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Protests by thousands of farmers around the country against land reform legislation and loss of tax rebates, and against the go

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Ten ANC supporters are killed in Gamalakhe, Natal, in an attack on a gathering.

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President Mangope extends the state of emergency, declared in four districts on 7 March, to the whole Bophuthatswana homeland.

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In an exclusive interview with &quot;The Herald&quot;, the ANC military commander Joe Modise, states that the organisation coul

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Dr Fred du Plessis, chairman of Sanlam, is killed in a motor accident in the Western Cape.

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In response to a question in Parliament Dr Van Niekerk, minister of health, says that thirty-seven cases of AIDS have been diag

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The nuclear power station at Koeberg becomes operational.

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In a radio and television interview, Prime Minister P.W. Botha, sets out the principles on which he is leading the government t

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A bomb explosion damages the London office of the ANC.

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On his return from Paris, General Hendrik van den Bergh has his own passport impounded on orders from the minister of the inter

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Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat asks Parliament to cancel treaty with Soviet Union, charging that Moscow failed to provide arms t

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Mark Fish, SA football player, is born.

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Chief Matanzima calls upon the South African government to grant full independence to the Transkei within five years. The prime

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The largest concentration of national monuments in the country, the thirty-two restored buildings which had been damaged in the

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The Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA) asks the national Olympic committees of Belgium, Great Britain, Japan, the Neth

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Ephraim Mojalefa (Kid) Ngatane, artist, teacher, musician and boxer, dies of tuberculosis at the Barangwanath Hospital, Soweto.

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The United Nations Security Council censures South Africa for its flagrant defiance of Council Resolution 245 (1968) calling fo

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Tertius Bosch, SA cricket player in one test match against the West Indies (1991-1992), is born in Vereeniging. (Wallis; Nuusda

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The Red Cross of SA institutes its emergency rescue unit.

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The Publications and Entertainment Bill, which has been before a select Committee for nearly two years, passes its third readin

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The New English Bible is published.

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Sir Robert N. Kotze (82), SA mining engineer who did much for the promotion of safety in mines and who was mainly responsible f

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Samuel Maharero, who succeeded his father Maharero as chief of the Herero, dies in exile in Serowe, Bechuanaland. His misadmini

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Percy Fisher, miner and unionist born in 1891 in Durham, England, is found dead inside Central Hall of Fordsburg with a bullet

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Woolf Joel (34), nephew of Barney Barnato, is shot and killed by Baron Von Veltheim because he refuses to assist in kidnapping

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Gerard Jacob Theodoor Beelaerts van Blokland (54), co-founder of the Nederlandsch Zuid-Afrikaansche Vereeniging, dies.

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The still existing Hollandse Mannekoor (Dutch men’s choir)is founded in Pretoria.

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Dr Alexander Logie du Toit, SA geologist, is born in Cape Town.

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SA golf player and world number three, Ernie Els, scores his second victory in seven days after his third Dubai Desert Classic

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Struggle hero Dullah Omar and SA transport minister dies in the Constantiaberg Medi-Clinic in the Western Cape.

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Protests by thousands of farmers around the country against land reform legislation and loss of tax rebates, and against the go

Ten ANC supporters are killed in Gamalakhe, Natal, in an attack on a gathering.

President Mangope extends the state of emergency, declared in four districts on 7 March, to the whole Bophuthatswana homeland.

In an exclusive interview with &amp;quot;The Herald&amp;quot;, the ANC military commander Joe Modise, states that the organisation coul

Dr Fred du Plessis, chairman of Sanlam, is killed in a motor accident in the Western Cape.

In response to a question in Parliament Dr Van Niekerk, minister of health, says that thirty-seven cases of AIDS have been diag

The nuclear power station at Koeberg becomes operational.

In a radio and television interview, Prime Minister P.W. Botha, sets out the principles on which he is leading the government t

A bomb explosion damages the London office of the ANC.

On his return from Paris, General Hendrik van den Bergh has his own passport impounded on orders from the minister of the inter

Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat asks Parliament to cancel treaty with Soviet Union, charging that Moscow failed to provide arms t

Mark Fish, SA football player, is born.

Chief Matanzima calls upon the South African government to grant full independence to the Transkei within five years. The prime

The largest concentration of national monuments in the country, the thirty-two restored buildings which had been damaged in the

The Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA) asks the national Olympic committees of Belgium, Great Britain, Japan, the Neth

Ephraim Mojalefa (Kid) Ngatane, artist, teacher, musician and boxer, dies of tuberculosis at the Barangwanath Hospital, Soweto.

The United Nations Security Council censures South Africa for its flagrant defiance of Council Resolution 245 (1968) calling fo

Tertius Bosch, SA cricket player in one test match against the West Indies (1991-1992), is born in Vereeniging. (Wallis; Nuusda

The Red Cross of SA institutes its emergency rescue unit.

The Publications and Entertainment Bill, which has been before a select Committee for nearly two years, passes its third readin

The New English Bible is published.

Sir Robert N. Kotze (82), SA mining engineer who did much for the promotion of safety in mines and who was mainly responsible f

Samuel Maharero, who succeeded his father Maharero as chief of the Herero, dies in exile in Serowe, Bechuanaland. His misadmini

Percy Fisher, miner and unionist born in 1891 in Durham, England, is found dead inside Central Hall of Fordsburg with a bullet

Woolf Joel (34), nephew of Barney Barnato, is shot and killed by Baron Von Veltheim because he refuses to assist in kidnapping

Gerard Jacob Theodoor Beelaerts van Blokland (54), co-founder of the Nederlandsch Zuid-Afrikaansche Vereeniging, dies.

The still existing Hollandse Mannekoor (Dutch men’s choir)is founded in Pretoria.

Dr Alexander Logie du Toit, SA geologist, is born in Cape Town.

SA golf player and world number three, Ernie Els, scores his second victory in seven days after his third Dubai Desert Classic

Struggle hero Dullah Omar and SA transport minister dies in the Constantiaberg Medi-Clinic in the Western Cape.

In an exclusive interview with "The Herald", the ANC military commander Joe Modise, states that the organisation coul