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The curator of the Transvaal snake park in Mid Rand dies when a poisonous Egyptian cobra bites him during a show.
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As eastern Zaire slides into chaos, the United Nations evacuates aid workers from the camp in Bukavu, leaving half a million Hu
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International Donors’ Conference on Human Resources Development at Cape Town (26-28 October), organised by the UN and Commonwea
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The SA Chamber of Business states that it is committed to the RDP, but concerned about its ‘authoritarian tone’.
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Escom intends spending R250 million over five years electrifying 2500 schools and clinics nationwide.
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Twenty people die when gunmen open fire on the house of an IFP member in Umbumbulu, Natal.
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Political assassination: Jackson Lufele, ANC Quinzini Village branch executive member, is shot and killed by gunmen introduci
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A Patriotic Front Conference convened by the ANC and the PAC takes place in Durban.
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The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly rejects the municipal elections as a manoeuvre to further entrench White minority rule a
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All-race municipal elections are held to elect segregated local authorities. The Black majority follow the call of anti-aparthe
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Police report eight more deaths due to unrest in Pietermaritzburg. (2004). Yesterdays, Pretoria News, 26 October.
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The ‘Delmas ‘treason trial reopens. All the accused plead not guilty.
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Violence erupts in the Black South African township of Sebokeng, 48 hours after police and troops swamped the area and made hun
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The Special Committee against Apartheid publishes the first Register of Entertainers, Actors and Others who have Performed in S
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The South African Indian Council requests the Prime Minister to reverse the Cabinet’s decision not to return Pageview and Distr
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The ANC claims responsibility for an attack on a police station at Sibasa, near the capital of Venda, Thohoyandou. The Venda go
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Israeli President Yitzhak Navon becomes the first Israeli head of state to visit Egypt. His welcome by Anwar al-Sadat is carrie
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The General Assembly requests the Secretary-General to conduct an investigation into reports concerning a nuclear explosion by
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The Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) unanimously rejects proposals for a merger with its three sister churches in the Afric
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A report drawn up by the Progressive Federal Party calls for power-sharing among all the races in the country, under a federal
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The Attorney General of the Transvaal, Jacobus E. Nothling, announces that an inquest into Biko’s death will be held, but that
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The oldest of the independent homelands, Transkei, gains complete independence as an autonomous republic, but it is not recogni
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Anwar Sadat becomes the first Egyptian president to officially visit the US.
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The United Nations Committee on Non-Self-Governing Territories adopts a resolution drawing the attention of the Security Counci
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Group Areas Act No 36 commences. While in theory this was not discriminatory legislation, it was implemented in a way that was
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The General Assembly decides in resolution 2142A (XXI) to proclaim 21 March as the International Day for the Elimination of Rac
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The United Nations Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid decides to issue an appeal to member states and organisations
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South Africa signs multilateral treaty for protection of performers, producers of phonograms and broadcasting organisations.
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An attempted assassination on Egyptian President Gamal Nasser fails.
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