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South African government admits it secretly gave $600 000 in recent years to African National Congress rival Inkatha Party.
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According to the Human Rights Commission, 189 people are being held in detention without trial.
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A state of emergency is declared by the state president, affecting thirty-six magisterial districts. He withdrew the proclamati
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The Commonwealth decides to change the venue of the next meeting of Commonwealth Finance Ministers from New Zealand to Bahamas
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Explosions occur at two electrical power stations in the Eastern Transvaal, causing damage of several millions of rand. Respons
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Chris Blignaut (77), SA folk singer, dies.
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The minister of Police, Justice and Prisons lifts the closure of schools in Black townships.
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Chief Albert Luthuli, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President of the banned ANC, is killed after being struck by a train
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The United Nations Committee on the Policy of Apartheid of the Government of South Africa expresses very serious concern at the
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The SA rugby team loses the second test 3-0 against the Lions in Durban.
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Katanga proclaims itself a republic and secedes from the central Congo government under the leadership of its president, Moise
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Britain, the USA and the World Bank refuse aid to Pres. Gamal Abder Nasser to build the Aswan Dam in the Nile River.
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South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Executive meets in Cape Town and pledged full support to the Passive Resistance launched b
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Barry (Anderson) Richards, Springbok cricket player, is born in Durban.
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Sonwabo Eddie Funde, businessman and director on several boards, is born in Johannesburg. He achieved an MSc in Electrical Engi
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Ms Ntombazana Gertrude Winifred Botha, Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004,
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Gawie Carelse, former SA rugby player, is born.
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Morgan Chetty, Deputy National Commissioner SA Police Service, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
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Sir Arnold Theiler (69), veterinary researcher and Director of Veterinary Services for the Union of SA at Onderstepoort, dies i
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Marshal Louis-Hubert Lyautey, the first French Resident General of Morocco, dies in France. His body is to be interred at Rabat
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The SA rugby team loses 6-7 against New Zealand in Johannesburg.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The burning of Bremersdorp (Manzini, Swaziland). Reacting to complaints from Swazi Queen Regent Labotsibeni
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Anglo-Boer War 2: British Gen. French is ordered to join the hunt for De Wet.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Captain Danie Theron and his men capture a train from the Welsh fusiliers. After looting what they could carr
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Anglo-Boer War 2: British General Lord Robert’s advance along the eastern line begins, starting from his outposts east of Preto
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Anglo-Boer War 2: New South Wales, Australia, offers 1 860 officers, non-commissioned officers and men to Britain for service i
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Gen. Johannes Gerhardus (Jan) Celliers, known for the way in which he eliminated the British artillerists during Anglo-Boer War
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Gertruida Anna Kestell, wife of the Rev. J.D. Kestell, is born in Stellenbosch.
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Stephanus Johannes Roos, Boer field-cornet in the Battle of Amajuba and in the Mapog War, is born on Kaspersnek at the Blyde Ri
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