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Jochem Willemse saves most of the crew of the Hoogergeest when it is wrecked, together with the Goede Hoop and Oranje, near the

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World Environment Day.

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Ghanaian musician Kiki Gyan, who played with the band Osibisa, dies aged forty-seven.

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Maria Visser (68), mother of SA singer Worsie Visser, dies in Barkley West, a month after her son was killed in an accident.

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The match between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Iceland ends in a tie with 1-1.

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With a border dispute escalating into bombing raids, hundreds of foreigners scramble out of Eritrea, fearing war with Ethiopia.

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A SA fishing trawler, the Sudurhavid, comes to grief at the Falkland Islands and seventeen of the thirty-eight crewmembers drow

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Elize Botha (75), first wife of former president P.W. Botha, dies of a heart attack in Wilderness, Western Cape.

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The Constitutional Court abolishes the death penalty.

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The 50th anniversary of ‘D-Day’ (end of World War 2) is commemorated.

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Mission of the Special Committee against Apartheid to South Africa (6-10 June), starts.

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SA signs protocol with the government of France concerning the use of the Satellite Application Centre at Hartebeeshoek. Kalley

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At least 460 refugees, most of them women and children, are massacred in Liberia, allegedly by rebels led by faction leader Cha

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Mkhombiseni Buthelezi, IFP branch chair at Ekusayeniward, kwaNtewa, Natal, is shot and killed.

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Twelve Mdantsane men are sentenced to death on each of five counts of murder after being found guilty without extenuating circu

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Cecil Higgs, one of SA’s foremost painters, dies in Cape Town.

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The SA rugby team beats Ireland in Durban in the second test match 12-10 and wins the series 2-0.

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Public Security Further Amendment Act No 20 commences.

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Dr. Renfrew Christie, an academic and former student leader at the University of Cape Town, is sentenced to ten years imprisonm

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In the by-election at Randfontein

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Britain, France, and the United States use their UN Security Council veto to stop a proposed arms embargo against South Africa.

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A proclamation is published in the Government Gazette providing for the detention of offenders for up to three years in rehabil

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A coalmine explosion in Rhodesia kills 431 workers.

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A proclamation is issued under the Riotous Assemblies Act banning political gatherings, processions, and protests for five week

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In response to Israel’s seizure of Gaza, Egypt closes the Suez Canal and breaks diplomatic ties with the west.

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The Physical Planning and Utilisation of Resources Bill is enacted.

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Malawi gains independence from Britain with Kamuzu Banda as prime minister.

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Sewsunkerlal Bahadur Singh, champion for the poor and social worker, dies in Durban. He was born in 1890 and played an active r

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Guybon Budlwana Sinxo, teacher, writer, journalist and community worker, dies in Alice, Eastern Cape.

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Transfer of the Indian community of Pretoria to Laudium ordered.

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Jochem Willemse saves most of the crew of the Hoogergeest when it is wrecked, together with the Goede Hoop and Oranje, near the

World Environment Day.

Ghanaian musician Kiki Gyan, who played with the band Osibisa, dies aged forty-seven.

Maria Visser (68), mother of SA singer Worsie Visser, dies in Barkley West, a month after her son was killed in an accident.

The match between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Iceland ends in a tie with 1-1.

With a border dispute escalating into bombing raids, hundreds of foreigners scramble out of Eritrea, fearing war with Ethiopia.

A SA fishing trawler, the Sudurhavid, comes to grief at the Falkland Islands and seventeen of the thirty-eight crewmembers drow

Elize Botha (75), first wife of former president P.W. Botha, dies of a heart attack in Wilderness, Western Cape.

The Constitutional Court abolishes the death penalty.

The 50th anniversary of ‘D-Day’ (end of World War 2) is commemorated.

Mission of the Special Committee against Apartheid to South Africa (6-10 June), starts.

SA signs protocol with the government of France concerning the use of the Satellite Application Centre at Hartebeeshoek. Kalley

At least 460 refugees, most of them women and children, are massacred in Liberia, allegedly by rebels led by faction leader Cha

Mkhombiseni Buthelezi, IFP branch chair at Ekusayeniward, kwaNtewa, Natal, is shot and killed.

Twelve Mdantsane men are sentenced to death on each of five counts of murder after being found guilty without extenuating circu

Cecil Higgs, one of SA’s foremost painters, dies in Cape Town.

The SA rugby team beats Ireland in Durban in the second test match 12-10 and wins the series 2-0.

Public Security Further Amendment Act No 20 commences.

Dr. Renfrew Christie, an academic and former student leader at the University of Cape Town, is sentenced to ten years imprisonm

In the by-election at Randfontein

Britain, France, and the United States use their UN Security Council veto to stop a proposed arms embargo against South Africa.

A proclamation is published in the Government Gazette providing for the detention of offenders for up to three years in rehabil

A coalmine explosion in Rhodesia kills 431 workers.

A proclamation is issued under the Riotous Assemblies Act banning political gatherings, processions, and protests for five week

In response to Israel’s seizure of Gaza, Egypt closes the Suez Canal and breaks diplomatic ties with the west.

The Physical Planning and Utilisation of Resources Bill is enacted.

Malawi gains independence from Britain with Kamuzu Banda as prime minister.

Sewsunkerlal Bahadur Singh, champion for the poor and social worker, dies in Durban. He was born in 1890 and played an active r

Guybon Budlwana Sinxo, teacher, writer, journalist and community worker, dies in Alice, Eastern Cape.

Transfer of the Indian community of Pretoria to Laudium ordered.