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World Tourism Day.
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On the last day of the Athens Paralympic Games, Malcolm Pringle follows up his 800m golden world record with a silver medal in
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According to Alex Holmes, chairperson of the South African Arms and Ammunition Dealers Association, five retailers have gone ba
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Nigeria’s first satellite is launched into space from northern Russia.
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak wins his fourth six-year term, taking nearly 94 percent of the vote in a referendum on his pre
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Twenty-six elderly tourists from Britain and a South African tour guide are killed in a bus accident near Lydenburg.
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Judge Jefferys (62), SA athlete, dies in a car accident in Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal.
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The UN Security Council bans sales of arms and fuel to the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) because
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A Nigerian military-transport plane crashes shortly after taking off from Lagos September 27, killing all 163 people on board.
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At a meeting held in Ulundi, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi warns that the deals struck between
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The ANC and the SA government reach a compromise at their summit meeting in Johannesburg.
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Demonstration in or near Court Buildings Prohibition Act No 10, prohibiting certain public gatherings and demonstrations, comme
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The first Turkish Consul-General in SA assumes his post.
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United States Government decides to grant 12.5 million rand to ANC and 7 million rand to Inkatha.
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Oliver Tambo, president of the ANC, denies that it is in contact with the South African government.
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A British newspaper reports heavy fighting between Angolan government forces and Unita, in which SA is allegedly taking part.
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Brian Mitchell, SA junior lightweight champion, wins the World Boxing Association (WBA) title by beating Alfredo Layne of Panam
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The Minister of Community Development, Marais Steyn, announces that restaurants may open to all races without having to apply f
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A Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry has found no irregularities in the accounts of the Department of Information. However a w
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The SA Vaal departs for the last time from Table Bay harbour to England.
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The fishing trawler Disa is sunk after a collision at Green Point, Cape Town, killing ten people.
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Jordan’s King Hussein and Al Fatah guerrilla leader Yasser Arafat meet in Cairo with ten Arab chiefs of state and sign agreemen
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The United Nations General Assembly votes by 114 votes to two (South Africa and Portugal), with three abstentions (Britain, Fra
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Dr Margaret Roach (Killie) Campbell (84), collector of Africana, dies in Durban.
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The Danish Foreign Minister states in the United Nations General Assembly that the Scandinavian Foreign Ministers have refused
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Sierra Leone becomes the 100th member of the United Nations (UN).
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Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser announces that Czechoslovakia has signed a barter agreement to exchange arms in return for
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Brian Brooke, founder of the first professional English theatrical company in SA, is born in Sabie, eastern Transvaal (Mpumalan
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The policy of concentration camps is officially sanctioned by Lord Roberts.
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