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A US cargo plane carrying 10 tons of food sweeps into Wajir, Kenya, to relieve famine in the Horn of Africa.

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Following the findings of the Viljoen Commission into the employment of African labour in twelve gold mines, the experiment is

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The Commission of Inquiry into Certain Organisations submits its final report on NUSAS to Parliament. It finds that its leaders

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The ‘Luthuli Combat Detachment’, comprising of ZAPU and ANC guerrillas, crosses the Zambezi into Rhodesia (30 July 31 July) at

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Dr Christiaan Barnard transplants two lungs and a heart into a man in Cape Town, South Africa, and the operation is described a

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The Commission of Inquiry into the 1986 Unrest and Alleged Mismanagement in KwaNdebele, originally to be headed by Mr Justice W

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The Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into Consolidation of the ‘Homelands’, Hennie van der Walt, speaking at the National

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The Labour Relations Amendment Act, amending the Labour Relations Act of 1956, comes into force. The Black trade union movement

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Artist William Cornwallis starts his journey into the interior in Graaff-Reinet. He reached Kuruman, where he met missionary Ro

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The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Sub-Committee opens an inquiry into the South African operations of 320 Am

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Angolan government troops break into Unita rebel-held highlands in an attempt to open a supply corridor to the embattled city o

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WWII: North Africa. Colonel General Erwin Rommel begins his third offensive to push the British back into Egypt: Operation ‘Ven

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President Paul Kruger presents a medal to J.P. Hess, in commemoration of his introduction into South Africa of the first motor-

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Some 2 500 French troops head into Rwanda to protect civilians, the first outside forces sent there since UN. Secretary-General

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The United Nations Security Council is called into session at the urgent request of the African states. It issues a unanimous c

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The Scot arrives in Southampton, four days after Barney Barnato was drowned near Madeira. An immediate inquest into his dea

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The government gives its details of proposals to consolidate 157 ‘Black spots’ and sixty-eight Zulu areas into a homeland. Kwaz

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Four White South Africans are killed and seventeen injured when armed APLA guerrillas storm into a golf club in King William’

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Moroccan officials in El Aiun proclaim Morocco’s annexation of the Spanish Sahara as some 5 000 Moroccan troops march into the

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The first of the ‘Bantustans’ comes into existence when the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, De Wet Nel, opens

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Four children die and two policemen are critically injured when a police vehicle smashed into a minibus taxi and they both burs

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Parts of western Johannesburg are plunged into darkness when an electrical sub-station in Hursthill near the Helen Joseph Hospi

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The Democratic Party officially comes into being at a one-day conference in Johannesburg attended by some 200 delegates from th

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The Prime Minister announces the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry into the reporting of defence matters, to be headed by

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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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The South African Institute of Race Relations calls for judicial inquiries into the death of detainees in police custody, backe

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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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TEC, SA to take over in Bop A joint Transitional Executive Council (TEC) and South African government delegation flew into Boph

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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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The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, M.C. Botha, reports that a thorough inquiry into Transkei land claims has been made

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A US cargo plane carrying 10 tons of food sweeps into Wajir, Kenya, to relieve famine in the Horn of Africa.

Following the findings of the Viljoen Commission into the employment of African labour in twelve gold mines, the experiment is

The Commission of Inquiry into Certain Organisations submits its final report on NUSAS to Parliament. It finds that its leaders

The ‘Luthuli Combat Detachment’, comprising of ZAPU and ANC guerrillas, crosses the Zambezi into Rhodesia (30 July 31 July) at

Dr Christiaan Barnard transplants two lungs and a heart into a man in Cape Town, South Africa, and the operation is described a

The Commission of Inquiry into the 1986 Unrest and Alleged Mismanagement in KwaNdebele, originally to be headed by Mr Justice W

The Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into Consolidation of the ‘Homelands’, Hennie van der Walt, speaking at the National

The Labour Relations Amendment Act, amending the Labour Relations Act of 1956, comes into force. The Black trade union movement

Artist William Cornwallis starts his journey into the interior in Graaff-Reinet. He reached Kuruman, where he met missionary Ro

The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Sub-Committee opens an inquiry into the South African operations of 320 Am

Angolan government troops break into Unita rebel-held highlands in an attempt to open a supply corridor to the embattled city o

WWII: North Africa. Colonel General Erwin Rommel begins his third offensive to push the British back into Egypt: Operation ‘Ven

President Paul Kruger presents a medal to J.P. Hess, in commemoration of his introduction into South Africa of the first motor-

Some 2 500 French troops head into Rwanda to protect civilians, the first outside forces sent there since UN. Secretary-General

The United Nations Security Council is called into session at the urgent request of the African states. It issues a unanimous c

The Scot arrives in Southampton, four days after Barney Barnato was drowned near Madeira. An immediate inquest into his dea

The government gives its details of proposals to consolidate 157 ‘Black spots’ and sixty-eight Zulu areas into a homeland. Kwaz

Four White South Africans are killed and seventeen injured when armed APLA guerrillas storm into a golf club in King William’

Moroccan officials in El Aiun proclaim Morocco’s annexation of the Spanish Sahara as some 5 000 Moroccan troops march into the

The first of the ‘Bantustans’ comes into existence when the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, De Wet Nel, opens

Four children die and two policemen are critically injured when a police vehicle smashed into a minibus taxi and they both burs

Parts of western Johannesburg are plunged into darkness when an electrical sub-station in Hursthill near the Helen Joseph Hospi

The Democratic Party officially comes into being at a one-day conference in Johannesburg attended by some 200 delegates from th

The Prime Minister announces the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry into the reporting of defence matters, to be headed by

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

The South African Institute of Race Relations calls for judicial inquiries into the death of detainees in police custody, backe

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

TEC, SA to take over in Bop A joint Transitional Executive Council (TEC) and South African government delegation flew into Boph

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

The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, M.C. Botha, reports that a thorough inquiry into Transkei land claims has been made