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President Mandela is reported to have held talks with Mr. Jonas Savimbi, President of the National Union for the Total Independ

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Pierre-Claver Rwangabo, the governor of Rwanda’s southern province Butare, is assassinated in an ambush. The prime minister bla

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IFP decides to end its parliamentary boycott of mid-February.

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Cricket might become a national sport. The ANC recognises sport as the single biggest &quot;healer&quot; in a country torn apar

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Rampant Afrikaner Volksfront leaders sweep aside an attempt by former SADF chief Constand Viljoen and his moderate generals to

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The borders of the Afrikaner ‘volkstaat’ and the territory’s constitution is unveiled at an open session of the Afrikaner Volks

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Eleven people are killed by unknown attackers when a vehicle transporting workers from an ANC stronghold is ambushed.

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Nine months after the collapse of Codesa II, twenty-six parties the most representative gathering of South African political gr

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6 000 teachers from Soweto and Alexandra begin a strike because their grievances are not being addressed. The strike spread to

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The Harms Commission, appointed in December 1989 by the F.W. de Klerk government to investigate into state involvement in polit

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SA sends troops to Ciskei to suppress mob attacks on factories and shops after military coup under Brigadier Gqozo ousted autho

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Brigadier Gqozo, having overthrown President Sebe’s administration on the previous day, declares a state of emergency in the Ci

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The World Health Organisation reports that more than 80 percent of South Africa’s people are “subjected to the most extreme for

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Ethiopia’s leader Haile Selassie, confronted by continued unrest, agrees to a constitutional convention to create a new system

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Reuben Tholakele (Thola) Caluza, Zulu composer and choir master who popularised Zulu folk music, dies in Durban.

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Derek Crookes, SA cricket player, is born.

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South Africa signs a multilateral declaration on the provisional accession of Iceland to the General Agreement on Tariffs and T

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European extremists in Oran, Algeria, raid a prison and kill several Muslim political prisoners.

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The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), the first non-racial union, is formed.

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Soviet dictator Josef Stalin dies. Some 2 000 people are crushed to death in the crowd during the funeral.

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Mmakgoba Helen Sebidi, SA artist, is born in Marapyane (Skilpadfontein), Hammanskraal area. Her grandmother, a traditio

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Durant Sihlali, SA artist, is born in Germiston. He exhibited in South Africa and Western Europe.

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Enoch Mgijima, Fingo prophet of the Israelites sect in the Eastern Cape, dies in Ntabelanga. His followers, believing Enoch’s c

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The first one-day flight between Cape Town and Pretoria takes place.

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SA troops led by Gen. Jan Smuts invade East Africa in their confrontation with German forces in World War I.

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Cape Town’s Hely-Hutchinson Reservoir, named after Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson, at one time governor of Natal and of the

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Rachel Isabella Steyn, wife of M.T. Steyn, president of the Orange Free State, is born in Philippolis.

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President Mandela is reported to have held talks with Mr. Jonas Savimbi, President of the National Union for the Total Independ

Pierre-Claver Rwangabo, the governor of Rwanda’s southern province Butare, is assassinated in an ambush. The prime minister bla

IFP decides to end its parliamentary boycott of mid-February.

Cricket might become a national sport. The ANC recognises sport as the single biggest &amp;quot;healer&amp;quot; in a country torn apar

Rampant Afrikaner Volksfront leaders sweep aside an attempt by former SADF chief Constand Viljoen and his moderate generals to

The borders of the Afrikaner ‘volkstaat’ and the territory’s constitution is unveiled at an open session of the Afrikaner Volks

Eleven people are killed by unknown attackers when a vehicle transporting workers from an ANC stronghold is ambushed.

Nine months after the collapse of Codesa II, twenty-six parties the most representative gathering of South African political gr

6 000 teachers from Soweto and Alexandra begin a strike because their grievances are not being addressed. The strike spread to

The Harms Commission, appointed in December 1989 by the F.W. de Klerk government to investigate into state involvement in polit

SA sends troops to Ciskei to suppress mob attacks on factories and shops after military coup under Brigadier Gqozo ousted autho

Brigadier Gqozo, having overthrown President Sebe’s administration on the previous day, declares a state of emergency in the Ci

The World Health Organisation reports that more than 80 percent of South Africa’s people are “subjected to the most extreme for

Ethiopia’s leader Haile Selassie, confronted by continued unrest, agrees to a constitutional convention to create a new system

Reuben Tholakele (Thola) Caluza, Zulu composer and choir master who popularised Zulu folk music, dies in Durban.

Derek Crookes, SA cricket player, is born.

South Africa signs a multilateral declaration on the provisional accession of Iceland to the General Agreement on Tariffs and T

European extremists in Oran, Algeria, raid a prison and kill several Muslim political prisoners.

The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), the first non-racial union, is formed.

Soviet dictator Josef Stalin dies. Some 2 000 people are crushed to death in the crowd during the funeral.

Mmakgoba Helen Sebidi, SA artist, is born in Marapyane (Skilpadfontein), Hammanskraal area. Her grandmother, a traditio

Durant Sihlali, SA artist, is born in Germiston. He exhibited in South Africa and Western Europe.

Enoch Mgijima, Fingo prophet of the Israelites sect in the Eastern Cape, dies in Ntabelanga. His followers, believing Enoch’s c

The first one-day flight between Cape Town and Pretoria takes place.

SA troops led by Gen. Jan Smuts invade East Africa in their confrontation with German forces in World War I.

Arthur Wegelin, SA composer, is born.

Wentzel C. du Plessis, administrator of South West Africa, is born in Pretoria.

Siegfried Mynhardt, SA actor, is born in Johannesburg.

Cape Town’s Hely-Hutchinson Reservoir, named after Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson, at one time governor of Natal and of the

Rachel Isabella Steyn, wife of M.T. Steyn, president of the Orange Free State, is born in Philippolis.

Cricket might become a national sport. The ANC recognises sport as the single biggest "healer" in a country torn apar