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A Zairian airliner crashes in Angola, killing 141 people. (Mail & Guardian, 9-15 Jan 2004, p. 8).
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Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, leader of Inkatha, withdraws from negotiations on ending apartheid. He announces that he will not
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The Steering Committee of CODESA reach an agreement whereby all parties will commit themselves "politically and morally&qu
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SA exchange notes with the People’s Republic of China regarding the establishment of informal offices in Pretoria and Beijing.
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SA signs Protocol with the government of Poland on establishing diplomatic relations.
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Jongikaya Witbooi, Lumkile Maxiti and Agnes Maseti are shot dead at the home of a civic leader in Khayelitsha, Western Cape.
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The South African authorities publish a notice granting indemnity from prosecution to all exiles that left the country illegall
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During the night of 18-19 December, four explosions occur at the Koeberg nuclear power station for which the ANC claims respons
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Robert Mugabe and ZANU Central Committee survive an assassination attempt in a bombing of the party headquarters in Harare. Sev
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Three further attempts to sabotage buildings in and near Johannesburg are discovered.
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Steve Biko, Black activist who died in detention, is born in Ginsberg Location, near King William’s Town.
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Christoffel (Stoffel) van der Merwe, former South African minister of Education, is born.
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The Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge (FAK) is founded in Bloemfontein, with Dr N.J. van der Merwe as chairman.
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The first experimental radio broadcast in SA takes place in Johannesburg by the Western Electric Company.
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An agreement is concluded with the Portuguese authorities for the recruiting of Black mineworkers in their territory.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Field Marshal Lord Roberts is appointed British supreme commander in South Africa.
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Frederick Lugard occupies Uganda for the British East Africa Company.
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Frederick Timpson l’Ons (85), SA painter of early life in the Eastern Province, dies in Grahamstown.
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National Day of Niger.
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Former President F.W. de Klerk, speaking on Robben Island off Cape Town at a commemoration of the role played by Mahatma Gandhi
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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, loses 3-4 against Uruguay in the Confederations Cup, with Lucas Radebe scoring his first int
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The United Nations (UN) General Assembly appoints Kofi Annan of Ghana to a five-year term as secretary-general, beginning 1 Jan
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The ANC holds its forty-ninth National Conference in Bloemfontein. Its strategy and tactics document “From Resistance to Recons
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American troops are pulled out of Somalia following a series of gun battles with Somali troops under the command of General Moh
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Ivory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office, praising the economic austerity policies of his predecess
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The Secretary-General announces that Mrs. Sadako Ogata, High Commissioner for Refugees, and Professor Ibrahim Gambari, Chairman
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Thomas Mshoki Gcabashe, local IFP official, is killed, shot forty-five times in the neck and shoulder.
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Up to 100 ANC members are reported to have been detained in Swaziland. The Swaziland Police Commissioner confirms the arrests a
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The government confirms that guerrillas are being trained for operations in South Africa from bases in Botswana and Mozambique.
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