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Death of President J.H. Brand of the Orange Free State.
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Sister Henrietta Stockdale, nursing pioneer in SA, is born in Nottinghamshire, England.
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Georg Schmidt, first Protestant missionary (Moravian Brethren) in SA, who established a mission station under the Hottentots, a
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International Small Arms Destruction Day.
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The third conference of the African Union (AU) selects South Africa as the seat of the future Pan African parliament. Pres. M
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A group of about 150 women occupy the Chevron Texaco Corp oil pipeline terminal in Escravos, Nigeria, trapping some 700 workers
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Stephan Bouwer (50), author of television productions, cabarets and lyrics, dies in his sleep in Johannesburg.
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Seven Muslim radicals are hanged in Egypt for attacking foreign tourists in their campaign to overthrow the government.
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SA exchanges notes with Sudan regarding the establishment of a trade representative office of the Sudan in Pretoria.
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SA signs agreement with the International Committee of the Red Cross regarding visits by the ICRC to persons held in South Afri
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Michael Mapongwana, chair of Western Cape Civic Association and a taxi driver taxi are killed in the taxi.
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Douglas Hurd, UK Foreign Secretary, on three-day visit to SA, meets De Klerk, Mandela and PAC President Clarence Makwetu.
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SA signs a memorandum of understanding with Great Britain concerning drug trafficking.
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South Africa opens an office of representation in Moscow.
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Foreign Minister Pik Botha signs accession to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty on behalf of South Africa. The signing opens
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Brig. Oupa Gqozo, chairman of the Ciskei state council, founds the African Democratic Movement and rejects unitary state.
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Dr Allan Boesak resigns from the DR Mission church after allegations of an extramarital affair.
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Thousands of Alexandra township residents attend the funeral of activist Meshack Kunene. Security police killed him on 30 June
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Justice Minister Kobie Coetsee states that Prime Minister Botha and Nelson Mandela had not discussed policy matters or engaged
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The government introduces the Extension of Political Participation Bill, empowering the government to divide the country into a
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Angolan news agency Angop reports that South African troops, backed by planes, tanks and artillery, used chemical weapons in at
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Johannes P. Meintjies (57), SA painter and poet, dies.
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Foreign Minister ‘Pik’ Botha announces that all senior members of the South African diplomatic mission in Salisbury have been w
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Prince Charles Ndizeye, the Burundian royal heir, announces that his father, Mwami Mwambutsa IV, is to abdicate on his behalf.
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The Portuguese steamer Save breaks up off the coast of Mozambique, 227 people die as a result.
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Malmesbury Convention of Coloured leaders (8-10 July) starts.
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The newly independent Republic of Congo’s army mutinies against Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba’s government. Europeans are repo
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Kananelo Mosalla Makhetha, managing director of Connex Travel (1996-) and former financial manager of Rennies Travel and other
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Christiaan Maurits van den Heever (55), Afrikaans novelist, dies in Johannesburg.
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