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Dr Emil Cohen, geologist and discoverer of the first gold deposits at Lydenburg, northern Transvaal, is born in Denmark.
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Commander Simon van der Stel, accompanied by his six children and his wife’s sister, is welcomed at the Cape by Hendrik Crudop,
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Zacharias Wagenaer (54), commander of the Cape, dies in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Equatorial Guinea Independence Day.
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Four men are arrested after a shoot-out between robbers and security guards in central Johannesburg on the previous day left a
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Ten-year-old Liam Aspeling is snatched from a car by a gang of five in front of his home in Ennerdale, south of Johannesburg. T
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The corruption case against former deputy president Jacob Zuma is postponed to November 12 in Durban magistrate’s court. Af
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Statistics SA leads the Interdepartmental Task Team on Mortality to give effect to a Cabinet decision to prioritise work on the
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Free trade between SA and the European Union realises with the signing of the Trade, Development and Co-operation Agreement (TD
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The long trial of former Defence Minister, General Magnus Malan, ends.
The long trial of former Defence Minister, General Magnus Malan, ends. Malan and other former military officials are cleared of all charges relating to the…
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The Constitutional Assembly approves final amendments to the new SA Constitution. The changes are approved by 369 votes to one,
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SA signs financial protocol with the government of France; also signs agreement with the government of France concerning the re
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The Rev. Allan Hendrickse steps down after fourteen years as leader of the Labour Party.
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The ANC accuses President F.W. de Klerk of a breach of confidentiality and unilaterally releases the details of its meeting wit
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President F.W. de Klerk meets the leaders of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) at the Union Buildings, Pretoria.
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Up to 85 000 people march against the Labour Relations Amendment Act in Uitenhage and demand an end to apartheid.
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Former United States army analyst Thomas Dolce pleads guilty before a US court to supplying a wide range of defence secrets to
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The office of the Windhoek newspaper Namibian is devastated by fire. The ‘Wit Wolwe’ (White Wolves), an ultra-right organis
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The UN holds an International Day of Solidarity with South African political prisoners.
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Mother Teresa escapes unhurt from a plane crash in Tanzania, which kills six.
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Anti-apartheid leader Allan Boesak says that the United Democratic Front (UDF) will campaign against South African Army conscri
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In a provisional White Paper on the De Lange education report, the government reaffirms its commitment to the policy of separat
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At a special meeting of the General Assembly, the United Nations gave awards to the following seven persons in recognition of t
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SA signs visa agreement with Iran.
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The General Assembly adopts resolution 1881(XVIII) requesting the Government of South Africa to abandon the "Rivonia trial
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Foreign Minister E. Louw defends South Africa’s apartheid policy in the United Nations against African criticism. On the same d
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Second interim report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the Security Council resolution of 1 April.
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Deon Lotter, SA rugby Springbok, is born in Stellenbosch.
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Avashoni Mainganye, SA artist who writes poetry, and works as a photographer, painter, printmaker and sculptor, is born Tshivas
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