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ANC stalwart, Albertina Sisulu dies in Johannesburg

Interview with Philemon Tefu from the book Robben Island by David Fleminger

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Miloon Kothari, the UN special rapporteur on adequate housing, says most of those displaced by President Robert Mugabe’s May 20

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SA Safety and Security Minister says in parliament during a discussion on his budget vote: &quot;They can continue to whinge u

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In a meeting at the White House President Thabo Mbeki urges President George W. Bush to deliver more African aid support. The t

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Start of National Environment Week. (GIED: Celebrating 10 years of Freedom, 2004).

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Hansie Cronje (32), former SA cricket captain, is killed when a light plane in which he was travelling crashes into a mountain

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The statue of former SA Prime Minister J.G. Strijdom (Hans) on Strijdom Square, Pretoria, collapses.

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A UN tribunal for Rwanda’s 1994 genocide sentences a Belgian-born radio journalist to twelve years in prison for broadcasts tha

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Ex-president Kenneth Kaunda is released after a decision not to prosecute him after a planned coup in October 1997.

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Ferdi Barnard, former member of the CCB (Civil Cooperation Bureau) is found guilty of the murder in Johannesburg on the activis

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Justice R.J. Goldstone, Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry Regarding the Prevention of Public Violence and Intimidation, exp

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Bella Motsupi, grandmother of Vosloorus activist Thuli Motsupi, is killed in Vosloorus.

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Lindiwe Maziya (wife), Zwelakhe and Elizabeth (all relatives of the chairperson of the Vosloorus Crisis Committee, Ali Maziya),

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The US government orders its diplomats around the world to boycott South African Republic Day functions.

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An inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale, who had died in custody in Johannesburg Security Police headquarters in August 1982

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The inquest into Dr. Aggett’s death is adjourned for the third time when police object to the use, as evidence, of a statement

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Three offices of the PFP are petrol-bombed in Johannesburg. The South African Liberation Support Cadre (SALSC) claims responsib

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Festivities to mark the twentieth anniversary of the South African Republic reach a climax with a massive military display in D

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Umkhonto weSizwe strikes at the Sasol Complex, causing damage estimated at R66 million.

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Rhodesia formally ends nearly ninety years of White minority rule and declares it will now be known as Zimbabwe-Rhodesia.

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KwaZulu: Criminal Procedure Act No 14 commences.

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Rhodesian police shoot and kill eleven Blacks from amongst those rioting in Salisbury.

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The Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Seals, to which SA is a party, is signed in London.

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The planned reopening of the University of the North (Turfloop) fails. Every major Black campus endorses strike action.

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The Bophuthatswana Legislative Assembly is proclaimed with Lucas Mangope as chief minister.

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ANC stalwart, Albertina Sisulu dies in Johannesburg

Interview with Philemon Tefu from the book Robben Island by David Fleminger

Miloon Kothari, the UN special rapporteur on adequate housing, says most of those displaced by President Robert Mugabe’s May 20

SA Safety and Security Minister says in parliament during a discussion on his budget vote: &amp;quot;They can continue to whinge u

In a meeting at the White House President Thabo Mbeki urges President George W. Bush to deliver more African aid support. The t

Start of National Environment Week. (GIED: Celebrating 10 years of Freedom, 2004).

Hansie Cronje (32), former SA cricket captain, is killed when a light plane in which he was travelling crashes into a mountain

The statue of former SA Prime Minister J.G. Strijdom (Hans) on Strijdom Square, Pretoria, collapses.

A UN tribunal for Rwanda’s 1994 genocide sentences a Belgian-born radio journalist to twelve years in prison for broadcasts tha

Ex-president Kenneth Kaunda is released after a decision not to prosecute him after a planned coup in October 1997.

Ferdi Barnard, former member of the CCB (Civil Cooperation Bureau) is found guilty of the murder in Johannesburg on the activis

Bafana Bafana, the SA soccer team, wins 1-0 against Malawi in an away game.

South Africa and Syria establish diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level.

South Africa rejoins the Commonwealth after an absence of thirty-three years.

Justice R.J. Goldstone, Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry Regarding the Prevention of Public Violence and Intimidation, exp

Bella Motsupi, grandmother of Vosloorus activist Thuli Motsupi, is killed in Vosloorus.

Lindiwe Maziya (wife), Zwelakhe and Elizabeth (all relatives of the chairperson of the Vosloorus Crisis Committee, Ali Maziya),

The US government orders its diplomats around the world to boycott South African Republic Day functions.

An inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale, who had died in custody in Johannesburg Security Police headquarters in August 1982

The inquest into Dr. Aggett’s death is adjourned for the third time when police object to the use, as evidence, of a statement

Three offices of the PFP are petrol-bombed in Johannesburg. The South African Liberation Support Cadre (SALSC) claims responsib

Festivities to mark the twentieth anniversary of the South African Republic reach a climax with a massive military display in D

Umkhonto weSizwe strikes at the Sasol Complex, causing damage estimated at R66 million.

Rhodesia formally ends nearly ninety years of White minority rule and declares it will now be known as Zimbabwe-Rhodesia.

KwaZulu: Criminal Procedure Act No 14 commences.

Rhodesian police shoot and kill eleven Blacks from amongst those rioting in Salisbury.

The Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Seals, to which SA is a party, is signed in London.

The planned reopening of the University of the North (Turfloop) fails. Every major Black campus endorses strike action.

The Bophuthatswana Legislative Assembly is proclaimed with Lucas Mangope as chief minister.

SA Safety and Security Minister says in parliament during a discussion on his budget vote: "They can continue to whinge u