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Hundreds of Burundians and a few foreigners pack the airport to catch the last commercial flights out of the country as the wor
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At least one PAGAD member is reported arrested on charges of murder and sedition. On the same day PAGAD says it is seeking aid
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Foreign Minister Roelof (Pik) Botha said that the South African Government (SAG) had accepted "in principle" the repo
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The ANC suspends all formal talks with the government and issues a statement explaining why it has suspended talks with the Sou
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Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha, in Vienna to discuss signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, says South Africa has th
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President PW Botha says the 1989 elections will be scrapped and strong measures will be taken against groups having talks with
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SADF soldiers surround the Thaba-Juluba high school in Soweto and arrest 200 students during a clampdown on school boycotts.
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The leader of two independent ‘homelands’, Chief K. Matanzima and President Mangope of Bophuthatswana, support Mr. Botha’s call
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The Foreign Minister of France said at a press conference in Nairobi that no new contract for arms sales to South Africa could
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SA pledges support for US effort to bring about negotiated settlement in Rhodesia.
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During a visit to Paraguay by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs (13-18 Aug.), four agreements on South Afr
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Count Carl Gustav von Rosen, a Swedish pilot, defies Nigerian air defences by flying supplies in to Biafran rebels.
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Umkhonto and ZAPU guerrillas engaged Rhodesian forces in Wankie (now Hwange) Game Reserve, near border of Zambia and Botswana.
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President Habib Ali Bourguiba bans the wearing of mini-skirts in Tunisia.
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Seetsele Modiri (Silas Moliri) Molema, medical doctor, politician and author, dies in Mafeking (Mafikeng). He was the eldes
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Edward Roworth, SA landscape painter, dies in Somerset West.
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The third rugby test of the series between SA and New Zealand ends in a tie with 11 points each.
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The Central African Republic (former Oubangi-Shari) gains independence from France with David Dacko, the cousin of the former P
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The SA rugby team beats New Zealand 12-6 in Johannesburg.
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Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick (Terror) Lekota, SA Minister of Defence since 1999, is born.
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John Meyer, SA portrait painter, is born.
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Fidel Castro, president of Cuba since 1976 who authorised the intervention of Cuban troops in the Angolan Civil War, is born.
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The SA rugby team loses the first test 5-13 against New Zealand.
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Christoffel Frederik Johannes Muller, theological professor at the theological seminary, Stellenbosch, dies in Stellenbosch.
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The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (the future King George V and his wife) arrive in Durban for a quick royal visit to N
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Battle of Elands River: One of Col. Hore’s men, having sneaked through the besieger’s lines, reaches the Brit
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Jacob Hendrik (Henk) Pierneef, SA landscape painter, is born in Johannesburg.
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Pedi King Sekhukhune I, together with fourteen advisers, are assassinated at the behest of Mampuru, Sekhukhune’s half-brother a
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Wilhelm A. Alheit, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, is ordained.
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