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Jeremy Schulman, South African violinist and conductor, is born.

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Daniel Johannes Smal, reciter, producer of oneman shows and champion for the founding of a school for drama in Pretoria, is bor

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Ndebele (Matabele) King Lobengula accepts British protection and the British South Africa Company imposes protectorate over Nd

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J. van Melle (Johannes), author of inter alia “Bart Nel”, is born in Goes, the Netherlands.

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The Nepaul, a British ship of 462 ton, runs aground while leaving Swartvlei Bay on the Cape coast. Three sailors die.

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Gov. Simon van der Stel is succeeded by his son, Willem Adriaan.

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Governor Isbrand Goske dispatches an expedition to Hottentots Holland to decide whether the district is suitable for permanent

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The monetary policy committee (MPC) leaves interest rates unchanged, but altered its public stance towards the vagaries of the

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Masibulela Hawk Makepula, SA junior flyweight champion, wins the world champion title of the World Boxing Organisation in that

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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, loses 0-2 against Nigeria.

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Four people die when a MI-8 MTV helicopter crashes on a building in Cape Town after the tail end had caught an advertising boar

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Anna Cloete (82), veteran actress and wife of James Norval, famous in SA acting circles, dies.

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President Mandela discloses that he has invited Cuban President Fidel Castro to South Africa. This move elicits expressions of

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Six million people in Madagascar vote in elections that topple President Didier Ratsiraka after seventeen years in office.

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Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok says more than seventeen million people were arrested under influx control laws between

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The Auditor-General’s report for the financial year 1989/90 reveals multi-million rand frauds and irregularities in the film in

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Eighteen IFP supporters are killed in Taylor’s Halt by unknown attackers.

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Pres. F.W. de Klerk announces that Nelson Mandela will be released unconditionally from the Victor Verster prison in Paarl at 3

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The Citizen reports that an alleged member of the SADF, Isaiah Moyo, was convicted in Lusaka, Zambia, on three counts of espion

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Pearl Tshabalala, UDF member of Clermont, Durban, is shot dead.

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Students at the University of Bophuthatswana celebrate the coup to topple Bophuthatswana’s president, Lucas Mangope, taking ove

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South Africa sends troops to Bophuthatswana to reinstate Lucas Mangope who was ousted by local defence force members on charge

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A faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force, led by Rocky Malebana Metsing, attempts to overthrow the government of Chief Lucas Manyane Mangope.

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The Republican US President Ronald Reagan accepts that the policy of constructive engagement has failed. He announces a change

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Nelson Mandela rejects South African president P.W. Botha’s offer of a conditional release.

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Robert Gabriel Mugabe narrowly misses a second assassination attempt when a bomb explodes behind his limo.

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The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference decides to uphold the rights of conscientious objectors, expresses its pertur

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It is confirmed by the Department of Foreign Affairs that the Foreign Minister, Dr. H. Muller, visited Lusaka for talks with th

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The United Nations Secretary-General, Dr. Waldheim, announces in New York that he has received a formal invitation to visit Sou

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Mahomed Dawood Barmania, businessman, politician and community worker, dies in Cape Town.

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Jeremy Schulman, South African violinist and conductor, is born.

Daniel Johannes Smal, reciter, producer of oneman shows and champion for the founding of a school for drama in Pretoria, is bor

Ndebele (Matabele) King Lobengula accepts British protection and the British South Africa Company imposes protectorate over Nd

J. van Melle (Johannes), author of inter alia “Bart Nel”, is born in Goes, the Netherlands.

The Nepaul, a British ship of 462 ton, runs aground while leaving Swartvlei Bay on the Cape coast. Three sailors die.

Gov. Simon van der Stel is succeeded by his son, Willem Adriaan.

Governor Isbrand Goske dispatches an expedition to Hottentots Holland to decide whether the district is suitable for permanent

The monetary policy committee (MPC) leaves interest rates unchanged, but altered its public stance towards the vagaries of the

Masibulela Hawk Makepula, SA junior flyweight champion, wins the world champion title of the World Boxing Organisation in that

The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, loses 0-2 against Nigeria.

Four people die when a MI-8 MTV helicopter crashes on a building in Cape Town after the tail end had caught an advertising boar

Anna Cloete (82), veteran actress and wife of James Norval, famous in SA acting circles, dies.

President Mandela discloses that he has invited Cuban President Fidel Castro to South Africa. This move elicits expressions of

Six million people in Madagascar vote in elections that topple President Didier Ratsiraka after seventeen years in office.

Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok says more than seventeen million people were arrested under influx control laws between

The Auditor-General’s report for the financial year 1989/90 reveals multi-million rand frauds and irregularities in the film in

Eighteen IFP supporters are killed in Taylor’s Halt by unknown attackers.

Pres. F.W. de Klerk announces that Nelson Mandela will be released unconditionally from the Victor Verster prison in Paarl at 3

The Citizen reports that an alleged member of the SADF, Isaiah Moyo, was convicted in Lusaka, Zambia, on three counts of espion

Pearl Tshabalala, UDF member of Clermont, Durban, is shot dead.

Students at the University of Bophuthatswana celebrate the coup to topple Bophuthatswana’s president, Lucas Mangope, taking ove

South Africa sends troops to Bophuthatswana to reinstate Lucas Mangope who was ousted by local defence force members on charge

A faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force, led by Rocky Malebana Metsing, attempts to overthrow the government of Chief Lucas Manyane Mangope.

The Republican US President Ronald Reagan accepts that the policy of constructive engagement has failed. He announces a change

Nelson Mandela rejects South African president P.W. Botha’s offer of a conditional release.

Robert Gabriel Mugabe narrowly misses a second assassination attempt when a bomb explodes behind his limo.

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference decides to uphold the rights of conscientious objectors, expresses its pertur

It is confirmed by the Department of Foreign Affairs that the Foreign Minister, Dr. H. Muller, visited Lusaka for talks with th

The United Nations Secretary-General, Dr. Waldheim, announces in New York that he has received a formal invitation to visit Sou

Mahomed Dawood Barmania, businessman, politician and community worker, dies in Cape Town.