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The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church merge to form the United Methodist Church.
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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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Bambatha Rebellion:Over 7,000 British troops are called out to quell Zulu aggression in Natal.
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Libya joins the United Arab Republic (Egypt, Iraq, and Syria) to form a Federation of Arab Republics.
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The government presents proposals to improve basic working conditions and encourage greater labour flexibility. Labour Minister
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Letter from Dr. A. B. Xuma, President-General of ANC to the Chairman of General Assembly, 9 January 1946
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B.J. Vorster states that he is prepared to meet demands that mixed sports should be allowed.
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Halley’s comet reaches the closest point to the earth since 1837, only 22 million km off.
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The Prohibition of Political Interference Act, which bans racially mixed political parties, is to be repealed.
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The Publications and Entertainments Amendment Bill gives the Publications Control Board powers to prohibit subsequent editions
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The Free Burghers sign a petition asking Jan van Riebeeck to act against the ‘Kaapmans’ (Khoi-Khoi).
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Twelve people are killed in Tokoza, East Rand, in conflict linked to SDU factions in Katlehong.
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Paulus Johannes Hartogh, the first baby to be born on the Witwatersrand, is born in Ferreiraskamp.
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Minister’s surprise visit to KZN hospital gets thumbs up from patients and staff by Zingisile Mapazi
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The Natal legislative council passes a law to institute responsible government i.e. becoming a Self-governing territory. Two m
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Karl Gottlieb Mauch, the first man to discover gold in SA, is born in Stetten, Wurtemberg.
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Sathyadranath Rugunanan Maharaj (Mac), National Executive Committee member of the African National Congress, 1985, returns to S
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The Foreign Minister announces that South Africa and Lesotho have decided to establish reciprocal consular representation.
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Cosatu describes the privatisation of public corporations as ‘theft’ in its May Day message to members.
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South Africa’s diplomatic representation in Taiwan has been raised from Consulate-General to full ambassadorial level.
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Dr Anna Petronella van Heerden, the first Afrikaner lady to qualify as medical doctor, is born.
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The South African government submits its proposal for an interim constitution for South Africa to CODESA.
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The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church merge to form the United Methodist Church.
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The Minister of Native Affairs is empowered to banish persons without right of trial or appeal.
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Jim Mollison completes his epic flight from England to Cape Town in just over 114 hours.
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President F. W. de Klerk announces the opening of four hitherto Whites-only residential areas to mixed settlement.
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The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to impose an immediate arms embargo on Ivory Coast.
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The Pan-Africanist Congress rejects the government’s invitation to negotiations. Newly elected PAC president, Clarence Makwetu,
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President De Klerk issues a statement that the National Security Management System (NSMS) is to be disbanded.
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