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The Pietersburg City Council reverses an earlier decision and desegregates the town’s only cinema.

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Seven Blacks are killed in a police ambush on alleged ANC guerrillas in Guguleto, Western Cape.

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A large cache of arms is discovered in a township near Springs, east of Johannesburg. Together with the buried arms are bundles

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US government under President Gerald Ford discloses that it has decided to sell weapons to Egypt.

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President Samora Machel of Mozambique closes his frontier with Rhodesia, seizes all Rhodesian assets in the country and places

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SA signs multilateral treaty on international trade in endangered species of wild flora and fauna.

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Todd Tozama Matshikiza, SA musician, composer and writer, dies in Lusaka, Zambia. He composed the music and wrote some of the l

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The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) delegation meets Mahatma Gandhi in Poona.

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Saambou (Permanente) Bouvereniging, a landmark in the economic history of the Afrikaner, is founded.

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A ‘timeless’ cricket test match (the only one ever) between SA and England starts in Durban and continues until the 14th. E

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Lichtenburg takes place. The British soldiers move their horses into the Dutch Reformed Church

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Jonathan Ayliff resigns because of ill health as minister of colonial affairs from the cabinet of Thomas Upington, but plays an

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The Rev. Evert Jean Jacques van der Horst, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and member of parliament for Wolmaransstad, is

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Bethlehem in the Orange Free State is established.

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John Brebier, Presbyterian minister and a founder of the educational system in the Orange Free State, is born in Spurriemuir in

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Dirkie Uys (Dirk Cornelis), child hero and son of the Voortrekker leader Piet Uys, is born in the district of Swellendam, CC.

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Foster Care Parents Day.

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Madi Phala, artist, designer, educator and original herd-boy, was fatally stabbed&nbsp;near his home in Langa, Cape Town.

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Transport Minister Jeff Radebe, South Africa’s new acting Health Minister opens the new Pretoria Academic Hospital.

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At least fifty Congolese militiamen are killed by South African and Pakistani United Nations peacekeeping troops in a bloody gu

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A member of the Zulu royal household, Prince Thulani Zulu, is shot dead in Nongoma in northern KwaZulu-Natal.

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French President Jacques Chirac visits Algeria in an effort to improve relations between the two countries. It is the first off

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Eight foreigners die in a shoot-out in a Ugandan game reserve as soldiers try to free fifteen tourists who were kidnapped by Rw

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National Police Commissioner George Fivaz announces plans to restructure the South African Police Service (SAPS) and later seek

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Thulane Sugarboy Malinga, SA super middleweight champion, wins the World Boxing Council (WBC) title.

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The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) agrees to participate in the 1994 elections.

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A gangway collapses when passengers board a ferry on the Congo River, drowning at least 147 in the Republic of Congo.

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The African National Congress (ANC) elects Nelson Mandela as Deputy President of the organisation. It also announces its decisi

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The Indicator Project, based at the University of Natal, says more than 4000 people have died in political conflict since Septe

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo becomes the first South African group to win a Grammy award. The group wins the best traditional folk a

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The Pietersburg City Council reverses an earlier decision and desegregates the town’s only cinema.

Seven Blacks are killed in a police ambush on alleged ANC guerrillas in Guguleto, Western Cape.

A large cache of arms is discovered in a township near Springs, east of Johannesburg. Together with the buried arms are bundles

US government under President Gerald Ford discloses that it has decided to sell weapons to Egypt.

President Samora Machel of Mozambique closes his frontier with Rhodesia, seizes all Rhodesian assets in the country and places

SA signs multilateral treaty on international trade in endangered species of wild flora and fauna.

Todd Tozama Matshikiza, SA musician, composer and writer, dies in Lusaka, Zambia. He composed the music and wrote some of the l

The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) delegation meets Mahatma Gandhi in Poona.

Saambou (Permanente) Bouvereniging, a landmark in the economic history of the Afrikaner, is founded.

A ‘timeless’ cricket test match (the only one ever) between SA and England starts in Durban and continues until the 14th. E

Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Lichtenburg takes place. The British soldiers move their horses into the Dutch Reformed Church

Jonathan Ayliff resigns because of ill health as minister of colonial affairs from the cabinet of Thomas Upington, but plays an

The Rev. Evert Jean Jacques van der Horst, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and member of parliament for Wolmaransstad, is

Bethlehem in the Orange Free State is established.

John Brebier, Presbyterian minister and a founder of the educational system in the Orange Free State, is born in Spurriemuir in

Dirkie Uys (Dirk Cornelis), child hero and son of the Voortrekker leader Piet Uys, is born in the district of Swellendam, CC.

Foster Care Parents Day.

Madi Phala, artist, designer, educator and original herd-boy, was fatally stabbed&amp;nbsp;near his home in Langa, Cape Town.

Transport Minister Jeff Radebe, South Africa’s new acting Health Minister opens the new Pretoria Academic Hospital.

At least fifty Congolese militiamen are killed by South African and Pakistani United Nations peacekeeping troops in a bloody gu

A member of the Zulu royal household, Prince Thulani Zulu, is shot dead in Nongoma in northern KwaZulu-Natal.

French President Jacques Chirac visits Algeria in an effort to improve relations between the two countries. It is the first off

Eight foreigners die in a shoot-out in a Ugandan game reserve as soldiers try to free fifteen tourists who were kidnapped by Rw

National Police Commissioner George Fivaz announces plans to restructure the South African Police Service (SAPS) and later seek

Thulane Sugarboy Malinga, SA super middleweight champion, wins the World Boxing Council (WBC) title.

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) agrees to participate in the 1994 elections.

A gangway collapses when passengers board a ferry on the Congo River, drowning at least 147 in the Republic of Congo.

The African National Congress (ANC) elects Nelson Mandela as Deputy President of the organisation. It also announces its decisi

The Indicator Project, based at the University of Natal, says more than 4000 people have died in political conflict since Septe

Ladysmith Black Mambazo becomes the first South African group to win a Grammy award. The group wins the best traditional folk a

Madi Phala, artist, designer, educator and original herd-boy, was fatally stabbed near his home in Langa, Cape Town.