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The Rwanda Genocide. At least 500,000 are reported as dead from the fighting between Tutsi and Hutu in Rwanda.

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Rival political and ethnic groups riot in Rwanda, killing at least five people ahead of peace talks.

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The civil war in Angola ends officially after seventeen years, though fighting still occurs occasionally.

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls for the abolition of the death penalty and for amnesty for all people presently on death row, inc

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Samuel Tshabalala wins the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades, the first Black person to win the race since the ban on their part

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More than 200 South African religious leaders representing the Christian, Moslem, Jewish and Hindu faiths, decide at the end of

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A new UN register of sport’s people with South African ties is published in London, naming 2611 people and warning that the boy

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SA beats the New Zealand Cavaliers in Johannesburg 24-10 and wins the series 3-1.

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Allister Sparks, editor of the Rand Daily Mail is dismissed as editor.

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Allister Sparks, editor of the Rand Daily Mail is dismissed as editor.

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Nation-wide protests against and boycotts of the celebration of twenty years of the South African Republic.

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The Springbok rugby team beats the Lions in the first test match of the series on Newlands 26-22.

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The Springbok rugby team beats the Lions in the first test match of the series on Newlands 26-22.

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Attacks on Sasol 1 and NATREF in Sasolburg and Sasol 2 in Secunda take place in the night of 31 May/1 June in order to coincide

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Salisbury announces that Rhodesian troops have captured and occupied the town of Mapai, 100km inside Mozambique.

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Dr. John Godlonton on own initiative starts the Comrades Medical facility in a small tent next to the route. (Dr. Jeremy Boulte

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Dr. John Godlonton on own initiative starts the Comrades Medical facility in a small tent next to the route. (Dr. Jeremy Boulte

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J.F. (Tom) Naudé (80), member of cabinet and acting SA state president in 1967 and 1968, dies in Cape Town.

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Biafra pulls out of peace talks with Nigeria.

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Biafra pulls out of peace talks with Nigeria.

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The Republic celebrates its fifth anniversary with a massive military demonstration in Pretoria. A crowd of more than 500,000 s

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Joseph-Désiré Mobutu’s military government in the Congo has four former ministers sentenced to death for treason,

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Joseph-Désiré Mobutu’s military government in the Congo has four former ministers sentenced to death for treason,

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South Africa is declared a republic, independent and outside the Commonwealth. C.R. Swart, the former Governor-General, is swor

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South Africa is declared a republic, independent and outside the Commonwealth. C.R. Swart, the former Governor-General, is swor

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Beginning of the Potato Boycott directed against the savage exploitation of African farm labour.

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Peter Alroy Charles Hendrickse, ANC politician, member of parliament and Codesa delegate, is born in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape

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The Rwanda Genocide. At least 500,000 are reported as dead from the fighting between Tutsi and Hutu in Rwanda.

Rival political and ethnic groups riot in Rwanda, killing at least five people ahead of peace talks.

The civil war in Angola ends officially after seventeen years, though fighting still occurs occasionally.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls for the abolition of the death penalty and for amnesty for all people presently on death row, inc

Samuel Tshabalala wins the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades, the first Black person to win the race since the ban on their part

More than 200 South African religious leaders representing the Christian, Moslem, Jewish and Hindu faiths, decide at the end of

A new UN register of sport’s people with South African ties is published in London, naming 2611 people and warning that the boy

SA beats the New Zealand Cavaliers in Johannesburg 24-10 and wins the series 3-1.

Allister Sparks, editor of the Rand Daily Mail is dismissed as editor.

Allister Sparks, editor of the Rand Daily Mail is dismissed as editor.

Nation-wide protests against and boycotts of the celebration of twenty years of the South African Republic.

The Springbok rugby team beats the Lions in the first test match of the series on Newlands 26-22.

The Springbok rugby team beats the Lions in the first test match of the series on Newlands 26-22.

Attacks on Sasol 1 and NATREF in Sasolburg and Sasol 2 in Secunda take place in the night of 31 May/1 June in order to coincide

Salisbury announces that Rhodesian troops have captured and occupied the town of Mapai, 100km inside Mozambique.

Dr. John Godlonton on own initiative starts the Comrades Medical facility in a small tent next to the route. (Dr. Jeremy Boulte

Dr. John Godlonton on own initiative starts the Comrades Medical facility in a small tent next to the route. (Dr. Jeremy Boulte

J.F. (Tom) Naudé (80), member of cabinet and acting SA state president in 1967 and 1968, dies in Cape Town.

Biafra pulls out of peace talks with Nigeria.

Biafra pulls out of peace talks with Nigeria.

The Republic celebrates its fifth anniversary with a massive military demonstration in Pretoria. A crowd of more than 500,000 s

Joseph-Désiré Mobutu’s military government in the Congo has four former ministers sentenced to death for treason,

Joseph-Désiré Mobutu’s military government in the Congo has four former ministers sentenced to death for treason,

Mji Edmund Mseleku, S.A artist, is born in Mtwalume, Natal.

Russell Scott, S.A artist, is born in Kitwe, Zambia.

Russell Scott, S.A artist, is born in Kitwe, Zambia.

South Africa is declared a republic, independent and outside the Commonwealth. C.R. Swart, the former Governor-General, is swor

South Africa is declared a republic, independent and outside the Commonwealth. C.R. Swart, the former Governor-General, is swor

Beginning of the Potato Boycott directed against the savage exploitation of African farm labour.

Peter Alroy Charles Hendrickse, ANC politician, member of parliament and Codesa delegate, is born in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape