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SA signs Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation.

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Multi-Party negotiators agree to the re-incorporation of the TBVC states (Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Transkei and Venda).

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Idriss ‘Cowboy of the Sands’ Déby in a military coup ousts President Hissène Habré of Chad.

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Thirty residents are killed in a night attack in Tokoza, East Rand.

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Zwelakhe Sisulu, editor of the New Nation newspaper, and six other detainees, are released.

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Atholl Mckinnon, SA lefty spinner cricketer in eight Tests, dies.

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Afrikaans poet, Breyten Breytenbach, is released from prison after serving seven of the nine years to which he was sentenced in

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Kenya and Somalia sign a border agreement.

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Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge, civil rights lawyer and political activist, who was murdered on 19 November, is buried at his home v

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Siyabonga Eugene (Bhele) Nomvete, SA footballer who was winner of the Kick Off Magazine Soccer Player of the Season, 98/99 &amp

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BBC reports SA security police are cleared of any blame in the death of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko who died while in

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At the end of an eight-month trial a University lecturer, Eddie Webster and four White students are acquitted of all charges ag

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Durban miners’ strikes take place. Labourers fight for better wages and a better working environment.

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Robert Sobukwe, former PAC leader, is finally refused permission to leave the country.

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Elna Reinach, South African tennis player, is born in Pretoria.

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Clive Eksteen, SA slow left-armer cricketer (1993), is born.

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It is officially conceded that the majority of members elected to the first Transkei Legislative Assembly, support Chief Poto.

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Britain refuses Uganda’s request for independence.

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The International Convention on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, to which SA is a party, is signed in Paris, France.

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Walter Sisulu is sentenced to nine months imprisonment, conditionally suspended for three years.

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United Nations agrees to hand over Eritrea to Ethiopia.

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Vic Toweel, of South Africa, sets a record for knockdowns in a title fight in Johannesburg, South Africa. He floors Danny O’Sul

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The General Assembly of the United Nations declares, &quot;a policy of ‘racial segregation’ (apartheid) is necessarily based on

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Dr Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, scientist and industrialist who founded the South African Iron and Steel Industrial Corporati

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The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (as amended), to which SA is a party, is signed in Washington, USA.

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WWII: The Allies repels a strong Axis attack in Tunisia, North Africa.

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Abyssinian government orders troops out of Harar on humanitarian grounds.

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Jan Jacobus van der Post, SA author who lived as a boy with the San for several years and who learned their language and custom

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Joan Hoskyn Davies, archivist and the first woman to become head of an archives depot, is born on Robben Island, where her fath

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Eric Dalton, cricketer (2 centuries in 15 Tests for South Africa 1929-39), is born.

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SA signs Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation.

Multi-Party negotiators agree to the re-incorporation of the TBVC states (Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Transkei and Venda).

Idriss ‘Cowboy of the Sands’ Déby in a military coup ousts President Hissène Habré of Chad.

Thirty residents are killed in a night attack in Tokoza, East Rand.

Zwelakhe Sisulu, editor of the New Nation newspaper, and six other detainees, are released.

Atholl Mckinnon, SA lefty spinner cricketer in eight Tests, dies.

Afrikaans poet, Breyten Breytenbach, is released from prison after serving seven of the nine years to which he was sentenced in

Kenya and Somalia sign a border agreement.

Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge, civil rights lawyer and political activist, who was murdered on 19 November, is buried at his home v

Siyabonga Eugene (Bhele) Nomvete, SA footballer who was winner of the Kick Off Magazine Soccer Player of the Season, 98/99 &amp;amp

BBC reports SA security police are cleared of any blame in the death of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko who died while in

At the end of an eight-month trial a University lecturer, Eddie Webster and four White students are acquitted of all charges ag

Durban miners’ strikes take place. Labourers fight for better wages and a better working environment.

Robert Sobukwe, former PAC leader, is finally refused permission to leave the country.

Elna Reinach, South African tennis player, is born in Pretoria.

Clive Eksteen, SA slow left-armer cricketer (1993), is born.

It is officially conceded that the majority of members elected to the first Transkei Legislative Assembly, support Chief Poto.

Britain refuses Uganda’s request for independence.

The International Convention on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, to which SA is a party, is signed in Paris, France.

Walter Sisulu is sentenced to nine months imprisonment, conditionally suspended for three years.

United Nations agrees to hand over Eritrea to Ethiopia.

Vic Toweel, of South Africa, sets a record for knockdowns in a title fight in Johannesburg, South Africa. He floors Danny O’Sul

The General Assembly of the United Nations declares, &amp;quot;a policy of ‘racial segregation’ (apartheid) is necessarily based on

Dr Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, scientist and industrialist who founded the South African Iron and Steel Industrial Corporati

The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (as amended), to which SA is a party, is signed in Washington, USA.

WWII: The Allies repels a strong Axis attack in Tunisia, North Africa.

Abyssinian government orders troops out of Harar on humanitarian grounds.

Jan Jacobus van der Post, SA author who lived as a boy with the San for several years and who learned their language and custom

Joan Hoskyn Davies, archivist and the first woman to become head of an archives depot, is born on Robben Island, where her fath

Eric Dalton, cricketer (2 centuries in 15 Tests for South Africa 1929-39), is born.

Siyabonga Eugene (Bhele) Nomvete, SA footballer who was winner of the Kick Off Magazine Soccer Player of the Season, 98/99 &amp

The General Assembly of the United Nations declares, "a policy of ‘racial segregation’ (apartheid) is necessarily based on