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The Star reports that a SARWHU shop steward, who went on a thirty-three-day hunger strike to back his demand either to be charg

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The National Resistance Army takes over the Ugandan capital of Kampala.

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The South African Indian Council (SAIC) calls for a referendum in the Indian community on the acceptability of the Constitution

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At a special press conference it is announced that a senior South African naval officer, commanding Simonstown dockyard, Commod

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Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.

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Dr Jan Bouws, Dutch and SA musicologist and composer, dies in Tygerberg, Cape Town.

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Amnesty International’s detailed report on human rights violations in South Africa is banned.

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Egypt is placed under martial law in response to wide-spread riots against the British.

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De Villiers Bester Lamprecht, the first South African to complete the mile in less than four minutes, is born in Prince Albert.

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A heat wave hits South Africa and temperatures soar in places to up to 44,4 Centigrade.

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Elza Dziomba, S.A sculptor, is born in Dt’Eylau, West Prussia, Germany. He died in 1970, in Johannesburg.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Ben Viljoen and seven men are ambushed and captured by the British. His pocket book saves his life b

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Gen. Christiaan de Wet, accompanied by pres. M.T. Steyn, starts his journey at Doornberg, near Winburg, to invade the Cape Colo

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The oldest South African college of education and the biggest in the Cape Province, the Wellington College of Education, is ope

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The Mahdist forces take Khartoum in Sudan after a nine-month siege and slaughter most inhabitants and the British garrison, inc

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Frederick Wells, an official of the Premier Diamond Company, finds the Cullinan diamond, the largest diamond ever found.

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The first Oscar nomination for a South African film, Yesterday, a drama about a woman in a rural village who discovers she is H

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King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho regains his throne.

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SA signs treaty of the principles of inter-state relations with India.

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SA signs protocol on cooperation between the Department of Foreign Affairs of South Africa and the Ministry of External Affairs

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SA signs agreement with the government of India on the inter-governmental Joint Commission for Political Trade, Economic, Cultu

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Extracts of a document written by Nelson Mandela in anticipation of a meeting with President P.W. Botha in the beginning of 198

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Minister of Manpower and Public Works, Pietie du Plessis, resigns over a financial scandal involving his department and a compa

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Gazankulu homeland holds elections for members of its legislative assembly, which has forty-three elected and forty-three nomin

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Sicelo Godfrey Dhlomo, Detainees’ Parents Support Committee, Soweto, is abducted and found shot dead.

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Sixty ANC refugees are airlifted out of Lesotho to counter South Africa’s threat of a blockade against that country.

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Opening parliament, President Botha announces that government intends giving Blacks such as those living outside their designat

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At least 100 people drown and the town is devastated when the river at Laingsburg in the Karoo floods its banks.

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A bank and twenty-five hostages are seized in Silverton, Pretoria. Two of the hostages die; several are injured; all three ANC

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A group of clergymen of seven Christian churches including the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Methodist churches calling themselv

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The Star reports that a SARWHU shop steward, who went on a thirty-three-day hunger strike to back his demand either to be charg

The National Resistance Army takes over the Ugandan capital of Kampala.

The South African Indian Council (SAIC) calls for a referendum in the Indian community on the acceptability of the Constitution

At a special press conference it is announced that a senior South African naval officer, commanding Simonstown dockyard, Commod

Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.

Dr Jan Bouws, Dutch and SA musicologist and composer, dies in Tygerberg, Cape Town.

Amnesty International’s detailed report on human rights violations in South Africa is banned.

Egypt is placed under martial law in response to wide-spread riots against the British.

De Villiers Bester Lamprecht, the first South African to complete the mile in less than four minutes, is born in Prince Albert.

A heat wave hits South Africa and temperatures soar in places to up to 44,4 Centigrade.

Elza Dziomba, S.A sculptor, is born in Dt’Eylau, West Prussia, Germany. He died in 1970, in Johannesburg.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Ben Viljoen and seven men are ambushed and captured by the British. His pocket book saves his life b

Gen. Christiaan de Wet, accompanied by pres. M.T. Steyn, starts his journey at Doornberg, near Winburg, to invade the Cape Colo

The oldest South African college of education and the biggest in the Cape Province, the Wellington College of Education, is ope

The Mahdist forces take Khartoum in Sudan after a nine-month siege and slaughter most inhabitants and the British garrison, inc

Frederick Wells, an official of the Premier Diamond Company, finds the Cullinan diamond, the largest diamond ever found.

The first Oscar nomination for a South African film, Yesterday, a drama about a woman in a rural village who discovers she is H

King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho regains his throne.

SA signs treaty of the principles of inter-state relations with India.

SA signs protocol on cooperation between the Department of Foreign Affairs of South Africa and the Ministry of External Affairs

SA signs agreement with the government of India on the inter-governmental Joint Commission for Political Trade, Economic, Cultu

Extracts of a document written by Nelson Mandela in anticipation of a meeting with President P.W. Botha in the beginning of 198

Minister of Manpower and Public Works, Pietie du Plessis, resigns over a financial scandal involving his department and a compa

Gazankulu homeland holds elections for members of its legislative assembly, which has forty-three elected and forty-three nomin

Sicelo Godfrey Dhlomo, Detainees’ Parents Support Committee, Soweto, is abducted and found shot dead.

Sixty ANC refugees are airlifted out of Lesotho to counter South Africa’s threat of a blockade against that country.

Opening parliament, President Botha announces that government intends giving Blacks such as those living outside their designat

At least 100 people drown and the town is devastated when the river at Laingsburg in the Karoo floods its banks.

A bank and twenty-five hostages are seized in Silverton, Pretoria. Two of the hostages die; several are injured; all three ANC

A group of clergymen of seven Christian churches including the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Methodist churches calling themselv