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The Weekly Mail reports that the Transkei-based Prisoners’ Welfare Programme (PWP) has listed details of forty pending law suit

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Two people are killed and twenty injured in a land mine explosion on a dirt road near Messina (Mussina) northern Transvaal. 5

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Capital Media (Pty) Ltd is founded and that makes the publication of the first Rekord/Record newspaper possible.

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Sipho Mutsi (20), COSAS member, dies in police custody during interrogation. Post –mortem reveals head injuries and sjambok w

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Over 7,000 people attend a rally in Pretoria to mark the foundation on 4 May 1984 of the Afrikaner Volkswag (People’s Guard), a

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The Republic of South Africa Constitution Bill is placed before the House of Assembly. The Conservative Party opposes it, while

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Dr Eschel Rhoodie, SA secretary of Information, in a sensational statement reveals that payments made by him from a secret fund

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In the Parliamentary by-election in Durban North, the Progressive Reform Party’s candidate gains the party’s first seat in Nata

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Tallal Khaled Kaddourah and Safik Hussein el-Anda, under death sentence in Greece for their part in the 5 August terrorist atta

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P.W. Botha, the Minister of Defence, announces that an air-to-air projectile has been perfected by South Africa.

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Algeria’s Foreign Minister Mohammed Khemisti dies three weeks after being wounded by an assassin’s bullet.

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Birth of actor Richard E. Grant in Swaziland.

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Constitutional commission recommends 5,000-year-old monarchy be ended and Egypt become a republic.

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WWII: A combined British military and naval force land on Madagascar and by the afternoon the town of Diego Suarez is captured.

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There is intense fighting between Abdul Krim’s Riff rebels and French troops.

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In an attempt to defuse the escalating tension in Morocco, France allows Germany to use the port of Casablanca.

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High Commissioner of South Africa and governor of the Cape, Sir Alfred Milner, sends his famous ‘helots’ telegram to Mr Joseph

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Port Elizabeth suffers the effects of a great flood.

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Sir Alfred Milner arrives as Governor of the Cape.

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Britain proclaims sovereignty and dominion over Ichaboe and adjacent islands off the Namibian coast, now known as the Offshore

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France’s Napoleon Bonaparte dies in exile on the island of St. Helena. (BBC history)

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South Africa and China exchange letters granting each other most-favoured-nation status.

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The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) lifts South Africa’s suspension from international ice hockey.

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In response to Pretoria’s failure to meet the 30 April deadline, 364 political prisoners throughout South Africa start an indef

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President F. W. de Klerk announces plans to revise some provisions of the Internal Security Act of 1982. He also offers to incl

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The Groote Schuur talks start (2-4 May) between the South African government and the ANC. They reach agreement on conditions fo

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A self-confessed SA spy of the security police in the ANC, Olivia Forsyth, who was held prisoner at ANC Quatro prison camp for

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Gertrud Theiler, zoologist, researcher and teacher dies in Still Bay, Western Cape. She was a founder member of the Austin Robe

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Four ANC members are abducted from Swaziland in a cross-border operation.

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Pope John Paul II begins his tour of Africa.

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The Weekly Mail reports that the Transkei-based Prisoners’ Welfare Programme (PWP) has listed details of forty pending law suit

Two people are killed and twenty injured in a land mine explosion on a dirt road near Messina (Mussina) northern Transvaal. 5

Capital Media (Pty) Ltd is founded and that makes the publication of the first Rekord/Record newspaper possible.

Sipho Mutsi (20), COSAS member, dies in police custody during interrogation. Post –mortem reveals head injuries and sjambok w

Over 7,000 people attend a rally in Pretoria to mark the foundation on 4 May 1984 of the Afrikaner Volkswag (People’s Guard), a

The Republic of South Africa Constitution Bill is placed before the House of Assembly. The Conservative Party opposes it, while

Dr Eschel Rhoodie, SA secretary of Information, in a sensational statement reveals that payments made by him from a secret fund

In the Parliamentary by-election in Durban North, the Progressive Reform Party’s candidate gains the party’s first seat in Nata

Tallal Khaled Kaddourah and Safik Hussein el-Anda, under death sentence in Greece for their part in the 5 August terrorist atta

P.W. Botha, the Minister of Defence, announces that an air-to-air projectile has been perfected by South Africa.

Algeria’s Foreign Minister Mohammed Khemisti dies three weeks after being wounded by an assassin’s bullet.

Birth of actor Richard E. Grant in Swaziland.

Constitutional commission recommends 5,000-year-old monarchy be ended and Egypt become a republic.

WWII: A combined British military and naval force land on Madagascar and by the afternoon the town of Diego Suarez is captured.

There is intense fighting between Abdul Krim’s Riff rebels and French troops.

In an attempt to defuse the escalating tension in Morocco, France allows Germany to use the port of Casablanca.

High Commissioner of South Africa and governor of the Cape, Sir Alfred Milner, sends his famous ‘helots’ telegram to Mr Joseph

Port Elizabeth suffers the effects of a great flood.

Sir Alfred Milner arrives as Governor of the Cape.

Britain proclaims sovereignty and dominion over Ichaboe and adjacent islands off the Namibian coast, now known as the Offshore

France’s Napoleon Bonaparte dies in exile on the island of St. Helena. (BBC history)

South Africa and China exchange letters granting each other most-favoured-nation status.

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) lifts South Africa’s suspension from international ice hockey.

In response to Pretoria’s failure to meet the 30 April deadline, 364 political prisoners throughout South Africa start an indef

President F. W. de Klerk announces plans to revise some provisions of the Internal Security Act of 1982. He also offers to incl

The Groote Schuur talks start (2-4 May) between the South African government and the ANC. They reach agreement on conditions fo

A self-confessed SA spy of the security police in the ANC, Olivia Forsyth, who was held prisoner at ANC Quatro prison camp for

Gertrud Theiler, zoologist, researcher and teacher dies in Still Bay, Western Cape. She was a founder member of the Austin Robe

Four ANC members are abducted from Swaziland in a cross-border operation.

Pope John Paul II begins his tour of Africa.