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The government instructs its Ambassador to The Hague to inform the Dutch government of its displeasure over a grant of 100,000

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Parliament ends its session after 103 days and the passing of 100 bills.

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Sabotage groups blast three pylons, one in the Transvaal and two on the Cape Flats.

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Representation between Republic of South Africa and Self-Governing Territories Act (Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act) No

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Extension of University Education Act No 45 commences.

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Bishop Selby Taylor warns against the forced removal of Blacks from the Lady Selborne area.

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Willem van der Berg, novelist and head of the Afrikaans programmes of the SAUK (SABC), dies.

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Dr Mahomed Said Asvat, specialist physician, lecturer and author of articles on liver diseases and cancer, is born in Johannesb

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Dr Fabian Defu Ribeiro, medical practitioner assassinated with his wife by state agents in 1986, is born in Bantule.

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Dr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.

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Black Land Act No 27 commences.

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The Cape Parliament meets to consider the Act of Union

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The hopes of certain Blacks that the harsher Republican laws affecting Blacks will be repealed after Britis

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Buller enters Volksrust, the first town in the ZAR to fall into his hands.

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Stephanus Schoeman (80), commandant-general in the Soutpansberg area and later of the ZAR, dies in Pretoria.

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Muhammad Ahmad proclaims himself Mahdi in the Sudan.

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The Alabama, American raider, is sunk outside Cherbourg harbour, France, by the U.S.S. Kearsarge. She was built during the Am

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Theophilus (Offy) Shepstone, son of Sir Theophilus and adviser of Mbandzeni, chief of the Swazi nation, is born in Fort Peddie.

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William John Burchell leaves Cape Town with a specially built wagon on a journey, which was to last four years, to explore the

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Tristam Burrell, one of the SA’s most-experienced paragliders, is electrocuted when his powered trike hits powerlines. His pass

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Ethiopia and Eritrea sign a cease-fire, ending their month-long war.

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The game between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Denmark ends in a tie with the score 1-1.

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A private plane carrying the Angolan soccer team crashes in Luanda, Angola, killing forty-eight people.

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A new Algerian government takes office, replacing one sacked on June 5 after fundamentalist unrest.

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The Government Gazette publishes a Proclamation by which the forty-two-member KaNgwane Legislative Assembly is dissolved, and,

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ILO General Conference in Geneva condemns apartheid as degrading, criminal and inhuman, and decides to give assistance to South

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The Netherlands Parliament votes overwhelmingly in favour of an oil embargo on South Africa.

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The rugby teams of SA and France score 8 points each.

SA loses 11-8 against Australia in the first rugby test in Sydney.

Ben Bella is dismissed as president of Algeria.

The government instructs its Ambassador to The Hague to inform the Dutch government of its displeasure over a grant of 100,000

Parliament ends its session after 103 days and the passing of 100 bills.

Sabotage groups blast three pylons, one in the Transvaal and two on the Cape Flats.

Representation between Republic of South Africa and Self-Governing Territories Act (Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act) No

Extension of University Education Act No 45 commences.

Bishop Selby Taylor warns against the forced removal of Blacks from the Lady Selborne area.

Willem van der Berg, novelist and head of the Afrikaans programmes of the SAUK (SABC), dies.

Dr Mahomed Said Asvat, specialist physician, lecturer and author of articles on liver diseases and cancer, is born in Johannesb

Dr Fabian Defu Ribeiro, medical practitioner assassinated with his wife by state agents in 1986, is born in Bantule.

Dr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.

Black Land Act No 27 commences.

The Cape Parliament meets to consider the Act of Union

Anglo-Boer War 2: The hopes of certain Blacks that the harsher Republican laws affecting Blacks will be repealed after Britis

Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Buller enters Volksrust, the first town in the ZAR to fall into his hands.

Stephanus Schoeman (80), commandant-general in the Soutpansberg area and later of the ZAR, dies in Pretoria.

Muhammad Ahmad proclaims himself Mahdi in the Sudan.

The Alabama, American raider, is sunk outside Cherbourg harbour, France, by the U.S.S. Kearsarge. She was built during the Am

Theophilus (Offy) Shepstone, son of Sir Theophilus and adviser of Mbandzeni, chief of the Swazi nation, is born in Fort Peddie.

William John Burchell leaves Cape Town with a specially built wagon on a journey, which was to last four years, to explore the

Tristam Burrell, one of the SA’s most-experienced paragliders, is electrocuted when his powered trike hits powerlines. His pass

Ethiopia and Eritrea sign a cease-fire, ending their month-long war.

The game between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Denmark ends in a tie with the score 1-1.

A private plane carrying the Angolan soccer team crashes in Luanda, Angola, killing forty-eight people.

A new Algerian government takes office, replacing one sacked on June 5 after fundamentalist unrest.

The Government Gazette publishes a Proclamation by which the forty-two-member KaNgwane Legislative Assembly is dissolved, and,

ILO General Conference in Geneva condemns apartheid as degrading, criminal and inhuman, and decides to give assistance to South

The Netherlands Parliament votes overwhelmingly in favour of an oil embargo on South Africa.