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A newspaper in Mozambique reports that hurricanes and floods in the past two weeks have caused twenty-nine deaths, total destru

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An official statement in Lagos announces that twelve people, including four local politicians, were killed in an attack over a

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Fake versions of the new South African banknotes have hit the streets barely a week after the latest currency was released by t

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Days after the murder of professor Brian Hahn, another UCT academic Dr Lisbe Smuts-Smith, 47, is murdered in cold blood at her

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Martin Sch&ouml;nteich, senior legal official at the Open Society Justice Initiative in New York, says at the opening of a nati

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South Africa beats the West Indies with 50 runs in the seventh one-day cricket match at Centurion Park, to clinch the series 6-

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A Swiss police officer is convicted of passing lists of suspected Islamic militants to Algerian authorities. At least four peop

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Freedom Front leader General Constand Viljoen has announced he will seek amnesty before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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Ramzi Yousef, the alleged mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Centre bombing in New York, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan. Th

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South Africa signs an agreement with the government of the Republic of Poland on the abolition of visa requirements for holders

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Winnington Sabelo, IFP Central Committee member and KwaZulu MP, is gunned down at his shop in Umlazi, Natal.

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Top officials from the ANC, Azapo, the PAC and Inkatha appear at a joint rally to appeal for warring factions in Bekkersdal to

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US civil rights leader, the Rev Jesse Jackson, arrives in South Africa.

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Up to this date fourteen people have been killed in escalating violence in Venda sparked by allegations of ritual killings and

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In the speech announcing the unbanning of political organisations, Gen. Holomisa also announces the release of the following si

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Gen. Bantu Holomisa announces the unbanning of the ANC, PAC, South African Communist Party, South African Students’ Organisatio

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The South African Department of Home Affairs refuses to grant Breyten Breytenbach a visa to receive an honorary doctorate from

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Dr. Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, leader of the opposition PFP, resigns from parliamentary politics because he said Parliament is

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Cedric Mayson, former Methodist Minister, banned for five years in 1977 and detained on 27 November 1981, appears before the Pr

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Transkei announces it is re-establishing diplomatic relations with South Africa because South Africa is now willing to negotiat

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Figures released by the South African Institute of Race Relations indicate a fall of twenty per cent in political trials in 197

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Nigerian planes bomb and strafe a crowded market in a village in rebellious Biafra, killing more than 200 people.

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The Prime Minister announces that White entrepreneurs will be given long-standing contracts in the ‘homelands’ to speed up econ

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Somali troops invade Ethiopia to assert claim to Ogaden desert area.

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Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe go from house to house in Orlando, Johannesburg, and rally support amongst the residents against t

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Joseph Kasavubu is appointed president of a UN supported confederation of independent Congolese states.

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Dr D.F. Malan (84), SA Premier (1948-1954), dies in Stellenbosch.

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Passive Resister reports that 1 586 Resisters, including 259 women, have been sentenced.

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World War 2: The 2nd SA Division moves into Tobruk.

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The British capture Benghazi in Libya for the first time; they hold it until April but are then forced to evacuate, recapturing

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A newspaper in Mozambique reports that hurricanes and floods in the past two weeks have caused twenty-nine deaths, total destru

An official statement in Lagos announces that twelve people, including four local politicians, were killed in an attack over a

Fake versions of the new South African banknotes have hit the streets barely a week after the latest currency was released by t

Days after the murder of professor Brian Hahn, another UCT academic Dr Lisbe Smuts-Smith, 47, is murdered in cold blood at her

Martin Sch&amp;ouml;nteich, senior legal official at the Open Society Justice Initiative in New York, says at the opening of a nati

South Africa beats the West Indies with 50 runs in the seventh one-day cricket match at Centurion Park, to clinch the series 6-

A Swiss police officer is convicted of passing lists of suspected Islamic militants to Algerian authorities. At least four peop

Freedom Front leader General Constand Viljoen has announced he will seek amnesty before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Ramzi Yousef, the alleged mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Centre bombing in New York, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan. Th

South Africa signs an agreement with the government of the Republic of Poland on the abolition of visa requirements for holders

Winnington Sabelo, IFP Central Committee member and KwaZulu MP, is gunned down at his shop in Umlazi, Natal.

Top officials from the ANC, Azapo, the PAC and Inkatha appear at a joint rally to appeal for warring factions in Bekkersdal to

US civil rights leader, the Rev Jesse Jackson, arrives in South Africa.

Up to this date fourteen people have been killed in escalating violence in Venda sparked by allegations of ritual killings and

In the speech announcing the unbanning of political organisations, Gen. Holomisa also announces the release of the following si

Gen. Bantu Holomisa announces the unbanning of the ANC, PAC, South African Communist Party, South African Students’ Organisatio

The South African Department of Home Affairs refuses to grant Breyten Breytenbach a visa to receive an honorary doctorate from

Dr. Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, leader of the opposition PFP, resigns from parliamentary politics because he said Parliament is

Cedric Mayson, former Methodist Minister, banned for five years in 1977 and detained on 27 November 1981, appears before the Pr

Transkei announces it is re-establishing diplomatic relations with South Africa because South Africa is now willing to negotiat

Figures released by the South African Institute of Race Relations indicate a fall of twenty per cent in political trials in 197

Nigerian planes bomb and strafe a crowded market in a village in rebellious Biafra, killing more than 200 people.

The Prime Minister announces that White entrepreneurs will be given long-standing contracts in the ‘homelands’ to speed up econ

Somali troops invade Ethiopia to assert claim to Ogaden desert area.

Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe go from house to house in Orlando, Johannesburg, and rally support amongst the residents against t

Joseph Kasavubu is appointed president of a UN supported confederation of independent Congolese states.

Dr D.F. Malan (84), SA Premier (1948-1954), dies in Stellenbosch.

Passive Resister reports that 1 586 Resisters, including 259 women, have been sentenced.

World War 2: The 2nd SA Division moves into Tobruk.

The British capture Benghazi in Libya for the first time; they hold it until April but are then forced to evacuate, recapturing

Martin Schönteich, senior legal official at the Open Society Justice Initiative in New York, says at the opening of a nati