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Egypt’s President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Jordan’s King Hussein sign a mutual defence treaty, prompting Israel to strike pre-emp
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Ethiopia’s warplanes bomb a military airstrip on the outskirts of Asmara, taking its 2-week-old offensive to the Eritrean capit
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WWII: North Africa. Max Schmeling, German ex-world heavyweight boxing champion, is captured whilst trying to flee British troop
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Letter from Paul R. Mosaka, Newly-elected Member of the Natives’ Representative Council, to Dr. A.B. Xuma, 11 November 1942
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Anglo-Boer War 2: During a meeting held in the Vryheid district to elect delegates for the peace conference, Commandant-General
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Anglo-Boer War 2: During a meeting held in the Vryheid district to elect delegates for the peace conference, Commandant-General
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Piet Retief orders Erasmus Smit to ordain himself (Smit) as minister of the Voortrekkers, but meets with violent opposition b
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Health workers will continue to get anti-retroviral drugs for needle stick injuries, despite a decision by the ANC’s National E
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The International Press Institute (IPI) appoints an official observer in South Africa, Joel Mervis, to report on matters affect
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In a meeting with a representative of Lockerbie victims, Colonel Gaddafi agrees to hand over two suspects for trial by a Scotti
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Rebels opposed to the Marxist Government of Mozambique claim responsibility today for cutting power lines from the Cabora Bassa
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World Haemophilia Day. This day is celebrated by haemophilia organisations around the world, and gives them an opportunity to i
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Seretse Khama, rightful heir to the Ngwato chieftaincy in Bechuanaland (Botswana), is reunited with his British wife in England
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EC lifts sanctions previously imposed on South Africa (1985) as goodwill gesture for promised improvements to a multi-racial so
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The fifteen-year rule of President Hamani Diori in Niger comes to end when he is deposed in a coup.
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Chris Ntuli, former detainee, is stabbed after returning from reporting to Inanda police station in compliance with his restric
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The German Fifth Panzer Army under General Gustav von Vaerst begins to evacuate from Tunis. Rommel departed on 9 March.
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Cyril Ramaphosa, Secretary-General of the ANC and chairman of the Constitutional Assembly, announces his intention to resign fr
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Atlas Corporation completes deliveries to the South African Air Force (SAAF) of a first series of Impala MK-2 jet fighters.
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President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing is the first French president to visit Algeria since independence was achieved in 196
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Fifty Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) members arrested by Swaziland government orders are to be expelled from Swaziland. They are
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The Foreign Minister, Dr. Muller, confirms that the government will continue to co-operate with Rhodesia, whatever solution is
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Former South African Defence Force (SADF) Chief Tienie Groenewald is acquitted on all charges related to the 1987 KwaMakhuthu m
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The South African Olympic and National Games Association (SAONGA) reports that all South Africa’s attempts to secure re-admissi
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The South African Olympic and National Games Association (SAONGA) reports that all South Africa’s attempts to secure re-admissi
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The English Cricket Council bows to British government pressure and calls off the all-White South African cricket tour.
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Legislation for three major components of the government’s plans to defuse Black grievances is introduced. Bills provide for ni
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Soviet premier Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev announces a loan of 227 million dollars to the United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syr
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15,000 Falashas Ethiopian Jews are airlifted from Addis Ababa to Israel as rebel forces approach the Ethiopian capital.
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