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Rovina Petronella Pienaar, wife of the Afrikaans author Sangiro (A.A. Pienaar), is found murdered in her home in Bloemhof.

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Judge Jacob de Villiers, judge of the Appeal Court in South Africa, dies in Somerset West, Western Cape.

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An Air Senegal plane carrying European tourists crashes in Senegal, killing at least twenty people and injuring thirty.

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President De Klerk announces the withdrawal of the Internal Stability Units (ISU) from the East Rand townships of Kathlehong an

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South African President F. W. de Klerk opens parliament with a speech promising the demolition of the remaining pillars of apar

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The Star reports that the South African Council of Churches rejected the order that the organisation had to declare the identit

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Rabbi Cyril K. Harris succeeds Rabbi Emeritus Bernard Casper as Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregation of Johannesburg a

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Five men are burned to death in Mdantsane, Ciskei. Mr M. Vellum escapes after already set alight with the five who died.

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The government is to establish a special Cabinet committee to look at the problems of urban Blacks.

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The Confederation of Senegambia between Senegal and the Gambia is formally launched. The federation was intended to promote coo

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The official Commission of Inquiry into the media appointed in June 1980, under the chairmanship of Justice M. Steyn, tables it

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KwaZulu proclaimed a self-governing territory.

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Onkgopotse Abram Tiro, a leader of the South African Students’ Organisation, is killed by a parcel bomb near Gaborone, Botswana

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The government grants internal self-government to two further ‘homelands’, namely to Venda and Gazankulu territories.

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James Alexander Joseph Christy (66), South African cricket player in 10 tests, dies in Durban.

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J.J Fouché is nominated and unanimously elected President following the death of Dr. T.E. Donges.

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All South African refugees are to report to the Basutoland police for documentation or face deportation to South Africa. A clos

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David Callaghan, SA cricketer (all-rounder in one-day matches 1992), is born.

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Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is broken. Nyasaland (now Malawi) moves towards independence under the leadership of Dr Ha

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Cassim Mahomed Lakhi is appointed lecturer in the Department of History of Art at the University College for Indians (now Unive

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Extreme right-wing rebels in Algiers surrender.

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Egypt and Syria proclaims the union of their two countries in a state to be known as ‘The United Arab Republic’.

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All African men required to possess reference books.

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Mondli Gungubele, trade unionist and MEC for Sport, Recreation, Arts &amp; Culture, Gauteng Provincial Government 1999-, is bor

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South Africa requests the Soviet Union to withdraw its consulates.

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Table Bay power station (Cape Town) goes into full commercial operation with what is then deemed to be its ultimate capacity.

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There is a General strike against French colonial management in Tunisia.

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Aliens Act No 1, restricting and regulating the entry of certain aliens into the Union and regulating the right of any person t

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SAA, inaugurated the previous year, takes over South-West African Airways which has since 1932 been providing a weekly air-mail

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South African Airways is inaugurated and takes over the passenger and goods air services hitherto operated by Union Airways.

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Rovina Petronella Pienaar, wife of the Afrikaans author Sangiro (A.A. Pienaar), is found murdered in her home in Bloemhof.

Judge Jacob de Villiers, judge of the Appeal Court in South Africa, dies in Somerset West, Western Cape.

An Air Senegal plane carrying European tourists crashes in Senegal, killing at least twenty people and injuring thirty.

President De Klerk announces the withdrawal of the Internal Stability Units (ISU) from the East Rand townships of Kathlehong an

South African President F. W. de Klerk opens parliament with a speech promising the demolition of the remaining pillars of apar

The Star reports that the South African Council of Churches rejected the order that the organisation had to declare the identit

Rabbi Cyril K. Harris succeeds Rabbi Emeritus Bernard Casper as Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregation of Johannesburg a

Five men are burned to death in Mdantsane, Ciskei. Mr M. Vellum escapes after already set alight with the five who died.

The government is to establish a special Cabinet committee to look at the problems of urban Blacks.

The Confederation of Senegambia between Senegal and the Gambia is formally launched. The federation was intended to promote coo

The official Commission of Inquiry into the media appointed in June 1980, under the chairmanship of Justice M. Steyn, tables it

KwaZulu proclaimed a self-governing territory.

Onkgopotse Abram Tiro, a leader of the South African Students’ Organisation, is killed by a parcel bomb near Gaborone, Botswana

The government grants internal self-government to two further ‘homelands’, namely to Venda and Gazankulu territories.

James Alexander Joseph Christy (66), South African cricket player in 10 tests, dies in Durban.

J.J Fouché is nominated and unanimously elected President following the death of Dr. T.E. Donges.

All South African refugees are to report to the Basutoland police for documentation or face deportation to South Africa. A clos

David Callaghan, SA cricketer (all-rounder in one-day matches 1992), is born.

Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is broken. Nyasaland (now Malawi) moves towards independence under the leadership of Dr Ha

Cassim Mahomed Lakhi is appointed lecturer in the Department of History of Art at the University College for Indians (now Unive

Extreme right-wing rebels in Algiers surrender.

Egypt and Syria proclaims the union of their two countries in a state to be known as ‘The United Arab Republic’.

All African men required to possess reference books.

Mondli Gungubele, trade unionist and MEC for Sport, Recreation, Arts &amp;amp; Culture, Gauteng Provincial Government 1999-, is bor

South Africa requests the Soviet Union to withdraw its consulates.

Table Bay power station (Cape Town) goes into full commercial operation with what is then deemed to be its ultimate capacity.

There is a General strike against French colonial management in Tunisia.

Aliens Act No 1, restricting and regulating the entry of certain aliens into the Union and regulating the right of any person t

SAA, inaugurated the previous year, takes over South-West African Airways which has since 1932 been providing a weekly air-mail

South African Airways is inaugurated and takes over the passenger and goods air services hitherto operated by Union Airways.

Mondli Gungubele, trade unionist and MEC for Sport, Recreation, Arts & Culture, Gauteng Provincial Government 1999-, is bor