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The office of the Minister of Agricultural Economics and Marketing is damaged by an explosion in Pretoria.
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Burundi prime minister, Léopold Biha, is wounded in an attack on the King’s palace by army mutineers.
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Frederick William Beyers, judge and SA minister of mining in 1924 is born in Paarl, Cape Colony.
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The SA government proclaims Martial Law as result of the rebellion on the German South-West border.
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National Eagle Day, organised by the Raptor Conservation Group and short-term insurer SA Eagle,is celebrated.
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The SA Davis Cup tennis team, Bob Hewitt, Frew McMillan and Ray Mordt, beats Italy 4-1 in Ellispark.
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The SA Davis Cup tennis team, Bob Hewitt, Frew McMillan and Ray Mordt, beats Italy 4-1 in Ellispark.
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The 75th anniversary celebration of the Voortrekkers (an Afrikaans youth organisation) ends at the Voortrekker Monument.
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A report compiled by the Detainees’ Parents Support Committee provides detailed evidence of systematic torture as an integral f
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Prof. Christiaan Engelbertus (Chris) Lampbrecht, choir master and adaptor of SA folk music, is born in Bloemfontein.
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The new constitution of South Africa, providing for an executive state president, a parliament with three councils, a central c
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Dingaan Thobela, SA boxing champion, wins the middleweight world champion title of the World Boxing Council (WBC).
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The SA rugby team loses the match in Newlands 5-13 against New Zealand, but shares the series 2-2.
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The SA rugby team plays the second test ever against the British Isles and loses 0-3 in Kimberley.
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Nicolaas Georg (Klaas) Steytler (76), SA author and former editor of Die Huisgenoot, dies in Cape Town.
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Gerald Edward (Boysie) Bond (56), SA cricket player in one test (1938-1939), dies in Cape Town.
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Former SA President F.W. de Klerk resigns as the head of the National Party and leaves politics.
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John Buchan, English author who was also interested in citrus farming in SA, is born in Scotland.
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Dutch authorities launch an informal "fact-finding" inquiry into the anti-apartheid activities of Klaas de Jonge.
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The government prohibits an anti-apartheid conference organised by COSATU and restricts its organisers for ten days.
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The government prohibits an anti-apartheid conference organised by COSATU and restricts its organisers for ten days.
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Great Britain’s Prime Minister John Major pays an official state visit to South Africa and addresses Parliament.
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Charles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, jurist, journalist, politician, farmer and first state president of SA, dies in Bloemfontein.
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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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Sir Christian Ludolph Neethling Felling (48), SA born manager of the railways in Kenya and Uganda, dies.
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Charles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, jurist, journalist, politician, farmer and first state president of SA, dies in Bloemfontein.
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Raymond Francis (Ray) Budd, SA trade unionist who also played a role internationally, dies in Tonbridge, London, England.
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Oregon State legislature rescinded 1987 legislation banning investment of State funds in companies doing business with SA.
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Well-known Blue Bull rugby player, Ettienne Botha, is killed in an accident on the N1 freeway.
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