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SA signs an agreement with the Republic of Namibia to curb and prevent illegal fishing.
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Authorities ordered an inquiry into the funding of the Civil Co-operation Bureau, a secret military unit, accused of political
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After a meeting in Cape Town with President de Klerk, the Secretary of State James Baker 3rd said Mr. De Klerk has told him tha
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Mbulelo Ngona, who disappeared after a shootout with Lesotho police in February, disappears after allegedly seen being detained
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Mazizi Maqekeza, ANC member, is shot dead whilst in hospital in Maseru, Lesotho.
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets the ANC in Zambia and fails to convince the organization to abandon the armed struggle.
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The Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, to which SA is a party, is signed in Vienna.
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President Vorster, in a lengthy statement, challenges Dr. Rhoodie to release any document which may implicate him in the Inform
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A statement by Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Ghana National Assembly indicates a readiness to visit South Africa.
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Verwoerd tells the South African Parliament that the riots (Sharpeville, Langa, etc) could in no way be described as a reaction
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Lionel Ronald Louw, social worker and ordained minister of the Community of Faith is born in Worcester. He was delegate to seve
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Phil du Plessis, SA poet, is born.
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Oliver Kgadime (Phukubjane) Matsepe, Northern Sotho novelist and poet and twice awarded the S.E. Mqhayi Prize by the Suid-Afrik
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Indians in SA start a protest under Mohandas Gandhi against new legislation forcing all male members to carry passbooks and hav
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Portuguese government sanctions the passage of British troops and stores via Beira, Mozambique, thereby v
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Ons Klyntji, the first journal in Afrikaans, is published.
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After failed discussions between President J. N. Boshof of the Republic of the Orange Free State and Chief Moshesh and his sons
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The first land is registered at the Cape.
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World Water Day, instituted in 1992. (GIED: Celebrating 10 years of Freedom, 2004.)
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Human Rights Day. (GIED: Celebrating 10 years of Freedom, 2004).
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Emile Serfontein, SA actor, is killed in a road accident near Oudtshoorn.
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Another party claiming to be the legitimate custodian of Black Consciousness, the Socialist Party of Azania (SoPA) is formed. S
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Parliament establishes the Human Rights Commission to promote and protect human rights. It is empowered to investigate violatio
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Eleven people are killed at Donnybrook, Kwazulu-Natal only hours after President Mandela visits the province. All those killed
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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to which SA is a party, is signed.
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Sifiso Mabaso, ANC member, is shot dead in Umlazi, Natal.
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Foreign Minister Roelof Botha announces that South Africa has agreed that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner fo
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Namibia gains independence with Sam Nujoma as first president.
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The political power struggle continues between President P.W. Botha and F.W. de Klerk and a compromise is reached between the t
EventLanga, Uitenhage Massacre: 20 killed by police on Sharpeville Commemoration Day
25 years to the day after the infamous Sharpeville Massacre, in which 69 people were killed, the South African Police opened fire on a crowd of people in Langa…