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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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Algeria’s President Chadli Bendjedid announces state of emergency on third day of violent protests against austerity measures.
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Zambian postal workers refuse to sort mail from South Africa following a bomb explosion the previous week in which two postal w
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Stella Sigcau is elected Transkei’s third prime minister since the SA government accorded the territory independence in 1976. D
EventANC command structure in the Western Cape is arrested.
The South African police announced that they have uncovered and arrested members of the African National Congress (ANC) Western Cape command structure. The…
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Three of the six protesters leave the British Consulate in protest against South Africa’s action in linking their sit-in with t
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Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is shot to death by extremists while reviewing a military parade, eleven years and one day after
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Dr. Dawie de Villiers wins the Piketberg, Western Cape, seat for the National Party with a slightly reduced majority.
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Parliament meets in special session to elect the National Party candidate, Alwyn Schlebusch, as the nation’s first Vice-Preside
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Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi becomes Kenya’s second president, following the death of Jomo Kenyatta on 22 August 1978.
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The Egyptians and Syrians launch surprise attacks on Israel on Yom Kippur day, catching Israel almost totally by surprise and s
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The Minister of State of the Ivory Coast, Koffia Ndia, visits South Africa, reaffirming the country’s commitment to dialogue.
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A Bill is introduced into the Lesotho parliament providing for the extradition of fugitives from the Republic of South Africa.
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Takalani Madima, advocate and expert on Labour Law and Industrial Relations is born in Sibasa, Venda (Limpopo).
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Sisulu is sentenced to R30-00 or 90 days imprisonment because he is not in possession of a reference book.
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Schalk Burger, SA Springbok rugby player, is born.
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The Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge (FAK), institutes its medal of honour for services to the people.
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WWII: The 6th SA Armoured Division, having reached the watershed of Castiglione dei Pepoli in Italy, pushes forward to take Mon
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Gustav Schoeman Preller (68), journalist, cultural leader and first Afrikaans literary critic, dies in Pelindaba, near Pretoria
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Willie Smith, bantamweight boxing champion of SA, wins the world champion title. (British version).
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Henrietta Stockdale (64), SA nursing pioneer, dies in Kimberley.
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The railway line between Cape Town and Beira in Mozambique, 3 200 km, is completed.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: After the closure of the mines more than 7 000 Black mineworkers, escorted by Mr J.J. Marwick, representative
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Jan Bantjes, Voortrekker teacher of Paul Kruger and M.W. Pretorius, dies.
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British mission to subdue Sekhukhune is abandoned after having failed with much loss of life on both sides. He was ultimately d
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Gen. Christiaan Botha, younger brother of Gen. Louis Botha, is born in Greytown, Natal.
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