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The Groote Kerk pulpit, sculpted by Anton Anreith, is inaugurated in Cape Town

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The Groote Kerk pulpit, sculpted by Anton Anreith, is inaugurated in Cape Town

Over 60 people are killed by RENAMO in Mozambique

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Over 60 people are killed by RENAMO in Mozambique

Namibian artist, John Ndevasia Muafangejo, dies

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Namibian artist, John Ndevasia Muafangejo, dies

Stanley Bongani Nkosi, SA artist, is born in Newcastle, Natal

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Stanley Bongani Nkosi, SA artist, is born in Newcastle, Natal

Vuminkosi Zulu, S.A. sculptor is born in Mapumulo, Natal

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Vuminkosi Zulu, S.A. sculptor is born in Mapumulo, Natal

Dr Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, SA industrialist who laid the foundation for the establishment of Escom and Iscor, is born in Pretoria

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Dr Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, SA industrialist who laid the foundation for the establishment of Escom and Iscor, is born in Pretoria

Prof. Raymond Arthur Dart, SA anthropologist and expert on the Taung skull, dies in Sandton, Johannesburg

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Prof. Raymond Arthur Dart, SA anthropologist and expert on the Taung skull, dies in Sandton, Johannesburg

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In a second murder during the same night, Billy Meyer, 43, of Lovedale farm in the Mara district near Makhado is shot in the he

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Shortly before midnight, a farmer, John Louis Steyn, 73, is found dead in his house on the Sand River smallholdings between Mak

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Nearly 60% of South Africans think race relations are improving, according to a survey released today. The scores show a signif

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Matatu drivers in Kenya start a two-day strike over new safety rules.

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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak collapses during a speech broadcast live on television, but later returns smiling.

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SA plans to spend R1, 9-billion on antiretroviral drugs to Aids patients. (2004). Yesterdays, Pretoria News, 19 November.

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The BBC reports an animal airlift is planned for the Congo. The airlift will take chimpanzees to Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage

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The Zimbabwean government disowns 841 farms belonging to White farmers.

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A fugitive murderer holds the Alexander family of the SA diplomatic corps in Taiwan hostage.

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The SA rugby team beats Argentine 44-21 in Buenos Aires to win the series 2-0.

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A suicide bomber blasts his way into the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, setting off a powerful explosion that kills sixteen peo

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The SA rugby team beats Scotland 34-10 in Edinburgh.

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KwaZulu: Labour Relations Amendment Act No 13 commences.

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Sifiso Khumalo (13), Msani Chamane (13) and Sibongiseni Makhatini are killed in their homes in Greytown, Natal.

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SA signs Protocol IV to the treaty on the Lesotho Highlands Water Project including supplementary arrangements regarding Phase

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Fawcett Mathebe, ANC Youth League member, is knifed and killed and his car stolen in Soweto.

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Esther Susanna Mentz, soprano, actress and pioneer in various cultural fields including the first Afrikaans films, dies while v

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Griffiths Mxenge, Umlazi, Durban, civil rights attorney, is found stabbed after being abducted by a Security Branch hit squad.

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President Anwar Sadat of Egypt arrives in Israel.

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President Modibo Keita of Mali is deposed by the army in a bloodless coup.

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Richard Haines, SA actor, is born.

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G.S (Smart) Gumede, S.A artist, is born in Ndedwe District, Natal.

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Basil Neo Sipho Bridgeman (Doc) Bikitshan, veteran journalist and story-teller is born in Mayfair, Johannesburg. He grows up in