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The SA Communist Party, in alliance with the African National Congress and the Congress of Trade Unions will use mass action in

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Clarence Makwetu is elected as new leader of the Pan-Africanist Congress.

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Up to 1&nbsp;000 delegates from SA and overseas meet for the Pan-Africanist Congress’s first national conference inside the cou

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The government moves ANC leader Nelson Mandela from the private clinic in Cape Town, where he has been recovering from tubercul

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The US state department says it hopes South Africa’s withdrawal from Angola will be followed by the withdrawal of all foreign f

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A parcel bomb injures an ANC member in Lusaka, Zambia.

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Bishop Desmond Tutu leaves for the USA to meet with President Ronald Reagan.

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An explosion at the offices of the Department of Co-operation and Development in Marshalltown, Johannesburg, causes damage to t

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The Erasmus Commission’s report, stating that large-scale irregularities have taken place within the Department of Information,

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State President Vorster opens the first emergency session of Parliament to be held in peacetime and promises action against any

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International Monetary Fund announces the termination of South Africa’s request of the 1969 arrangements for the sale of South

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Further banning orders are gazetted, including that of the former leader of the South African Indian Congress, Yusuf Cachalia w

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Libya announces the nationalisation of British Petroleum’s assets.

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Ian Meckiff is no balled for throwing against the South Africans.

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Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, SA minister of education since 2004, is born in Durban. http://www.sahistory.org.za/

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The British attack larger Italian forces in Libya by surprise, capturing 40&nbsp;000 prisoners in three days.

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Don Bradman scores 219 for New South Wales vs South Africa, in 234 minutes. It includes 15 fours.

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Sir Otto John Beit (65), financier, philanthropist and younger brother of Alfred Beit, dies on his birthday in London.

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About 25&nbsp;000 people in Johannesburg are unemployed and the government announces that it has no jobs available.

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Ludwig Borchardt discovers a painted bust of Nefertiti at el-Amarna, Egypt.

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A proclamation giving self-government to the Union of South Africa is read from the steps of the Royal Exchange in London.

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T.O. Honiball, cartoonist of Die Burger, is born.

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England and Italy agree on settling Sudan frontier.

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English social worker and reformer Emily Hobhouse sets sail for South Africa, where she will investigate conditions in concentr

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At the Battle at Amba Alagi, Abissynia, the Ethiopians beat Italian armies.

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Sir Milton Margay, the first prime minister of Sierra Leone, is born.

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In German South West Africa Captain Kurt von François moves his administrative headquarters to Windhoek, seven months after er

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Cornelis Christiaan Nepgen, missionary of the DRC in the Transkei, is born.

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Sir Otto John Beit, financier, philanthropist and younger brother of Alfred Beit, is born in Hamburg, Germany.

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Sir Redvers Henry Buller, British general during Anglo-Boer War 2, is born in Devon, England.

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The SA Communist Party, in alliance with the African National Congress and the Congress of Trade Unions will use mass action in

Clarence Makwetu is elected as new leader of the Pan-Africanist Congress.

Up to 1&amp;nbsp;000 delegates from SA and overseas meet for the Pan-Africanist Congress’s first national conference inside the cou

The government moves ANC leader Nelson Mandela from the private clinic in Cape Town, where he has been recovering from tubercul

The US state department says it hopes South Africa’s withdrawal from Angola will be followed by the withdrawal of all foreign f

A parcel bomb injures an ANC member in Lusaka, Zambia.

Bishop Desmond Tutu leaves for the USA to meet with President Ronald Reagan.

An explosion at the offices of the Department of Co-operation and Development in Marshalltown, Johannesburg, causes damage to t

The Erasmus Commission’s report, stating that large-scale irregularities have taken place within the Department of Information,

State President Vorster opens the first emergency session of Parliament to be held in peacetime and promises action against any

International Monetary Fund announces the termination of South Africa’s request of the 1969 arrangements for the sale of South

Further banning orders are gazetted, including that of the former leader of the South African Indian Congress, Yusuf Cachalia w

Libya announces the nationalisation of British Petroleum’s assets.

Ian Meckiff is no balled for throwing against the South Africans.

Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, SA minister of education since 2004, is born in Durban. http://www.sahistory.org.za/

The British attack larger Italian forces in Libya by surprise, capturing 40&amp;nbsp;000 prisoners in three days.

Don Bradman scores 219 for New South Wales vs South Africa, in 234 minutes. It includes 15 fours.

Sir Otto John Beit (65), financier, philanthropist and younger brother of Alfred Beit, dies on his birthday in London.

About 25&amp;nbsp;000 people in Johannesburg are unemployed and the government announces that it has no jobs available.

Ludwig Borchardt discovers a painted bust of Nefertiti at el-Amarna, Egypt.

A proclamation giving self-government to the Union of South Africa is read from the steps of the Royal Exchange in London.

T.O. Honiball, cartoonist of Die Burger, is born.

England and Italy agree on settling Sudan frontier.

English social worker and reformer Emily Hobhouse sets sail for South Africa, where she will investigate conditions in concentr

At the Battle at Amba Alagi, Abissynia, the Ethiopians beat Italian armies.

Sir Milton Margay, the first prime minister of Sierra Leone, is born.

In German South West Africa Captain Kurt von François moves his administrative headquarters to Windhoek, seven months after er

Cornelis Christiaan Nepgen, missionary of the DRC in the Transkei, is born.

Sir Otto John Beit, financier, philanthropist and younger brother of Alfred Beit, is born in Hamburg, Germany.

Sir Redvers Henry Buller, British general during Anglo-Boer War 2, is born in Devon, England.

Up to 1 000 delegates from SA and overseas meet for the Pan-Africanist Congress’s first national conference inside the cou

The British attack larger Italian forces in Libya by surprise, capturing 40 000 prisoners in three days.

About 25 000 people in Johannesburg are unemployed and the government announces that it has no jobs available.