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A document released in Cape Town, discloses that SA ministers condoned the murder of Black demonstrators during the 1976 riots.

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu is appointed as chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

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The H F Verwoerd Dam in the Orange Free State has been renamed the Gariep Dam with immediate effect, Water Affairs and Forestry

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Red Cross says clan battles in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu have killed more than 1 000 people.

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SA President’s Council rejects a concept bill, which would have led to stricter apartheid’s enforcement.

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The NP retains three House of Assembly seats in by-elections, with reduced majorities, losing ground to right-wing parties oppo

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The General Assembly adopts resolution 2775 D (XXVI) calling for a boycott of sports teams selected in violation of the Olympic

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President Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Côte d’Ivoire, is re-elected for a third term.

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The International Convention on Civil liability for Oil Pollution Damage, as well as the International Convention Relating to I

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Military coup takes place in Dahomey (now Benin) led by Colonel Christophe Soglo.

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The Automobile Association of SA (AA) takes over the Royal Automobile Club (RAC), founded in 1901.

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Several hundred thousand people demonstrate in Beijing against United States involvement in the Congo, calling it aggression.

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President Swart appoints a one-man commission, Mr Justice J.H. Snyman, to inquire into the riots in Paarl, CP.

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Eleven more people are sentenced to death for their part in Nigerian political riots in March, bringing the number up to forty-

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Tripartite Invasion of the Suez Canal Zone is officially ended under pressure from the UN.

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Mduduzi (Dudu) Kunene, anaesthetist, chair of Siltek Ltd and deputy chair of Kunene Bros Holdings, is born in Boksburg.

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Johann Christiaan Kriegler, Judge of the Constitutional Court and former chairman of the Electoral Commission is born in Pretor

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The Transvaal University College becomes the Pretoria University.

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Archaeologists announce they have found fabulous treasures in the tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Kitchener succeeds Lord Roberts as commander-in-chief of the British forces in SA and Lord Roberts succe

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Renosterkop takes place between forces under Major-General Paget and Gen. B. Viljoen.

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François Petrus (Toon) van den Heever, SA poet and justice-president, is born in the district of Heidelberg, Tvl.

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The Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church is opened in Burgersdorp, CC.

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The British land a major force on l’Ile de France and capture the island from the French. They revert to the name Mauritius.

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The pulpit of the Groote Kerk, made by Anton Anreith, is inaugurated in Cape Town.

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Otto Krause (69), political analyst and journalist, dies of lung cancer in the Milpark Clinic in Johannesburg.

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SA cricket players record their first ever innings win over England when they beat Nassar Hussain’s tourists by an innings and

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At least forty-six people are injured when a pipe bomb explodes in the packed St Elmo restaurant in Camps Bay, Cape Town.

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Congo reaches a cease-fire agreement in Paris with Uganda and Rwanda, which support rebels in Congo, but the rebel groups thems

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The SA rugby team beats Ireland 27-13 in Dublin.

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A document released in Cape Town, discloses that SA ministers condoned the murder of Black demonstrators during the 1976 riots.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu is appointed as chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

The H F Verwoerd Dam in the Orange Free State has been renamed the Gariep Dam with immediate effect, Water Affairs and Forestry

Red Cross says clan battles in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu have killed more than 1 000 people.

SA President’s Council rejects a concept bill, which would have led to stricter apartheid’s enforcement.

The NP retains three House of Assembly seats in by-elections, with reduced majorities, losing ground to right-wing parties oppo

The General Assembly adopts resolution 2775 D (XXVI) calling for a boycott of sports teams selected in violation of the Olympic

President Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Côte d’Ivoire, is re-elected for a third term.

The International Convention on Civil liability for Oil Pollution Damage, as well as the International Convention Relating to I

Military coup takes place in Dahomey (now Benin) led by Colonel Christophe Soglo.

The Automobile Association of SA (AA) takes over the Royal Automobile Club (RAC), founded in 1901.

Several hundred thousand people demonstrate in Beijing against United States involvement in the Congo, calling it aggression.

President Swart appoints a one-man commission, Mr Justice J.H. Snyman, to inquire into the riots in Paarl, CP.

Eleven more people are sentenced to death for their part in Nigerian political riots in March, bringing the number up to forty-

Tripartite Invasion of the Suez Canal Zone is officially ended under pressure from the UN.

Mduduzi (Dudu) Kunene, anaesthetist, chair of Siltek Ltd and deputy chair of Kunene Bros Holdings, is born in Boksburg.

Johann Christiaan Kriegler, Judge of the Constitutional Court and former chairman of the Electoral Commission is born in Pretor

The Transvaal University College becomes the Pretoria University.

Archaeologists announce they have found fabulous treasures in the tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Kitchener succeeds Lord Roberts as commander-in-chief of the British forces in SA and Lord Roberts succe

Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Renosterkop takes place between forces under Major-General Paget and Gen. B. Viljoen.

François Petrus (Toon) van den Heever, SA poet and justice-president, is born in the district of Heidelberg, Tvl.

The Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church is opened in Burgersdorp, CC.

The British land a major force on l’Ile de France and capture the island from the French. They revert to the name Mauritius.

The pulpit of the Groote Kerk, made by Anton Anreith, is inaugurated in Cape Town.

Otto Krause (69), political analyst and journalist, dies of lung cancer in the Milpark Clinic in Johannesburg.

SA cricket players record their first ever innings win over England when they beat Nassar Hussain’s tourists by an innings and

At least forty-six people are injured when a pipe bomb explodes in the packed St Elmo restaurant in Camps Bay, Cape Town.

Congo reaches a cease-fire agreement in Paris with Uganda and Rwanda, which support rebels in Congo, but the rebel groups thems

The SA rugby team beats Ireland 27-13 in Dublin.