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Portugal loses Mombassa to the Muscat Arabs.
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In what the committee’s chairperson, Patrick Chauke, describes as yet another "historic moment in the country’s democracy&
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Two trains are set alight at Midway station on the border of Lenasia and Soweto, destroying sixteen coaches. There are reports
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In Abuja, Nigeria, Sudan and Darfur rebels sign accords on Tuesday to end hostilities and guarantee aid groups’ access to 1.6 m
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United Nations investigators arrive in Sudan to determine whether genocide took place in Darfur.
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President Mbeki, accompanied by Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota and deputy foreign affairs Minister Aziz Pahad arrive in Abidja
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In Abidjan, Ivory Coast, French forces open fire as thousands of angry government supporters press around the barb wire-ringed
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Nigerian officials warn the United States not to try to capture ousted Liberian leader Charles Taylor, thought to be the target
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Faced with criticism, Nigeria’s foreign minister promises that the government would block Islamic courts from carrying out ston
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Dricky Beukes (80), Afrikaans novelist, dies in Bellville, Cape Town.
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The SA rugby team wins the first test against Argentine 46-15 in Buenos Aires.
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Bafana Bafana, the SA soccer team, wins 1-0 against Zaire in a home game.
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Brigadier Joshua Oupa Qqozo, military leader of Ciskei homeland, goes on trial in the Ciskei Supreme Court. He faces charges of
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SA and Slovenia exchange notes regarding the establishment of diplomatic relations.
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South Africa exchanges notes with Croatia regarding the establishing of diplomatic relations.
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ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela returns to SA after a four-week tour urging leaders in the Far East to maintain sanctions u
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Fifteen Blacks are stabbed to death and four wounded in factional fight in South African eastern province of Natal.
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The restriction order on African National Congress leader Govan Mbeki is lifted.
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The Bafoken society brings an application in the Supreme Court of Bophuthatswana, Mmabatho, for an order exterminating an agree
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Mpho Mathibela, one of the two Siamese twins separated in an operation six months ago, leaves hospital for the first time. She
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In a letter to the United Nations Centre Against Apartheid, singer Frank Sinatra promises not to visit South Africa until apart
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A meeting between the Prime Minister, P.W. Botha and Coloured leaders for preliminary discussion on the constitutional future o
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The Prime Minister of Swaziland says that his government will not allow the country to be used as a base for guerrilla attacks
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It is announced that Transkei and South Africa have signed an extradition agreement. Transkei authorities refuse to say whether
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The UN General Assembly approves ten resolutions condemning South African apartheid.
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At its Biennial Congress in Bloemfontein the United Party adopts a new six-point declaration of principles, and ratifies a new
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The UK government obtains parliamentary approval for the continuation of British sanctions against Rhodesia for another year. (
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The SA rugby team beats France 12-9 in Bordeaux.
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Establishment by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Programme for the Education and Training Abroad of South Africans.
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