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Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 9 February 1977, Volume 102 and Volume 103
Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Mafiison Morobe; Seth Sendile Mazibuko; David Kutumela, all school students, to the Commission of Inquiry into…
Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 13 and 14 October 1976, Volume 27
Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Ezra Mandikole Mantini, Mangaliso Alf Kumalo and Enoch William Dumizani Duma, all reporters from the Sunday Times…
Submissions to the Commission of Inquiry into Matters Relating to the Security of the State from the National Union of South African Students
Submissions prepared for the Commission of Inquiry into Matters Relating to the Security of the State (chaired by Justice H J Potgieter) by the National Union…
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The inquest into the death of Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko, opens in Pretoria. Evidence given concerning the autopsy
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The United States sends a Marine company into Monrovia, Liberia’s capital, to evacuate US citizens because of a rebel threat to
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The Defence Amendment Act comes into force, under which every young White male will be liable for military service.
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A U.N. fuel barge sails into Kisangani reopening the Congo River after war severed the African nation’s most important transpor
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Recruitment of Indians into the South African Defence Force (SADF) begins under Colonel Morris. Another source gives the date a
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Walter Sisulu is taken into custody in the Bochabella location, Bloemfontein, on a charge under the Suppression of Communism Ac
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A Bill is introduced into the Lesotho parliament providing for the extradition of fugitives from the Republic of South Africa.
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Student protest erupts into violence outside St. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town. Force is used to dispel demonstrators. Kalle
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Dr. Verwoerd says that the government has no intention of trying to incorporate Bechuanaland, Basutoland or Swaziland into Sout
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The Harms Commission, instituted to inquire into unlawful acts by the security forces, starts hearing evidence in the Nederduit
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The first wave of a US military task force moves cautiously into central Africa, preparing for a possible evacuation of America
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Authorities ordered an inquiry into the funding of the Civil Co-operation Bureau, a secret military unit, accused of political
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Nicholas (Boikie) Thlapi disappears after allegedly been taken into police custody at a roadblock at Stilfontein on his way fro
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The Commission of Inquiry into the constitutional, political, economic and social development of Natal/KwaZulu, set up by Chief
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A Bill is introduced into the Lesotho parliament providing for the extradition of fugitives from the Republic of South Africa.
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Hymne Weiss, SA author and translator of books into Afrikaans from six European languages, is born in Rouxville, OFS.
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Telkom South Africa Limited officially comes into being and is incorporated as a company with the State as sole shareholder.
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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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Israeli commando force penetrates deep into Egyptian territory to stage mortar attack on regional army headquarters in Nile Val
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Armed militiamen have surged into a border area near a western village, where some of the first Darfur refugees attempting to r
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Minister of Coloured Affairs, J.J. Loots announces that larger Coloured group areas will gradually be transformed into full-fle
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South African ordinance workshops have produced the first Belgian F.N. rifle, which is now ready to go into production.
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The Constitutional Court rules that the controversial commission of inquiry into rugby, appointed by Pres. Mandela in 1997, is
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The minister of justice, police and prisons receives a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko’s death and a post-mort
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President F.W. de Klerk announces the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry, led by Justice Richard Goldstone, into the poli
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Yusufu Lule, driven into exile by former Uganda dictator Idi Amin, is sworn in as the country’s new president.
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