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The government announces programmes for expanded development and augmented political powers for the Ovambo and Kavango homeland

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Burundi, Rwanda and Zaire sign a mutual security pact.

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The Prime Minister announces, in a statement before the Supreme Court in Cape Town, that Dr. Abrahams will be returned to Bechu

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All-African Federal Executive Council is formed in Nigeria.

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Six South-West Africans, all members of the National Party, are elected to the South African Parliament.

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Dean Tshenuwani Simon Farisane, pastor, co-translator of the Venda Bible, ANC politician and current MEC for Transport, Limpopo

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Rashid Ahmed Hassen Bhikha, chairman of BE-Tabs Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd, the largest privately owned manufacturer of generic

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Derek Lyle Keys, SA minister of finance from 1992Oct. 1994, is born in Johannesburg.

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Ernest Methuen Mancoba, SA born artist who left for Paris to further his studies in 1938 and never returned to SA, is born in B

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Anglo-Boer War 2: General Ben Viljoen releases about 2 000 British prisoners of war from the camp at Nooitgedacht.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The British under General French occupies Waterval-Boven and Waterval-Onder in eastern Transvaal.

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Anglo-German secret agreement on future of African territories of Portugal, whereby Britain is to obtain lease of Delagoa Bay a

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John August Ion Agar-Hamilton, historian and Anglican priest of Scottish descent, is born in Cairo, Egypt and arrived with his

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The Rosebud, 341 Ton, en route from Calcutta to London, is stranded at Dias Beach, Mossel Bay.

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The London Times, a British newspaper based in London, publishes an article paying tribute to King Sekhukhune of the Marota Emp

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Nicolaas Pieter Johannes van Rensburg (”Siener”, Seer) is born in Western Transvaal. Many people implicitly believe in his visi

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Ninety people are reported killed or missing when a ferry capsizes on a river in Taraba, Nigeria.

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Ugandan military ruler Idi Amin, 78, who presided over an eight-year reign of terror from 1971-1979, where an estimated 300 000

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The Women’s Peace Train, launched in Kampala on 15 August, leaves the city on its way to Johannesburg to be in time for the Wor

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Donald Woods (67), former editor of the Daily Despatch of East London and well-known activist, who escaped with his family from

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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, wins 1-0 against Congo in a home game.

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France takes a tough position on African immigrants, saying those who arrive illegally including 10 on the 43rd day of a hunger

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Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe addresses the South African Parliament.

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SA signs bilateral air transport agreement with the Czech Republic.

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South Africa relinquishes sovereignty over Walvis Bay which now falls under the jurisdiction of Namibia.

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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, loses 1-4 against Zimbabwe in an away match.

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the South African Government initialled a Memorandum of Understan

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Men hack their way through a train station in Soweto, killing at least nine people.

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President F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela hold emergency talks in Pretoria as violence spread to Soweto.

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Thousands of workers respond to a five-day stay-away call made by students protesting against alleged ritual killings in Venda.

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The government announces programmes for expanded development and augmented political powers for the Ovambo and Kavango homeland

Burundi, Rwanda and Zaire sign a mutual security pact.

The Prime Minister announces, in a statement before the Supreme Court in Cape Town, that Dr. Abrahams will be returned to Bechu

All-African Federal Executive Council is formed in Nigeria.

Six South-West Africans, all members of the National Party, are elected to the South African Parliament.

Dean Tshenuwani Simon Farisane, pastor, co-translator of the Venda Bible, ANC politician and current MEC for Transport, Limpopo

Rashid Ahmed Hassen Bhikha, chairman of BE-Tabs Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd, the largest privately owned manufacturer of generic

Derek Lyle Keys, SA minister of finance from 1992Oct. 1994, is born in Johannesburg.

Ernest Methuen Mancoba, SA born artist who left for Paris to further his studies in 1938 and never returned to SA, is born in B

Anglo-Boer War 2: General Ben Viljoen releases about 2 000 British prisoners of war from the camp at Nooitgedacht.

Anglo-Boer War 2: The British under General French occupies Waterval-Boven and Waterval-Onder in eastern Transvaal.

Anglo-German secret agreement on future of African territories of Portugal, whereby Britain is to obtain lease of Delagoa Bay a

John August Ion Agar-Hamilton, historian and Anglican priest of Scottish descent, is born in Cairo, Egypt and arrived with his

The Rosebud, 341 Ton, en route from Calcutta to London, is stranded at Dias Beach, Mossel Bay.

The London Times, a British newspaper based in London, publishes an article paying tribute to King Sekhukhune of the Marota Emp

Nicolaas Pieter Johannes van Rensburg (”Siener”, Seer) is born in Western Transvaal. Many people implicitly believe in his visi

Ninety people are reported killed or missing when a ferry capsizes on a river in Taraba, Nigeria.

Ugandan military ruler Idi Amin, 78, who presided over an eight-year reign of terror from 1971-1979, where an estimated 300 000

The Women’s Peace Train, launched in Kampala on 15 August, leaves the city on its way to Johannesburg to be in time for the Wor

Donald Woods (67), former editor of the Daily Despatch of East London and well-known activist, who escaped with his family from

The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, wins 1-0 against Congo in a home game.

France takes a tough position on African immigrants, saying those who arrive illegally including 10 on the 43rd day of a hunger

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe addresses the South African Parliament.

SA signs bilateral air transport agreement with the Czech Republic.

South Africa relinquishes sovereignty over Walvis Bay which now falls under the jurisdiction of Namibia.

The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, loses 1-4 against Zimbabwe in an away match.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the South African Government initialled a Memorandum of Understan

Men hack their way through a train station in Soweto, killing at least nine people.

President F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela hold emergency talks in Pretoria as violence spread to Soweto.

Thousands of workers respond to a five-day stay-away call made by students protesting against alleged ritual killings in Venda.