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Jahleel Brenton, SA artist and marine officer after whom the islands Brenton and Jahleel were called, is born in Warwick, Engla

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Birth of Jan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck in Culemborg, the Netherlands. Van Riebeeck landed at the southern tip of Africa on 6 Ap

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Ellen Kuzwayo (91), author, stalwart campaigner against apartheid in South Africa and a tireless fighter for women’s emancipati

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About 100 striking Nigerian oil workers seize four offshore rigs and hold hostage ninety-seven expatriate workers as well as mo

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Health workers will continue to get anti-retroviral drugs for needle stick injuries, despite a decision by the ANC’s National E

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Pharmaceutical companies drop a lawsuit against South Africa ending an international battle over patent rights and profit. The

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Three internationally-renowned tenors, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti, perform together before an audienc

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In Kisangani, Zaire, rebel leaders bloc a massive U.N. airlift of Rwandan refugees, insisting that impassable roads be fixed an

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Liberian warlord Roosevelt Johnson agrees to let all foreigners leave Monrovia’s US Embassy compound and let the peacekeepers s

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Kenyan Professor Washington J. Okumu urges Chief Buthelezi to participate in the forthcoming general election. Inkatha Freedom

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SA signs agreement concerning the exchange of representatives and their privileges and immunities with the Democratic Republic

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Another ninety-six political prisoners are released and 235 political offenders are indemnified from prosecution.

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President F.W. de Klerk announces the Group Areas Act will be repealed.

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Dr Anita Worrall, wife of Democratic Party co-leader Denis Worrall, and fifty-four other women arrive in Harare for three days

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Brigadier Riekert, minister of defence of Bophuthatswana, resigns with immediate effect. Some commentators argue that the resig

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Ten anti-apartheid demonstrators are arrested outside the South African embassy in London after a meeting marking one year of c

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Ugandan prime minister Dr Samson Kisekka appeals to the people to help clean up Kampala, the capital city.

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Johannes Mashego (26) dies in police custody in Parys, OFS. His relatives report extensive bruising and swollen face upon ident

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In a major statement, the prime minister declares that in future, South Africa will be guided solely by its own interests, and

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The International Press Institute (IPI) appoints an official observer in South Africa, Joel Mervis, to report on matters affect

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Guerrillas launch two separate raids in the far south of Rhodesia near the Transvaal border, killing three Easter holidaymakers

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Dr. Nicholaas Diederichs, former Finance Minister, is inaugurated as South Africa’s third State President.

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Security Police visit Sisulu’s house and find that Sisulu has fled.

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Portuguese forces are reinforced for continuing conflict against the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA, Popular

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The South West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded in Windhoek with Sam Nujoma as leader.

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As voting starts in Algeria, at least eight people are killed and twenty kidnapped. There are fears that this may slow down the

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First British ship pays Egyptian toll for use of the Suez Canal.

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Wiseman Ndabezinhle Mbambo, S.A artist, is born at Umgeni Mission Station, Inanda, Natal.

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Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (Kobie), Minister of Justice in the previous government, is born in Ladybrand, Orange Free State.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Jannasch (76), co-founder of the SA Music Conservatory, dies in Stellenbosch.

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Jahleel Brenton, SA artist and marine officer after whom the islands Brenton and Jahleel were called, is born in Warwick, Engla

Birth of Jan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck in Culemborg, the Netherlands. Van Riebeeck landed at the southern tip of Africa on 6 Ap

Ellen Kuzwayo (91), author, stalwart campaigner against apartheid in South Africa and a tireless fighter for women’s emancipati

About 100 striking Nigerian oil workers seize four offshore rigs and hold hostage ninety-seven expatriate workers as well as mo

Health workers will continue to get anti-retroviral drugs for needle stick injuries, despite a decision by the ANC’s National E

Pharmaceutical companies drop a lawsuit against South Africa ending an international battle over patent rights and profit. The

Three internationally-renowned tenors, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti, perform together before an audienc

In Kisangani, Zaire, rebel leaders bloc a massive U.N. airlift of Rwandan refugees, insisting that impassable roads be fixed an

Liberian warlord Roosevelt Johnson agrees to let all foreigners leave Monrovia’s US Embassy compound and let the peacekeepers s

Kenyan Professor Washington J. Okumu urges Chief Buthelezi to participate in the forthcoming general election. Inkatha Freedom

SA signs agreement concerning the exchange of representatives and their privileges and immunities with the Democratic Republic

Another ninety-six political prisoners are released and 235 political offenders are indemnified from prosecution.

President F.W. de Klerk announces the Group Areas Act will be repealed.

Dr Anita Worrall, wife of Democratic Party co-leader Denis Worrall, and fifty-four other women arrive in Harare for three days

Brigadier Riekert, minister of defence of Bophuthatswana, resigns with immediate effect. Some commentators argue that the resig

Ten anti-apartheid demonstrators are arrested outside the South African embassy in London after a meeting marking one year of c

Ugandan prime minister Dr Samson Kisekka appeals to the people to help clean up Kampala, the capital city.

Johannes Mashego (26) dies in police custody in Parys, OFS. His relatives report extensive bruising and swollen face upon ident

In a major statement, the prime minister declares that in future, South Africa will be guided solely by its own interests, and

The International Press Institute (IPI) appoints an official observer in South Africa, Joel Mervis, to report on matters affect

Guerrillas launch two separate raids in the far south of Rhodesia near the Transvaal border, killing three Easter holidaymakers

Dr. Nicholaas Diederichs, former Finance Minister, is inaugurated as South Africa’s third State President.

Security Police visit Sisulu’s house and find that Sisulu has fled.

Portuguese forces are reinforced for continuing conflict against the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA, Popular

The South West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded in Windhoek with Sam Nujoma as leader.

As voting starts in Algeria, at least eight people are killed and twenty kidnapped. There are fears that this may slow down the

First British ship pays Egyptian toll for use of the Suez Canal.

Wiseman Ndabezinhle Mbambo, S.A artist, is born at Umgeni Mission Station, Inanda, Natal.

Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (Kobie), Minister of Justice in the previous government, is born in Ladybrand, Orange Free State.

Friedrich Wilhelm Jannasch (76), co-founder of the SA Music Conservatory, dies in Stellenbosch.