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War is barely averted when a British expedition to establish a route through Africa reaches an obscure Sudanese fort and finds
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The South African Weather Service is officially launched by the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism to provide public
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The Soviet Union and Germany sign the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, a 10-year nonaggression treaty, with a secret addendum, to parti
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Following the Rubicon speech four days earlier, Archbishop Desmond Tutu snubs P. W. Botha’s invitation on 19 August 1985 to att
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The ‘Committee of 81’, representing all Coloured schools and colleges in the Western Cape, decides to end class boycotts.
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Anglo-Boer War 2. The British Colonial Office appoints a Ladies Commission to investigate the concentration camps in SA. The co
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The visiting Dutch commissioner, Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede, gives several instructions to Gov. Simon van der Stel regarding im
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Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Velayati, visits South Africa in connection with South Africa’s agreement to store and mark
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Elections are held in Venda (15-16 Aug). Traditionalist Chief Patrick R. Mphephu is returned to power despite electoral victory
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The ‘Committee of 81’, representing all Coloured schools and colleges in the Western Cape, decides to end class boycotts.
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The ‘Committee of 81’, representing all Coloured schools and colleges in the Western Cape, decides to end class boycotts.
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Anglo-Boer War 2. The British Colonial Office appoints a Ladies Commission to investigate the concentration camps in SA. The co
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The visiting Dutch commissioner, Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede, gives several instructions to Gov. Simon van der Stel regarding im
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A truck belonging to Boeremag member Lets Pretorius is found in Lichtenburg with weapons and other supplies. Pretorius is arres
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Fifteen members of the notorious special British unit called the Bushveld Carbineers send a petition to Colon
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Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Velayati, visits South Africa in connection with South Africa’s agreement to store and mark
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Elections are held in Venda (15-16 Aug). Traditionalist Chief Patrick R. Mphephu is returned to power despite electoral victory
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Elections are held in Venda (15-16 Aug). Traditionalist Chief Patrick R. Mphephu is returned to power despite electoral victory
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Justice Minister Tayeb Belaiz is quoted Algeria will press ahead with a controversial bill to improve women’s rights despite fi
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A second strike call (13-15 September) in Soweto leads to absenteeism estimated at 75-80 per cent in Johannesburg.
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The Coloured Persons Representative Council (CRC) adjourns without passing its budget and urges the government to meet its dema
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The Central African Republics, Ghana and Guinea threaten to withdraw their troops from a security force unless the United Natio
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A revised National Statutory Council is released providing a forum for Blacks to discuss policy and assist in drawing up a new
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The White government of South Africa agrees to share political power with a multiparty transition committee in the months befor
ArchiveMaseru : the certainty of their defeat drives them to massacre. : The certainty of our victory grows out of mobilisation.
White poster with black lettering. Black and white image of people protesting.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Rietfontein, near Dundee, Natal, takes place, with the British falling back to Ladysmith.
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President Mandela confirms the appointment of Ismail Mahomed as Chief Justice to succeed Michael Corbett in 1997. The appointme
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SA Safety and Security Minister says in parliament during a discussion on his budget vote: "They can continue to whinge u
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A UN tribunal for Rwanda’s 1994 genocide sentences a Belgian-born radio journalist to twelve years in prison for broadcasts tha
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