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Diamonds are first discovered at Kimberley, South Africa, leading to the construction of the world’s largest open mine, the Big
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Sir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, is born in Cradock, Cape Colony.
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Johannes Hermanus Grobler, first landdros of Potchefstroom and Ohrigstad and later acting president of the ZAR, is born in Geor
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Baron Joachim Ammena van Plettenberg, Cape governor, reaches a bay near Melkhoutkraal which he names Plettenberg Bay and where
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Pirates fire a rocket-propelled grenade and machine guns in an attack on the luxury cruise liner Seabourn Spirit off the coast
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Professor Johan Heyns, influential church leader and former moderator of the General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church, is mur
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Protocol on cooperation between the Department of Foreign Affairs of South Africa and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Re
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In its first free elections since 1981, Ghana’s leader Jerry J Rawlings becomes president.
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South Africa signs agreement with Namibia relating to the basic conditions governing the seconding of judges.
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Phumzile Mbatha, ANC activist and Cosatu member, is killed in Thokoza, PWV.
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At the end of a two-day meeting of consultations, held in Geneva, by the Special Committee against Apartheid with representativ
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The s (COSATU) calls a two-day nation-wide strike to demonstrate their opposition to the government’s intention to impose Value
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Ntuzuma Thami Zondi, ANC member, and ANC Civic worker, Mr Nene, are killed in hit squad action in Ntuzuma, Natal.
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Algeria’s President Chadli Bendjedid appoints former head of military security to form new government in wake of widespread rio
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Govan Mbeki is released from Robben Island after twenty-three years in prison.
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Thelma Gutsche, author, biographer and film critic, dies in Montagu, CP.
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A major stay-away starts (5 and 6 November). 500 000 workers and 400 000 students stay away.
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South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha held talks with Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir during a private visit.
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On the 20th anniversary of the General Assembly resolution on sanctions against South Africa, the United Nations presents award
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Johannes Albertus Munnik (Albert) Hertzog, leader of the Herstigte Nasionale Party and eldest son of former SA prime minister G
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Disturbances break out in the Black townships of Port Elizabeth and police open fire on rioting crowds. Tensions rise in the ar
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Numbers of Cuban soldiers and shipments of Russian military equipment arrive in Luanda, Angola, while SA was clandestinely supp
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Johan Erasmus, SA rugby flank, is born in Despatch, Eastern Cape.
EventSouth African Springbok rugby tour in UK is disrupted by anti-apartheid demonstration.
The South African Springbok rugby tour in the United Kingdom (UK) was disrupted by an anti-Apartheid demonstration. The team was made up entirely of Afrikaners…
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An Anglican bishop announces his resignation in protest against South Africa’s apartheid system.
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Rhodesian Prime Minister declares a state of emergency.
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Britain and France land troops in Egypt during fighting between Egyptian and Israeli forces around the Suez Canal. A cease-fire
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André le Roux du Toit (Koos Kombuis), SA singer and author, is born in Cape Town.
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Judge M.T. (Theunie) Steyn, judge of the Appeal Court and administrator-general of South West Africa, is born on the farm Onze
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