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A Government Gazette of this date amends and eases security emergency regulations.

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Stones, empty soft-drink cans and sticks are hurled at rebel England cricket captain Mike Gatting by a crowd of anti-tour demon

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The Star reports that four people were detained in the Transkei after a shootout between police and suspected insurgents in the

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Fighting between Inkatha and the United Democratic Front supporters spills into central Pietermaritzburg when the Cosatu office

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Desmond Mpilo Tutu becomes the first Black Anglican bishop of Johannesburg.

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Dr Anton Carlisle Hartman (63), South African conductor and musician, dies in Johannesburg.

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Three draft Bills revising and streamlining South Africa’s security laws are placed before Parliament, their object being to re

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The Venda Attorney General announces he has ordered an inquiry into the death of Mr. Muffle to be held in the Sibasa Magistrate

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The six-man Commission of Inquiry into security legislation, under the chairmanship of Justice P.I. Rabie, presents its report

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The President’s Council is formally inaugurated as a policy-advisory, problem-directed, reform-orientated and future-looking bo

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tours Africa as President Carter’s envoy.

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, ‘Pik’ Botha, says in the House of Assembly that the Biko affair has done endless harm to South

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Gen. Tafari Banti (Teferi Benti), Ethiopia’s chief of state, is killed in gun battle that breaks out around Addis Ababa headqua

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Julius Louis Saks, optometrist who received several awards, including the award of Honorary Life Fellowship of the Academy by t

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Heidi Saayman, SA photographer, is born in the Transkei.

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Joseph Tshifura Makhari, engineer, student leader and recipient of various international study grants is born in Thohoyandou, V

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The Leader of the Opposition introduces a no-confidence motion, stating that the government policy of separate development has

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Retief Goosen, South African golf player, is born.

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Dr Eduardo C. Mondlane, president of Mozambique National Liberation Front (Frelimo), is assassinated by a letter bomb in Tanzan

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The first 741 students enrol at the “Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit” (RAU). Lectures start on the 13th February in a tempor

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Macmillan, prime minister of Britain, delivers his ‘wind of change’ speech to members of both Houses of Parliament in Cape Town

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Adv. Anton Lubowski, Swapo member who allegedly spied for South Africa and who was later murdered in Windhoek, is born.

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George Ramagaga, S.A. artist is born in Pimville, Johannesburg.

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David James Brown, S.A. artist is born in Johannesburg.

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Natal Indian Congress (NIC) sends a cable to the government of India, urging an appeal to the United Nations on behalf of the I

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Natal Indian Congress (NIC) calls a mass meeting to protest against the proposed Asiatic Bill.

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Ina Rousseau, South African poet and short-story writer, is born.

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Gen. Christiaan Rudolph de Wet (67), well-known leader of Boer forces in the Anglo-Boer War 2, dies on his farm. He was given

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The first meeting of the League of Nations takes place in Paris, with Pres. Woodrow Wilson of the USA as chairman.

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A Turkish attack on the Suez Canal fails.

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A Government Gazette of this date amends and eases security emergency regulations.

Stones, empty soft-drink cans and sticks are hurled at rebel England cricket captain Mike Gatting by a crowd of anti-tour demon

The Star reports that four people were detained in the Transkei after a shootout between police and suspected insurgents in the

Fighting between Inkatha and the United Democratic Front supporters spills into central Pietermaritzburg when the Cosatu office

Desmond Mpilo Tutu becomes the first Black Anglican bishop of Johannesburg.

Dr Anton Carlisle Hartman (63), South African conductor and musician, dies in Johannesburg.

Three draft Bills revising and streamlining South Africa’s security laws are placed before Parliament, their object being to re

The Venda Attorney General announces he has ordered an inquiry into the death of Mr. Muffle to be held in the Sibasa Magistrate

The six-man Commission of Inquiry into security legislation, under the chairmanship of Justice P.I. Rabie, presents its report

The President’s Council is formally inaugurated as a policy-advisory, problem-directed, reform-orientated and future-looking bo

tours Africa as President Carter’s envoy.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, ‘Pik’ Botha, says in the House of Assembly that the Biko affair has done endless harm to South

Gen. Tafari Banti (Teferi Benti), Ethiopia’s chief of state, is killed in gun battle that breaks out around Addis Ababa headqua

Julius Louis Saks, optometrist who received several awards, including the award of Honorary Life Fellowship of the Academy by t

Heidi Saayman, SA photographer, is born in the Transkei.

Joseph Tshifura Makhari, engineer, student leader and recipient of various international study grants is born in Thohoyandou, V

The Leader of the Opposition introduces a no-confidence motion, stating that the government policy of separate development has

Retief Goosen, South African golf player, is born.

Dr Eduardo C. Mondlane, president of Mozambique National Liberation Front (Frelimo), is assassinated by a letter bomb in Tanzan

The first 741 students enrol at the “Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit” (RAU). Lectures start on the 13th February in a tempor

Macmillan, prime minister of Britain, delivers his ‘wind of change’ speech to members of both Houses of Parliament in Cape Town

Adv. Anton Lubowski, Swapo member who allegedly spied for South Africa and who was later murdered in Windhoek, is born.

George Ramagaga, S.A. artist is born in Pimville, Johannesburg.

David James Brown, S.A. artist is born in Johannesburg.

Natal Indian Congress (NIC) sends a cable to the government of India, urging an appeal to the United Nations on behalf of the I

Natal Indian Congress (NIC) calls a mass meeting to protest against the proposed Asiatic Bill.

Ina Rousseau, South African poet and short-story writer, is born.

Gen. Christiaan Rudolph de Wet (67), well-known leader of Boer forces in the Anglo-Boer War 2, dies on his farm. He was given

The first meeting of the League of Nations takes place in Paris, with Pres. Woodrow Wilson of the USA as chairman.

A Turkish attack on the Suez Canal fails.