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Parliament has been defrauded of about R17m by some MPs in the alleged voucher scam, according to SAA’s latest report.

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Leaders of the Azanian People’s Organisation, the Socialist Party of Azania and the Black People’s Convention announce they wil

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Police have arrested a 39 year old Pretoria priest for conducting at least 600 fake marriages between foreigners and unsuspecti

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Beyers Naude (89), an Afrikaner cleric who became one of the most important moral voices of the anti-apartheid movement, passes

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SA President Mbeki addresses the United Nations Millennium Summit in New York.

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The official opposition party in Namibia, the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), fires its leader, Mishake Muyongo, because h

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Anglo American announces its decision to invest R4 billion in the zinc-mining project in Gamsberg, Northern Cape.

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Mobutu Sese Seko (66), former president of Zaire, dies in exile in Rabat, Morocco, three months after the end of his nearly 32

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SA signs joint communiqué establishing diplomatic relations with the Laos People’s Democratic Republic.

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State of Emergency is lifted in KwaZulu-Natal.

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The White government of South Africa agrees to share political power with a multiparty transition committee in the months befor

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Ciskei security forces fire on ANC demonstrators who are disregarding the Ciskei magistrate’s ruling, allowing the march in Bis

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Testifying before the Supreme Court on the killing of Chief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, Mr. Sipho Madlala claim that the assassinati

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Dr. Zach de Beer, leader of the former Progressive Federal Party is elected as leader of the newly formed Democratic Party.

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Lieutenant Gregory Rockman condemns the behaviour of riot police squads as brutal and unprofessional.

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A limpet-mine explosion kills a man outside a crowded centre in Northcliff, Johannesburg. Police suspect that the victim was ca

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An intricate prisoner exchange takes place in Maputo, involving 133 Angolan soldiers, anti-apartheid activists, Klaas de Jonge,

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Bishop Desmond Tutu is consecrated as Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa. He is the first Black head of South Africa’s Angli

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Maria Elizabeth Rothmann (MER), Afrikaans author, dies in Swellendam, CP, thirteen days after her 100th birthday.

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Rhodesian security police kill seven and wound one member of Frelimo, the Mozambique Liberation Front. The fighting took place

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Malose Kekana, financier and managing director of several companies, is born in Potgietersrus.

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Thomas Molatodi Lehupela, S.A. sculptor, is born in Paradys Location, Thaba’ Nchu, Orange Free State.

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The SA rugby team wins the fourth test against Australia 22-6 in Port Elizabeth, ending the series in a tie.

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The Suppression of Communism Act 44 of 1950 rears its ugly head. The predominantly White Congress of Democrats is banned by the

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The German Consulate in Cape Town packs up after South Africa’s official declaration of war on Germany the previous day.

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Frederick Pine Theophilus (Fred) Struben (80), one of the discoverers of the Rand gold reef, dies in Devonshire, England.

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South Africa concludes an agreement with the Marconi Company for a high-powered radio station.

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Sydney Vernon Peterson, one of the prominent SA poets of the 1940s, is born in Riversdale, CP. His poems were translated into E

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Two burghers and a young boy are allegedly murdered after surrendering to the notorious Bushveld Carbineers

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The National Party wins two uncertain victories in by-elections, with sharply reduced majorities in both seats.

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Parliament has been defrauded of about R17m by some MPs in the alleged voucher scam, according to SAA’s latest report.

Leaders of the Azanian People’s Organisation, the Socialist Party of Azania and the Black People’s Convention announce they wil

Police have arrested a 39 year old Pretoria priest for conducting at least 600 fake marriages between foreigners and unsuspecti

Beyers Naude (89), an Afrikaner cleric who became one of the most important moral voices of the anti-apartheid movement, passes

SA President Mbeki addresses the United Nations Millennium Summit in New York.

The official opposition party in Namibia, the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), fires its leader, Mishake Muyongo, because h

Anglo American announces its decision to invest R4 billion in the zinc-mining project in Gamsberg, Northern Cape.

Mobutu Sese Seko (66), former president of Zaire, dies in exile in Rabat, Morocco, three months after the end of his nearly 32

SA signs joint communiqué establishing diplomatic relations with the Laos People’s Democratic Republic.

State of Emergency is lifted in KwaZulu-Natal.

The White government of South Africa agrees to share political power with a multiparty transition committee in the months befor

Ciskei security forces fire on ANC demonstrators who are disregarding the Ciskei magistrate’s ruling, allowing the march in Bis

Testifying before the Supreme Court on the killing of Chief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, Mr. Sipho Madlala claim that the assassinati

Dr. Zach de Beer, leader of the former Progressive Federal Party is elected as leader of the newly formed Democratic Party.

Lieutenant Gregory Rockman condemns the behaviour of riot police squads as brutal and unprofessional.

A limpet-mine explosion kills a man outside a crowded centre in Northcliff, Johannesburg. Police suspect that the victim was ca

An intricate prisoner exchange takes place in Maputo, involving 133 Angolan soldiers, anti-apartheid activists, Klaas de Jonge,

Bishop Desmond Tutu is consecrated as Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa. He is the first Black head of South Africa’s Angli

Maria Elizabeth Rothmann (MER), Afrikaans author, dies in Swellendam, CP, thirteen days after her 100th birthday.

Rhodesian security police kill seven and wound one member of Frelimo, the Mozambique Liberation Front. The fighting took place

Malose Kekana, financier and managing director of several companies, is born in Potgietersrus.

Thomas Molatodi Lehupela, S.A. sculptor, is born in Paradys Location, Thaba’ Nchu, Orange Free State.

The SA rugby team wins the fourth test against Australia 22-6 in Port Elizabeth, ending the series in a tie.

The Suppression of Communism Act 44 of 1950 rears its ugly head. The predominantly White Congress of Democrats is banned by the

The German Consulate in Cape Town packs up after South Africa’s official declaration of war on Germany the previous day.

Frederick Pine Theophilus (Fred) Struben (80), one of the discoverers of the Rand gold reef, dies in Devonshire, England.

South Africa concludes an agreement with the Marconi Company for a high-powered radio station.

Sydney Vernon Peterson, one of the prominent SA poets of the 1940s, is born in Riversdale, CP. His poems were translated into E

Anglo-Boer War 2: Two burghers and a young boy are allegedly murdered after surrendering to the notorious Bushveld Carbineers

The National Party wins two uncertain victories in by-elections, with sharply reduced majorities in both seats.