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Diamonds are first discovered at Kimberley, South Africa, leading to the construction of the world’s largest open mine, the Big
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President Houphouet-Boigny of the Ivory Coast announces he is planning an African Summit Conference to urge a dialogue with Sou
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Professor Sibusiso Bhengu, Education Minister, says that Government will cut funding for White schools as part of a plan to ach
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The United Nations (UN) Security Council votes to impose air and travel sanctions against Angola’s UNITA movement and close its
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The United Nations (UN) Security Council votes to impose air and travel sanctions against Angola’s UNITA movement and close its
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Sixteen residents of Naledi, Soweto, die in an attack thought to be a revenge attack for the death of IFP member.
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It is officially confirmed that one of nineteen Indians detained, Ahmed Timol, a Muslim teacher, has jumped to his death from t
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Israeli troops invade Sinai Peninsula, later to be joined by British and French forces, following Egypt’s seizure of the Suez C
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President Carter announces that the United States government will support the decision against the sale of arms to South Africa
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Angola promises to withdraw its troops from Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, where they helped rebels oust electe
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All-race municipal elections are held to elect segregated local authorities. The Black majority follow the call of anti-aparthe
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Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang attends the 2nd National Health Providers’ Prayer Day, which is intended to take care
ArchiveThe crucual question of Black/White power-sharing needs to be tabled and the State President has avoided doing so...
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Anglo-Boer War 2: J.P. Coetzee, Cape rebel, is executed by the British and all male adults are ordered to attend.
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Foreign Minister R.F. (Pik) Botha signs accession to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) on behalf of South Africa. Agre
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Douglas Hurd, UK Foreign Secretary, on three-day visit to SA, meets De Klerk, Mandela and PAC President Clarence Makwetu.
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Foreign Minister Pik Botha signs accession to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty on behalf of South Africa. The signing opens
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Prince Charles Ndizeye, the Burundian royal heir, announces that his father, Mwami Mwambutsa IV, is to abdicate on his behalf.
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The largest organised trek to East Africa, under Jan van Rensburg, consisting of seventy families with forty-seven wagons and s
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Following an order granted to the KwaZulu government by the Supreme Court in Natal, officials of the Department of Cooperation
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Lord Charles Somerset, governor of the Cape, publishes a proclamation proclaiming English as the only language to be used in co
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Congolese President Joseph Kabila and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni meet for first face-to-face peace talks in Tanzania as
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Joshua Nkomo (82), second vice-president of Zimbabwe, dies in Harare. He was admitted to hospital a few weeks earlier with
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Justice Bhagwati, former Chief Justice of India, is appointed to join the Commission of Inquiry regarding the Prevention of Pub
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Justice Bhagwati, former Chief Justice of India, is appointed to join the Commission of Inquiry regarding the Prevention of Pub
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Cosatu, Saccola and the minister of manpower of the F.W. de Klerk cabinet agree in principle to establish a national negotiatio
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Cosatu, Saccola and the minister of manpower of the F.W. de Klerk cabinet agree in principle to establish a national negotiatio
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The police raid the editorial offices of the Rand Daily Mail in Johannesburg and confiscate documents relating to a series of a
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The Independent Development Trust allocates R70 million to provide pre-school facilities for 1.2m of the estimated 3.5m impover
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