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David Mofokeng disappears from police custody. The police claim he escaped from custody after being arrested for a robbery in A
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Mozambique’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Joaquim Chissano, succeeds Samora Machel as president following Machel’s death in an
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Four leading South African journalists are charged under the new Protection of Information Act. The charges relate to reports c
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The government appoints a judicial Commission of Inquiry, under the chairmanship of Justice C.F. Eloff, to investigate the ince
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A nationwide strike is launched by Black journalists for increased pay and for recognition of their union, the Media Workers’ A
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The Prime Minister appoints a judicial commission to investigate the allegations of corruption. Its three members, Justice R.P.
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Judge Anton Mostert, investigating exchange contraventions on instruction of the minister of finance, hands over evidence to th
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After a meeting between the Prime Minister John Vorster, with his Minister of Bantu Administration, and seven of the eight ‘hom
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UN Emergency Force reports success in easing tension between Egyptian and Israeli troops at positions west of Suez Canal.
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Arnold Taylor, SA bantamweight champion, wins the world champion title of the World Boxing Association (WBA).
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Following a decision of the Johannesburg Bar Council the name of Abram Fischer is struck off the roll of advocates.
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Brenda Fassie, SA ‘Pop Queen’, is born in the Langa township, Cape Town.
EventFelix Mounie, the Cameroon opposition leader is assassinated in Geneva.
Felix Mounie was the leader of the political movement Union du Peuple Camerounnais (UPC). The UPC was a major political force demanding the end of UN…
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Britain and France agree to accept a Middle East cease-fire in the Suez War if UN forces can keep the peace.
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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, deputy president and wife of former public prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka, is born.
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Tobie Cronjé, SA actor, is born.
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In Egypt, the German Afrika Korps and Italian forces under Rommel begin a retreat westwards after a renewed campaign by the all
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Florence Barbara Ribeiro, community worker and wife of Fabian Ribeiro, is born in Vryheid, Natal.
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The Afrikaanse Taalvereniging, forerunner of the Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, isestablished.
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Gideon Fagan, SA composer and director, is born in Somerset West.
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Forces of the British South Africa Company force Matabele King Lobengula, son of Mzilikazi, to flee his Great Place in Bulawayo
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The first Black SA newspaper, Imvo Zabantsundu (Black Opinion), is published in King William’s Town with Tengo Jabavu as editor
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The British government ratifies the annexation of Basutoland.
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Louis Thibault, well-known Cape architect, dies.
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Soweto’s chief of police, Nkanyiso Maphanga is arrested and charged on two counts of reckless and/or negligent driving and one
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The second in command of Uganda’s LRA rebel movement, Brigadier Charles Tabuley is reportedly killed in an ambush. 29 October
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Unknown gunmen assassinate prominent Zulu prince Cyril Zulu, the mayor-designate of Durban, South Africa.
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The former South African defence minister, General Magnus Malan, and several former high-ranking officials are arrested and cha
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A river of fire ignited by an oil tank explosion surges through a village in southern Egypt, killing more than 410 people.
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