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The Trans-Kalahari main road, the first road south of the Sahara to connect the Atlantic and Indian Ocean, is opened.

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Zaire’s President Mobutu Sese Seko declares a nationwide state of emergency in response to rebel advances.

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Mandela starts his visit (8-13 April) to Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and UAE to promote trade and cultural links, accompanied

This day in history

Warring factions in Rwanda agree to form an interim government in an effort to halt bloodletting in Kigali.

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F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela hold an emergency meeting with Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi and Zul

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Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) leader Yasser Arafat survives a plane crash in the Sahara desert during a sand storm. T

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An amount of R1.3m is paid out in compensation to thirty-two South African seamen who lost fingers as a result of frostbite inc

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An explosion set off in an outdoor bazaar in Cairo’s Old City kills two tourists and wounds at least 19 other people.

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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission refuses amnesty to Clive Derby-Lewis and Janusz Walus, the assassins of SA Communist Pa

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Government soldiers in Lubumbashi, Zaire’s second largest city lay down their arms and join the cause of rebels advancing on th

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The ANC leader in the Kwazulu Natal midlands Sifiso Nkabinde is expelled from the ANC and named as a ‘spy for the enemy’ by Jac

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Rampaging troops kill Rwanda’s acting premier and eleven Belgian UN soldiers and civil war erupts in Rwanda, a day after a myst

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Djibouti lifts all trade and travel restrictions on South Africa, whilst Cote d’Ivoire announces the establishment of full dipl

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The government refuses to comply with the ultimatum issued by die ANC on 5 April 1991.

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Aldo Mogano, executive member of Alexandra Youth Congress, is shot dead outside his home in an alleged political murder.

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A curfew, which was imposed in the independent Venda homeland as a result of the deposition of the Frank Ravhele regime, is lif

This day in history

ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela discloses a plan to unite a wide range of anti-apartheid forces. The proposal seeks unity o

This day in history

The Bar Association of Bophuthatswana, the Side Bar of Bophuthatswana and the School of Law of the University of Bophuthatswana

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A prominent White South African lawyer and ANC member, Albie Sachs, is seriously wounded by a car bomb in Maputo. The ANC and M

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Ahmad `Ali al-Mirghani, the Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese People’s Forces, ousts Sudanese president Ja’far Muhammad an-Num

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The French government decides to request all sporting bodies to end links with South Africa.

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Samuel Samson Tema, minister of religion and pioneer in the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), dies in Seshego, Pietersbur

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Egypt objects to calls to move the headquarters of the Arab League from Cairo to Tunis.

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South African Airways suspends flights to Angola after an SAA aircraft was struck by bullets on approaching that country’s Crav

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The Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster, announces that a pilot plant for the manufacture of enriched uranium has gone into production

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Gerhardus Liebenberg, Free State cricket player, is born.

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UN vote 83–0 to condemn South Africa following its failure to drop Apartheid.

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Unlawful Organisations Act No 34 commences, providing for organisations threatening public order or the safety of the public to

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Following the and the protest at Langa, roughly 1,500 Blacks are detained by the South African police in Cape Town.

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Franco signs the Moroccan accord, thereby giving independence to Spanish Morocco (Marruecos)

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The Trans-Kalahari main road, the first road south of the Sahara to connect the Atlantic and Indian Ocean, is opened.

Zaire’s President Mobutu Sese Seko declares a nationwide state of emergency in response to rebel advances.

Mandela starts his visit (8-13 April) to Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and UAE to promote trade and cultural links, accompanied

Warring factions in Rwanda agree to form an interim government in an effort to halt bloodletting in Kigali.

F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela hold an emergency meeting with Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi and Zul

Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) leader Yasser Arafat survives a plane crash in the Sahara desert during a sand storm. T

An amount of R1.3m is paid out in compensation to thirty-two South African seamen who lost fingers as a result of frostbite inc

An explosion set off in an outdoor bazaar in Cairo’s Old City kills two tourists and wounds at least 19 other people.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission refuses amnesty to Clive Derby-Lewis and Janusz Walus, the assassins of SA Communist Pa

Government soldiers in Lubumbashi, Zaire’s second largest city lay down their arms and join the cause of rebels advancing on th

The ANC leader in the Kwazulu Natal midlands Sifiso Nkabinde is expelled from the ANC and named as a ‘spy for the enemy’ by Jac

Rampaging troops kill Rwanda’s acting premier and eleven Belgian UN soldiers and civil war erupts in Rwanda, a day after a myst

Djibouti lifts all trade and travel restrictions on South Africa, whilst Cote d’Ivoire announces the establishment of full dipl

The government refuses to comply with the ultimatum issued by die ANC on 5 April 1991.

Aldo Mogano, executive member of Alexandra Youth Congress, is shot dead outside his home in an alleged political murder.

A curfew, which was imposed in the independent Venda homeland as a result of the deposition of the Frank Ravhele regime, is lif

ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela discloses a plan to unite a wide range of anti-apartheid forces. The proposal seeks unity o

The Bar Association of Bophuthatswana, the Side Bar of Bophuthatswana and the School of Law of the University of Bophuthatswana

A prominent White South African lawyer and ANC member, Albie Sachs, is seriously wounded by a car bomb in Maputo. The ANC and M

Ahmad `Ali al-Mirghani, the Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese People’s Forces, ousts Sudanese president Ja’far Muhammad an-Num

The French government decides to request all sporting bodies to end links with South Africa.

Samuel Samson Tema, minister of religion and pioneer in the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), dies in Seshego, Pietersbur

Egypt objects to calls to move the headquarters of the Arab League from Cairo to Tunis.

South African Airways suspends flights to Angola after an SAA aircraft was struck by bullets on approaching that country’s Crav

The Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster, announces that a pilot plant for the manufacture of enriched uranium has gone into production

Gerhardus Liebenberg, Free State cricket player, is born.

UN vote 83–0 to condemn South Africa following its failure to drop Apartheid.

Unlawful Organisations Act No 34 commences, providing for organisations threatening public order or the safety of the public to

Following the and the protest at Langa, roughly 1,500 Blacks are detained by the South African police in Cape Town.

Franco signs the Moroccan accord, thereby giving independence to Spanish Morocco (Marruecos)