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Egypt agrees to a British plan to dam the White Nile in Uganda.
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White women are enfranchised in South Africa.
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Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (81), first president of the ZAR, dies in Potchefstroom.
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On behalf of the British government Sir Arthur Havelock, the Natal governor, annexes Zululand. The date is respectively giv
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Sir Christoffel Joseph Brand (77), first speaker of the Cape parliament, dies in Cape Town.
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The Rev. Willem Johannes Conradie, author of the first Afrikaans Bible retold for children, is born in Murraysburg, CC.
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About 5 000 people gather on the Parade in Cape town to protest against the decision of Lord Grey, British colonial minister, t
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Ulrich Gerhard Lauts, founder of the pro-Boer association in the Netherlands, is born in Amsterdam.
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Casper Brinkman brings the news that the Kaapmans (Khoi-Khoi clan) have killed Symon in’t Velt with an assegai and have stolen
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Dr Mohammed Moosa Motala, medical practitioner, political activist and SA ambassador in Morocco from 1996 to 1999, dies in Piet
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Health Minister Tshabalala-Msimang announces that SA pledges R20 million to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria,
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Bafana Bafana, the SA soccer team, beats Scotland 2-0.
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The home game between Bafana Bafana, the SA soccer team, and Zambia ends in a tie with 1-1.
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Ethiopia and Eritrea amass thousands of troops along their border, ready to fight over a 640-square km triangle of disputed lan
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The government in Kinshasa lifts the quarantine on the region affected by the killer Ebola virus, allowing free travel for the
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South Africa is represented, for the first time, officially at a meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) w
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An agreement is reached between President F.W. de Klerk, Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini and Inkatha’s Mangosuthu Buthelezi restr
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The President’s Council says 3.3 million workers in the country are unemployed and urges the government to embark on a developm
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Four policemen are killed in a bomb attack on the Johannesburg magistrate office. Nine civilians are injured. Two ANC membe
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British prime minister Margaret Thatcher still refuses to impose sanctions on South Africa despite reports of yesterday’s raids
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A car bomb, placed outside the SAAF headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, claims twenty-one lives.
A car bomb, placed outside the SAAF headquarters in Church Street, Pretoria, explodes and kills twenty-one people, of whom eleven are members of the SA Air…
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International Conference on Sanctions against South Africa organised by the United Nations, in cooperation with the OAU, at UNE
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SA signs multilateral Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources in Canberra.
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The light aeroplane, in which the young singer Gwynneth Ashley Robin and five orchestra members are travelling to a concert, cr
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The Foreign Minister, Dr. Muller, confirms that the government will continue to co-operate with Rhodesia, whatever solution is
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Libya and Soviet Union conclude agreement for increased trade and Soviet-weapons aid to Tripoli.
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A referendum in the Cameroons approves the country’s change from a federation into a unitary state, the United Republic of Came
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Jan Gysbert Hugo Bosman (85), composer of the first Afrikaans lieder (art songs), dies.
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After the State President assents to the Transkei Flag Bill, the new ochre-red, white and green tri-colour of the Transkei is h
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