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A SA rugby team beats a World team 29-19 in Cape Town.

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Mr Guata Lawrence Lefuo, a teacher in Botshabelo, successfully challenges the validity of the area’s incorporation into Qua-Qua

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Twenty-four residents are killed (26-27 August) in police action during a rent demonstration in White City, Soweto.

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Internal Security Amendment Act No 66 is imposed on South Africans. More draconian, this amendment allows for continued detenti

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Athlete Zola Budd breaks the world 5 000m record.

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An explosion takes place at the Ciskei consulate offices in the Carlton Centre, Johannesburg, in which one person is injured. I

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The World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) chooses the South African Reverend Alan Boesak, of the Dutch Reformed Mission Ch

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Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin wrap up a two-day summit in Alexandria with the return

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Hestrie Cloete (neé Storbeck), double world champion high jumper from SA, is born in Germiston.

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A Defence Bill is passed laying down penalties for any person or organization inciting anyone to avoid military service.

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The liner SA Vaal rescues a Johannesburg man, Joseph Honeywill, eleven hours after he fell overboard near the Canary Islands.

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South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) begins armed struggle against S.A. occupation of Namibia.

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The Rhodesian government bans the Zimbabwe African National Union and People’s Caretaker Council.

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A.K. Ganyile, a Pondo leader and refugee in Basutoland is kidnapped with two companions by six South African policemen, taken a

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State of Emergency declared on 30 March following the Sharpeville Massacre is lifted.

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Sango Patekile Holomisa, president of the Congress of Traditional Leaders of SA, is born.

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Mohammed Iqbal Shaik, activist and member of the Dolphin Unit of the MK involved in sabotage operations until 1988, is born in

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Silas Nkanunu is elected as new president of the SA Rugby Football Union.

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Chief warlord Charles Taylor and other key militia leaders are installed in a new ruling council in Liberia.

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Chief warlord Charles Taylor and other key militia leaders are installed in a new ruling council in Liberia.

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Casual Day. Casual Day, started in 1995, is a fundraising project benefiting persons with disabilities. Everybody is called upo

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Forty-four Blacks on the East Rand die on this and the following night in attacks on townships from hostels.

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Forty-four Blacks on the East Rand die on this and the following night in attacks on townships from hostels.

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Enforcement of Foreign Civil Judgements Decree No 13 commences.

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The report of the inquiry led by Justice Richard Goldstone into the shooting by the police of eighteen demonstrators in the tow

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The report of the inquiry led by Justice Richard Goldstone into the shooting by the police of eighteen demonstrators in the tow

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Mr Zwelinzima Vavi, regional secretary of COSATU’s Western Transvaal region is arrested and held in solitary confinement.

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A Defiance Campaign, similar to the 1952 Defiance Campaign, is launched by the United Democratic Fund (UDF) against banning, re

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A Defiance Campaign, similar to the 1952 Defiance Campaign, is launched by the United Democratic Fund (UDF) against banning, re

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Nelson Mandela is discharged from Cape Town’s Tygerberg hospital where he was treated for tuberculosis and transferred to a pri

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A SA rugby team beats a World team 29-19 in Cape Town.

Mr Guata Lawrence Lefuo, a teacher in Botshabelo, successfully challenges the validity of the area’s incorporation into Qua-Qua

Twenty-four residents are killed (26-27 August) in police action during a rent demonstration in White City, Soweto.

Internal Security Amendment Act No 66 is imposed on South Africans. More draconian, this amendment allows for continued detenti

Athlete Zola Budd breaks the world 5 000m record.

An explosion takes place at the Ciskei consulate offices in the Carlton Centre, Johannesburg, in which one person is injured. I

The World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) chooses the South African Reverend Alan Boesak, of the Dutch Reformed Mission Ch

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin wrap up a two-day summit in Alexandria with the return

Hestrie Cloete (neé Storbeck), double world champion high jumper from SA, is born in Germiston.

A Defence Bill is passed laying down penalties for any person or organization inciting anyone to avoid military service.

The liner SA Vaal rescues a Johannesburg man, Joseph Honeywill, eleven hours after he fell overboard near the Canary Islands.

South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) begins armed struggle against S.A. occupation of Namibia.

The Rhodesian government bans the Zimbabwe African National Union and People’s Caretaker Council.

A.K. Ganyile, a Pondo leader and refugee in Basutoland is kidnapped with two companions by six South African policemen, taken a

State of Emergency declared on 30 March following the Sharpeville Massacre is lifted.

Sango Patekile Holomisa, president of the Congress of Traditional Leaders of SA, is born.

Mohammed Iqbal Shaik, activist and member of the Dolphin Unit of the MK involved in sabotage operations until 1988, is born in

Silas Nkanunu is elected as new president of the SA Rugby Football Union.

Chief warlord Charles Taylor and other key militia leaders are installed in a new ruling council in Liberia.

Chief warlord Charles Taylor and other key militia leaders are installed in a new ruling council in Liberia.

Casual Day. Casual Day, started in 1995, is a fundraising project benefiting persons with disabilities. Everybody is called upo

Forty-four Blacks on the East Rand die on this and the following night in attacks on townships from hostels.

Forty-four Blacks on the East Rand die on this and the following night in attacks on townships from hostels.

Enforcement of Foreign Civil Judgements Decree No 13 commences.

The report of the inquiry led by Justice Richard Goldstone into the shooting by the police of eighteen demonstrators in the tow

The report of the inquiry led by Justice Richard Goldstone into the shooting by the police of eighteen demonstrators in the tow

Mr Zwelinzima Vavi, regional secretary of COSATU’s Western Transvaal region is arrested and held in solitary confinement.

A Defiance Campaign, similar to the 1952 Defiance Campaign, is launched by the United Democratic Fund (UDF) against banning, re

A Defiance Campaign, similar to the 1952 Defiance Campaign, is launched by the United Democratic Fund (UDF) against banning, re

Nelson Mandela is discharged from Cape Town’s Tygerberg hospital where he was treated for tuberculosis and transferred to a pri