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The SA government prohibits Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall because Black children sing it as a song of liberty.

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The Minister of Labour, S.P. Botha, says that the government accepts the Wiehahn Report in principle.

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The Minister for Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces that relevant urban Black leaders will be consulted

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PAC Central Committee announces in Dar es Salaam that its chairman, Potlako Leballo, is to retire due to health reasons.

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SA signs a treaty with Israel amending the extradition treaty.

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General Law Amendment Act No 37 commences. Section 17, the ninety-day detention law, authorises any commissioned officer to det

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Rightist terrorists in Algeria are implicated in the deaths of ninety-one Muslims.

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Sathyadranath Rugunanan Maharaj (Mac), National Executive Committee member of the African National Congress, 1985, returns to S

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’Die Stem van Suid-Afrika’ (The Call of South Africa) is unanimously accepted as only official anthem in Parliament. The Englis

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Bulelani Ngcuka, SA’s first National Director of Public Prosecutions is born in Middledrift, Transkei.

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The first regular jet flight (with a Havilland Comet) leaves London with thirty-six passengers to arrive eighteen hours later

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Passive Resister reports that the number of Resisters has reached 1 698.

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King Farouk of Egypt is declared the spiritual leader, or Caliph, of Islam.

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Egyptian nationalists gain power in the first elections since Farouk succeeded to the throne.

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Lord Alfred Milner, British colonial secretary and SA High Commissioner, leaves South Africa.

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Bambata Rebellion: The first skirmish in the Nkandla area takes place under Capt W. Park Grey. Four rebels are killed.

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Jan Stephanus de Villiers (Jan Orrelis), SA composer and organist, dies in Paarl, Western Cape.

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The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold of Belgium

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News24 reports that Iraq is the most dangerous place to be a journalist, followed by Cuba and Zimbabwe, according to the Commit

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Two Libyan men plead not guilty to charges that they were involved in the Lockerbie bombing of Panama flight 103 in 1988. The c

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South Africa resumes full membership of the World Health Organisation (WHO).

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8 000 workers strike at Barangwanath Hospital, Johannesburg.

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President P.W. Botha announces that a general election is to be held on 6 September.

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Representatives of South Africa, United States, Angola and Cuba meet in London (3-4 May) in search of a solution to the Angolan

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Business Day reports that President Botha declared in the House of Representatives in May that the ban on the ANC could not be

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Cythna Lindenberg Letty, botanical artist who was commemorated in the botanical names Aloe lettae and Crassula lettae and autho

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Three thousand members of the Congolese National Liberation Front (FNLC) invade Zaire’s Shaba Province from Angola.

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The Parliamentary Internal Security Commission Bill is approved in the Senate.

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Onkgopotse Abram Tiro is expelled from University of the North (Turfloop). Student protests follow his expulsion.

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Justice Sfiso Mkame, SA artist, is born in Durban. As a child he drew on sand walls. He received formal art training at t

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The SA government prohibits Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall because Black children sing it as a song of liberty.

The Minister of Labour, S.P. Botha, says that the government accepts the Wiehahn Report in principle.

The Minister for Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces that relevant urban Black leaders will be consulted

PAC Central Committee announces in Dar es Salaam that its chairman, Potlako Leballo, is to retire due to health reasons.

SA signs a treaty with Israel amending the extradition treaty.

General Law Amendment Act No 37 commences. Section 17, the ninety-day detention law, authorises any commissioned officer to det

Rightist terrorists in Algeria are implicated in the deaths of ninety-one Muslims.

Sathyadranath Rugunanan Maharaj (Mac), National Executive Committee member of the African National Congress, 1985, returns to S

’Die Stem van Suid-Afrika’ (The Call of South Africa) is unanimously accepted as only official anthem in Parliament. The Englis

Bulelani Ngcuka, SA’s first National Director of Public Prosecutions is born in Middledrift, Transkei.

The first regular jet flight (with a Havilland Comet) leaves London with thirty-six passengers to arrive eighteen hours later

Passive Resister reports that the number of Resisters has reached 1 698.

King Farouk of Egypt is declared the spiritual leader, or Caliph, of Islam.

Egyptian nationalists gain power in the first elections since Farouk succeeded to the throne.

Lord Alfred Milner, British colonial secretary and SA High Commissioner, leaves South Africa.

Bambata Rebellion: The first skirmish in the Nkandla area takes place under Capt W. Park Grey. Four rebels are killed.

Jan Stephanus de Villiers (Jan Orrelis), SA composer and organist, dies in Paarl, Western Cape.

The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold of Belgium

News24 reports that Iraq is the most dangerous place to be a journalist, followed by Cuba and Zimbabwe, according to the Commit

Two Libyan men plead not guilty to charges that they were involved in the Lockerbie bombing of Panama flight 103 in 1988. The c

South Africa resumes full membership of the World Health Organisation (WHO).

8 000 workers strike at Barangwanath Hospital, Johannesburg.

President P.W. Botha announces that a general election is to be held on 6 September.

Representatives of South Africa, United States, Angola and Cuba meet in London (3-4 May) in search of a solution to the Angolan

Business Day reports that President Botha declared in the House of Representatives in May that the ban on the ANC could not be

Cythna Lindenberg Letty, botanical artist who was commemorated in the botanical names Aloe lettae and Crassula lettae and autho

Three thousand members of the Congolese National Liberation Front (FNLC) invade Zaire’s Shaba Province from Angola.

The Parliamentary Internal Security Commission Bill is approved in the Senate.

Onkgopotse Abram Tiro is expelled from University of the North (Turfloop). Student protests follow his expulsion.

Justice Sfiso Mkame, SA artist, is born in Durban. As a child he drew on sand walls. He received formal art training at t