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Fighting breaks out among President Laurent Kabila’s soldiers in Kinshasa, Congo, when he orders the arrest of one of his aides

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SA signs memorandum of understanding on South African – Swedish development cooperation.

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Ford and Mercedes re-invest in South Africa.

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The Afrikaner Broederbond (AB) adopts a new constitution, which will allow women and all race groups as members, as long as the

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Four White South Africans are killed and seventeen injured when armed APLA guerrillas storm into a golf club in King William’

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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi says he will not surrender two Libyans accused of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotl

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President De Klerk issues a statement that the National Security Management System (NSMS) is to be disbanded.

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State President P.W. Botha appoints the former Transvaal judge president, Mr Justice Wessel Groenewald Boshoff, as chairman of

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Civilian convoy is attacked by RENAMO in Mozambique, killing sixty people.

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159 passengers and crew die when the Helderberg, en route from Taipei to Johannesburg, crashes at approximately seven minutes p

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Two strategic oil-from-coal plants based in Secunda are attacked by saboteurs.

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At a ceremony at the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, the ANC President, Oliver Tambo, d

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Mandela receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award.

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Eddie Dunn, SA ambassador in El Salvador, is kidnapped and later murdered by a leftist terrorist group.

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In his first major speech since his election as Transvaal leader Dr A.P. Treurnicht revives the concept of a ‘Colouredstan’ to

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Rhodesia announces 1 200 have been killed in its recent raids against Black nationalist guerrillas across the border in Mozambi

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An Arab oil embargo against South Africa brings the prospects of rationing and the extension of conservation measures.

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Jordan’s Prime Minister Wasfi Tell is assassinated while attending an Arab conference in Cairo, Egypt.

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Michel Micombero proclaims Burundi a republic following the overthrow of King Ntare V.

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The United Nations’ General Assembly adopts an eight nation resolution, by seventy-two votes to two, with twenty-seven abstenti

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Mauritania achieves independence from France.

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Clements Kadalie (adopted name of Lameck Koniwaka Kadali Muwamba), trade unionist, dies in East London.

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Zisiwe Nosimo Beauty Balindlela, Premier of the Eastern Cape Province since 22 April 2004, is born.

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India announces that a preliminary conference will be held on 6 February 1950 in Cape Town to discuss the procedure of the prop

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Marthinus Theunis Steyn, former president of the Orange Free State, dies in Bloemfontein.

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King Leopold II of Belgium hands the administration of the Congo to the Belgium parliament.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Modder River or Tweerivieren takes place, in which both Gen. Methuen and Gen. De la Rey are wou

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The railway line from Cape Town is completed up to Kimberley.

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The British under Sir Garnet Wolseley defeats Sekhukhune, Pedi paramount chief in the Battle of Sekhukhune Mountain and impriso

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Johannes Hendricus Meiring Beck, Cape politician, composer and physician, is born in Worcester, CC.

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Fighting breaks out among President Laurent Kabila’s soldiers in Kinshasa, Congo, when he orders the arrest of one of his aides

SA signs memorandum of understanding on South African – Swedish development cooperation.

Ford and Mercedes re-invest in South Africa.

The Afrikaner Broederbond (AB) adopts a new constitution, which will allow women and all race groups as members, as long as the

Four White South Africans are killed and seventeen injured when armed APLA guerrillas storm into a golf club in King William’

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi says he will not surrender two Libyans accused of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotl

President De Klerk issues a statement that the National Security Management System (NSMS) is to be disbanded.

State President P.W. Botha appoints the former Transvaal judge president, Mr Justice Wessel Groenewald Boshoff, as chairman of

Civilian convoy is attacked by RENAMO in Mozambique, killing sixty people.

159 passengers and crew die when the Helderberg, en route from Taipei to Johannesburg, crashes at approximately seven minutes p

Two strategic oil-from-coal plants based in Secunda are attacked by saboteurs.

At a ceremony at the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, the ANC President, Oliver Tambo, d

Mandela receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award.

Eddie Dunn, SA ambassador in El Salvador, is kidnapped and later murdered by a leftist terrorist group.

In his first major speech since his election as Transvaal leader Dr A.P. Treurnicht revives the concept of a ‘Colouredstan’ to

Rhodesia announces 1 200 have been killed in its recent raids against Black nationalist guerrillas across the border in Mozambi

An Arab oil embargo against South Africa brings the prospects of rationing and the extension of conservation measures.

Jordan’s Prime Minister Wasfi Tell is assassinated while attending an Arab conference in Cairo, Egypt.

Michel Micombero proclaims Burundi a republic following the overthrow of King Ntare V.

The United Nations’ General Assembly adopts an eight nation resolution, by seventy-two votes to two, with twenty-seven abstenti

Mauritania achieves independence from France.

Clements Kadalie (adopted name of Lameck Koniwaka Kadali Muwamba), trade unionist, dies in East London.

Zisiwe Nosimo Beauty Balindlela, Premier of the Eastern Cape Province since 22 April 2004, is born.

India announces that a preliminary conference will be held on 6 February 1950 in Cape Town to discuss the procedure of the prop

Marthinus Theunis Steyn, former president of the Orange Free State, dies in Bloemfontein.

King Leopold II of Belgium hands the administration of the Congo to the Belgium parliament.

Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Modder River or Tweerivieren takes place, in which both Gen. Methuen and Gen. De la Rey are wou

The railway line from Cape Town is completed up to Kimberley.

The British under Sir Garnet Wolseley defeats Sekhukhune, Pedi paramount chief in the Battle of Sekhukhune Mountain and impriso

Johannes Hendricus Meiring Beck, Cape politician, composer and physician, is born in Worcester, CC.