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The home match between Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Mauritius, ends in a tie with no goals scored.
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On the morning of Saturday 10 April 1993 is gunned down as he steps out of his car in the driveway of his Boksburg home.
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Though the government refused to comply with the ANC ultimatum issued on 5 April, defence minister Magnus Malan offers to resig
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Ciskei, Transkei and South Africa sign a security pact forbidding cross-border violence.
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The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxic Weap
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J.J. Fouché is inducted as president in Cape Town.
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Thomas Kgope, SA artist, is born in Rustenburg, Transvaal. He is an electrician who received some instruction in basic art
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Gert Petrus Swart, South African sculptor, is born in Durban.
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Leaders of the Neo-Destour (New Constitutional) Party, the Tunisian nationalist movement, are arrested after riots in Tunis.
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William Stewart (Bill) Ainslie, SA artist, is born in Bedford, Eastern Cape.
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Hans Aschenborn, SA painter and graphic artist, dies in Kiel, Germany.
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French protectorate is imposed on Tunisia.
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The constitution of the Orange Free State, which was largely influenced by the constitutions of the USA and the French Republic
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Debarkation of the first British Settlers starts at Algoa Bay (now Port Elizabeth) in the Eastern Cape, from where they are gra
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Only three days after his arrival at the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck starts building on the fort.
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The Federal Council of the New National Party decides to disband the party at midnight on the evening of the final certificatio
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CNN reports that a 62-year-old South African man is being treated at a Pretoria hospital as a "probable SARS" case, a
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Members of his own Presidential Guard gun down Niger’s president, Ibrahim Bare Mainassara.
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Rebels in Zaire conquer Lubumbashi, second largest city in the country.
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President Mandela declares that Minister of Safety and Security Sydney Mufamadi and National Police Commissioner George Fivaz a
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An evacuation of foreigners from Liberia is undertaken with US helicopters after thousands flock to the US diplomatic compound
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After a UN Security Council vote to continue sanctions against Libya, Britain is accused of "a hidden hatred and an histor
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Ten residents are killed in Dudu, Natal South Coast, when unknown gunmen attack the area.
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The Trans-Kalahari main road, the first road south of the Sahara to connect the Atlantic and Indian Ocean, is opened.
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Zaire’s President Mobutu Sese Seko declares a nationwide state of emergency in response to rebel advances.
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Mandela starts his visit (8-13 April) to Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and UAE to promote trade and cultural links, accompanied
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Warring factions in Rwanda agree to form an interim government in an effort to halt bloodletting in Kigali.
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F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela hold an emergency meeting with Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi and Zul
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Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) leader Yasser Arafat survives a plane crash in the Sahara desert during a sand storm. T
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