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Judge Pieter Combrinck finds the former commanding officer of the Vlakplaas unit of the police, Dirk Coetzee, as well as Almond

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The NP accuses the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of bias and announces it will no longer co-operate with it.

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At a news conference, the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Most Rev. Desmond Tutu says it is difficult

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Archaeologists discover the largest tomb ever in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt. It is believed to be the resting place for the

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Aid officials report that the death toll may have reached 200 000 in Rwanda, where Hutus are on a campaign of genocide against

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Jacob Matlala, SA flyweight, wins the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) world champion title. Jacob Matlala [online] Available at

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Simon Nxumalo, Chairman of the IFP Alexandra branch is shot and killed in an assassination incident.

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The second plenary session of CODESA (CODESA II) is convened in Johannesburg. The UN delegation sent by the Secretary-General t

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President Lucas Mangope says that his government has appointed a five person cabinet committee to initiate contact with extra-p

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240 Mobil workers in the Transvaal strike in protest against Mobil’s alleged failure to negotiate with them over intended disin

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Steve Mufson, journalist for American magazine Business Week and Dutch Elseviers is expelled from the country.

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First register of sports contacts with South Africa is published by the Special Committee against Apartheid.

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President Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt refuses to resume talks with Israel over the question of Palestinian autonomy.

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The International Olympic Committee bars South Africa from competing in the next Olympic games (1972).

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Pieter Johannes Hendrik Coetzee (75), SA teacher and actor, dies.

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Hours after declaring its independence and the end of Britain’s 28-year-old Palestine mandate, the new state of Israel is attac

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WWII:Operation ‘Brevity’. British forces regain Halfaya Pass and capture the towns of Sollum and Capuzzo on the Egypt–Libya b

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Amy Johnson arrives in England after her record flight of twelve days and fifteen hours from London to Cape Town and back.

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Dr Rudolph Marloth (75), collector of plants and author of botany books, dies in Caledon, Western Cape.

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Abraham J. Kotzé, missionary in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), dies of pneumonia shortly before his return to SA.

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Johannes Hendricus Meiring Beck (63), Union minister, composer and medical practitioner, dies in Rosebank, Cape Town.

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’De Central Westlake Co-operatiewe Landbouw Vereniging’ is founded by forty-five farmers in Klerksdorp.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Vereeniging conference begins. The sixty Boer representatives elect General C.F. Beyers as chairman.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: General Buller and Lord Dundonald enter Dundee. Lyttelton’s division captures Glencoe.

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Elizabeth Fouché Vermeulen, SA author, is born in Aberdeen.

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The Rev. T.C. (oom Essie) Esterhuysen, missionary and moderator of the Dutch Reformed Mission Church in Transvaal, is born in C

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James Sofasonke (meaning ‘We shall all die’) Mpanza, politician and founder of the Sofasonke Party and a champion for better ho

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The parliamentary building at the top of Adderley Street, Cape Town, is occupied for the first time.

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International Day of Families.

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Mike Barnardo, SA heavyweight, wins the World Boxing Federation (WBF) title.

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Judge Pieter Combrinck finds the former commanding officer of the Vlakplaas unit of the police, Dirk Coetzee, as well as Almond

The NP accuses the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of bias and announces it will no longer co-operate with it.

At a news conference, the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Most Rev. Desmond Tutu says it is difficult

Archaeologists discover the largest tomb ever in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt. It is believed to be the resting place for the

Aid officials report that the death toll may have reached 200 000 in Rwanda, where Hutus are on a campaign of genocide against

Jacob Matlala, SA flyweight, wins the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) world champion title. Jacob Matlala [online] Available at

Simon Nxumalo, Chairman of the IFP Alexandra branch is shot and killed in an assassination incident.

The second plenary session of CODESA (CODESA II) is convened in Johannesburg. The UN delegation sent by the Secretary-General t

President Lucas Mangope says that his government has appointed a five person cabinet committee to initiate contact with extra-p

240 Mobil workers in the Transvaal strike in protest against Mobil’s alleged failure to negotiate with them over intended disin

Steve Mufson, journalist for American magazine Business Week and Dutch Elseviers is expelled from the country.

First register of sports contacts with South Africa is published by the Special Committee against Apartheid.

President Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt refuses to resume talks with Israel over the question of Palestinian autonomy.

The International Olympic Committee bars South Africa from competing in the next Olympic games (1972).

Pieter Johannes Hendrik Coetzee (75), SA teacher and actor, dies.

Hours after declaring its independence and the end of Britain’s 28-year-old Palestine mandate, the new state of Israel is attac

WWII:Operation ‘Brevity’. British forces regain Halfaya Pass and capture the towns of Sollum and Capuzzo on the Egypt–Libya b

Amy Johnson arrives in England after her record flight of twelve days and fifteen hours from London to Cape Town and back.

Dr Rudolph Marloth (75), collector of plants and author of botany books, dies in Caledon, Western Cape.

Abraham J. Kotzé, missionary in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), dies of pneumonia shortly before his return to SA.

Johannes Hendricus Meiring Beck (63), Union minister, composer and medical practitioner, dies in Rosebank, Cape Town.

’De Central Westlake Co-operatiewe Landbouw Vereniging’ is founded by forty-five farmers in Klerksdorp.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Vereeniging conference begins. The sixty Boer representatives elect General C.F. Beyers as chairman.

Anglo-Boer War 2: General Buller and Lord Dundonald enter Dundee. Lyttelton’s division captures Glencoe.

Elizabeth Fouché Vermeulen, SA author, is born in Aberdeen.

The Rev. T.C. (oom Essie) Esterhuysen, missionary and moderator of the Dutch Reformed Mission Church in Transvaal, is born in C

James Sofasonke (meaning ‘We shall all die’) Mpanza, politician and founder of the Sofasonke Party and a champion for better ho

The parliamentary building at the top of Adderley Street, Cape Town, is occupied for the first time.

International Day of Families.

Mike Barnardo, SA heavyweight, wins the World Boxing Federation (WBF) title.