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Olive Schreiner

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Olive Schreiner, noted SA author, dies in Wynberg, Cape Town

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Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer and Nobel laureate is born.

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A further 2,147 mile section of the Cape-to-Cairo Railroad is completed when lines meet at the Sudan-Congo border. africanhisto

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The British under Methuen attempt to advance and are defeated by the Boers under Cronje as the Battle of Mage

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Italy supports Menelek of Shoa in revolt against Ethiopia’s Johannes IV.

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French-British dual control in Egypt is suspended.

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Sir Bartle Frere, new British High Commissioner, delivers an ultimatum to Cetewayo, Zulu chief, to disband his army, hand over

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The Mozambique Convention, an agreement between the ZAR and Portugal, paves the way for the construction of the Delagoa Bay rai

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James Dube, a minor Zulu chief converted by the Rev. Daniel Lindley, is ordained as minister. James was the father of John Lang

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Robert Koch, German scientist who visited SA to investigate the causes of rinderpest, is born in Germany. He was awarded the No

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Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne (Gascoigne) Bulwer, governor of Natal after whom the town Bulwer was named, is born in England.

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National day of Upper Volta.

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Kenyan Wangari Maathai receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. She is the first African woman to receive the prize. Prof. Maath

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Reverend John Pender-Smith, chair of the SANBS board of directors of the SA National Blood Service apologises unconditionally t

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President Mandela signs the new Constitution, guaranteeing equal rights to all races. It incorporates the broad principles of t

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SA signs protocol with Cyprus on the establishment of diplomatic relations.

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The United Nations lifts the oil embargo against South Africa.

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African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela says he and President FW de Klerk are bound by the Nobel Peace Prize they accep

Former Presidents de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are joint recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Former Presidents de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are joint recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Troops open fire on a truckload of Somalis who barrel through a French checkpoint, killing two and injuring seven in the first

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The Concerned South African Group (COSAG) issues a statement that multi-party talks should be resumed.

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The Citizen reports that prominent members of the Soweto community, including the Rev. Frank Chikane, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa, Mrs A

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The General Assembly adopts and opens for signature the International Convention against Apartheid in Sports.

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Benin, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo sign a co-operation agreement.

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Three leaders of the anti-apartheid United Democratic Front (UDF) and two officials of the Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO

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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Bishop Desmond Tutu in Oslo. The ceremony is delayed for twenty minutes because of a bomb threat.

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American President Reagan, in a speech made on International Human Rights Day, calls on the Pretoria government to engage in ef

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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announces that a mysterious epidemic, which has been discovered in homosexual men, i

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The Committee of Artists of the World against Apartheid is established in Paris with the support of the Special Committee again

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Milton Obote is sworn in as Uganda’s president, becoming the first African president ousted in a military coup to recapture the