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George Geoffrey Dawson (original surname: Robinson), SA journalist and editor of the Johannesburg The Star and later the London
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An evaluation of South African novelist Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014) by Sandy English (World Socialist Website), 30 September 2014
An evaluation of South African novelist Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014) by Sandy English “Sailors gag on stinking meat, children refuse to go to school. No one…
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Ernest Sedumedi Moloto, linguist, educationist and teacher who served as chairman of both the Tswana Language Committee of SA a
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Bill Flynn (58), popular SA actor dies in Johannesburg, presumably of a heart attack. His highly successful career includes lea
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An international panel led by Philip Heymann, Director of the Harvard Law School Centre for Criminal Justice, proposes changes
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Nigeria’s most prominent political prisoner, Moshood Abiola, dies of an apparent heart attack a few days before he was expected
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SA signs a treaty with Great Britain on the temporary waiver of the margin of preference on flat white maize.
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Liberian President Charles Taylor accepts an offer of asylum in nearby Nigeria. US President George W Bush made Taylor’s depart
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The military government of Nigeria charges Moshood Abiola, the winner of an annulled presidential vote in 1993, with treason. H
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The Coloured Labour Party strengthens its position by forging an alliance with six members of the Coloured Representative Counc
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SA reaches a historical milestone with more than 50% of the population receiving 6 000 free litres of water per month.
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SA reaches a historical milestone with more than 50% of the population receiving 6 000 free litres of water per month.
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World War II: North Africa. Hampered by sandstorms, General Erwin Rommel’s Panzerarmee Afrika overrun an infantry brigade at Di
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Peter McLean Pollock, SA cricket player, father of Shaun Pollock and brother of Graeme Pollock, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
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Speech by President Mandela to Toast an Official Banquet in Honour of President Flavio Cotti Cape Town, 3 August 1998
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Speech by President Mandela to Toast an Official Banquet in Honour of President Flavio Cotti Cape Town, 3 August 1998
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Under the Suppression of Communism Amendment Bill tabled in Parliament, any attorney or advocate who has committed an offence u
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Samuel Bonnin Hobson, SA author, dies in Grahamstown. Together with his brother, G.C. Hobson, they formed a unique example of c
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Friedrich Engels, German political philosopher who wrote The Communist Manifesto (well-known in SA) with Karl Marx, dies in L
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SA signs agreement with Namibia regarding the provision of technical and administrative personnel by the government of South Af
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An Italian, Commander Piazza, is the world’s first pilot to fly a military mission he flies reconnaissance missions over Tripol
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An assassination attempt on President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana fails. His rule in Ghana is becoming progressively oppressive. Fou
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Bongiwe (Bongi) Dhlomo-Mautloa, SA artist, is born in Vryheid, Natal. She grew up in Bergville, matriculated in Ladysmith a
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SA signs treaty with Great Britain on the introduction of a system of levies for certain cereals and related products.
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Representatives of striking security guards and industry employers reach an agreement to end the strike at the Commission for C
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The Constitutional Court rejects an attempt by the families of murdered political activists to have the Truth and Reconciliatio
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The SA Springbok rugby team beats the Wallabies 33-20 in the Mandela Cup match at Ellis Park, Johannesburg.
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SA signs protocol with Italy on the establishment of a joint working group for trilateral development co-operation in Southern
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Lindiwe Emmerentia Kuzwayo, successful fashion designer and judge at fashion shows in SA and overseas, is born in Durban.
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