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Sir Henry Bale, chief justice of Natal and later minister of education, is born in Pietermaritzburg.

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Johan (Joan) van Arkel (26), first resident clergyman at the Cape, dies four months after his arrival.

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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission refuses amnesty to Gideon Nieuwoudt, former police officer, for the death of Steve Biko

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An armed gang attacks two villages outside Algiers, Algeria, slaughtering 120 people.

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The away game between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Zambia ends in a tie with no goals scored.

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First Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki announces the establishment of an independent judicial inquiry to investigate alle

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Paul Simon starts his tour in South Africa.

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The United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid launches the International Year of Mobilisation for Sanctions against So

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Birth of the Rosenkowitz sextuplet in Cape Town, the first in the world where all six babies survive.

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The Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-bed and th

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The 32-month-old secessionist Biafran regime collapses under onslaughts by Nigerian military.

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Sisulu attends a secret meeting at the house of George Xarile together with F. Van Rensburg (a shift boss from Vlakfontein mine

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The South African rugby team scores 9 tries and beats France in Bordeaux 38-5.

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A devastating storm hits Pretoria – five inches of rain falls within four hours and the Apies River flows 100m wide.

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Samuel Maharero orders all Ovaherero chiefs to take up arms against the Germans. He orders them to &quot;refrain from touching

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1,000 dervishes are massacred by British troops in Somaliland

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Alan Paton, author of Cry the Beloved Country, is born in Pietermaritzburg.

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British invade Zululand in three columns. Date is given as 10 January in another source.

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John Tengo Jabavu, the second Black matriculant in South Africa and well-known journalist, is born near Healdtown.

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Dr Jan Schutte (79), author and former director-general of the SABC, dies in Johannesburg.

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Cape Muslim groups warn that the country will be made ungovernable if Yacoob Jacobs, who was wounded by the Police in Cape Town

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Chief Buthelezi rejects the President’s call to resume participation in the constitution-making process and returns to the Cons

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SA signs joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

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SA signs joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Panama.

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General Johan van der Merwe resigns as Police Commissioner. General George Fivaz succeeds him.

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The Secretary-General submits a report to the Security Council with recommendations for the observation of elections in South A

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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, wins 2-0 against Botswana in an away game.

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Almond Tshabalala (36), Daveyton, PWV, member of Daveyton Interim Committee, is shot dead by an unknown gunman.

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Obed Amon Mwanza of Zimbabwe is killed and six members of the ANC injured in a car bomb explosion in Bulawayo.

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Mozambique and Zimbabwe sign a defence and security agreement under which an attack by SA on either country will be taken as an

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Sir Henry Bale, chief justice of Natal and later minister of education, is born in Pietermaritzburg.

Johan (Joan) van Arkel (26), first resident clergyman at the Cape, dies four months after his arrival.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission refuses amnesty to Gideon Nieuwoudt, former police officer, for the death of Steve Biko

An armed gang attacks two villages outside Algiers, Algeria, slaughtering 120 people.

The away game between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Zambia ends in a tie with no goals scored.

First Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki announces the establishment of an independent judicial inquiry to investigate alle

Paul Simon starts his tour in South Africa.

The United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid launches the International Year of Mobilisation for Sanctions against So

Birth of the Rosenkowitz sextuplet in Cape Town, the first in the world where all six babies survive.

The Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-bed and th

The 32-month-old secessionist Biafran regime collapses under onslaughts by Nigerian military.

Sisulu attends a secret meeting at the house of George Xarile together with F. Van Rensburg (a shift boss from Vlakfontein mine

The South African rugby team scores 9 tries and beats France in Bordeaux 38-5.

A devastating storm hits Pretoria – five inches of rain falls within four hours and the Apies River flows 100m wide.

Samuel Maharero orders all Ovaherero chiefs to take up arms against the Germans. He orders them to &amp;quot;refrain from touching

1,000 dervishes are massacred by British troops in Somaliland

Alan Paton, author of Cry the Beloved Country, is born in Pietermaritzburg.

British invade Zululand in three columns. Date is given as 10 January in another source.

John Tengo Jabavu, the second Black matriculant in South Africa and well-known journalist, is born near Healdtown.

Dr Jan Schutte (79), author and former director-general of the SABC, dies in Johannesburg.

Cape Muslim groups warn that the country will be made ungovernable if Yacoob Jacobs, who was wounded by the Police in Cape Town

Chief Buthelezi rejects the President’s call to resume participation in the constitution-making process and returns to the Cons

SA signs joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

SA signs joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Panama.

General Johan van der Merwe resigns as Police Commissioner. General George Fivaz succeeds him.

The Secretary-General submits a report to the Security Council with recommendations for the observation of elections in South A

The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, wins 2-0 against Botswana in an away game.

Almond Tshabalala (36), Daveyton, PWV, member of Daveyton Interim Committee, is shot dead by an unknown gunman.

Obed Amon Mwanza of Zimbabwe is killed and six members of the ANC injured in a car bomb explosion in Bulawayo.

Mozambique and Zimbabwe sign a defence and security agreement under which an attack by SA on either country will be taken as an

Samuel Maharero orders all Ovaherero chiefs to take up arms against the Germans. He orders them to "refrain from touching