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At least four policemen are apparently arrested and questioned about a burglary last week from the safes of the SAPS serious an
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The UN Security Council votes unanimously to send a peacekeeping force to Congo’s north-eastern Ituri province. The European Un
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Dr Jan Pickard (70), honorary life chairman of the Western Province Rugby Union, dies in Cape Town.
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US Marines evacuate 900 civilians from Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, wracked by looting and violence after a military
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SA beats Romania 21-8 in the World Cup rugby tournament.
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Group Areas Amendment Act No 101 commences.
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The Appeal Court hands down a landmark decision in the case Rikhoto v. East Rand Administration Board (ERAB)
The Appeal Court hands down a landmark decision in the case Rikhoto v. East Rand Administration Board (ERAB) granting him the right to permanent urban status…
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SA wins the first rugby test match against Ireland in Cape Town 23-15.
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State President M. Viljoen describes the twenty years since South Africa became a Republic as a ‘golden era’.
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National Security Intelligence and National Security Council Act No 4 commences.
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Following fierce opposition to the Advocate General’s Bill, the government refers it to a Parliamentary Select Committee.
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The Minister of Justice announces that the Christian Institute has been declared an affected organisation under the Affected Or
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South Africa tells Britain that unless the Wasp helicopter is delivered, the Simonstown Agreement on naval cooperation will hav
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Following the elections, ten new senators are chosen and appointed by the Prime Minister, on the same day that the electoral co
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Egypt’s President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Jordan’s King Hussein sign a mutual defence treaty, prompting Israel to strike pre-emp
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The Eastern region of Nigeria, Biafra, secedes from the country.
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An unsuccessful coup attempt against General Mobutu takes place in the Congo (now Zaire).
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The leader of the Basutoland National Party, Chief Leabua Jonathan, indicates that Basutoland is so economically dependent on S
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Transkei Constitution Act No 48 commences, giving self-government to Transkei.
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The Union of South Africa officially ceases to exist at midnight.
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The Afrikaans language festival, “Die Wonder van Afrikaans” which started on April 6 in Cape Town, ends at the Voortrekker monu
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Anna (Sister Annie) Tempo, community and social worker and founder of ‘Nanny House’ for destitute girls on the streets of Cape
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WWII: East Africa. Japanese submarines shell Sydney and Diego Suarez naval bases on Madagascar.
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Simon Hulumeni Gumede, Zulu chief and Minister of Works in the KwaZulu Government, 1983, is born in the Ubombo district, KwaZul
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Southern Rhodesia becomes a self-governing colony with the first meeting of its National Assembly.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The officially reported Black concentration camp population in the sixty-six Black camps reach 115,700. 523
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The officially reported camp population of the White concentration camps is 116, 572 and the deaths for May a
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Lady Edward (Violet) Cecil writes to Lord Salisbury on the conditions in Bloemfontein: “Far more people have
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Anglo-Boer War 2: President Kruger leaves Pretoria for Machadodorp, the newly declared capital of the ZAR. He leaves his inva
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