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Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi signs a package of reforms aimed at making Kenya a multiparty democracy.

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A Nigerian Boeing 727 airliner carrying 143 people crashes some twenty-five miles from Lagos, killing all on board

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Over 2000 Umkhonto we Sizwe soldiers of the ANC’s armed wing are dismissed from the SANDF for failing to report for duty.

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Eleven members of the ANC Youth League die in Nquthu in an IFP attack on the home of ANC supporting chief Molefe.

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Foreign Minister ‘Pik’ Botha is declared persona non grata by Angola for having supported the rebel Angolan UNITA.

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The National Party registers a landslide victory in a two-party by-election in Randburg, Johannesburg. The NP candidate wins wi

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A conference, in which 230 delegates representing 81 churches participated, was held in Rustenburg in the northwestern Transvaa

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Multiparty elections held in Namibia under a UN peace plan is a step toward independence.

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa of Calcutta arrives in South Africa to establish a foundation of her order.

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Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba, in office since independence in 1956, is overthrown in a bloodless coup.

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Five more people die in overnight violence in South African townships bringing the death toll during a two-day strike by Black

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Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo is appointed head of state following a non-commissioned officers coup in Burkina Faso.

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The Greek Government expelled the two-man South Africa team of Dale Hayes and from the World Cup international men’s team golf

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The National Party loses its Edenvale, Johannesburg seat to the PFP, its first by-election defeat since it came to power in 194

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The former Information Minister, Dr. Connie Mulder is elected leader of the newly formed National Conservative Party.

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US and Egypt announce restoration of full diplomatic links for the first time since the 1967 Six-Day War.

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Nelson Mandela is sentenced to five years for &quot;incitement and leaving South Africa illegally”. Mandela was identified as t

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The United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopts a resolution calling upon Britain, France and Israel to withdraw their troops f

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The first electrical train trip between Pretoria and Johannesburg takes place.

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Lionel Percival Mtshali, national chairman of the Inkatha Freedom Party and former cabinet minister and premier of KwaZulu-Nata

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Helen Suzman, politician opposed to apartheid and former member of parliament for Houghton, is born in Germiston.

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Albert Camus, French philosopher and receiver of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1957, is born in Algeria.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The National Scouts Corps of doubtful repute, consisting of surrenderedBoers who were willing to fight on the

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Ian Hamilton is appointed as Kitchener’s chief-of-staff. (SA National Museum of Military History. (1999). Ang

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Nqwiliso, tribal chief of Western Pondoland and eldest son of Ndamase, dies.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: From his conning tower in the besieged Kimberley Colonel Kekewich sees a “living mass” of men approaching and

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The British flag is officially hoisted in the diggers camps after the annexation of the Griqua territory ten days earlier.

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The Rev. Gottlieb Wilhelm Anthonie van der Lingen (64), founder of the Paarl Gymnasium, dies in Paarl, Cape Colony.

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Gen. David Joubert (Ou Kat), explorer and leader of expeditions to East Africa, is born.

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Vasco da Gama goes ashore in St Helena Bay and he and three of his men are wounded in the first skirmish between Europeans and

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Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi signs a package of reforms aimed at making Kenya a multiparty democracy.

A Nigerian Boeing 727 airliner carrying 143 people crashes some twenty-five miles from Lagos, killing all on board

Over 2000 Umkhonto we Sizwe soldiers of the ANC’s armed wing are dismissed from the SANDF for failing to report for duty.

Eleven members of the ANC Youth League die in Nquthu in an IFP attack on the home of ANC supporting chief Molefe.

Foreign Minister ‘Pik’ Botha is declared persona non grata by Angola for having supported the rebel Angolan UNITA.

The National Party registers a landslide victory in a two-party by-election in Randburg, Johannesburg. The NP candidate wins wi

A conference, in which 230 delegates representing 81 churches participated, was held in Rustenburg in the northwestern Transvaa

Multiparty elections held in Namibia under a UN peace plan is a step toward independence.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa of Calcutta arrives in South Africa to establish a foundation of her order.

Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba, in office since independence in 1956, is overthrown in a bloodless coup.

Five more people die in overnight violence in South African townships bringing the death toll during a two-day strike by Black

Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo is appointed head of state following a non-commissioned officers coup in Burkina Faso.

The Greek Government expelled the two-man South Africa team of Dale Hayes and from the World Cup international men’s team golf

The National Party loses its Edenvale, Johannesburg seat to the PFP, its first by-election defeat since it came to power in 194

The former Information Minister, Dr. Connie Mulder is elected leader of the newly formed National Conservative Party.

US and Egypt announce restoration of full diplomatic links for the first time since the 1967 Six-Day War.

Nelson Mandela is sentenced to five years for &amp;quot;incitement and leaving South Africa illegally”. Mandela was identified as t

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopts a resolution calling upon Britain, France and Israel to withdraw their troops f

The first electrical train trip between Pretoria and Johannesburg takes place.

Lionel Percival Mtshali, national chairman of the Inkatha Freedom Party and former cabinet minister and premier of KwaZulu-Nata

Helen Suzman, politician opposed to apartheid and former member of parliament for Houghton, is born in Germiston.

Albert Camus, French philosopher and receiver of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1957, is born in Algeria.

Anglo-Boer War 2: The National Scouts Corps of doubtful repute, consisting of surrenderedBoers who were willing to fight on the

Anglo-Boer War 2: Ian Hamilton is appointed as Kitchener’s chief-of-staff. (SA National Museum of Military History. (1999). Ang

Nqwiliso, tribal chief of Western Pondoland and eldest son of Ndamase, dies.

Anglo-Boer War 2: From his conning tower in the besieged Kimberley Colonel Kekewich sees a “living mass” of men approaching and

The British flag is officially hoisted in the diggers camps after the annexation of the Griqua territory ten days earlier.

The Rev. Gottlieb Wilhelm Anthonie van der Lingen (64), founder of the Paarl Gymnasium, dies in Paarl, Cape Colony.

Gen. David Joubert (Ou Kat), explorer and leader of expeditions to East Africa, is born.

Vasco da Gama goes ashore in St Helena Bay and he and three of his men are wounded in the first skirmish between Europeans and

Nelson Mandela is sentenced to five years for "incitement and leaving South Africa illegally”. Mandela was identified as t