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The governments of SA and Mozambique sign an agreement on natural gas trade.

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Algerian Ahmed Ressam is convicted of terrorism for bringing a car loaded with explosives into the United States as part of an

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The amnesty commission of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission refuses applications for amnesty of a further seventy-nine AN

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Bafana Bafana, the SA soccer team, loses 0-2 against Congo in an away game.

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The PAC announces that Clarence Makwetu has been suspended as chairman of the party pending the outcome of a disciplinary heari

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Joshua Nkomo (1917-1999), Zimbabwean vice-president whose son has recently died of HIV/AIDS, claims the disease is a &quot;Whit

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Thousands of Liberians flee their homes amid fierce fighting between government troops and members of an ethnic faction.

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The first genocide trials begin in Kigali, Rwanda, against some of the 30 000 majority Hutus accused of killing Tutsis.

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The presidents of Rwanda and Burundi are killed in a plane crash in Rwanda, setting off the slaughter of 500 000 Rwandans, most

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The ANC dismisses proposals to postpone elections in the Empangeni region of KwaZulu-Natal.

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Mk hero Solomon Mahlangu, executed 6 April 1979 in Pretoria on two counts of murder and buried in Atteridgeville because police

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European Community foreign ministers agree to scrap the EC oil embargo on South Africa and formally lift sanctions on sporting

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The Human Rights Commission (HCR) of South Africa says that the level of violence in the country has reached unprecedented leve

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The African National Congress is to triple the size of its national executive committee to 105 members to broaden decision-maki

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The freeing of political prisoners in SA reaches its climax on Solomon Mahlangu Day.

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P.W. Botha announces that he will resign after the forthcoming election in South Africa.

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The elite republican guard mounts an unsuccessful coup against President Paul Biya of Cameroon.

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Zola Budd (17), South African athlete, receives British citizenship only thirteen days after application, to enable her to comp

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MK hero Solomon Kalushi (Khala) Mahlangu is executed in Pretoria on two counts of murder. His comrade Monty Motloung, who had d

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Following King Hussein’s announcement of plans for a federation with Palestine, Egypt breaks ties with Jordan.

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In the Natal Supreme Court in Pietermaritzburg, at the end of the longest trial of its kind in South Africa, thirteen defendant

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Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith lifts Press censorship imposed the previous November.

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The Chairman of the opposition Democratic Party in the Transkei, K.M. Gunzana, is elected leader to succeed Paramount Chief Vic

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The International Court of Justice at The Hague hears the arguments of Ethiopia and Liberia in the South West Africa cases pres

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The pass system is revived.

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Robert Sobukwe and others break away from the African National Congress (ANC) to form the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). They a

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Clarabelle van Niekerk, SA singer, is born.

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Thousands of Africans, Indians and Coloured people demonstrate in major towns and take the pledge. Dr. Dadoo says this is the b

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Dr Robert Broom (84), archaeologist and discoverer of ‘Mrs Ples’, dies in Pretoria.

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Central Legislature of British East Africa holds first session in Nairobi.

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The governments of SA and Mozambique sign an agreement on natural gas trade.

Algerian Ahmed Ressam is convicted of terrorism for bringing a car loaded with explosives into the United States as part of an

The amnesty commission of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission refuses applications for amnesty of a further seventy-nine AN

Bafana Bafana, the SA soccer team, loses 0-2 against Congo in an away game.

The PAC announces that Clarence Makwetu has been suspended as chairman of the party pending the outcome of a disciplinary heari

Joshua Nkomo (1917-1999), Zimbabwean vice-president whose son has recently died of HIV/AIDS, claims the disease is a &amp;quot;Whit

Thousands of Liberians flee their homes amid fierce fighting between government troops and members of an ethnic faction.

The first genocide trials begin in Kigali, Rwanda, against some of the 30 000 majority Hutus accused of killing Tutsis.

The presidents of Rwanda and Burundi are killed in a plane crash in Rwanda, setting off the slaughter of 500 000 Rwandans, most

The ANC dismisses proposals to postpone elections in the Empangeni region of KwaZulu-Natal.

Mk hero Solomon Mahlangu, executed 6 April 1979 in Pretoria on two counts of murder and buried in Atteridgeville because police

European Community foreign ministers agree to scrap the EC oil embargo on South Africa and formally lift sanctions on sporting

The Human Rights Commission (HCR) of South Africa says that the level of violence in the country has reached unprecedented leve

The African National Congress is to triple the size of its national executive committee to 105 members to broaden decision-maki

The freeing of political prisoners in SA reaches its climax on Solomon Mahlangu Day.

P.W. Botha announces that he will resign after the forthcoming election in South Africa.

The elite republican guard mounts an unsuccessful coup against President Paul Biya of Cameroon.

Zola Budd (17), South African athlete, receives British citizenship only thirteen days after application, to enable her to comp

MK hero Solomon Kalushi (Khala) Mahlangu is executed in Pretoria on two counts of murder. His comrade Monty Motloung, who had d

Following King Hussein’s announcement of plans for a federation with Palestine, Egypt breaks ties with Jordan.

In the Natal Supreme Court in Pietermaritzburg, at the end of the longest trial of its kind in South Africa, thirteen defendant

Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith lifts Press censorship imposed the previous November.

The Chairman of the opposition Democratic Party in the Transkei, K.M. Gunzana, is elected leader to succeed Paramount Chief Vic

The International Court of Justice at The Hague hears the arguments of Ethiopia and Liberia in the South West Africa cases pres

The pass system is revived.

Robert Sobukwe and others break away from the African National Congress (ANC) to form the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). They a

Clarabelle van Niekerk, SA singer, is born.

Thousands of Africans, Indians and Coloured people demonstrate in major towns and take the pledge. Dr. Dadoo says this is the b

Dr Robert Broom (84), archaeologist and discoverer of ‘Mrs Ples’, dies in Pretoria.

Central Legislature of British East Africa holds first session in Nairobi.

Joshua Nkomo (1917-1999), Zimbabwean vice-president whose son has recently died of HIV/AIDS, claims the disease is a "Whit