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The Malagasy Republic, previously Madagascar, becomes an autonomous republic within the French Community.
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The UN holds an International Day of Solidarity with South African political prisoners.
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Elizabeth Bosman, early SA author and religious poet, is born in Drakenstein, Cape.
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Thomas Campbell (42), SA cricket player in five test matches, dies in Natal.
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SA author J.M. (John Maxwell) Coetzee is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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James Cameron (75), SA educationist and minister of religion, dies in Bournemouth England.
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The Organisation of African Unity lifts economic sanctions against SA with immediate effect.
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SA signs a memorandum of understanding on road transportation in the Common Customs Area.
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The SA rugby team beats the World-15 team 22-16 in Johannesburg.
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Dr Sidney Read Welsch (85), researcher on SA explorers, dies in Cape Town.
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David Phaswane Mogano, SA artist, is born in Pietersburg (Polokwane), Northern Transvaal (Limpopo).
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Silas Nkanunu is elected as new president of the SA Rugby Football Union.
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The SA rugby team loses 3-9 in the third test against the British Isles.
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Gary Murray, SA welterweight, wins the World Boxing Union (WBU) world champion title.
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SA signs Custom Convention on the Temporary Importation of Professional and Scientific Equipment. (
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Pieter-Dirk Uys, SA satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town.
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Judge Jefferys (62), SA athlete, dies in a car accident in Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal.
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The SA rugby team beats Australia 22-9 in Port Elizabeth, winning the series 3-1.
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Olga Kirsch, SA poet who immigrated to Israel, is born in Koppies, OFS.
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Troops from SA and Botswana cross into Lesotho and storm the royal palace.
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SA signs protocol on consultation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Poland.
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Adv. J.G. (Johannes Gerhardus) Strijdom (65), SA prime minister, dies in Cape Town.
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Sangiro (pseudonym of Andries Albertus Pienaar), SA author, is born in Broederstroom, Tvl.
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The SA rugby team beats the British Isles 25-9 in Newlands, Cape Town.
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The SA rugby Springbok team loses the second test against New Zealand 13-0.
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Joseph Burtt Davy (70), SA grass expert and botanist, dies in Birmingham, England.
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Phillip Holiday, SA lightweight, wins the International Boxing Federation (IBF) world champion title.
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The first two Avro Shackleton Mk III anti-submarine aircraft arrive in SA.
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SA pledges support for US effort to bring about negotiated settlement in Rhodesia.
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