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Death in Black and White: Suicide, Statistics, and Race in Natal, 1880-1916 by Julie Parle

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Violence erupts when 50 000 (or 100 000 according to police) residents from GaRankuwa, Mabopane, Soshanguve and areas in the Od

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During a week-long meeting in Vereeniging by branches of the family of Dutch Reformed Churches, members of the White Nederduits

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The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the ANC issue a joi

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The State of Emergency imposed on 21 July 1985, is lifted.

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The Commission of Inquiry into the constitutional, political, economic and social development of Natal/KwaZulu, set up by Chief

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Six Front Line States meet in Maputo and decide to coordinate further their military and economic policies to counter South Afr

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Saudi Arabia announces it will give one billion dollars in aid to Africa.

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The Defence Amendment Bill, first published on 31 January 1977, becomes law. Under it the State President is empowered to invok

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The Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, Dr Albert Hertzog, confirms that the government’s policy regarding television is unchange

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Job Masego, WW2 veteran who sunk a German supply boat while a prisoner of war after the capture of Tobruk, dies in Springs, Tvl

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. De la Rey defeats and captures Gen. Methuen in the Battle of Tweebosch (or De Klipdrift) in Western Tran

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Poplar Grove (or Modderrivierspoort) takes place. President Paul Kruger escapes with the help o

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During the second invasion of Abyssinia by Egypt, the Egyptian forces are defeated at Gura by the Ethiopians under King Yohanne

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Joseph Burt Davey, SA agrostologist and botanist, is born in Derbyshire, England.

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British Kafraria becomes a province with its own administration under Lt.-Col. John MacLean as lieutenant governor.

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The SA film Tsotsi, starring young actors Presley Chweneyagae and Terry Pheto and directed by Gavin Woods, receives the Oscar f

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Bertie van Zyl (72), biggest tomato farmer in the world and owner of tomato farm ZZ2, dies in a Pretoria hospital.

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South Africa’s Ernie Els sinks a magnificent 18-footer for eagle-three at the last to win the Dubai Desert Classic for the thir

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Twenty-five people are injured when 50&nbsp;000 people attempt to squeeze into a 25&nbsp;000-capacity soccer stadium in Antanan

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An Algerian passenger jet crashes in the Sahara Desert shortly after takeoff, killing 116 people.

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Lucas Radebe, SA born soccer star, twists his right knee in a Champions League game against Real Madrid, barring him from playi

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A Pretoria businessman Ian Macfarlane, his wife Francis and his father Boyd, disappear on a helicopter flight between Plettenbe

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Berna Ackerman from Bloemfontein is awarded the ATKV Prose Prize (R20 000) for her novel Liesbet Delport se oorlogsboek.

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Bruce Grobbelaar, a former SA coach, Hans Segers, and John Fashanu are exonerated on charges of manipulating soccer results, be

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The Commissioner for Correctional Services, Mr. K. Sithole, discusses the possibility of incarcerating the worst criminals in d

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Somali warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid rejects a peace agreement reached by 12 other faction leaders in Cairo.

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Death in Black and White: Suicide, Statistics, and Race in Natal, 1880-1916 by Julie Parle

Violence erupts when 50 000 (or 100 000 according to police) residents from GaRankuwa, Mabopane, Soshanguve and areas in the Od

During a week-long meeting in Vereeniging by branches of the family of Dutch Reformed Churches, members of the White Nederduits

The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the ANC issue a joi

The State of Emergency imposed on 21 July 1985, is lifted.

The Commission of Inquiry into the constitutional, political, economic and social development of Natal/KwaZulu, set up by Chief

Six Front Line States meet in Maputo and decide to coordinate further their military and economic policies to counter South Afr

Saudi Arabia announces it will give one billion dollars in aid to Africa.

The Defence Amendment Bill, first published on 31 January 1977, becomes law. Under it the State President is empowered to invok

The Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, Dr Albert Hertzog, confirms that the government’s policy regarding television is unchange

Job Masego, WW2 veteran who sunk a German supply boat while a prisoner of war after the capture of Tobruk, dies in Springs, Tvl

A bus boycott is staged in Atteridgeville, Pretoria.

WWII: British troops invade Italian-occupied Abyssinia, now Ethiopia.

Hannes Harrs, S.A sculptor, is born in Eckernf&amp;ouml;rde, Germany.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. De la Rey defeats and captures Gen. Methuen in the Battle of Tweebosch (or De Klipdrift) in Western Tran

Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Poplar Grove (or Modderrivierspoort) takes place. President Paul Kruger escapes with the help o

During the second invasion of Abyssinia by Egypt, the Egyptian forces are defeated at Gura by the Ethiopians under King Yohanne

Joseph Burt Davey, SA agrostologist and botanist, is born in Derbyshire, England.

British Kafraria becomes a province with its own administration under Lt.-Col. John MacLean as lieutenant governor.

The SA film Tsotsi, starring young actors Presley Chweneyagae and Terry Pheto and directed by Gavin Woods, receives the Oscar f

Bertie van Zyl (72), biggest tomato farmer in the world and owner of tomato farm ZZ2, dies in a Pretoria hospital.

South Africa’s Ernie Els sinks a magnificent 18-footer for eagle-three at the last to win the Dubai Desert Classic for the thir

Twenty-five people are injured when 50&amp;nbsp;000 people attempt to squeeze into a 25&amp;nbsp;000-capacity soccer stadium in Antanan

An Algerian passenger jet crashes in the Sahara Desert shortly after takeoff, killing 116 people.

Lucas Radebe, SA born soccer star, twists his right knee in a Champions League game against Real Madrid, barring him from playi

A Pretoria businessman Ian Macfarlane, his wife Francis and his father Boyd, disappear on a helicopter flight between Plettenbe

Berna Ackerman from Bloemfontein is awarded the ATKV Prose Prize (R20 000) for her novel Liesbet Delport se oorlogsboek.

Bruce Grobbelaar, a former SA coach, Hans Segers, and John Fashanu are exonerated on charges of manipulating soccer results, be

The Commissioner for Correctional Services, Mr. K. Sithole, discusses the possibility of incarcerating the worst criminals in d

Somali warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid rejects a peace agreement reached by 12 other faction leaders in Cairo.

Hannes Harrs, S.A sculptor, is born in Eckernförde, Germany.

Twenty-five people are injured when 50 000 people attempt to squeeze into a 25 000-capacity soccer stadium in Antanan