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The South African Government says it is ready to implement the United Nations plan for the independence of Namibia as set out i
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Twelve people are killed and twenty-five injured in an explosion in a mosque in Morocco.
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Four senior newspaper editors are found guilty on between one and three counts under the 1982 Protection of Information Act, an
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ZANU-PF under Robert Mugabe wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe becomes president. http://www.news24.
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Iran breaks off diplomatic, political, economic and military ties with South Africa, and will no longer supply oil to this coun
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In reaction to newspaper reports, Prime Minister P.W. Botha states through the media, that he will not be ‘blackmailed into a d
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In the House of Assembly, the Prime Minister criticizes Mozambique’s action of closing its border with Rhodesia. He warns of th
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In the British House of Commons the Trade and Industry Sub-Committee of the Select Committee on Expenditure proposes an inquiry
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The largest single construction work undertaken in South Africa, the Hendrik Verwoerd Dam (now Gariep Dam) on the Orange River,
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Dr. Basil Moore, Johannesburg Methodist Minister, staff member of the Christian Institute and acting Secretary of the Universit
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The Rhodesian Supreme Court rejects Queen Elizabeth’s ‘reprieve’ of two Rhodesian Black men sentenced to death.
EventDaryll Cullinan, SA cricket player, is born in Kimberley.
Daryll John Cullinan is a former cricket player who played test cricket and One Day Internationals. He was an all-rounder with a right-hand batting style and a…
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Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd, discloses that the restriction on Seretse Khama, now Prime Minister of Bechuanaland, visiting Sou
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Walter Sisulu, former secretary-general of the African National Congress is convicted of having incited African workers to stri
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Mines and Works Act No 27 commences.
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Criminal Law Amendment Act No 8 commences, making civil disobedience punishable by a three-year gaol sentence. It also effect
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Public Safety Act No 3 commences. This Act, passed in response to the ANC’s civil disobedience campaign, provides for a state o
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Carel Trichardt, SA actor, is born.
EventSandra Reynolds, a South African tennis champion is born
Sandra Reynolds was born on 4 March 1934 in Bloemfontein, Free State.[i] Reynolds was nicknamed the “Grace Kelly” of South African tennis.[ii] She claimed the…
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Jack Meckler, an athlete who won the Comrades Marathon five times, is born in Johannesburg.
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Miriam Makeba, first African artist to make name internationally is born in Johannesburg.
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Eight Whites are killed in Brakpan in fights between government forces and revolutionaries during the Rand revolt.
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Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (Frederik), who was administrator of the Transvaal at the age of 29, is appointed principal of the South Af
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James Norval, SA actor, is born in Zastron, Free State.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The long-awaited report of the Ladies or Fawcett Commission Report on the concentration camps is discussed in
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Boers are defeated by Lord Roberts at Driefontein in the Free State.
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Johann Max Friedrich (Jean) Welz, painter and architect who emigrated to SA in the 1930s, is born in Salzburg, Austria.
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The Mount Nelson hotel opens in Cape Town.
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Marthinus Theunis Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State for the first time.
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