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Prisoner Nelson Mandela has the first of three meetings with State President F.W. de Klerk to discuss the future SA.

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Angola, Cuba, and South Africa end eight months of negotiations under US mediation for a settlement in South West Africa by sig

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Joseph Mogotsi, a teacher, dies in Pretoria after his car was forced off the road and he was assaulted.

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The United Nations Security Council reaffirms the mandatory arms embargo, and, for the first time requests that all states refr

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Security Police arrest the leader, Eugene Terreblanche and eight other members of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) after

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Peter Mathebula, flyweight of SA, wins the world champion title of the World Boxing Association (WBA).

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Alexis Preller (64), SA painter, dies in Pretoria.

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Egypt demands fifty-year freeze on Israel’s population as condition for peace in Middle East.

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South Africa signs an amendment to the trade agreement of 13 March 1967 with Malawi.

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South Africa signs treaty with Australia concerning an international observer scheme for land based whaling stations.

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Britain announces agreement to withdraw all its forces from Libya within next few months.

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Edries Burton, Santos soccer player who was awarded Kick Off’s accolade for the Most Appearances of the Decade, is born in Heid

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Zwelakhe Solomon Mankazana, chief executive officer of Ubambo Investment Holdings and director of Cell C (Pty) Ltd, is born in

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The UN rejects a call for Algerian independence. africanhistory.about.com

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Cheryl Ellen Gillwald, Deputy Minister of Correctional Services of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004, is born.

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Fikile Magadledla, SA artist, co-founder of the Soweto Art Association, illustrator of several books and writer of poetry to ac

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South Africa refuses to place South West Africa under UN trusteeship.

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The Transvaal Indian Organisation is formed.

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Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke, who played an important role in African social, educational and political life, dies in Pretoria.

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Valerie Bester-Kieser, S.A. sculptor, is born in Schweizer-Reneke, Western Transvaal.

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The Rev. Willem Postma (46), clergyman and Bible translator, dies in Reddersburg, OFS.

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Balthazar Johannes (John) Vorster, premier (1966-1978) and state president (1978-1979) of SA, is born in the district of Jamest

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Vladimir Tretchikoff, SA painter, is born in Russia.

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Sir Laurens van der Post, SA philosopher, explorer and author, is born in Philippolis, OFS.

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Prof. Hendrik Bernardus Thom, rector of the University of Stellenbosch, is born.

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Thirty people establish the Afrikaanse Taalgenootskap with Dr N.M. Hoogenhout as chairman in Pretoria.

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”On this night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something

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P.J Meintjes writes to President Kruger pointing out that the property of the ‘Randjeslaagte Syndicate’ contains payable gold d

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Dr Eduard Christiaan Pienaar, professor at the University of Stellenbosch and first full-time professor in Afrikaans, is born o

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Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence): After a period of passive resistance and repeated attempts by leaders to have

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Prisoner Nelson Mandela has the first of three meetings with State President F.W. de Klerk to discuss the future SA.

Angola, Cuba, and South Africa end eight months of negotiations under US mediation for a settlement in South West Africa by sig

Joseph Mogotsi, a teacher, dies in Pretoria after his car was forced off the road and he was assaulted.

The United Nations Security Council reaffirms the mandatory arms embargo, and, for the first time requests that all states refr

Security Police arrest the leader, Eugene Terreblanche and eight other members of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) after

Peter Mathebula, flyweight of SA, wins the world champion title of the World Boxing Association (WBA).

Alexis Preller (64), SA painter, dies in Pretoria.

Egypt demands fifty-year freeze on Israel’s population as condition for peace in Middle East.

South Africa signs an amendment to the trade agreement of 13 March 1967 with Malawi.

South Africa signs treaty with Australia concerning an international observer scheme for land based whaling stations.

Britain announces agreement to withdraw all its forces from Libya within next few months.

Edries Burton, Santos soccer player who was awarded Kick Off’s accolade for the Most Appearances of the Decade, is born in Heid

Zwelakhe Solomon Mankazana, chief executive officer of Ubambo Investment Holdings and director of Cell C (Pty) Ltd, is born in

The UN rejects a call for Algerian independence. africanhistory.about.com

Cheryl Ellen Gillwald, Deputy Minister of Correctional Services of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004, is born.

Fikile Magadledla, SA artist, co-founder of the Soweto Art Association, illustrator of several books and writer of poetry to ac

South Africa refuses to place South West Africa under UN trusteeship.

The Transvaal Indian Organisation is formed.

Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke, who played an important role in African social, educational and political life, dies in Pretoria.

Valerie Bester-Kieser, S.A. sculptor, is born in Schweizer-Reneke, Western Transvaal.

The Rev. Willem Postma (46), clergyman and Bible translator, dies in Reddersburg, OFS.

Balthazar Johannes (John) Vorster, premier (1966-1978) and state president (1978-1979) of SA, is born in the district of Jamest

Vladimir Tretchikoff, SA painter, is born in Russia.

Sir Laurens van der Post, SA philosopher, explorer and author, is born in Philippolis, OFS.

Prof. Hendrik Bernardus Thom, rector of the University of Stellenbosch, is born.

Thirty people establish the Afrikaanse Taalgenootskap with Dr N.M. Hoogenhout as chairman in Pretoria.

”On this night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something

P.J Meintjes writes to President Kruger pointing out that the property of the ‘Randjeslaagte Syndicate’ contains payable gold d

Dr Eduard Christiaan Pienaar, professor at the University of Stellenbosch and first full-time professor in Afrikaans, is born o

Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence): After a period of passive resistance and repeated attempts by leaders to have