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WWI: General Louis Botha, leading the South African troops, enters undefended Windhoek, capital of German South West Africa, an

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Following the proclamation of Abd al-Aziz as Sultan of Morocco, French and British citizens have been attacked by rebel tribesm

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The British prime minister, the Marquis of Salisbury, states that Britain’s successes in the South African ca

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Paulus Johannes Hartogh, the first baby to be born on the Witwatersrand, is born in Ferreiraskamp.

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The district of Albert (Burgersdorp), submits a petition to parliament in which the use of Dutch, jointly with English, is requ

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Sir Ronald Ross, discoverer of the malaria mosquito is born

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King Hintsa ka Phalo of the Xhosa nation is killed by British troops. Another source alleges that he was shot dead by a c

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France abandons Goree, West Africa, to Britain.

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The Bulls beat the Sharks on Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria in a Super 14 semi-final game. For the first time in history two South A

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Bafana Bafana, the SA soccer team, beats Madagascar 1-0 in a home game.

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Ignoring international pleas to end their two-year border conflict, Ethiopia and Eritrea return to open war with fighting repor

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South Africa enters the ranks of the world’s oil-producing countries when oil for commercial use is pumped from the Oribi oilfi

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An ANC delegation, led by Deputy President Mbeki, makes the party’s second major submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Com

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A rusty freighter teeming with thousands of sick and hungry Liberian refugees is finally allowed to limp into a Ghanaian port a

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Cyril Ramaphosa confirms that he is resigning as ANC Secretary-General, as well as from Parliament.

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Xenophon Constantine Balaskas (83), SA cricket player in nine test matches (1930-1939), dies in Sandton.

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Bafana Bafana, the SA soccer team, wins 2-1 against Zambia in a home game.

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Agreement is reached in Working Group III of CODESA on the establishment of a multiparty Transitional Executive Council, which

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Inkatha supporters rampage through a squatter camp in the Kagiso Township in the West Rand, killing at least twenty-two people.

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The commission of enquiry into the Helderberg air disaster under judge Cecil Margo, reports its findings.

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An International Labour Organisation report says South Africans are becoming poorer each year because of the cost of maintainin

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A bus on its way to Mount Frere in Transkei overturns near Cathcart, killing thirty-one people and injuring thirty-seven.

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KwaZulu Chief Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi says he will have nothing to do with a dispensation that does not include Black Sou

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Mozambique rejects the findings of the Margo commission of inquiry into the air crash in which Mozambican leader Samora Machel

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A powerful bomb damages the office of the West Rand Administration Board in Meadowlands, Soweto, at 7:00 pm. No one is injured.

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The multiracial President’s Council presents its recommendations for a reform of the constitutional and political system. The B

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P.W. Botha is re-elected as National Party leader.

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The British Sports Council urges the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and all other international sporting governing bodie

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The Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, tells Parliament that nearly 700 terrorists were arrested in 1977 an

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Pik Botha sees his election victory as a mandate to bring about internal change and to move away from discrimination.

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WWI: General Louis Botha, leading the South African troops, enters undefended Windhoek, capital of German South West Africa, an

Following the proclamation of Abd al-Aziz as Sultan of Morocco, French and British citizens have been attacked by rebel tribesm

Anglo-Boer War 2: The British prime minister, the Marquis of Salisbury, states that Britain’s successes in the South African ca

Paulus Johannes Hartogh, the first baby to be born on the Witwatersrand, is born in Ferreiraskamp.

The district of Albert (Burgersdorp), submits a petition to parliament in which the use of Dutch, jointly with English, is requ

Sir Ronald Ross, discoverer of the malaria mosquito is born

King Hintsa ka Phalo of the Xhosa nation is killed by British troops. Another source alleges that he was shot dead by a c

France abandons Goree, West Africa, to Britain.

The Bulls beat the Sharks on Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria in a Super 14 semi-final game. For the first time in history two South A

Bafana Bafana, the SA soccer team, beats Madagascar 1-0 in a home game.

Ignoring international pleas to end their two-year border conflict, Ethiopia and Eritrea return to open war with fighting repor

South Africa enters the ranks of the world’s oil-producing countries when oil for commercial use is pumped from the Oribi oilfi

An ANC delegation, led by Deputy President Mbeki, makes the party’s second major submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Com

A rusty freighter teeming with thousands of sick and hungry Liberian refugees is finally allowed to limp into a Ghanaian port a

Cyril Ramaphosa confirms that he is resigning as ANC Secretary-General, as well as from Parliament.

Xenophon Constantine Balaskas (83), SA cricket player in nine test matches (1930-1939), dies in Sandton.

Bafana Bafana, the SA soccer team, wins 2-1 against Zambia in a home game.

Agreement is reached in Working Group III of CODESA on the establishment of a multiparty Transitional Executive Council, which

Inkatha supporters rampage through a squatter camp in the Kagiso Township in the West Rand, killing at least twenty-two people.

The commission of enquiry into the Helderberg air disaster under judge Cecil Margo, reports its findings.

An International Labour Organisation report says South Africans are becoming poorer each year because of the cost of maintainin

A bus on its way to Mount Frere in Transkei overturns near Cathcart, killing thirty-one people and injuring thirty-seven.

KwaZulu Chief Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi says he will have nothing to do with a dispensation that does not include Black Sou

Mozambique rejects the findings of the Margo commission of inquiry into the air crash in which Mozambican leader Samora Machel

A powerful bomb damages the office of the West Rand Administration Board in Meadowlands, Soweto, at 7:00 pm. No one is injured.

The multiracial President’s Council presents its recommendations for a reform of the constitutional and political system. The B

P.W. Botha is re-elected as National Party leader.

The British Sports Council urges the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and all other international sporting governing bodie

The Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, tells Parliament that nearly 700 terrorists were arrested in 1977 an

Pik Botha sees his election victory as a mandate to bring about internal change and to move away from discrimination.