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Black Communities Development Amendment Act No 77 commences.

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Prime Minister Botha’s visit to eight countries in Europe Portugal, Great Britain, West Germany, Belgium, France, Austria, Ital

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The Republic of South Africa Constitution Fifth Amendment Bill, establishing a framework for deliberations on the country’s fut

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Bishop Abel Muzorewa is sworn in as first Black prime minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia, as the country is briefly known prior to i

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The South African Electricity Supply Commission (ESCOM) announces in Pretoria that it has decided to order two nuclear power st

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After joint talks with Ian Smith of Rhodesia, the Prime Minister B.J. Vorster commits South Africa to co-operative coexistence

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Minister of Justice, P.C. Pelser, announces that the attorney-general of the Transvaal is to prosecute thirty of the 357 people

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The United Nations (UN) Security Council passes a resolution imposing mandatory sanctions on White-ruled Rhodesia.

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Wendy Nomathemba Luhabe, founder and managing partner of Bridging The Gap, a human resource management and development practice

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A &quot;day of mourning&quot; protest is planned by non-Whites against the Apartheid government’s latest racial legislation.

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Dr Azar Paul Jammine, businessman and director of several companies, is born in Alexandria, Egypt. He arrived in SA in 1950.

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André Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born in Vrede, OFS.

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The first consignment of 10 000 Afrikaans Bibles arrives from London at Cape Town with the Carnarvon Castle .

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Thomas Bailey, member of the Cape Legislative Council for the Afrikaner Bond, dies.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Pres. M.T. Steyn, too weak to leave his tent, resigns because of poor health and Gen. C.R. de Wet is appointe

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Klipriviersberg or Doornkop starts.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Louis Botha visits Johannesburg two days before British occupation and asks the residents not to resist

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Sandile, Xhosa chief born in the Ciskei in 1820, is killed in Denge Forest in a skirmish with the Fingos under Capt. J. Lonsdal

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Humphrey Davy, English inventor of the safety lamp for miners, dies.

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The Rev. Gottlieb Wilhelm Anthonie van der Lingen, founder of the Paarl Gymnasium, is born in Cape Town.

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Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea. The date is given as 24 May in another source.

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Nineteen South African passport holders are deported from the Democratic Republic of Congo for their alleged involvement in a c

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An outbreak of the Ebola virus kills 153 people in Zaire.

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Eritrea becomes a member of the United Nations.

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Ethiopians People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front captures Addis Ababa, toppling the remnants of a Marxist government whose se

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Joyce Modimoeng is killed and her husband, David (MAWU member) injured, by a bomb thrown into their house.

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Two limpet mines explode at the SADF Transvaal Medical Command, Hillbrow, Johannesburg. The mines are seen by a member of the S

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Ernest Sedumedi Moloto, linguist, educationist and teacher who served as chairman of both the Tswana Language Committee of SA a

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The schools’ boycott spreads to the Black townships and riot police are in action in Durban and Port Elizabeth. At Elsies River

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At its inaugural Congress in Pretoria, the South African Party commits itself to a federal or confederal solution to the countr

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Black Communities Development Amendment Act No 77 commences.

Prime Minister Botha’s visit to eight countries in Europe Portugal, Great Britain, West Germany, Belgium, France, Austria, Ital

The Republic of South Africa Constitution Fifth Amendment Bill, establishing a framework for deliberations on the country’s fut

Bishop Abel Muzorewa is sworn in as first Black prime minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia, as the country is briefly known prior to i

The South African Electricity Supply Commission (ESCOM) announces in Pretoria that it has decided to order two nuclear power st

After joint talks with Ian Smith of Rhodesia, the Prime Minister B.J. Vorster commits South Africa to co-operative coexistence

Minister of Justice, P.C. Pelser, announces that the attorney-general of the Transvaal is to prosecute thirty of the 357 people

The United Nations (UN) Security Council passes a resolution imposing mandatory sanctions on White-ruled Rhodesia.

Wendy Nomathemba Luhabe, founder and managing partner of Bridging The Gap, a human resource management and development practice

A &amp;quot;day of mourning&amp;quot; protest is planned by non-Whites against the Apartheid government’s latest racial legislation.

Dr Azar Paul Jammine, businessman and director of several companies, is born in Alexandria, Egypt. He arrived in SA in 1950.

André Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born in Vrede, OFS.

The first consignment of 10 000 Afrikaans Bibles arrives from London at Cape Town with the Carnarvon Castle .

Thomas Bailey, member of the Cape Legislative Council for the Afrikaner Bond, dies.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Pres. M.T. Steyn, too weak to leave his tent, resigns because of poor health and Gen. C.R. de Wet is appointe

Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Klipriviersberg or Doornkop starts.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Louis Botha visits Johannesburg two days before British occupation and asks the residents not to resist

Sandile, Xhosa chief born in the Ciskei in 1820, is killed in Denge Forest in a skirmish with the Fingos under Capt. J. Lonsdal

Humphrey Davy, English inventor of the safety lamp for miners, dies.

The Rev. Gottlieb Wilhelm Anthonie van der Lingen, founder of the Paarl Gymnasium, is born in Cape Town.

Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea. The date is given as 24 May in another source.

Nineteen South African passport holders are deported from the Democratic Republic of Congo for their alleged involvement in a c

An outbreak of the Ebola virus kills 153 people in Zaire.

Eritrea becomes a member of the United Nations.

Ethiopians People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front captures Addis Ababa, toppling the remnants of a Marxist government whose se

Joyce Modimoeng is killed and her husband, David (MAWU member) injured, by a bomb thrown into their house.

Two limpet mines explode at the SADF Transvaal Medical Command, Hillbrow, Johannesburg. The mines are seen by a member of the S

Ernest Sedumedi Moloto, linguist, educationist and teacher who served as chairman of both the Tswana Language Committee of SA a

The schools’ boycott spreads to the Black townships and riot police are in action in Durban and Port Elizabeth. At Elsies River

At its inaugural Congress in Pretoria, the South African Party commits itself to a federal or confederal solution to the countr

A "day of mourning" protest is planned by non-Whites against the Apartheid government’s latest racial legislation.