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The British settlement in Sierra Leone is founded. Britain says it is to provide a home in Africa for freed slaves and homeless
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The Chamber of 17, executive body of the Dutch East India Company decides to establish a refreshment post at the Cape after stu
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Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele claims the Olympic men’s 10,000 metres gold in the Athens Olympic Games. His mentor Haile Gebrselass
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Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele claims the Olympic men’s 10,000 metres gold in the Athens Olympic Games. His mentor Haile Gebrselass
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SA wins the 2004 Tri-Nations rugby championship by beating Australia 23-19 in Durban. http://www.news24.com
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Documents released by the National Security Archive, a U.S.-based research organisation, show US officials knew of the Rwandan
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Gen. Constand Viljoen is re-elected as leader of the Vryheidsfront with a bare majority of one when he receives twenty-two vote
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Former Pres. P.W. Botha is found guilty by the Regional Court in George of omission to appear in person before the Truth and Re
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A tour guide, Charles Swart, is killed by a leopard in the Kruger National Park.
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Angolan troops enter the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) war on Laurent Kabila’s side.
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Former President F.W. de Klerk tells the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that he reiterates his apologies for suffering cau
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The last French troops pull out of Rwanda, ending their controversial humanitarian mission.
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The SA rugby team loses the third test in Sydney 12-19 and the series against Australia 2-1.
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A US cargo plane carrying 10 tons of food sweeps into Wajir, Kenya, to relieve famine in the Horn of Africa.
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ANC Secretary-General Cyril Ramaphosa met with Constitutional Affairs Minister Roelf Meyer to discuss possible compromises on A
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African National Congress headquarters would remain in Zambia "until the day of liberation", says Zambian President K
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The Assembly of Heads of State of OAU, meeting in Harare, adopted a declaration suggested by ANC
The Assembly of Heads of State of OAU, meeting in Harare, adopted a declaration suggested by ANC, on South Africa, recognising that possibilities existed for a…
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Democratic Turnhalle Alliance vice-president Mishake Muyongo escapes an apparent assassination attempt after two hand grenades
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Gas belching from the volcanic Lake Nyos in the remote mountains of Cameroon kills more than 1,200 people and injures 500.
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King Sobuza II of Swaziland dies.
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The United States and Somalia sign an agreement giving US naval and air forces access to military facilities in the East Africa
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John Erskine (Jack) Cheetham (60), SA cricket player in 24 test matches, dies in Johannesburg.
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The State President Dr. Nicolaas J. Diederichs dies of a heart attack in Cape Town. Following an earlier heart attack on 12 Aug
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UN-sponsored conference on Lagos condemns apartheid but falls short of calling for complete economic en military boycott of SA.
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The leaders of seven of the country’s nine Black homelands i.e. all except Chiefs Matanzima (Transkei) and Mangope (Bophuthatsw
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Two oil tankers collide on sea near Stilbaai. The Texanita explodes and sinks and the Oswego Guardian is severely damaged.
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The SA rugby Springbok team loses the second test against New Zealand 13-0.
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SAA diverts from its regular flights to Europe via the east coast of Africa and switches over to the Atlantic route to fly to E
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Jomo Kenyatta is freed after serving nine years in prison for his part in the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya.
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