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Libyan president Colonel Muammar Kadhaffi admits to providing funds, munitions, and training to the IRA.
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SA signs cultural agreement with the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Sangiro (A.A. Pienaar) (54), SA author of mainly books about animals and Africa, dies in Stellenbosch.
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Government of India announces that in protest against the Union’s indifference to its representations, it was found necessary t
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Andrew (Andries) Abraham Stockenström le Fleur, Griqua leader (kaptyn) and visionary, dies in Krantzhoek, Plettenberg Bay
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World War II: North Africa. British planes raid Italian targets in Libya following Italy’s declaration of war against Britain a
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Athol Fugard, SA author and dramatist, is born in Middelburg, Cape Province.
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Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw, Afrikaans poet, dramatist and essayist, is born in Sutherland, Karoo.
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Pedi Chief Sekhukhune’s followers send a force of 140 against Chief Kgolane and his followers in their stronghold, Masehleng. K
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Anglo-Boer War 2 Col. B.T. Mahon occupies Potchefstroom.
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Abdol Burns, Cape Muslim political leader, cab driver and teacher, is buried in Cape Town. He was born in Cape Town c.1838.
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The ZAR’s access to a harbour (Kosi Bay) is cut off when Britain annexes Tongaland, Mozambique.
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The Portuguese transfer Barotseland, Zambia, to England and Nyasaland (now Malawi) becomes a British protectorate.
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Probable birth date of Moses Kottler, SA sculptor, in Joniskis, Lithuania. He died in March 1977, in Johannesburg.
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A row over a fare between an Egyptian donkey boy and a Maltese man triggers a riot in the city in which several hundred people
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The new organ in the Groote Kerk in Cape Town, a gift from Jan Hoets, is inaugurated.
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On the thirteenth day of the continuing public servants strike tens of thousands of other workers join the strike for the day a
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More than 3700 prisoners are being released from various prisons across the country as part of a special remission of sentence
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SA man sets record for world’s deepest dive. Nuno Gomes’ 318.25m plunge was enough to beat the record of 313m, set by Mark Elly
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A regional peace summit is held in Durban on the initiative of church leaders. Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini urges his subjects
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Twenty Somalis are killed and fifty more wounded when Pakistani members of the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping forces fire int
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A Boeing 767 sets a non-stop commercial flight distance record, from Seattle, USA to Nairobi in Kenya.
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Sipho Pungulwa, ANC dissident, is shot and killed in Umtata.
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President Reagan criticises the South African state of emergency.
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John Wiley, the leader of the South African Party (SAP), announces that his party is to disband. SAP representatives will retai
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Following a meeting (4-13 June 1980), held at the request of the African group, the United Nations Security Council unanimously
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Marais Viljoen, former President of the Senate and acting State President, is elected State President by members of both Houses
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An action committee called the Soweto Students’ Representative Council is formed to organise the demonstration, with two repres
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The Naledi branch of the SA Students Movement holds a meeting, attended by representatives of all Soweto schools, at which it i
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