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Paul de Waal, SA rugby Springbok, is born in Stellenbosch.
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A treaty between the Orange Free State and the Transvaal is concluded.
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Guy Tachard, a French astronomer who set up an observatory in die Company Gardens in the Cape, makes his first observations.
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Pieter Hackius becomes Governor of the Cape and succeeds Jakob Borghorst who returns to The Netherlands because of poor health.
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England and the Netherlands conclude an agreement to control trade between them in the East.
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Former President F.W. de Klerk undergoes surgery for the removal of a tumour, which a few days later proved to have been malign
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Two brothers appear in court in connection with the murder of two soldiers from Tempe, near Bloemfontein and also the theft of
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Talks are held between NP leader F.W. de Klerk and his Freedom Front colleague, retired General Constant Viljoen. It is agreed
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The SA rugby team beats Canada 20-0 in the World Cup Rugby Tournament in Port Elizabeth.
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South Africa and Swaziland sign agreements concerning the secondment of judges, officials and the training of personnel.
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Fanie Jannes Jiba (36), chairperson of SACP and MK member, is shot dead at a taxi rank in Butterworth, Transkei.
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Goodwill Sthuli Shlaza (22), chairperson of the ANC Youth League of Piet Retief and of the ANC Youth League zonal structure, is
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In a report entitled "Agenda for Peace", the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) criticises Inkatha Freedom Par
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Austerity measures introduced by the Nigerian government trigger riots in the capital city, Lagos.
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The Transkei administration withdraws Proclamation no 4 of 1978, declaring the Methodist Church of Southern Africa to be an und
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Prisons Amendment Act No 8 commences.
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Foreign Minister ‘Pik’ Botha meets Lesotho’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. They agree on the need to curb cross-border guerrilla
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Rioting breaks out in the Coloured townships southwest of Johannesburg. A class boycott and arrests follow.
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Security Police chief, Brigadier C.F. Zietsman, announces that about 4,000 South African exiles are undergoing guerrilla traini
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The Explosives Amendment Bill is supported by all parties.
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The SA rugby team suffers a 9-18 shock defeat against England in Johannesburg.
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The Prime Minister, accompanied by Dr. Hilgard Muller, visits Portugal (3-7 June), and holds several meetings with the Portugue
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President Kaunda of Zambia says that an eight million Pound Sterling air base is being built by South Africa in the Caprivi Str
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SA signs treaty with Southern Rhodesia on the continuation of the workman’s compensation agreement of 11 October 1958.
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Tunisia achieves (limited) self-government with the return of Habib Bourguiba. Muhammad al-Amin ibn Muhammad, the Pasha Bey, wi
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Archaeologist Muhannam Zakaria Goneim and his team finally break through into the sarcophagus chamber of Sakhemkhet’s step pyra
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South Africa’s richest gold deposit is discovered near the farm Erfdeel in the Orange Free State.
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Prof. Maria van der Lingen Fismer (63), first full professor in music at the University of Stellenbosch, dies.
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Natal Indian Congress (NIC) meets in an emergency session in Durban and decides on a hartal on 13 June, which was designated &q
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