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Christopher Columbus first learns about growing and harvesting maize, now SA’s staple food, from the native population of Cuba.

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National Children’s Day. (Health Letter).

’MK must have armed role in SA’ 29/5/93

No special deal for exiles, says govt by Billy Paddock 6/3/91

SATS Strikes - Is a Showdown inevitable? Article in Financial Mail 24 April 1987

Ellen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and executive member of the SAIRR, dies in Johannesburg

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Ellen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and executive member of the SAIRR, dies in Johannesburg

Jacob Matlala, SA junior flyweight, wins the WBO world champion title

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Jacob Matlala, SA junior flyweight, wins the WBO world champion title

Queen Elizabeth ascends to the throne

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Queen Elizabeth ascends to the throne

Pretoria is proposed as the new capital of ZAR

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Pretoria is proposed as the new capital of ZAR

The inquest into the death of Black Consciousness leader, Steve Bantu Biko, opens in Pretoria

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The inquest into the death of Black Consciousness leader, Steve Bantu Biko, opens in Pretoria

Bonnie Ntshalintshali, SA artist, is born

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Bonnie Ntshalintshali, SA artist, is born

SA cartoonist, Daniel Cornelis Boonzaaier is born

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SA cartoonist, Daniel Cornelis Boonzaaier is born

Mpho Mathibela, one of the Siamese twins separated in an operation six months earlier, leaves hospital for the first time

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Mpho Mathibela, one of the Siamese twins separated in an operation six months earlier, leaves hospital for the first time

A painting by SA painter Irma Stern is auctioned for the record price of R1.1 million in Johannesburg

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A painting by SA painter Irma Stern is auctioned for the record price of R1.1 million in Johannesburg

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More than forty African heads of state and government, including President Thabo Mbeki, meet with the Chinese top leadership in

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The Star reports Nicky Bojé, who had been appointed vice-captain for the South African cricket team for the two-Test tou

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South Africa will be rejoining the Formula One Grand Prix circuit within three years according to Formula One boss Bernie Eccle

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A man arrested in connection with the shooting of a farmer, Niels Verburg, 52, and his son, Kim, 5, in a cave on 30 October, wa

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SA is third in the Rugby World Cup contest when it beats New Zealand 22-18 in Cardiff.

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The amending bill on the control of tobacco products is approved in SA, making it illegal to smoke in public venues.

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A fire in Betty’s Bay destroys eight houses.

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Tutsi rebels in eastern Congo declare a unilateral cease-fire to allow refugees who want to return to Rwanda to go home.

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SA signs declaration of intent with Flanders; signs agreement with the government of France on co-operation in the fields of ed

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Internal Peace Institutions Act No 135, providing for the establishment of a National Peace Secretariat and local dispute resol

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ANC leader Nelson Mandela arrives in Brunei on the last leg of a six-nation Asia-Pacific tour. Mandela has already received ple

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Soldiers assault a crowd demonstrating for political opposition in Zaire’s capital, Kinshasa. Dozens of people are wounded and

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The mutilated body of Themba Myapi, a church fieldworker, is found.

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Ndiko Marume dies inside a police van while being transported to Sasolburg police station.

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Oliver Tambo, who arrived in Moscow at head of a delegation of ANC, meets Michael Gorbachev, General Secretary of the CPSU Cent