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Alan Cobham lands at Cape Town, completing a flight which he started in London on November 16 the previous year.
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British and French forces complete capture of Germany’s African colony of Cameroon during World War I.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Piet Cronje is trapped against the Modder River on the farm Wolwekraal in the Paardeberg vicinity, and t
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Nicolaas Johannes van der Merwe, author, leader of the NP in the Free State, first chairman of the FAK (Federasie van Afrikaans
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Dingane orders his forces to wipe out remaining parties of Voortrekkers after the murder of Piet Retief and his companions
Dingane orders his forces to wipe out remaining parties of Voortrekkers after the murder of Piet Retief and his companions. The two Voortrekker parties at…
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The Protected Disclosures Act, 2000, providing protection of employees against occupational detriment as a result of having dis
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Kurds occupy and take hostages at the Greek embassies in several European countries to protest Kurd leader Abdullah Ocalan’s ca
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The four policemen charged with the fatal beating of Steve Biko are denied amnesty.
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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, beats Namibia 4-1.
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Rebel leader Laurent Kabila, after a plea from the United Nations, agrees to delay an attack on Zaire’s largest refugee camp. T
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The Supreme Court orders the Potgietersrus Primary School in Northern Province to admit Black pupils.
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Nelson Mandela announces constitutional concessions, which would strengthen the power of provinces under the country’s post-apa
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People in Madagascar vote in elections that topple President Didier Ratsiraka after seventeen years in office.
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The ANC expresses deep concern about latest revelations that the SA Defence Force had a budget of R 4.38 billion for its secret
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Twelve ANC supporters are killed in an IFP attack on houses and hostels in Esikhaweni, Natal North Coast, allegedly assisted by
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The Committee of Commonwealth Foreign Ministers, meeting in London, issues a statement to the effect that sanctions against Sou
EventBheki Mlangeni, ANC human rights lawyer of Soweto, is killed by a walkman bomb meant for Dirk Coetzee.
Bheki Mlangeni was a lawyer working for the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1990s. He and former police Captain Dirk Coetzee had worked together to…
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The African National Congress says it will send a delegation "as soon as possible" to South Africa to meet President
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The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution regarding the settlement in Namibia. It authorised implementation of
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The Mass Democratic Movement distances itself from Winnie Mandela following the alleged involvement of Mandela and her bodyguar
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Police announces that a bomb caused the Lockerbie air disaster.
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The Citizen reports that Minister Chris Heunis and Chief Minister Enos Mabuza of KaNgwane discussed the government’s position o
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An attempted coup by the Bophuthatswana Defence Force is crushed by the S.A. Defence Force.
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French warplanes bomb Libyan airfield in northern Chad used as support centre for rebels in their offensive against President H
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James Filbert Sojane, sports administrator and pioneer in the taxi industry who strove to improve the image and operation of th
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The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, Dr. Connie Mulder, announces that he will in future be known as the Minis
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The Most Reverend Janani Luwum, Anglican archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Boga-Zaïre and two government ministers ar
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International status is granted to sixteen hotels, allowing them to cater for all races.
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Twenty-two Africans are acquitted of unlawful activities. Three are subsequently released, but the nineteen others are charged
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