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Sam Ramsamy, president of the (NOCSA), announced South Africa’s acceptance of an invitation to participate in the Olympic Game
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Voters in South-West Africa/Namibia go to the polls to vote for a constituent assembly, which is to draw up a new constitution
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Paul Biya becomes president of the Cameroon.
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Ellen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and leading executive member of the South African Institute of Race Relations (SA
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King Hassan launches the ‘Green March’ with 350,000 unarmed Moroccans waving flags and copies of the Koran, crossing into Weste
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White referendum in Southern Rhodesia is overwhelmingly in support of Ian Smith’s proposal for independence.
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Vuyisile Mini, Zinakile Mkaba and Wilson Khayinga, three prominent trade union leaders from the Eastern Cape, are executed in P
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The Special Committee against Apartheid is established by the General Assembly
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Building starts on the Kariba Dam in the Zambezi River.
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SA quits the UN General Assembly and its committees for the rest of the 10th session after the Assembly adopts a resolution exp
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Egyptian government declares a state of emergency.
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Lindiwe Emmerentia Kuzwayo, successful fashion designer and judge at fashion shows in SA and overseas, is born in Durban.
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British Minister Resident in the Middle East, Lord Moyne (based in Cairo), is assassinated.
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The Herenigde Nasionale Party (Reunited National Party), joining the followers of Dr. D.F. Malan and General J.B.M. Hertzog, is
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Floors Duvenhage, Springbok centre (1949), is born.
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Mohandas K. Gandhi is arrested as he leads a march of Indian miners in South Africa. March includes 127 women, 57 children and
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Diamonds are first discovered at Kimberley, South Africa, leading to the construction of the world’s largest open mine, the Big
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Sir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, is born in Cradock, Cape Colony.
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Johannes Hermanus Grobler, first landdros of Potchefstroom and Ohrigstad and later acting president of the ZAR, is born in Geor
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Baron Joachim Ammena van Plettenberg, Cape governor, reaches a bay near Melkhoutkraal which he names Plettenberg Bay and where
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Commuters angry about train delays cause damage estimated at R30m when they set fire to several coaches and two offices at Germ
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The Star reports that a South African, Johan Hattingh, a former Task Force member, who was working with US company DynCorp in B
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National Eagle Day, organised by the Raptor Conservation Group and short-term insurer SA Eagle,is celebrated.
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Overwhelmed by rising waters on the Niger River, officials open the floodgates of two major dams, submerging 400 villages and l
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The SA Agricultural Union changes its name on the union’s annual meeting in Rustenburg to Agri South Africa.
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State of Emergency Act No 86 commences.
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South African President Nelson Mandela addresses a joint session of US Congress.
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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, loses 0-4 against Mexico.
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Minister of Manpower Eli Louw announces that in future Workers’ Day would always be on 1 May.
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