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Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi becomes Kenya’s second president, following the death of Jomo Kenyatta on 22 August 1978.
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The Egyptians and Syrians launch surprise attacks on Israel on Yom Kippur day, catching Israel almost totally by surprise and s
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The Minister of State of the Ivory Coast, Koffia Ndia, visits South Africa, reaffirming the country’s commitment to dialogue.
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A Bill is introduced into the Lesotho parliament providing for the extradition of fugitives from the Republic of South Africa.
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Takalani Madima, advocate and expert on Labour Law and Industrial Relations is born in Sibasa, Venda (Limpopo).
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Sisulu is sentenced to R30-00 or 90 days imprisonment because he is not in possession of a reference book.
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Schalk Burger, SA Springbok rugby player, is born.
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The Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge (FAK), institutes its medal of honour for services to the people.
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Gustav Schoeman Preller (68), journalist, cultural leader and first Afrikaans literary critic, dies in Pelindaba, near Pretoria
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Willie Smith, bantamweight boxing champion of SA, wins the world champion title. (British version).
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Henrietta Stockdale (64), SA nursing pioneer, dies in Kimberley.
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The railway line between Cape Town and Beira in Mozambique, 3 200 km, is completed.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: After the closure of the mines more than 7 000 Black mineworkers, escorted by Mr J.J. Marwick, representative
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Jan Bantjes, Voortrekker teacher of Paul Kruger and M.W. Pretorius, dies.
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British mission to subdue Sekhukhune is abandoned after having failed with much loss of life on both sides. He was ultimately d
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Gen. Christiaan Botha, younger brother of Gen. Louis Botha, is born in Greytown, Natal.
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Elizabeth Bosman, early SA author and religious poet, is born in Drakenstein, Cape.
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The Directors of the Dutch East India Company (Heeren XVII or Lords Seventeen) propose Hout Bay to Jan van Riebeeck as a possib
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World Teachers’ Day.
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President Thabo Mbeki pays a one-day state visit to Ghana.
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Fifty-seven people drown when a heavily loaded ferry capsizes on the Kaduna River in northern Nigeria.
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Sixteen schoolchildren and their bus driver are killed in Algeria when their bus is sprayed by gunfire at a false road block.
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Exchange of notes with Pakistan on the establishment of bilateral relations.
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ANC leaders meet homeland leaders in Soweto. All except KwaZulu’s Mangosuthu Buthelezi agree to act together in deciding princi
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Business Day reports that an executive director of the Rembrandt Group, Johann Rupert, spoke out against apartheid at the South
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Business Day reports that a visa was granted to Mrs Sheila Suttner, mother of recently released detainee Raymond Suttner, on co
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The European Economic Community calls for the immediate withdrawal of South African troops from Angola.
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President P.W. Botha decides against scrapping the Separate Amenities Act, but agrees that some residential areas can be opened
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Louis le Grange states that the South African Defence Force units will be deployed increasingly in a supportive role to the pol
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