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Natal votes for the creation of the
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The two-day Battle of Diamond Hill or Donkerhoek, started on the previous day, ends when darkness sets in a
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Pres. Steyn issues a proclamation refuting Lord Robert’s annexation proclamations. He points out that t
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Redvers Henry Buller occupies Volksrust after a victory at Allemansnek.
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Anti-foreign riots break out in Alexandria, Egypt.
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Adolphe Mabille, Swiss missionary in Basutoland (Lesotho) and compiler of a Sotho-English glossary which he expanded and still
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World Day Against Child Labour.
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An explosion shooks the Kenyan capital Nairobi, sending shards of glass spewing outside a downtown restaurant, killing at least
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British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown announces the debt write-off of some $40bn (€33bn) in multilateral debt in L
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Zimbabwe’s high court dismisses the first of the opposition’s appeals against President Robert Mugabe’s 2002 re-election.
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A coup attempt in DR Congo by renegade soldiers from the presidential guard is thwarted.
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Nearly sixty small arms are stolen from the magazine of a police unit in the Cape.
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In Cape Town SA gains a victory of 27-9 against the English rugby team, thereby sharing the series.
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Julayi Hlekiso, chairperson of the Transport and General Workers Union, is shot at point blank range outside his office in Umta
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The Convention on Biological Diversity, to which SA is a party, is signed in Rio de Janeiro.
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SA signs protocol with Italy on the establishment of a joint working group for trilateral development co-operation in Southern
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The Red Sea port of Assab, Ethiopia, and the country’s capital, Addis Ababa, 400 miles away, are linked with the re-opening of
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Australian Foreign Minister arrives in SA for a week’s visit.
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The British Anti-Apartheid Movement (BAAM) holds an 11-hour rock concert at Wembley Stadium in London to pay tribute to Nelson
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The year old State of Emergency is renewed.
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Security Laws Amendment Act No 13 commences.
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President P.W. Botha has an audience with Pope John Paul II.
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Lesotho and South Africa decide to establish a consultative committee to resolve misunderstandings arising from the movement of
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Stellenbosch University announces that it is to open its doors to Black, Coloured and Asian students for all post-graduate degr
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It is announced that Security Police have arrested the leader of the Soweto Students’ Representative Council
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For the second time René de Villiers, member of parliament for Parktown, draws the attention of Deputy Minister of Bantu
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The recently appointed deputy minister of "Bantu Education", Andries Treurnicht, rejects the applications by five Sow
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Minister of the Interior Theo Gerdener, indicates that the Public Service Commission will make a comprehensive study to create
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The US presence in Libya ends as the last detachment leaves Wheelus Air Base.
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