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Independence Day of Angola.
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The Star reports that construction workers have discovered a mass grave containing human bones and ammunition 400m from the for
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The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), largest single optical telescope in the southern hemisphere, is inaugurated by Pre
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Start of National Quality Week, (10-14 Nov.)
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World Science Day.
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Chief George Matanzima (82), a former prime minister of Transkei, dies at the Frontier Hospital in Queenstown.
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The Justice Select Committee approved the Human Rights Commission Bill.
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SA signs air services agreement with the government of Ireland.
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SA signs agreement with Poland on the avoidance of double taxation with respect to taxes on income.
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Three White members of the African National Congress (ANC), Damian de Lange, Ian Robertson and Susan Donelly, are sentenced to
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Following a press conference of General Staff Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio dos Santos Franca Ndalu, Chief of Forças Armadas Popu
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Niger’s President Seyni Kountche dies in Paris, and is replaced as head of state by army chief Ali Seibou.
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James Sebe Moroka, medical doctor, politician, landowner and great-grandson of Chief Moroka of Thaba Nchu who assisted the Voor
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Tshifiwa Muofhe is detained by Venda security police. He dies two days later in detention.
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The Minister of Finance, Senator Owen Horwood, announces the government is to spend an additional R250 m. on low-cost housing f
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One party state is declared in Kenya.
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State of emergency in Kenya ends.
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The United Nations condemns racism and apartheid.
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Marthinus van Schalkwyk, former leader of the New National Party and now ANC member and Minister of Environmental Affairs and T
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ANC leaders in Johannesburg urge all Africans to keep calm.
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One-day general strike takes place in Port Elizabeth to protest police attacks in Kimberley and East London which resulted in t
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Allister Mackintosh, pilot and ‘father’ of SA aviation dies in Port Elizabeth. He earned a D.S.O. in the Battle of the Somme
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Lillian Gugu Baqwa, first African woman admitted as attorney in 1977 and member of several boards, is born in Pinetown, Natal.
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World War 2: North Africa Vichy military chief in Algeria, Admiral Darlan, orders an end to the resistance against the Allies.
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The SA Corps of Military Police (S.A.C.M.P.) is formed as an independent unit under Lt.-Col. R.D. Pilkington-Jordan.
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Jannie Engelbrecht, SA rugby player, is born.
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The Cape Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church decides that Afrikaans may be used alongside with Dutch in the church.
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Prof. Jacobus Johannes le Roux, linguist and Afrikaans cultural leader, is born in Franschhoek, CP.
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Dr Samuel Henri Pellissier, teacher and cultural leader, is born in Bethulie, OFS.
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