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Anglo Platinum’s corporate communications group manager Mike Mtakati, his wife Nonhlanhla and his four children are killed in a

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The General Assembly terminated the mandate of the Intergovernmental Group to Monitor the Supply and Shipping of Oil and Petrol

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Archaeologists of Egypt and the US discover a fleet of ships 500 years old near the Nile.

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The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) starts its first meeting. Seventeen of the nineteen parties attending the

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The Sowetan reports that a petition, signed by 30 000 White South Africans, calling for all sports venues to be opened to all r

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South African President P.W. Botha fires the government’s only non-White Cabinet Minister, Amichand Rajbansi, with effect from

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Security Clearance Act No 40, requiring security clearance of people as a prerequisite to their employment in certain education

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Internal Security Amendment Act No 39, empowering the president to close certain educational institutions in certain circumstan

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Six South Africans and three Lesotho nationals are killed in an attack for which the renegade Lesotho Liberation Army claims re

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Ethiopia becomes a socialist one-party state.

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Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat is named by Colonel Gamal Abdul al-Nasser as his successor.

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The rugby team of England beats SA 11-3 at Twickenham.

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The United Nations General Assembly passes a draft Resolution, by eighty-seven votes to one (Portugal) and twelve abstentions,

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Arthur Elias Letele, medical doctor and prominent ANC leader who went into exile in Basutoland, dies in Maseru, Basutoland (Les

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A re-organisation of the South African Defence Force replaces the General Staff with a body to be known as the ‘Supreme Command

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Prof. J.L.B. Smith receives a cable from Captain Eric Hunt, stating that he has a coelacanth at the Comoro Islands. Prime Minis

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Abbas Hilmi II, viceroy of Egypt (1892-1914), dies at the age of 70.

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Balthasar Johannes (John) Vorster, former prime minister and president of SA, marries Martinie Steyn Malan in Worcester, CP.

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Italians are driven back to the Dembeguina Pass when Abyssinian troops cross the River Takkaze.

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Josef Johannes (Jopie) Fourie, rebel commando leader during the 1914 Rebellion, is executed by a firing squad after being found

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Kitchener memorandum concerning the implementation of concentration camps for Boer women and children is

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Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence) The Battle of Bronkhorstspruit takes place, four days after the war started, i

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The Rev. Pieter G. Meiring, editor of Die Kerkbode, is born in Goudini, CC.

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Sir George Cathcart, governor and commander-in-chief at the Cape (31 March 1852-26 May 1854), is defeated when he attack Moshes

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Thulane Sugarboy Malinga, SA super middleweight, wins the World Boxing Council (WBC) title.

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President F. W. de Klerk announces that he is either suspending or forcibly retiring 23 officers of the South African Defence F

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Eleven residents are killed in an attack by unknown gunmen in Mpumalanga.

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The two rival movements in Zimbabwe merge under the name Zanu-Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF).

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Two explosions in Bisho, the Ciskei’s capital, damage the Pick ‘n Pay shopping centre and a garage and injure one person.

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Hans Olaf Waldemar Rüdiger Emmerich Felix Januarius (Olaf) Andresen, composer, mainly of light music, dies in Kempton Park, Tv

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Anglo Platinum’s corporate communications group manager Mike Mtakati, his wife Nonhlanhla and his four children are killed in a

The General Assembly terminated the mandate of the Intergovernmental Group to Monitor the Supply and Shipping of Oil and Petrol

Archaeologists of Egypt and the US discover a fleet of ships 500 years old near the Nile.

The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) starts its first meeting. Seventeen of the nineteen parties attending the

The Sowetan reports that a petition, signed by 30 000 White South Africans, calling for all sports venues to be opened to all r

South African President P.W. Botha fires the government’s only non-White Cabinet Minister, Amichand Rajbansi, with effect from

Security Clearance Act No 40, requiring security clearance of people as a prerequisite to their employment in certain education

Internal Security Amendment Act No 39, empowering the president to close certain educational institutions in certain circumstan

Six South Africans and three Lesotho nationals are killed in an attack for which the renegade Lesotho Liberation Army claims re

Ethiopia becomes a socialist one-party state.

Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat is named by Colonel Gamal Abdul al-Nasser as his successor.

The rugby team of England beats SA 11-3 at Twickenham.

The United Nations General Assembly passes a draft Resolution, by eighty-seven votes to one (Portugal) and twelve abstentions,

Arthur Elias Letele, medical doctor and prominent ANC leader who went into exile in Basutoland, dies in Maseru, Basutoland (Les

A re-organisation of the South African Defence Force replaces the General Staff with a body to be known as the ‘Supreme Command

Prof. J.L.B. Smith receives a cable from Captain Eric Hunt, stating that he has a coelacanth at the Comoro Islands. Prime Minis

Abbas Hilmi II, viceroy of Egypt (1892-1914), dies at the age of 70.

Balthasar Johannes (John) Vorster, former prime minister and president of SA, marries Martinie Steyn Malan in Worcester, CP.

Italians are driven back to the Dembeguina Pass when Abyssinian troops cross the River Takkaze.

Josef Johannes (Jopie) Fourie, rebel commando leader during the 1914 Rebellion, is executed by a firing squad after being found

Anglo-Boer War 2: The Kitchener memorandum concerning the implementation of concentration camps for Boer women and children is

Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence) The Battle of Bronkhorstspruit takes place, four days after the war started, i

The Rev. Pieter G. Meiring, editor of Die Kerkbode, is born in Goudini, CC.

Sir George Cathcart, governor and commander-in-chief at the Cape (31 March 1852-26 May 1854), is defeated when he attack Moshes

Thulane Sugarboy Malinga, SA super middleweight, wins the World Boxing Council (WBC) title.

President F. W. de Klerk announces that he is either suspending or forcibly retiring 23 officers of the South African Defence F

Eleven residents are killed in an attack by unknown gunmen in Mpumalanga.

The two rival movements in Zimbabwe merge under the name Zanu-Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF).

Two explosions in Bisho, the Ciskei’s capital, damage the Pick ‘n Pay shopping centre and a garage and injure one person.

Hans Olaf Waldemar Rüdiger Emmerich Felix Januarius (Olaf) Andresen, composer, mainly of light music, dies in Kempton Park, Tv