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The National Assembly passes legislation providing for abortion on demand within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy and for te

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Nigerian political activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa is one of eight people sentenced to death for the death of four Ogoni leaders (who d

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Professor Sibusiso Bhengu, Education Minister, says that Government will cut funding for White schools as part of a plan to ach

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More than 300 people are killed in renewed fighting as Angola slides back into civil war.

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Five American nuns in Liberia are shot to death near the capital Monrovia; the killings are blamed on rebels loyal to Charles T

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Zambia holds its first multiparty elections, with Frederick Chiluba winning over independence leader and first president, Kenne

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SA signs an aviation security agreement with the government of the USA.

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Rosalie van der Gught, theatre director, actor and head of the Speech and Drama Department at the University of Cape Town (UCT)

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Internal Security Amendment Act No 22, prohibiting any meeting of more than twenty persons to be held without the permission of

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Draft laws are gazetted providing some benefits for Black people. These include greatly increased mobility and security of tenu

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On this day there are 178 restricted people in SA.

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A full scale police search, headed by a specially trained anti-terrorist unit is launched following a shoot-out between police

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Rhodesian commandos launch a raid across the border into Mozambique.

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Cobus Visagie, SA rugby Springbok, is born in Stellenbosch.

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The twenty-fourth General Assembly meeting of the United Nations condemns South Africa for its persistent refusal to withdraw f

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Following a twelve-hour ultimatum to Egypt and Israel, British and French forces bombard military airfields near Cairo in the S

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The UN General Assembly decides that the Indian complaint against South Africa should be considered jointly by the First and Si

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Harry Abt, rabbi and Jewish cultural innovator who wrote numerous articles on Jewish historical and educational subjects, is bo

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The Transvaal (ZAR) Volksraad proclaims Marico, Western Transvaal, as a separate district.

Soweto’s chief of police, Nkanyiso Maphanga is arrested and charged with negligent and drunken driving

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Soweto’s chief of police, Nkanyiso Maphanga is arrested and charged with negligent and drunken driving

BAHA Image: Mandela speaks in Maritzburg

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Nelson Mandela is sentenced to five years for “incitement and leaving South Africa illegally”

Oliver Tambo meets with Mikhail Gorbachev

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ANC President Oliver Tambo meets with Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow

The QwaQwa homeland receives self-government status

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The QwaQwa homeland receives self-government status

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Former ANC President, Oliver ‘OR’ Tambo, is born

Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman to regain his world heavyweight title

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Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman to regain his world heavyweight title

Kip Keino of Kenya wins the Olympic gold medal for 1,500 metres in 3 mins 34.9 secs

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Kip Keino of Kenya wins the Olympic gold medal for 1,500 metres in 3 mins 34.9 secs

Amanda Coetzer, SA’s highest ranked tennis star, is born in Hoopstad, OFS

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Amanda Coetzer, SA’s highest ranked tennis star, is born in Hoopstad, OFS

Opening address by Oliver Tambo to the Conference on “Whites in a changing South Africa”, Convened by the five Freedoms Forum and the African National Congress, Lusaka, 1 July 1989

Speech by Oliver Tambo to the seventh Congress of the South African Communist Party, 1 April 1989

Speech by Oliver Tambo at the tenth General Conference of the United National Independence Party, Zambia, 2 August 1988