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A new SABC/Markinor survey released in Johannesburg discloses that nine out of ten South Africans have cited unemployment and j

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The Nelson Mandela Museum is opened. It is being developed as a single component comprising three elements, namely a museum in

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In South Africa it is reported that at least nineteen people have died and twelve are feared drowned after torrential rains hit

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The game between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Cote d’Ivoure ends in a tie with one goal scored on each side.

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Powerful car bombs kill seventeen people and wound ninety-three in Algiers.

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A Somali gunman hijacks a Lufthansa Airbus over Austria with 104 people aboard and orders it flown to New York, where he surren

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SA signs agreement with Namibia regarding standards of livestock breeding and the importation of breeding animals, semen, ova o

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The South African Defence Force (SADF) admits the existence of a secret unit called the Civil Co-operation Bureau (CCB), which

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Ten people are killed when Ciskei soldiers use force against a group revellers celebrating Nelson Mandel’s release in Mdantsane

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Nelson Mandela is released from prison after twenty-seven years.

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A delegation of four members of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa, led by Dr Nico Smith, talks with the ANC in Lusaka, Zambia

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A spokesman for the Lutheran World Federation, meeting in emergency session in Geneva, says there are now twenty-one people det

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It is revealed in Switzerland that the International University Exchange Fund’s Deputy Director, Craig Williamson, has been wor

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Pieter Voltelyn Graham van der Byl, politician and member of parliament, dies at Fairfield, Caledon district, Western Cape.

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The Reza Shah Museum, in honour of Reza Shah Pahlevi, housed in the Johannesburg house where he lived from 1942-1944, is inaugu

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France’s sale of Mirage jets to Libya is announced.

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South Africa signs treaty with Portugal (for Angola) on the first phase development of the water resources of the Kunene River

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Julius Kambarage Nyerere, Tanganyikan president, resigns because of opposition to his policies. He spends the year converting t

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Ahmed Sékou Touré is elected president of the republic of Guinea.

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The South African rugby team beats Scotland in Edinburgh 12-5.

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Dr Verwoerd announces the introduction of legislation for a referendum of White voters to decide whether South Africa would bec

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A large section of the Coalbrook mine near Sasolburg caves in and traps 435 miners, the worst mine disaster in South African hi

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Kwame Nkrumah, who became first prime minister and later president of Ghana, is imprisoned and becomes a national hero.

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Prime Minister J.C. Smuts announces the intention of the government to introduce new legislation to replace the Pegging Act, du

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WW2: Rommel begins a new offensive against the Allies in North Africa, hoping to push them back to the east.

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Joseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane, leader of the St Engenas Zion Christian Church (the Dove) with support in rural areas, i

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Earl of Athlone assumes office as Governor-General of the Union of SA.

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Sir Hercules Robinson arrives in Cape Town as Governor of the Cape.

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Cradock becomes a municipality. The settlement started in 1813 as a frontier outpost and was proclaimed a township in 1814.

Tutu: ‘Visualise a peaceful SA’ Article in Sunday Times, 12 December 1993

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A new SABC/Markinor survey released in Johannesburg discloses that nine out of ten South Africans have cited unemployment and j

The Nelson Mandela Museum is opened. It is being developed as a single component comprising three elements, namely a museum in

In South Africa it is reported that at least nineteen people have died and twelve are feared drowned after torrential rains hit

The game between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Cote d’Ivoure ends in a tie with one goal scored on each side.

Powerful car bombs kill seventeen people and wound ninety-three in Algiers.

A Somali gunman hijacks a Lufthansa Airbus over Austria with 104 people aboard and orders it flown to New York, where he surren

SA signs agreement with Namibia regarding standards of livestock breeding and the importation of breeding animals, semen, ova o

The South African Defence Force (SADF) admits the existence of a secret unit called the Civil Co-operation Bureau (CCB), which

Ten people are killed when Ciskei soldiers use force against a group revellers celebrating Nelson Mandel’s release in Mdantsane

Nelson Mandela is released from prison after twenty-seven years.

A delegation of four members of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa, led by Dr Nico Smith, talks with the ANC in Lusaka, Zambia

A spokesman for the Lutheran World Federation, meeting in emergency session in Geneva, says there are now twenty-one people det

It is revealed in Switzerland that the International University Exchange Fund’s Deputy Director, Craig Williamson, has been wor

Pieter Voltelyn Graham van der Byl, politician and member of parliament, dies at Fairfield, Caledon district, Western Cape.

The Reza Shah Museum, in honour of Reza Shah Pahlevi, housed in the Johannesburg house where he lived from 1942-1944, is inaugu

France’s sale of Mirage jets to Libya is announced.

South Africa signs treaty with Portugal (for Angola) on the first phase development of the water resources of the Kunene River

Julius Kambarage Nyerere, Tanganyikan president, resigns because of opposition to his policies. He spends the year converting t

Ahmed Sékou Touré is elected president of the republic of Guinea.

The South African rugby team beats Scotland in Edinburgh 12-5.

Dr Verwoerd announces the introduction of legislation for a referendum of White voters to decide whether South Africa would bec

A large section of the Coalbrook mine near Sasolburg caves in and traps 435 miners, the worst mine disaster in South African hi

Kwame Nkrumah, who became first prime minister and later president of Ghana, is imprisoned and becomes a national hero.

Prime Minister J.C. Smuts announces the intention of the government to introduce new legislation to replace the Pegging Act, du

WW2: Rommel begins a new offensive against the Allies in North Africa, hoping to push them back to the east.

Joseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane, leader of the St Engenas Zion Christian Church (the Dove) with support in rural areas, i

Earl of Athlone assumes office as Governor-General of the Union of SA.

Sir Hercules Robinson arrives in Cape Town as Governor of the Cape.

Cradock becomes a municipality. The settlement started in 1813 as a frontier outpost and was proclaimed a township in 1814.

Tutu: ‘Visualise a peaceful SA’ Article in Sunday Times, 12 December 1993