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The Harms Commission, instituted to inquire into unlawful acts by the security forces, starts hearing evidence in the Nederduit

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Nelson Mukhuba, SA bandleader and artist, producing wooden household utensils and tourist trade objects, commits suicide.

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The Alexandra ‘6-day war’ (15-21 February) starts.

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President Botha announces that his offer of release to Nelson Mandela still stands and that government is prepared to talk to t

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The judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Activities of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) accuses it of pursuing s

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National Security Amendment Act No 35, empowering police officers to detain and interrogate persons suspected of having committ

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Prime Minister P.W. Botha decides to invite leaders of the Black ‘homelands’ to join in a discussion on a ‘statement of intent’

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The Prime Minister states that South Africa is still committed to granting independence to Namibia before the end of 1978.

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The first postgraduate students enrol for the museuology diploma at the University of Pretoria.

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Henrietta Georgina (Netta) Kirk, cheese maker, factory manager and technical supervisor in the cheese-making industry, dies on

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Prof. Charles Frederick Saint (86), the first professor in surgery at the medical school in Cape Town, dies in Sark, Channel Is

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The Department of Bantu Development is planning for the consolidation of the ‘homelands’ by buying land in terms of the 1936 legislation

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The International Olympics Committee (IOC) decides to re-admit South Africa to the Olympic Games. The government has made five

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Suppression of Communism Further Amendment Bill is approved by 106 votes to forty at its third reading. It is made retrospectiv

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The governing body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) meeting in Geneva, votes in favour of suspending South Africa

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British Colonial Secretary Iain Macleod’s constitutional plan is accepted by the Kenyan conference.

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Nelson Mandela begins a six-nation African tour.

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According to the headmaster of Pretoria Boys High School, 70% of the teachers and parents are in favour of opening the school t

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Zola Budd, noted SA athlete who emigrated to Britain in 1984 to take part in the Los Angeles Olympic Games, announces that she

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Regional Services Councils are introduced giving Blacks increasing say in second-tier government. It is decided that Blacks in

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A Liberian freighter rams a bridge in Florida’s Tampa Bay, collapsing part of the span (a 1,400-foot section) and plunging thir

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President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia is awarded the Martin Luther King, Jr Non-Violent Peace Prize.

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A Second Defence Amendment Bill passes its final stages in the House of Assembly, with the support of the entire opposition. Th

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Ollie le Roux, SA rugby player, is born.

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Abram (Bram) Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment on the charge of conspiracy with the ANC and Umkhonto we Sizwe to commit

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Opening the first Legislative session of the Transkei-Legislative Assembly, President Swart says that the Transkei now has an a

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Two delegates of the UN, Dr Victorio Carpio and Dr Salvadore Martinez de Alva, visit South West Africa (now Namibia) after talk

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Commonwealth leaders meet to discuss South Africa’s Apartheid policies.

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Tina Eboka, Director, Division of Textile Technology, Council for Scientific &amp; Industrial Research (CSIR), is born in Durba

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British Togoland (a UN trust, once part of the German colony of Togo) votes for annexation by Ghana.

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The Harms Commission, instituted to inquire into unlawful acts by the security forces, starts hearing evidence in the Nederduit

Nelson Mukhuba, SA bandleader and artist, producing wooden household utensils and tourist trade objects, commits suicide.

The Alexandra ‘6-day war’ (15-21 February) starts.

President Botha announces that his offer of release to Nelson Mandela still stands and that government is prepared to talk to t

The judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Activities of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) accuses it of pursuing s

National Security Amendment Act No 35, empowering police officers to detain and interrogate persons suspected of having committ

Prime Minister P.W. Botha decides to invite leaders of the Black ‘homelands’ to join in a discussion on a ‘statement of intent’

The Prime Minister states that South Africa is still committed to granting independence to Namibia before the end of 1978.

The first postgraduate students enrol for the museuology diploma at the University of Pretoria.

Henrietta Georgina (Netta) Kirk, cheese maker, factory manager and technical supervisor in the cheese-making industry, dies on

Prof. Charles Frederick Saint (86), the first professor in surgery at the medical school in Cape Town, dies in Sark, Channel Is

The Department of Bantu Development is planning for the consolidation of the ‘homelands’ by buying land in terms of the 1936 legislation

The International Olympics Committee (IOC) decides to re-admit South Africa to the Olympic Games. The government has made five

Suppression of Communism Further Amendment Bill is approved by 106 votes to forty at its third reading. It is made retrospectiv

The governing body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) meeting in Geneva, votes in favour of suspending South Africa

British Colonial Secretary Iain Macleod’s constitutional plan is accepted by the Kenyan conference.

Nelson Mandela begins a six-nation African tour.

According to the headmaster of Pretoria Boys High School, 70% of the teachers and parents are in favour of opening the school t

Zola Budd, noted SA athlete who emigrated to Britain in 1984 to take part in the Los Angeles Olympic Games, announces that she

Regional Services Councils are introduced giving Blacks increasing say in second-tier government. It is decided that Blacks in

A Liberian freighter rams a bridge in Florida’s Tampa Bay, collapsing part of the span (a 1,400-foot section) and plunging thir

President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia is awarded the Martin Luther King, Jr Non-Violent Peace Prize.

A Second Defence Amendment Bill passes its final stages in the House of Assembly, with the support of the entire opposition. Th

Ollie le Roux, SA rugby player, is born.

Abram (Bram) Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment on the charge of conspiracy with the ANC and Umkhonto we Sizwe to commit

Opening the first Legislative session of the Transkei-Legislative Assembly, President Swart says that the Transkei now has an a

Two delegates of the UN, Dr Victorio Carpio and Dr Salvadore Martinez de Alva, visit South West Africa (now Namibia) after talk

Commonwealth leaders meet to discuss South Africa’s Apartheid policies.

Tina Eboka, Director, Division of Textile Technology, Council for Scientific &amp;amp; Industrial Research (CSIR), is born in Durba

British Togoland (a UN trust, once part of the German colony of Togo) votes for annexation by Ghana.

Tina Eboka, Director, Division of Textile Technology, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), is born in Durba