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Holy Roman Empire fleet captures vessel Port of Africa at Mehedia in Tunis, naval headquarters of Turkish corsair Dragut.
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International Day of Peace Vigil.
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Catherine Labuschagne 25 makes history when she becomes the first woman fighter pilot in the world to fly a Gripen fighter jet
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Beverly Mashinini wins a bronze medal in the Athens Paralympic Games.
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Wheelchair athlete Ernst van Dyk, cut off from a certain gold medal by Mexico’s Saul Mendoza in the 1 500m final Athens Pa
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Australia comes first in the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, winning 199 medals; England wins 136, Canada 99 and SA ends fi
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Government releases its White Paper on the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP).
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Twenty people die in Kliprivier when gunmen, travelling in two minibuses, open fire on vehicles and pedestrians.
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The Goldstone Commission of Inquiry issues an Interim report on hostels, in which it recommends that those hostels associated w
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President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela, leader of the ANC agree, at a peace summit, to resume constitutional negotiations t
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Charles Taylor, leader of a Liberian rebel faction, announces a unilateral cease-fire set to take effect the next day.
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Charles Taylor, leader of a Liberian rebel faction, announces a unilateral cease-fire set to take effect the next day.
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The government prohibits an anti-apartheid conference organised by COSATU and restricts its organisers for ten days.
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The government prohibits an anti-apartheid conference organised by COSATU and restricts its organisers for ten days.
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A limpet-mine explosion injures nineteen people, two seriously, at a bus terminus in central Johannesburg.
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Mbuyiselo Mbotya (35) affiliated to KWT Youth League/UDF, dies in custody from head injuries in King William’s Town.
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Mbuyiselo Mbotya (35) affiliated to KWT Youth League/UDF, dies in custody from head injuries in King William’s Town.
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Leaders of Syria, Algeria, South Yemen, Libya and Palestine Liberation Organisation announce in Damascus, Syria, they are sever
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Seven more people are detained in Venda since the opposition Venda Independence Party won a majority of elected seats in the Le
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Seven more people are detained in Venda since the opposition Venda Independence Party won a majority of elected seats in the Le
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South Africa announces an 18 percent devaluation of its currency.
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South Africa announces an 18 percent devaluation of its currency.
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The leader of the opposition United Party presents the party’s Race Federation Program to delegates to the Natal Congress.
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The leader of the opposition United Party presents the party’s Race Federation Program to delegates to the Natal Congress.
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United Nations deploys 4 000 troops to Katanga to prevent the massacre of Baluba tribesmen by provincial troops and police in C
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United Nations deploys 4 000 troops to Katanga to prevent the massacre of Baluba tribesmen by provincial troops and police in C
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Omar Aboobaker Latiff, lecturer, chair of Umgeni Water, Pietermaritzburg and member of several boards and associations, is born
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Police raids throughout South Africa on trade unions, Springbok Legion, Friends of the Soviet Union, Communist Party, etc.
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Police raids throughout South Africa on trade unions, Springbok Legion, Friends of the Soviet Union, Communist Party, etc.
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