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Jacob Daniël du Toit (Totius) (76), SA theologian, poet and co-translator of the Bible into Afrikaans, dies in Pretoria.

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Some 2 000 men storm King Hassan’s birthday party in Morocco, killing 100 people in an attempted coup; the king survives.

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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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Brig. Theuns Swanepoel (”Rooi Rus”) (70), one of the most feared interrogators of the SA Security Police, dies in Roodepoort.

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Boris Becker (17) of West Germany beats Kevin Curren of SA on Wimbledon and becomes the youngest ever tennis champion.

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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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The British Conservative government’s intention to resume arms supplies to SA is announced in the House of Commons. Other Commo

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An Egyptian immigrant armed with two handguns and a hunting knife fatally shoots two people and injures several others near the

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Prof. J.A. du Plessis, professor at the Potchefstroom Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in SA, is born in Rustenburg,

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Forty-nine Commonwealth nations agree to enact further sanctions against SA if further reforms are not taken within six months.

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SA signs treaty with Greece concerning the graves of members of the armed forces of the Commonwealth in Greek territory.

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The SA Minister of Justice states that legislation will be introduced during the next parliamentary session to indemnify the go

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The new revised results of the 1996 census survey is announced, according to which SA has 40 583 574 inhabitants.

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Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews, SA academic, ANC politician, Botswana’s first ambassador to the USA and envoy to the UN, is bor

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Soweto flares into violence again. An estimated £75,000 damage is caused. Incidents are also reported from Cape Town, Pretoria

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SA signs multilateral treaty on the conservation of Atlantic tunas (with final act and resolution adopted by the conference of

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Mr. James Arnold (Jimmy) La Guma, former President of the S.A. Coloured People’s Congress, dies at the Groote Schuur Hospital f

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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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Reggie Hadebe, ANC Natal midlands deputy chair, is gunned down in an ambush on a vehicle transporting senior ANC officials in R

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On the same day the Patriotic Front tables its demand for i.a. an interim government, the minister of constitutional developmen

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The Attorney General of the Transvaal, Jacobus E. Nothling, announces that an inquest into Biko’s death will be held, but that

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The United Nations Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid decides to issue an appeal to member states and organisations

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Bishop Hamilton Mvumelwano, Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and President of the SA Council of Chur

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Gideon Roos, SA actor, broadcaster and co-founder of SAMRO (South African Music Rights Organisation), is born in Worcester, CC.

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Statistics SA leads the Interdepartmental Task Team on Mortality to give effect to a Cabinet decision to prioritise work on the

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The Constitutional Assembly approves final amendments to the new SA Constitution. The changes are approved by 369 votes to one,

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SA signs financial protocol with the government of France; also signs agreement with the government of France concerning the re

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Up to 85 000 people march against the Labour Relations Amendment Act in Uitenhage and demand an end to apartheid.

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The office of the Windhoek newspaper Namibian is devastated by fire. The ‘Wit Wolwe’ (White Wolves), an ultra-right organis

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Dmitri Tsafendas (81), murderer of SA Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd in 1966, dies in the Sterkfontein psychiatric hospital on th

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Jacob Daniël du Toit (Totius) (76), SA theologian, poet and co-translator of the Bible into Afrikaans, dies in Pretoria.

Some 2 000 men storm King Hassan’s birthday party in Morocco, killing 100 people in an attempted coup; the king survives.

Douglas Hurd, UK Foreign Secretary, on three-day visit to SA, meets De Klerk, Mandela and PAC President Clarence Makwetu.

Brig. Theuns Swanepoel (”Rooi Rus”) (70), one of the most feared interrogators of the SA Security Police, dies in Roodepoort.

Boris Becker (17) of West Germany beats Kevin Curren of SA on Wimbledon and becomes the youngest ever tennis champion.

Following an order granted to the KwaZulu government by the Supreme Court in Natal, officials of the Department of Cooperation

The British Conservative government’s intention to resume arms supplies to SA is announced in the House of Commons. Other Commo

An Egyptian immigrant armed with two handguns and a hunting knife fatally shoots two people and injures several others near the

Prof. J.A. du Plessis, professor at the Potchefstroom Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in SA, is born in Rustenburg,

Forty-nine Commonwealth nations agree to enact further sanctions against SA if further reforms are not taken within six months.

SA signs treaty with Greece concerning the graves of members of the armed forces of the Commonwealth in Greek territory.

The SA Minister of Justice states that legislation will be introduced during the next parliamentary session to indemnify the go

The new revised results of the 1996 census survey is announced, according to which SA has 40 583 574 inhabitants.

Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews, SA academic, ANC politician, Botswana’s first ambassador to the USA and envoy to the UN, is bor

Soweto flares into violence again. An estimated £75,000 damage is caused. Incidents are also reported from Cape Town, Pretoria

SA signs multilateral treaty on the conservation of Atlantic tunas (with final act and resolution adopted by the conference of

Mr. James Arnold (Jimmy) La Guma, former President of the S.A. Coloured People’s Congress, dies at the Groote Schuur Hospital f

Sixteen residents of Naledi, Soweto, die in an attack thought to be a revenge attack for the death of IFP member.

Reggie Hadebe, ANC Natal midlands deputy chair, is gunned down in an ambush on a vehicle transporting senior ANC officials in R

On the same day the Patriotic Front tables its demand for i.a. an interim government, the minister of constitutional developmen

The Attorney General of the Transvaal, Jacobus E. Nothling, announces that an inquest into Biko’s death will be held, but that

The United Nations Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid decides to issue an appeal to member states and organisations

Bishop Hamilton Mvumelwano, Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and President of the SA Council of Chur

Gideon Roos, SA actor, broadcaster and co-founder of SAMRO (South African Music Rights Organisation), is born in Worcester, CC.

Statistics SA leads the Interdepartmental Task Team on Mortality to give effect to a Cabinet decision to prioritise work on the

The Constitutional Assembly approves final amendments to the new SA Constitution. The changes are approved by 369 votes to one,

SA signs financial protocol with the government of France; also signs agreement with the government of France concerning the re

Up to 85 000 people march against the Labour Relations Amendment Act in Uitenhage and demand an end to apartheid.

The office of the Windhoek newspaper Namibian is devastated by fire. The ‘Wit Wolwe’ (White Wolves), an ultra-right organis

Dmitri Tsafendas (81), murderer of SA Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd in 1966, dies in the Sterkfontein psychiatric hospital on th