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USSR Deputy Foreign Minister Valeri Nikolayenko arrives in SA for five-day visit.
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In a joint statement released by the ANC and the government, the ANC announces the suspension of its thirty-year-old armed stru
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City Press quotes a researcher at the Centre for Policy Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Mr Mark Swelling, as sa
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Conference of Arab Solidarity with the Struggle for Liberation in Southern Africa, organised by the Special Committee against A
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A delegation of the South African Council of Churches meets the Prime Minister and other government leaders, following calls by
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The Prime Minister, P.W. Botha, draws up a comprehensive national strategy, reappraising the apartheid policy and reiterating h
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A new deal for urban Blacks is announced in Pretoria (7-8 August) by the Minister of Bantu Administration and by the Minister o
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Students strike at the University of Fort Hare. The Students Organisation (SASO) is held responsible for the agitation.
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Chief Matanzima (Transkei) outlines proposals for the creation of Xhosaland a new Black super-state to include the Transkei, Ci
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The SA rugby team wins the third test against Australia in Sydney 18-6 , thereby winning all the matches of the tour.
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A Malagasy government delegation arrives in SA for a five-day visit aimed at consolidating relations between the two countries.
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Fighting along the Egyptian-Israeli border is brought to a halt as a new 90-day cease-fire takes effect.
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M.T. Moerane, editor of the World, and Nat Nakasa, journalist, are denied passports.
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South Africa is denied landing and over flying rights by the United Arab Republic as from this date.
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The Security Council adopts resolution 181 calling upon all States to cease the sale and shipment of arms, ammunition and milit
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The Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) gains independence from France.
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Amelia Ruth Jones, current chief executive officer of the welfare organisation Community Chest Western Cape and executive direc
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Mosibudi Mangena, Minister of Science and Technology of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004 and also president of
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Students at Lovedale College embarked on a strike against the new Code of Conduct and the appointment of the new Headmaster who
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Wilhelmina Johanna (Wilma) Stockenström, SA author, poet and actress is born.
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Willem Barnard, SA rugby player, is born.
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John van den Berg, Afrikaans broadcaster and author, is born.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: the Battle of Fort Mpisane, the final big battle of this war fought in the Lowveld, takes place. The Boers, u
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Commandant Manie Maritz attacks Vanrhynsdorp in the Cape Province. Many vehicles, including three laden sup
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen J.C. Smuts reports on the devastation of the Orange Free State by the British forces: “Dams everywhere
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Kitchener publishes his most famous of what the Boers call his ‘paper bombs’, proclaiming that all o
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Amersfoort, south-eastern Transvaal, is occupied by the British under Gen. Lyttelton.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Tygerpoort (Venterskroon) takes place between the British under Lord Methuen and the Boers unde
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Cecilia Wessels, SA opera singer, is born in Bloemfontein.
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