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… A 603-carat diamond, the biggest found in thirteen years and the 15th largest in the world, goes on sale in Antwerp, the Nether …

… MP for Springs, and his wife, Jean-Cora, are murdered in their home in Springs. The TRC found in …

… In a second murder during the same night, Billy Meyer, 43, of Lovedale farm in the Mara district near Makhado is shot in the he …

… Anglo-Boer War 1: The first shots in this war are fired in Potchefstroom. The war ended with the defeat of the British in the b …

… The chief of MK in Natal, Theophilus Dlodlo, and Nomsa Msomi are shot and killed, and Candy Ntshonsho is injured in the car in …

… The chief of MK in Natal, Theophilus Dlodlo, and Nomsa Msomi are shot and killed, and Candy Ntshonsho is injured in the car in …

… serving members of the army and a third man are arrested in connection with the attack on St James’s Church in Cape Town in …

… of 1974 was characterised by confusion and uncertainly in international relations. There was the Watergate scandal in which President Nixon of the USA was involved and which … entire West; the uncertain and liquid political situation in Great Britain; the tension in Spain which resulted from …

… Maps showing resettlement sites in the Ciskei … Maps showing resettlement sites in the Ciskei …

… Two chapters from the book Kader Asmal: Politics in My Blood … Politics in My Blood by Kader Asmal …

… no. 9. Multicoloured poster showing how your vote counts in Metropolitan areas. … How your vote counts in Metropolitan areas …

… Research project on health services and health needs in the Ciskei … Health and health services in the Ciskei …

… litho; black and red; Divide and profit : Indian workers in Natal : Shamim Marie … Divide and profit : Indian workers in Natal …

… Women in the ANC and SWAPO: sexual abuse of young women in the ANC camps …

… A Miscarriage of democracy: The ANC Security Department in the 1984 mutiny in Umkhonto we sizwe …

… (Hans) Merensky, geologist and discoverer of minerals in SA, dies in Westphalia, Germany. …

… The suspension of several judges in Kenya during corruption investigations creates chaos in the courts. …

… of representatives demands the release of all children in detention in SA. …

… Atkins, SA sculptor, is born Wallasey, England.  He died in 1983 in Port Elizabeth. …

… Stephanie Faure, one of the SA pioneers in reciting and drama, is born in Pretoria. …

… The SA rugby team beats Australia 61-22 in the Tri-Nations championship in Pretoria. …

… John Erskine (Jack) Cheetham (60), SA cricket player in 24 test matches, dies in Johannesburg. …

… The Hewat Training College in Athlone is set alight in solidarity with the UWC boycotters. …

… The SA rugby team beats Australia 23-11 in the first test in Port Elizabeth. …

… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 263. … Twenty-three residents are killed in police action during a protest in Duncan Village, East London. …

… The Springbok team beats the All Blacks 17-6 in the first test match in Pretoria. …

… Ritter, probably the first printer and bookbinder in SA, is born in Germany. …

… The annexation of the Transvaal is announced in the House of Assembly in Cape Town. …

… Roy Martin Macnab, writer, poet and former cultural attaché in London, is born in Durban. …

… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 245. … George Thembalake (15) dies in hospital after arrested at a student gathering in King William’s Town. …