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The death toll in the ambush of a refugee train by Angolan rebels rises to 252 after rescue workers identify 100 more bodies.
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An armed group kills 29 people in south-western Algeria in the worst violence since President Abdelaziz Bouteflika took office
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In a Tri-Nation test match the SA rugby team comes back from 5-25 and beats New Zealand 24-23 on King’s Park, Durban.
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Pakistan hands over to Kenya a suspect, who reportedly, confessed to involvement in the bombing of the US Embassy in Nairobi ei
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Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Velayati, visits South Africa in connection with South Africa’s agreement to store and mark
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Carlos the Jackal, freelance terrorist, is arrested in Sudan and flown to Paris for trial. He is eventually sentenced to life i
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A controversy erupts at a Johannesburg rugby match when thousands of White South Africans sing the national anthem during a mom
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The Springbok rugby team loses 24-27 against New Zealand in Johannesburg.
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The South African Government, ANC and IFP agree on a draft National Peace Accord that they described as "a firm foundation
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At least 150 Blacks die in violence in Black townships near Johannesburg, between supporters of the ANC and Inkatha Freedom Par
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F.W. de Klerk is appointed and inaugurated as acting state president after the resignation of Pres. Botha the previous day. S
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South African President P. W. Botha, in his ‘Rubicon Speech’, rejects Western pleas to abolish apartheid, and declares, ‘I am n
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Joshua Mqabuko Nyangolo Nkomo, considered by many to be the true hero of the Zimbabwean independence struggle, returns to Harar
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The Lesotho Foreign Ministry appeals for international help to stop South Africa applying an economic squeeze designed to force
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South Africa loses the first rugby test in Christchurch against New Zealand 9-14.
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The office of a member of the Prime Ministers’ team, responsible for drawing up plans for a Southern African ‘constellation of
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Addressing the National Party’s Natal Provincial Congress in Durban, the Prime Minister puts forward a twelve-point plan for ac
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Elections are held in Venda (15-16 Aug). Traditionalist Chief Patrick R. Mphephu is returned to power despite electoral victory
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Hester Elizabeth Cornelius, national organiser and branch secretary of the Garment Workers’ Union, dies in Honeydew, Johannesbu
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Several pamphlet bombs, scattering ANC pamphlets, explode in a number of cities.
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Prof. Gustav Bernhard August Gerdener (86), theologian and historian, dies in Stellenbosch.
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The Minister of Defence, Fouche, announces that private enterprise will be responsible for the manufacture of aircraft for the
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Fulbert Youlou, first president (1960–63) of Congo (Brazzaville) is replaced by Alphonse Massamba-Debat, following a military
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The Liquor Laws Amendment Bill, under which Africans are for the first time allowed to buy liquor freely, comes into effect.
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An electoral alliance is announced between the United Party (UP) and the National Union (NU) in Bloemfontein, in a form of a ni
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Congo-Brazzaville declares itself independent of France (Moyen Congo) as the newly instituted Republic of Congo with Fulbert Yo
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Madimetsa Michael Teffo, S.A artist, is born in Pretoria.
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WW 2: The Allied forces land in southern France.
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John Cranko, SA born ballet dancer and choreographer of the Ballet school of the Wurtemberg State Opera in Stuttgart, Germany,
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