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South African artist and eminent portrait painter Neville Lewis is born in Cape Town. (Among his sitters were Field-Marshal Mon
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Dr James Barry, physician at the Cape who performed the first successful Caesarean, leaves the Cape for Mauritius.
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Twelve people are arrested in Ouagadougou for allegedly plotting to overthrow President Blaise Compaoré.
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Twelve people are arrested in Ouagadougou for allegedly plotting to overthrow President Blaise Compaoré.
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Treatment Action Campaign chairperson Zackie Achmat starts antiretroviral therapy but lives with the guilt of having access to
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Treatment Action Campaign chairperson Zackie Achmat starts antiretroviral therapy but lives with the guilt of having access to
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At least one-fifth of South Africa’s military is infected with the virus that causes AIDS, and Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota
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Dmitri Tsafendas (81), murderer of SA Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd in 1966, dies in the Sterkfontein psychiatric hospital on th
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Dmitri Tsafendas (81), murderer of SA Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd in 1966, dies in the Sterkfontein psychiatric hospital on th
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Nine people are killed on the N1 between Bloemfontein and Winburg when a lorry runs into the back of a stationary bus.
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Nine people are killed on the N1 between Bloemfontein and Winburg when a lorry runs into the back of a stationary bus.
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Viagra, the alleged wonder cure for impotence, is sanctioned by the SA Medicine Control Board.
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Inkatha withdraws again from the Constitutional Assembly, indicating it is considering reviving its demand for international me
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Inkatha withdraws again from the Constitutional Assembly, indicating it is considering reviving its demand for international me
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The Freedom Alliance is formed. It seeks to gain concession on federalism from the ANC and to displace the National Party.
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Twenty (or eighteen) mourners die in Katlehong, East Rand, when gunmen open fire at Sam Ntuli’s funeral.
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Twenty (or eighteen) mourners die in Katlehong, East Rand, when gunmen open fire at Sam Ntuli’s funeral.
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Dr Cedric Namedi Phatudi, Chief Minister of Lebowa since 1973 dies in Lebowakgomo. Date is given as 7 October 1989 by H.T. Coop
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Stella Sigcau, eldest daughter of Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau, former State President of Transkei, becomes third Prime Ministe
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Egypt’s vice president Hosni Mubarak is nominated as successor to slain President Anwar Sadat.
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Egypt’s vice president Hosni Mubarak is nominated as successor to slain President Anwar Sadat.
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Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith visits the United States, challenging officials to support his plan for the transition of go
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Public Security Act No 30 commences.
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A government notice gazetted on this date provides for the establishment of an Ndebele Tribal Authority.
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SA signs regional agreement on low frequency and medium frequency broadcasting in ITU regions 1 and 3.
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A delegation of British Trade Union leaders carry out an intensive programme of visits and talks (7-20 October), investigating
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Habib Mohamed (A.M.) Rajab, trader who possessed the biggest collection of oriental art in SA, and remembered for his role in p
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SWAPO claims it was not responsible for placing landmines in the Caprivi Strip and that the guerrillas were not operating from
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The government announces the twenty nominated members of the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council for the four provinces. T
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