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Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) contests the second democratic election, but performs badly and gets one seat in the Nati
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In a letter to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, lawyers for the NP demand an unconditional apology from chairman Desmon
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The Appeal Court in Bloemfontein sets aside Winnie Mandela’s sentence of five years’ imprisonment for kidnapping four youths. I
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Liberia’s President Samuel Doe appeals for international help to end a rebel invasion and promises not to seek re-election in a
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ANC Deputy President Mr. Nelson Mandela and State President F.W. de Klerk hold discussions in Pretoria on the progress, which h
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Pansu Smith, Sipho Dlamini and Busi Majola, all ANC members, are found shot dead near Mbabane, Swaziland.
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English football clubs are prohibited to play in Europe because of the unruly behaviour of their supporters.
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The SA rugby team beats England 33-15 in a test in Port Elizabeth.
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Internal Security Act No 74 commences.
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Intimidation Act No 72 commences.
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The State President commutes the death sentences on three Black men, for their part in the attack on the Soekmekaar Police Stat
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Pope John Paul II visits his native land, Poland, for the first time in fifty-nine years.
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A new independent Methodist Church of Transkei is proclaimed at a conference in Umtata. Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor
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US offers to airlift French paratroopers out of the escalating violence in southern Zaire.
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Rhodesian forces discover fewer guerrillas in Mozambique than intelligence reports suggested, and are withdrawn.
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Under an amendment to the Suppression of Communism Act, approved without objection, it ceases to be automatically an offence to
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Admission of Persons to the Republic Regulation Act No 59 commences.
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Student protest erupts into violence outside St. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town. Force is used to dispel demonstrators. Kalle
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The language committee of the FAK is instituted to advise the organisation on the assertion of Afrikaans.
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The four former ministers sentenced to death for treason, murder, and an attempted coup by Joseph-Désiré Mobutu’s
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Angela Thoko Didiza, SA minister of agriculture, is born.
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The Palestinian Liberation Organisation is formed in Jerusalem.
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Banishment of Ex-Chief A. J. Luthuli to the Lower Tugela District.
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The SA rugby team beats Australia 9-0 in Brisbane and wins the series 2-0.
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Queen Elizabeth II of the British Empire, including SA at that stage, is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
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Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Bill.
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WWII: North Africa. North Africa is used as a base of operations for Operation Frantic – 130 Flying Fortresses fly to Russia,
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The SA cricket team beats England for the first time on Lords.
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Hermanus Stephanus Bosman (84), co-founder of the South African Council of Churches and champion of Christian National Educatio
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