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The SA rugby team loses 15-32 against England in the first test match in Pretoria.

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The SA rugby team loses 15-32 against England in the first test match in Pretoria.

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A bomb explodes in the elevator of the building in the centre of Cape Town, which houses the President’s Council. One man is ki

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The Supreme Court rules that the statement of Neil Aggett is admissible as evidence.

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The Supreme Court rules that the statement of Neil Aggett is admissible as evidence.

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Petrus Nzima and Jabu Nzima, both ANC members, are killed by a car bomb in Mbabane, Swaziland.

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A senior ANC member, P. Nyaose and his wife, are killed by a car bomb in Swaziland. Alfred Nzo, the ANC Secretary-General, blam

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Revised figures for the Defence Budget indicate the funds available to the South African Defence Force have been increased to R

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The Protection of Information Act is given Presidential Assent. Under threat of heavy penalties the Act implicitly places the o

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Patrick Makau, ANC/MK, and his child (9) are killed in a bomb attack on two houses in Manzini, Swaziland.

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Flight-Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings seizes power in his first military coup in Ghana.

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Balthazar Johannes Vorster, non-executive president of South Africa, resigns after only eight months in office (he had previous

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Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe, Xhosa composer, choir conductor and organist, dies in East London.

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Despite the official announcement of the end of the Shaba War by the Zairian government last year, Moroccan troops are to be ai

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A five-year restriction order is served on Father S. Mkhatshwa, Secretary of the South African Catholic Bishops’ Conference

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Severe drought is reported in Ethiopia, over 800,000 people are in urgent need of supplies.

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Over four thousand French troops are to be withdrawn from Madagascar at the request of Gabriel Ramanantsoa, the head of the rec

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The Minister of Defence, P.W. Botha, accompanied by General Hiemstra, Lieutenant-General J.P. Verster, Chief of the Air Force a

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Joseph-Désiré Mobutu’s troops kill over 100 students during a demonstration in the Congolese capital Kinshasa.

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Senator Robert Kennedy arrives in South Africa as the guest of NUSAS.

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SA signs agreement with Great Britain for the temporary suspension of the margin of preference on tin plate.

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The Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hassim Jawad, announces that Iraq will not recognise the government of South Africa because of its

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Egypt announces it will not extend Suez Canal Company’s concession after expiration in 1956, leading to Suez Crisis.

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Dr Hugo Gutsche, missionary, school inspector, composer and chief editor of the FAK-Volksangbundel, dies.

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Uwe Pfaff, S.A. artist, is born in Rye, Denmark. He emigrated to SA in 1970.

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The SA rugby team loses 15-32 against England in the first test match in Pretoria.

The SA rugby team loses 15-32 against England in the first test match in Pretoria.

South Africa signs the Convention on Biological Diversity (1992).

IFP members in Estcourt, Natal Midlands, kill eleven people.

Nelson Mandela leaves South Africa for a thirteen-nation international tour.

Nelson Mandela leaves South Africa for a thirteen-nation international tour.

President Botha visits Sharpeville.

A bomb explodes in the elevator of the building in the centre of Cape Town, which houses the President’s Council. One man is ki

The Supreme Court rules that the statement of Neil Aggett is admissible as evidence.

The Supreme Court rules that the statement of Neil Aggett is admissible as evidence.

Petrus Nzima and Jabu Nzima, both ANC members, are killed by a car bomb in Mbabane, Swaziland.

A senior ANC member, P. Nyaose and his wife, are killed by a car bomb in Swaziland. Alfred Nzo, the ANC Secretary-General, blam

Revised figures for the Defence Budget indicate the funds available to the South African Defence Force have been increased to R

The Protection of Information Act is given Presidential Assent. Under threat of heavy penalties the Act implicitly places the o

Patrick Makau, ANC/MK, and his child (9) are killed in a bomb attack on two houses in Manzini, Swaziland.

Flight-Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings seizes power in his first military coup in Ghana.

Balthazar Johannes Vorster, non-executive president of South Africa, resigns after only eight months in office (he had previous

Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe, Xhosa composer, choir conductor and organist, dies in East London.

Despite the official announcement of the end of the Shaba War by the Zairian government last year, Moroccan troops are to be ai

A five-year restriction order is served on Father S. Mkhatshwa, Secretary of the South African Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Severe drought is reported in Ethiopia, over 800,000 people are in urgent need of supplies.

Over four thousand French troops are to be withdrawn from Madagascar at the request of Gabriel Ramanantsoa, the head of the rec

The Minister of Defence, P.W. Botha, accompanied by General Hiemstra, Lieutenant-General J.P. Verster, Chief of the Air Force a

Joseph-Désiré Mobutu’s troops kill over 100 students during a demonstration in the Congolese capital Kinshasa.

Senator Robert Kennedy arrives in South Africa as the guest of NUSAS.

SA signs agreement with Great Britain for the temporary suspension of the margin of preference on tin plate.

The Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hassim Jawad, announces that Iraq will not recognise the government of South Africa because of its

Egypt announces it will not extend Suez Canal Company’s concession after expiration in 1956, leading to Suez Crisis.

Dr Hugo Gutsche, missionary, school inspector, composer and chief editor of the FAK-Volksangbundel, dies.

Uwe Pfaff, S.A. artist, is born in Rye, Denmark. He emigrated to SA in 1970.