ fails to appear to answer arms smuggling charges, …

… a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , Westport: Greenwood. … The Constitutional Assembly approves final amendments to the new SA Constitution. The changes are approved by 369 votes to one, …

… Up to 85 000 people march against the Labour Relations Amendment Act in Uitenhage and demand an end to apartheid. …

… army analyst Thomas Dolce pleads guilty before a US court to supplying a wide range of defence secrets to …

… The Norwegian Nobel Committee announces that it has decided to award the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize to Bishop Desmond Tutu. …

… Ministers’ Conference that South Africa is not prepared to submit to an …

… a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood … Council adopts resolution 282 (1970) calling on States to take a series of measures to strengthen the arms embargo …

… The Commonwealth decides to change the venue of the next meeting of Commonwealth Finance Ministers from New Zealand to Bahamas …

… Eric Sambo and Patrick Sigudla all allegedly linked to criminal activities around the area, burnt to …

… a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , Westport: Greenwood … Dr. Abrahams makes a habeas corpus application to the Cape Supreme Court and demands his return to Bechuanaland where he claims …

… The SA government transfers R2bn to the Independent Development Trust to ‘overcome the backlog in the socio-economic developmen …

… Zealand Softball Association decides by seventeen votes to seven to invite a South African men’s softbal …

… Joshua Mqabuko Nyangolo Nkomo, considered by many to be the true hero of the Zimbabwean independence struggle, returns to Harar …

… BBC, (2004). 'Key Dates', Focus on Africa , October to December, v. 15 no. 4, p. 6 … The UN Security Council passes a resolution threatening to punish Sudan if it fails to halt atrocities in Darfur within thirty …

… Malawian ambassador to South Africa, Joe Kachingwe, is the first Black African statesman to be formally recognised by the Apart …

… a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , Westport: Greenwood … UWC students convene a meeting to express solidarity with the students of Soweto and decide to embark on a boycott of classes. …

… Charles Bowyer Adderley, firm adversary to the proposal of the British Colonial ministry to establish a penal colony at the Cap …

… Hundreds of KwaNdebele women flee their homes to seek legal assistance to stop the tribal authority from assaulting or arrestin …

… Anglo-Boer War 2: Emily Hobhouse again writes to Broderick asking for reasons for the War Department’s refusal to include her i …

… Leaders of five black African nations decline to accept plan presented by Rhodesia’s Prime Minister Ian Smith to achieve black …

… Joshua Mqabuko Nyangolo Nkomo, considered by many to be the true hero of the Zimbabwean independence struggle, returns to Harar …

… 2: Lieutenant-Colonel R.G. Kekewich arrives in Kimberley to assess the military situation and to advise the new …

… War 2: Princess Wilhelmina of the Netherlands writes to her aunt, Queen Victoria, imploring her to use her influence …