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Marthinus van Schalkwyk, former leader of the New National Party and now ANC member and Minister of Environmental Affairs and T

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ANC leader Nelson Mandela meets with his Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) counterpart Jafta “Jeff” Masemola, who has just been rel

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South Africa’s Pan-Africanist Congress announces it will join with the African National Congress in opposing the White-led gove

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Zimbabwean Nick Price, defending champion of the Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament at Sun City, wins again when he beats T

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A cabinet minister restates the government’s policy for the Coloured people. Any policy, or lack thereof, which can lead to int

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Prof. Dirk Postma, founder of the “Gereformeerde Kerk van Suid-Afrika” (GKSA, nicknamed ‘Doppers’) and head of the reformed the

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President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, a leading exponent of Pan-Africanism, orders the release of the last of his political prisone

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The United Nations (UN) General Assembly appoints Kofi Annan of Ghana to a five-year term as secretary-general, beginning 1 Jan

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The Afrikaans language festival, “Die Wonder van Afrikaans” which started on April 6 in Cape Town, ends at the Voortrekker monu

How the man and his marriage will forever be remembered | Ruth First paid tribute to the couple: Walter and Albertina

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The SAA Rietbok crashes into the sea at Kayser’s Beach near East London, with the loss of twenty-five lives.

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Adam Tas is arrested by magistrate Starrenburg because he compiled the petition for the Cape burghers against Governor W.A. van

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Johannes van der Walt, member of the Ossewa-Brandwag (O.B.)and world renowned wrestler, who escaped from police detention after

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US President George Bush authorises the Export-Import Bank to underwrite US exports to South Africa, officially ending a ban th

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African heads of state of the Monrovia Group, which includes Liberia, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon, issue charter for Pan-African

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In reply to the opposition’s motion Prime Minister P.W. Botha offers to resign if opposition politicians can show that either h

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SAA, inaugurated the previous year, takes over South-West African Airways which has since 1932 been providing a weekly air-mail

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President F.W. de Klerk appoints a one-man commission of inquiry into alleged hit squads and a second commission into the circu

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A Liberian freighter rams a bridge in Florida’s Tampa Bay, collapsing part of the span (a 1,400-foot section) and plunging thir

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William H. Addison, first district surgeon of Pietermaritzburg, arrives with his wife and son in Port Natal aboard the Lalla Ro

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Comdt Jan H. Theron, Danie Theron’s successor as commander of Theron’s Scouts, dies of gastric fever in the C

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The Natal Supreme Court declares the ban on campaigns for the release of detainees invalid. (2004). Today in History, Pretoria

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Joshua Nkomo (1917-1999), Zimbabwean vice-president whose son has recently died of HIV/AIDS, claims the disease is a &quot;Whit

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Robert Sobukwe and others break away from the African National Congress (ANC) to form the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). They a

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Caspar (Casper?) Kruger, the son of Paul Kruger (ex-president of the Transvaal), takes the oath of allegiance to Britain.

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Ashby Peter Solomzi (A.P.) Mda, teacher, lawyer, co-founder of the African National Youth League and later the Pan Africanist C

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The Natal Supreme Court declares the ban on campaigns for the release of detainees invalid. (2004). Today in History, Pretoria

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Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg, president of the ZAR for seven months, is born in the Uitenhage district, Eastern Cape.

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The Sand River Convention, recognising the independence of emigrant farmers north of the Vaal River, is ratified by the Volksra

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Janet Soga (neé Burnside) is born in Hutchesontown, Glasgow, Scotland. She married Tito Yoga, the first Black man to be

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Marthinus van Schalkwyk, former leader of the New National Party and now ANC member and Minister of Environmental Affairs and T

ANC leader Nelson Mandela meets with his Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) counterpart Jafta “Jeff” Masemola, who has just been rel

South Africa’s Pan-Africanist Congress announces it will join with the African National Congress in opposing the White-led gove

Zimbabwean Nick Price, defending champion of the Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament at Sun City, wins again when he beats T

A cabinet minister restates the government’s policy for the Coloured people. Any policy, or lack thereof, which can lead to int

Prof. Dirk Postma, founder of the “Gereformeerde Kerk van Suid-Afrika” (GKSA, nicknamed ‘Doppers’) and head of the reformed the

President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, a leading exponent of Pan-Africanism, orders the release of the last of his political prisone

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly appoints Kofi Annan of Ghana to a five-year term as secretary-general, beginning 1 Jan

The Afrikaans language festival, “Die Wonder van Afrikaans” which started on April 6 in Cape Town, ends at the Voortrekker monu

How the man and his marriage will forever be remembered | Ruth First paid tribute to the couple: Walter and Albertina

The SAA Rietbok crashes into the sea at Kayser’s Beach near East London, with the loss of twenty-five lives.

Adam Tas is arrested by magistrate Starrenburg because he compiled the petition for the Cape burghers against Governor W.A. van

Johannes van der Walt, member of the Ossewa-Brandwag (O.B.)and world renowned wrestler, who escaped from police detention after

US President George Bush authorises the Export-Import Bank to underwrite US exports to South Africa, officially ending a ban th

African heads of state of the Monrovia Group, which includes Liberia, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon, issue charter for Pan-African

In reply to the opposition’s motion Prime Minister P.W. Botha offers to resign if opposition politicians can show that either h

SAA, inaugurated the previous year, takes over South-West African Airways which has since 1932 been providing a weekly air-mail

President F.W. de Klerk appoints a one-man commission of inquiry into alleged hit squads and a second commission into the circu

A Liberian freighter rams a bridge in Florida’s Tampa Bay, collapsing part of the span (a 1,400-foot section) and plunging thir

William H. Addison, first district surgeon of Pietermaritzburg, arrives with his wife and son in Port Natal aboard the Lalla Ro

Anglo-Boer War 2: Comdt Jan H. Theron, Danie Theron’s successor as commander of Theron’s Scouts, dies of gastric fever in the C

The Natal Supreme Court declares the ban on campaigns for the release of detainees invalid. (2004). Today in History, Pretoria

Joshua Nkomo (1917-1999), Zimbabwean vice-president whose son has recently died of HIV/AIDS, claims the disease is a &amp;quot;Whit

Robert Sobukwe and others break away from the African National Congress (ANC) to form the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). They a

Caspar (Casper?) Kruger, the son of Paul Kruger (ex-president of the Transvaal), takes the oath of allegiance to Britain.

Ashby Peter Solomzi (A.P.) Mda, teacher, lawyer, co-founder of the African National Youth League and later the Pan Africanist C

The Natal Supreme Court declares the ban on campaigns for the release of detainees invalid. (2004). Today in History, Pretoria

Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg, president of the ZAR for seven months, is born in the Uitenhage district, Eastern Cape.

The Sand River Convention, recognising the independence of emigrant farmers north of the Vaal River, is ratified by the Volksra

Janet Soga (neé Burnside) is born in Hutchesontown, Glasgow, Scotland. She married Tito Yoga, the first Black man to be

Joshua Nkomo (1917-1999), Zimbabwean vice-president whose son has recently died of HIV/AIDS, claims the disease is a "Whit