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The Orange Free State Teachers’ Association is founded in Bloemfontein.
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The first patient is admitted to the Volkshospitaal in Pretoria.
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Nathaniel Isaacs (64), SA author and scout, dies in Cheshire, England.
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George Edward Stanhope Molyneux, archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamen’s grave together with Howard Carter, is born.
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The first railway line in SA, between Durban and the Point, a distance of 3,2 km, is officially opened.
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Anna Susanna (Antjie) Scheepers, Voortrekker pioneer woman who, together with Martha Tregardt (Trichardt) and Breggie Pretorius
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Jacobus Johannes Uys, Voortrekker pioneer to whom the English inhabitants of Grahamstown handed a Statebybel when he and his co
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International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
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International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
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Four cops are shot dead and two are wounded in a hostage gunfight, while members of the elite Task Force kill eight thugs befor
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In Zimbabwean parliamentary elections (24-25 June) the Zanu-PF barely keeps its hold on power against the Movement for Democrat
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In his first state of the nation address, South African President Thabo Mbeki promises to tackle rampaging crime. The nation’s
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Pres. Jacques Chirac of France arrives in Windhoek on his first state visit to Southern Africa.
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Japan lifts its call for voluntary restraint on expanding trade with South Africa.
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International Conference on the Educational Needs of the Victims of Apartheid in South Africa, UNESCO House, Paris (25-27 June)
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Six persons are killed and eighteen injured when gunmen open fire on a crowded commuter train in Soweto.
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Anti-government riots break out in Lusaka, Zambia.
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African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela meets with President George Bush at the White House.
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Angolan, Cuban, South African and United States officials meet in Cairo, in search of independence for Namibia in tandem with a
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The Durban Supreme Court cancels the state’s announcement of 18 June 1982 that it has repossessed the Ingwavuma region of KwaZu
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Helen Joseph, the seventy-five year old political campaigner, is served with a two-year banning order.
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The death toll in the riots is officially given as 174 Blacks and two Whites, the number of wounded 1,222 Blacks and six Whites
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Acting Prime Minister P.W. Botha says in the House of Assembly that the government has no objection to 158 of the 178 recommend
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Mozambique becomes independent.
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Burundi government reportedly continues to execute Hutu tribe members, and about 25 000 Hutu refugees are reported fleeing to o
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Criminal Procedure Amendment Act No 96 (180-Day Detention Law) commences.
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The final report by Justice Snyman on the Paarl Riots is submitted to Parliament. It analyses the main causes of the riots.
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SA signs provincial air agreement with the Federal Republic of Germany.
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SA beats New Zealand 13-0 in the first rugby test of the series in Johannesburg.
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