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James Read, missionary of the London Missionary Society who clashed repeatedly with the authorities and colonists, is born in A

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International Day of Disabled Persons.

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Laban Nkete (36), member of the SA marathon team that competed in the IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada in 2001, is

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SA actress and musician Sophie Mgcina dies due to heart failure.

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Former first-lady of SA and ex-wife of FW de Klerk, Marike de Klerk, is found murdered at her home in Cape Town.

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Barbara da Silva (48), second wife of Dr Chris Barnard, dies in Cape Town of breast cancer.

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Suzette van der Merwe, former Miss South Africa, marries Owen Goss in Mulders Drift, near Krugersdorp.

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Taiwanese Foreign Minister John Chang Hsiaoyen visits South Africa and holds talks with President Mandela. The President insis

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The Constitutional Court (CC) approves the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.

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The Angolan government and its UNITA guerrilla foes formally adopt terms for a truce to end a conflict killing an estimated 1,0

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President George Bush orders about 28,000 US troops to Somalia to block warring Somali gangs from intercepting food shipments.

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Cabinet is reshuffled, and the head of the mining house Gencor, Derek Keys, is appointed Minister of Trade and Industry.

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Defence Amendment Act, dealing mainly with various ways of combating terrorism, commences.

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Anti-apartheid demonstrations continue in front of the South African Embassy in Washington and spread to other US cities where

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Bishop Desmond Tutu, addressing a United States House of Representatives subcommittee, describes the policy of constructive eng

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The Star quotes the Lesotho foreign minister, Mr Mooki Molapo, as having said that at a meeting he had with the minister of for

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Ciskei becomes the fourth Black homeland to be granted independence

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Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself.

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Following the placing of an embargo on the supply of oil to South Africa from Arab countries, the Prime Minister announces res

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The Defence Minister denies that South Africa has sent troops to Malawi to quell the security threat on Malawi’s southern borde

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President Bokassa of the Central African Republic proclaims himself Emperor of the Central African Empire.

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The Security Council, in resolution 182(1963), calls upon all States &quot;to cease forthwith the sale and shipment of equipmen

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North Rhodesia’s first African-dominated government is formed under Kenneth Kaunda.

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Tanganyika becomes the 104th member of the United Nations (UN).

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Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast becomes autonomous within the French Community.

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Niger becomes an autonomous republic within the French Community. The republic adopted a constitution in 1959 but the next year

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Ghanaian government breaks off diplomatic relations with Belgium.

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Dr Hendrik Josephus Terblanche, compiler of eight dictionaries and three grammar books, is born in Aberdeen, CP.

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Allison Wessels George (Mhlongo) Champion, trade union leader, Black politician and businessman, is born at Sans Souci Mission

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A proclamation by Commander R.C. Dryer is ratified by British Letters Patent, and the annexation of Walvis Bay to the Cape of

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James Read, missionary of the London Missionary Society who clashed repeatedly with the authorities and colonists, is born in A

International Day of Disabled Persons.

Laban Nkete (36), member of the SA marathon team that competed in the IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada in 2001, is

SA actress and musician Sophie Mgcina dies due to heart failure.

Former first-lady of SA and ex-wife of FW de Klerk, Marike de Klerk, is found murdered at her home in Cape Town.

Barbara da Silva (48), second wife of Dr Chris Barnard, dies in Cape Town of breast cancer.

Suzette van der Merwe, former Miss South Africa, marries Owen Goss in Mulders Drift, near Krugersdorp.

Taiwanese Foreign Minister John Chang Hsiaoyen visits South Africa and holds talks with President Mandela. The President insis

The Constitutional Court (CC) approves the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.

The Angolan government and its UNITA guerrilla foes formally adopt terms for a truce to end a conflict killing an estimated 1,0

President George Bush orders about 28,000 US troops to Somalia to block warring Somali gangs from intercepting food shipments.

Cabinet is reshuffled, and the head of the mining house Gencor, Derek Keys, is appointed Minister of Trade and Industry.

Defence Amendment Act, dealing mainly with various ways of combating terrorism, commences.

Anti-apartheid demonstrations continue in front of the South African Embassy in Washington and spread to other US cities where

Bishop Desmond Tutu, addressing a United States House of Representatives subcommittee, describes the policy of constructive eng

The Star quotes the Lesotho foreign minister, Mr Mooki Molapo, as having said that at a meeting he had with the minister of for

Ciskei becomes the fourth Black homeland to be granted independence

Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself.

Following the placing of an embargo on the supply of oil to South Africa from Arab countries, the Prime Minister announces res

The Defence Minister denies that South Africa has sent troops to Malawi to quell the security threat on Malawi’s southern borde

President Bokassa of the Central African Republic proclaims himself Emperor of the Central African Empire.

The Security Council, in resolution 182(1963), calls upon all States &amp;quot;to cease forthwith the sale and shipment of equipmen

North Rhodesia’s first African-dominated government is formed under Kenneth Kaunda.

Tanganyika becomes the 104th member of the United Nations (UN).

Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast becomes autonomous within the French Community.

Niger becomes an autonomous republic within the French Community. The republic adopted a constitution in 1959 but the next year

Ghanaian government breaks off diplomatic relations with Belgium.

Dr Hendrik Josephus Terblanche, compiler of eight dictionaries and three grammar books, is born in Aberdeen, CP.

Allison Wessels George (Mhlongo) Champion, trade union leader, Black politician and businessman, is born at Sans Souci Mission

A proclamation by Commander R.C. Dryer is ratified by British Letters Patent, and the annexation of Walvis Bay to the Cape of

The Security Council, in resolution 182(1963), calls upon all States "to cease forthwith the sale and shipment of equipmen