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Three people die and at least 500 are left homeless when a tornado cuts a path of destruction through the KwaZulu-Natal Midland

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Pres. Mugabe announces that he will not renounce his decision to expropriate the farms of 1 503 farmers.

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President Mandela meets Inkatha leader Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who endorses the plan for the traditional gathering to discu

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The UN orders Libya to hand over two suspects linked to the Lockerbie bombing (Pan Am 103).

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Australia’s international airline, Qantas, resumes direct flights to South Africa after a break of fourteen years.

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According to reports from Angola, the strategic town of Cuito Cuanavale is about to fall to an onslaught by South African and U

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The SA central government officially recognises the military administration of Transkei under General Holomisa and Transkei’s s

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According to Jane’s Defence Weekly, Armscor, the South African armaments producer, is the country’s largest single exporter.

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At least twelve people are killed in the KwaMakhuta massacre at the home of the UDF activist Bheki Ntuli.

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With the return of President Lucas Mangope to office after the short-lived coup, students at the University of Bophuthatswana d

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Jim Msebenzi Mahlangu, headman of Tweefontein, disappears. He was last seen in a white E20 combi at 152 Tweefontein.

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A call for a thirty-minute work stoppage, in protest against the death of Dr. Aggett, is supported by virtually all independent

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Lieutenant-Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam becomes Ethiopia’s head of state. Mengistu, head of the Provisional Armed Forces Commi

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The appointment of South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States, R.F. ‘Pik’ Botha, as the country’s next foreign minister, is

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The two-day visit of Prime Minister Vorster to Liberia for talks with President Tolbert starts.

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A second report by the Commission of Inquiry, under the chairmanship of Justice Van Wyk de Vries, appointed in 1968 to investig

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A Rhodesian government spokesman announces that elements of the South African police are withdrawing from certain forward posit

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The House of Assembly approves, by eighty-six votes to forty-three, a motion to appoint a Select Committee to inquire into and

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A delegation from Mauritius arrives in Cape Town to discuss ways of strengthening links between Mauritius and South Africa.

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Four former National Party members join the newly formed Herstigte Nasionale Party.

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Part of District Six is proclaimed as a White group area. New Coloured residential areas will be established on the Cape Flat

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Nineteen miners are killed in a Reef mineshaft accident.

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The defence minister, J.J. Fouché, announces in the House of Assembly that he intends to increase the strength of the pe

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Faizelf Ismael, chief director Export and Investment Promotion, Dept of Trade and Industry, and former Black student leader and

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Christopher Nceba Faku, political activist and prisoner and mayor of Port Elizabeth for several terms, is born in New Brighton,

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Kwame Nkrumah wins the first parliamentary election on the Gold Coast (Ghana).

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During the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Conference held in Cape Town, a deputation of sixty Indians calls on the Prime

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The Rev. John Langalibalele Dube (Mafukuzela), politician and founder and first editor of the Zulu newspaper Ilanga lase Natal

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League of Nations debates the border dispute between Italy and Ethiopia, whilst Mussolini prepares to ship out 35,000 troops to

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The second British offensive begins with a British invasion of the Orange Free State when almost 50,000 men a

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Three people die and at least 500 are left homeless when a tornado cuts a path of destruction through the KwaZulu-Natal Midland

Pres. Mugabe announces that he will not renounce his decision to expropriate the farms of 1 503 farmers.

President Mandela meets Inkatha leader Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who endorses the plan for the traditional gathering to discu

The UN orders Libya to hand over two suspects linked to the Lockerbie bombing (Pan Am 103).

Australia’s international airline, Qantas, resumes direct flights to South Africa after a break of fourteen years.

According to reports from Angola, the strategic town of Cuito Cuanavale is about to fall to an onslaught by South African and U

The SA central government officially recognises the military administration of Transkei under General Holomisa and Transkei’s s

According to Jane’s Defence Weekly, Armscor, the South African armaments producer, is the country’s largest single exporter.

At least twelve people are killed in the KwaMakhuta massacre at the home of the UDF activist Bheki Ntuli.

With the return of President Lucas Mangope to office after the short-lived coup, students at the University of Bophuthatswana d

Jim Msebenzi Mahlangu, headman of Tweefontein, disappears. He was last seen in a white E20 combi at 152 Tweefontein.

A call for a thirty-minute work stoppage, in protest against the death of Dr. Aggett, is supported by virtually all independent

Lieutenant-Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam becomes Ethiopia’s head of state. Mengistu, head of the Provisional Armed Forces Commi

The appointment of South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States, R.F. ‘Pik’ Botha, as the country’s next foreign minister, is

The two-day visit of Prime Minister Vorster to Liberia for talks with President Tolbert starts.

A second report by the Commission of Inquiry, under the chairmanship of Justice Van Wyk de Vries, appointed in 1968 to investig

A Rhodesian government spokesman announces that elements of the South African police are withdrawing from certain forward posit

The House of Assembly approves, by eighty-six votes to forty-three, a motion to appoint a Select Committee to inquire into and

A delegation from Mauritius arrives in Cape Town to discuss ways of strengthening links between Mauritius and South Africa.

Four former National Party members join the newly formed Herstigte Nasionale Party.

Part of District Six is proclaimed as a White group area. New Coloured residential areas will be established on the Cape Flat

Nineteen miners are killed in a Reef mineshaft accident.

The defence minister, J.J. Fouché, announces in the House of Assembly that he intends to increase the strength of the pe

Faizelf Ismael, chief director Export and Investment Promotion, Dept of Trade and Industry, and former Black student leader and

Christopher Nceba Faku, political activist and prisoner and mayor of Port Elizabeth for several terms, is born in New Brighton,

Kwame Nkrumah wins the first parliamentary election on the Gold Coast (Ghana).

During the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Conference held in Cape Town, a deputation of sixty Indians calls on the Prime

The Rev. John Langalibalele Dube (Mafukuzela), politician and founder and first editor of the Zulu newspaper Ilanga lase Natal

League of Nations debates the border dispute between Italy and Ethiopia, whilst Mussolini prepares to ship out 35,000 troops to

Anglo-Boer War 2: The second British offensive begins with a British invasion of the Orange Free State when almost 50,000 men a