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Welfare and Population Development Minister, Abe Williams, resigns in the face of corruption allegations relating to missing pe
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National Security Amendment Act No 35, empowering police officers to detain and interrogate persons suspected of having committ
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The Committee of Commonwealth Foreign Ministers, meeting in London, issues a statement to the effect that sanctions against Sou
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The Commission, headed by S.L. Muller and appointed to study political interference and representation of population groups, pu
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Thirteen rioters die when police fire shots to disperse a large crowd storming a bottle store in KwaZekele, Port Elizabeth.
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Libyan radio calls for Arab suicide squads to strike US embassies and other interests "wherever they may be."
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The opposition moves to impeach President Vorster for his controversial intervention. However it requires the signature of thir
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Pedestrian Week (25-31 March) during Alive Pedestrian Month starts, aiming to raise public awareness around pedestrian issues.
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SA signs amendment with Great Britain to the agreement on civil air services signed on 26 October 1945.
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The UN High Commissioner for Refugees estimates it will cost $40m to repatriate South Africa’s 40 000 exiles.
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South Africa signs multilateral treaty embodying results of the 1960-61 Tariff Conference pertaining to the General Agreement o
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The Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, to which SA is a party, is signed in Vienna.
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A statement by Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Ghana National Assembly indicates a readiness to visit South Africa.
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The Forest Industries Education and Training Authority (FIETA) is established. Its function is to run leadership programmes and
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The Transkei Territorial Authority, instituted in 1956 to replace the former Bunga, becomes an all-Black administrative body.
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Relative calm returns to Algeria after cease-fire, ending seven years of warfare between French and Algerian Nationalists.
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The Defence Minister, J.J. Fouché, gives the Senate details of South Africa’s defence programme and replies to statement
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United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan addresses parliament in Cape Town. He urges African leaders to improve conditions i
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President Mangope extends the state of emergency, declared in four districts on 7 March, to the whole Bophuthatswana homeland.
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Burundi authorities arrest five people, including two soldiers, after they attempted to kill Burundian leader Maj. Pierre Buyoy
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The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions submits a memorandum to the UN General Assembly calling for economic sanct
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President Mandela undergoes three days (5-7 March) of intensive medical checks to counter rumours concerning the state of his h
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South Africa signs a multilateral declaration on the provisional accession of Iceland to the General Agreement on Tariffs and T
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Soviet dictator Josef Stalin dies. Some 2 000 people are crushed to death in the crowd during the funeral.
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Several hundred political prisoners begin a hunger strike at Robben Island, the country’s highest-security prison, to demand th
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National Police Commissioner George Fivaz announces plans to restructure the South African Police Service (SAPS) and later seek
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The US government approves a screening test for Aids that detects antibodies to the virus, allowing possibly contaminated blood
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The inquest into Dr. Aggett’s death begins. It is immediately adjourned for six weeks, to allow further investigation.
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South Africa ends eighty-four years of control over Walvis Bay by handing the port over to Namibia.
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