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The government and the ANC meet for their second round of talks and agree upon the Pretoria Minute, concerning release of polit
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Allan Lewis (66), first official SA war artist and portrait painter of Sir Winston Churchill and Gen. J.C. Smuts, dies in Stell
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Makgatho Mandela, Mandela’s second and only living son from his marriage to Evelyn, is born on the National Day of Protest and
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National Day of Protest and Mourning. The first national political strike called by the ANC as an act of national mourning and
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Gangsters turn out in force at the Winterveld Cemetery and disrupt the funeral of Dr Masuku, a former ANC activist and anti-cri
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission refuses to accede to the NP demands and calls instead for urgent talks in order to reso
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Jonathan Ayliff, SA lawyer and politician, brother of John and son of the Rev. John Ayliff, is born in Salem, Cape Province.
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John August Ion Agar-Hamilton, historian and Anglican priest of Scottish descent, who was born in Cairo and came with his paren
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Senior ANC member, ‘Mac’ Maharaj and over forty other members of the ANC and the SACP, are detained for allegedly attempting to
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The ANC, in an emergency meeting, calls for the dismissal of Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok and Defence Minister Magnus Ma
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Dr Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo, ANC politician and noted writer of Call me Woman (winner of CNA Award 1985 and translated into s
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Ndazana Nathaniel Nakasa (Nat), journalist and writer who left SA by means of an exit permit and could never return, jumps from
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News Report and Resolution of the Conference of Chiefs and Leaders in the Cape Province Convened by the Government, September 18, 1935
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State President of South Africa and Others v United Democratic Front and Others by Supreme Court of Appeal, 29 September 1988, South Africa
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Sewsunkerlal Bahadur Singh, champion for the poor and social worker, dies in Durban. He was born in 1890 and played an active r
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George Rex, allegedly the son of King George III and Hannah Lightfoot, auctions his house in Cape Town and settles at Melkhoutk
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Aid arrives in Mozambique where flooding leaves as many as 700 people dead and destroys the homes and jobs of another 2-million
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Lt Tommy Rose covers the distance between South Africa and England in six days, six hours and fifty-seven minutes in a record f
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The war between the British Empire and the two Boer republics, the Transvaal and Orange Free State, breaks ou
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The Khoi and San National Language Body is officially launched in Upington, Northern Cape. Its aim is to promote and develop th
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The Khoi and San National Language Body is officially launched in Upington, Northern Cape. Its aim is to promote and develop th
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Tension continues between the British and the Boers in South Africa, and the British Army is ordered to mobil
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Jordan’s King Hussein and Al Fatah guerrilla leader Yasser Arafat meet in Cairo with ten Arab chiefs of state and sign agreemen
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Winnie Mandela is formally charged with four counts of kidnapping and of assault, and will stand trial with seven others in con
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Joachim Nikolaus von Dessin (57), secretary of the Orphan Chamber in Cape Town and collector of books and paintings, dies in Ca
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The United States and Somalia sign an agreement giving US naval and air forces access to military facilities in the East Africa
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George Adamson (83), naturalist and husband of Joy, who wrote Born Free, and two of his assistants are killed by Somali poacher
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Herero Revolt: Von Estorff and Von der Heyde defeat the Ovaherero in the battle of Omatupa and prevent them from escaping in a
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Herero Revolt: Von Estorff and Von der Heyde defeat the Ovaherero in the battle of Omatupa and prevent them from escaping in a
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