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Dutch authorities launch an informal "fact-finding" inquiry into the anti-apartheid activities of Klaas de Jonge.
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SA signs treaty with Malawi providing for the training of nurses from Malawi in South Africa.
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A force of about fifty armed dissidents infiltrate the Togolese capital of Lome in an attempt to topple President Gnassingbe Ey
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Gerrie Coetzee, SA heavyweight boxing champion, wins the World Boxing Association (WBA) title in the US by knocking out America
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The Rand Supreme Court rules that Blacks from the homelands can establish the right to reside permanently in towns in White Sou
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Jacobus J. (Jim) Fouché (82), former SA state president, dies in Cape Town.
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The world press speculates that a bright flash detected by an American satellite between SA and the Antarctic was caused by a S
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Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat returns home to a hero’s welcome after Camp David summit resulting in an agreement on a framework
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The Netherlands government suspends its cultural agreement with South Africa and proposed visits by several other Dutch groups
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Renewed rioting breaks out in Johannesburg. The Minister of Information, Dr. Connie Mulder, warns of tougher measures, includin
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The United States government officially advises American companies operating in South Africa to negotiate with (unregistered) A
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James (Sofasonke – meaning ‘We shall all die’) Mpanza, politician and founder of the Sofasonke Party and a champion for bette
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Addressing a National Party rally at Volksrust, the Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster says that South Africa’s fight against foreign
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At the World Health Organisation’s Regional Conference for Africa, in Geneva, twenty-six African delegates leave the opening se
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The United Arab Republic Ministry of Economy announces that all economic ties with South Africa will be severed.
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The Department of Native Affairs is renamed as the Department of Bantu Administration and Development, with its main aim to pro
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Britain and France submit Suez Canal dispute to the UN Security Council.
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Col. Sir David Harris (90), soldier, politician, mining magnate and director of De Beers, dies in Kimberley.
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Olga Kirsch, SA poet who immigrated to Israel, is born in Koppies, OFS.
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Women protests take place in the Free State, led by Charlotte Maxeke resisting government attempts to impose passes on women.
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Gen. Christiaan Frederik Beyers, Boer general, is born in Stellenbosch.
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Anna (Sister Annie) Tempo, founder of ‘Nanny House’ for destitute girls on the streets of Cape Town, is born in Cape Town. Her
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Gerhardus Marthinus (Gert) Maritz (41), Voortrekker leader, dies at Sooilaer, Natal.
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World Maritime Day.
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Teboho Mokgalagadi, with his hair dyed golden, wins a Paralympic world record gold medal 100m sprints in his first internationa
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Denel, SA’s state-owned defence and aerospace group, announces that it has been awarded contracts amounting to $2 million (abou
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Liberian rebel leader Sekou Conneh returns to the country from Guinea-Conakry.
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The UN and UNAIDS, its Aids programme, issues a progress report on how member nations were adhering to commitments made during
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Twelve people die in a collision between an Inter Cape bus and a truck near Prince Albert Road in the Karoo.
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