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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Holkrantz massacre takes place. Qulusi-Zulu chief Sokhobobo takes an impi to recover cattle allegedly r
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Magdalena Gertruide (Magda) Sauer, first woman in SA to practise as a qualified architect, is born in Kenilworth, Cape Town.
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Pres. Paul Kruger lays the foundation stone of the ‘Staatsgebou van die ZAR’ (Raadsaal)on Church Square, Pretoria.
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Britain sends Russia a note warning it against attempted blockade of Suez or occupation of Egypt.
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Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius visits Durban and is warmly received.
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Gezina Susanna du Plessis, wife of Pres. Kruger, is born.
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Lady Anne Barnard (75), wife of colonial secretary Andrew Barnard and a chronicler of daily life in the colony in a series of l
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Henry Alexander (55), colonial secretary after Andrew Barnard, dies in Cape Town.
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The Bulls convincingly beat the Reds 92-3 in a Super 14 match played on Loftus, Pretoria, following a 38-3 lead at half time. T
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A Kenya Airways jet that took off during a midnight storm crashes shortly after take-off with 114 (115?) on board after sending
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Rwanda frees more than 22 000 detainees, most of whom were held in connection with the 1994 massacre of some 800 000 ethnic Tut
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Sierra Leone rebels seize peacekeepers from Zambia, raising to more than 300 the number of UN personnel they are believed to be
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Thousands of civilians flee Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, as civil war rages.
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United States President Bill Clinton announces the doubling of $600 million United States assistance to South Africa over the n
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A twenty-year ban on big-game hunting is lifted in the Côte d’Ivoire in an attempt to raise tourist revenue.
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Apla claims responsibility for the murder of four police officers at Dobsonville, Soweto, bringing police deaths in the year to
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Addressing a joint sitting of two houses of the British Parliament, ANC president Nelson Mandela urges Britain to invest in Sou
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The terms under which the alliance between COSATU, the SACP and the ANC should work together to dismantle apartheid, decided on
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Following a personal apology from President P.W. Botha to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher over the "blowpipe affa
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The Regional Services Councils Amendment Act is published in the Government Gazette.
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Dr Viljoen answers in parliament in response to a speech by Mr Peter Gastrow MP (National Democratic Movement) on behalf of Pee
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The Weekly Mail reports that the Transkei-based Prisoners’ Welfare Programme (PWP) has listed details of forty pending law suit
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Two people are killed and twenty injured in a land mine explosion on a dirt road near Messina (Mussina) northern Transvaal. 5
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Capital Media (Pty) Ltd is founded and that makes the publication of the first Rekord/Record newspaper possible.
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Sipho Mutsi (20), COSAS member, dies in police custody during interrogation. Post –mortem reveals head injuries and sjambok w
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Over 7,000 people attend a rally in Pretoria to mark the foundation on 4 May 1984 of the Afrikaner Volkswag (People’s Guard), a
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The Republic of South Africa Constitution Bill is placed before the House of Assembly. The Conservative Party opposes it, while
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