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Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, British philanthropist who influenced British policy in South Africa to a large extent, is born in Es

Rwandan and Burundian presidents J Habyarimana and C Ntayamira are killed in an air crash

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Rwandan and Burundian presidents J Habyarimana and C Ntayamira are killed in an air crash

Anton Hammerl, South African photographer, is killed in Libya

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Anton Hammerl, South African photographer, is killed in Libya

Musician, Gito Baloi of Tananas fame, is killed

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Musician, Gito Baloi of Tananas fame, is killed

Government declares that five ‘non-White’ South African University Colleges will be entities separate from the University of South Africa

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Government declares that five ‘non-White’ South African University Colleges will be entities separate from the University of South Africa

Ellen Kuzwayo becomes the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from Wits University

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Ellen Kuzwayo becomes the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from Wits University

Robben Island is turned into a maximum security prison

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Robben Island is turned into a maximum security prison

The United Nations (UN) imposes sanctions on Libya

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The United Nations (UN) imposes sanctions on Libya

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Hendrik Cloete, formerly of Cape Town, is appointed Her Majesty’s Commissioner of Natal.

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Piet Retief orders Erasmus Smit to ordain himself (Smit) as minister of the Voortrekkers

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George is proclaimed a separate district and the town is called George Town. ;

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Jonkheer Gerard Beelaerts van Blokland arrives from the Netherlands in Simonstown as solicitor-general.

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Pieter Gysbert van Noodt (48) dies of a sudden heart attack at the same time as four deserted soldiers, who had resisted arre

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Willem Adriaan van der Stel, governor at the Cape, is recalled to the Netherlands.

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World Book and Copyright Day. By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing and the

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Gregoire Boonzaier (96), one of South Africa’s foremost artists, dies at his home in Onrus River near Hermanus in the Western C

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US President George W Bush takes steps to restore normal trade and investment ties with Libya as a reward to Muammar Gaddafi fo

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Makhaya Ntini, bowler of the SA cricket team, is found guilty of raping a student and is replaced in the SA World Cup team by A

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An earthquake, registering 4,8 on the Richter Scale hits Welkom, trapping 969 miners sixteen hours underground. All but two are

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James Earl Ray, who confessed to assassinating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr in 1968 and later insisted he was framed, dies at

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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says conditions are appalling for the estimated 100 000 Rwandan refugees that are being denied

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AWB (Afrikaner Resistance Movement) leader Eugene TerreBlanche is convicted of attempted murder and assault in the Magistrates

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Tens of thousands of people, most wounded or sick, flee along muddy roads from the refugee camp at Gikongoro where at least 2 0

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The government, the ANC and the Freedom Front sign an agreement establishing a framework for a separate state for Whites (’Acco

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Two ANC activists are killed as they try to put up election posters.

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Calvin Thusago, a reporter for SABC is stabbed to death by a mob of youths as they travel back from Sharpeville to film the des

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The South African government submits its proposal for an interim constitution for South Africa to CODESA.

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President F.W. de Klerk proposes holding a multiracial election.