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Probably the correct date of President Paul Kruger’s birth, though he himself gives the date as 10 October 1825.

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International Day of Older Persons.

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National Day of Nigeria.

Teacher and Comrade: Richard Dudley and the Fight for Democracy in South Africa by Alan Wieder

History of the Left in South Africa: Writings of Baruch Hirson by Baruch Hirson

The Road to Democracy in South Africa: 1960-1970 by South African Democracy Education Trust

A plan limiting admission of black students in white universities is withdrawn

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A plan limiting admission of black students in white universities is withdrawn

Lady Diana Spencer is killed in a car accident in Paris

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Lady Diana Spencer is killed in a car accident in Paris

Lady Mary Bailey

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Lady Mary Bailey, the first pilot to complete the London to Cape flight and back solo, dies in Cape Town

The Town Victoria West is founded under the name Victoria, named after Queen Victoria

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The Town Victoria West is founded under the name Victoria, named after Queen Victoria

The last conventional battle of the South African War ends

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The last conventional battle of the South African War ends

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A fire has destroyed the historic Wanderers Cricket club in Johannesburg during the night, reducing to ash historic documents,

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First non-Indian Prime-Minister Paul Berenger takes office in Mauritius.

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The dried Fruit Board is dissolved under section 26 of the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996.

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Blind Egyptian cleric Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman and nine other Islamic militants are convicted in New York for a plot to blow up

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The Organisation of African Unity lifts economic sanctions against SA with immediate effect.

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Meeting in a special session, the National Executive Committee of the ANC ratifies the Record of Understanding. It resolves to

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SA signs multilateral agreement with the governments of Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei for the avoidance of double

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Iris Magwasa, ANC organiser, is shot dead at home in Ndedwe, Natal.

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The Citizen reports there were two bomb blasts in Umtata, Transkei, in September. The first was when police detonated a limpet

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President P.W. Botha instructs the Houses of Representatives and Delegates to vote on the controversial Group Areas Amendments

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Eight Black South Africans walk out of a New York conference on SA in protest against Pretoria’s refusal to issue passports to

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The ANC reports that it has been approached by an intermediary, acting for a SA cabinet minister, to talk about the possibility

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Edward Perkins is appointed as the first Black ambassador to South Africa.

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President Botha retires as leader of the Cape Division of the National Party.

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Egyptian court sentences 107 Muslim extremists to prison for attempting to set up Islamic regime after 1981 assassination of Pr

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The Appeal Court in Bloemfontein restores Ingwavuma to South Africa

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The sixth and final report of the Wiehahn Commission, inquiring into labour legislation, is tabled in Parliament. Dealing with

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Azapo (Azanian People’s Organisation) is established in Roodepoort for the second time, after the first founding in 1977 did no

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South Africa signs treaty with Japan on certain portions of land granted to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at Yokohama.