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At a special meeting of the General Assembly, the United Nations gave awards to the following seven persons in recognition of t
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Applications for parole by the thirty-four mercenaries involved in the Seychelles attempted coup are refused. Most are due to b
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At talks in Pretoria the Burundian president and CNDD/FDD rebel leader agree to implement a ceasefire deal signed the previous
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At talks in Pretoria the Burundian president and CNDD/FDD rebel leader agree to implement a ceasefire deal signed the previous
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A joint statement is issued following a meeting by President de Klerk and Nelson Mandela to discuss the recent violence. The st
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A joint statement is issued following a meeting by President de Klerk and Nelson Mandela to discuss the recent violence. The st
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Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith visits the United States, challenging officials to support his plan for the transition of go
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Israeli foreign minister Golda Meir says the UN failure to resolve the Suez Crisis means they must take military action.
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Zambian postal workers refuse to sort mail from South Africa following a bomb explosion the previous week in which two postal w
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Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is shot to death by extremists while reviewing a military parade, eleven years and one day after
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Sisulu is sentenced to R30-00 or 90 days imprisonment because he is not in possession of a reference book.
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Business Day reports that a visa was granted to Mrs Sheila Suttner, mother of recently released detainee Raymond Suttner, on co
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Kuwait breaks off diplomatic relations with South Africa and all Kuwaiti air and seaports are closed to South African aircraft
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The separate Department of Social Welfare is created to take over the welfare functions of other state departments, a step advo
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Fingoland and Indutywa are annexed to the Cape with Captain Matthew T. Blyth as first chief magistrate. The territory is called
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South Africa signs treaty with Japan on certain portions of land granted to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at Yokohama.
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Justice G. Viljoen in the Pretoria Supreme Court sentences B.S. Ramotse to fifteen years imprisonment. He is found guilty of ta
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The major mines on the Reef cease to operate, including the Simmer & Jack, the Wolhuter, the Geldenhuys D
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The United Nations (UN) tribunal on Rwanda sentences former prime minister Jean Kambanda to life imprisonment for his role in t
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The Natal Congress of the National Party unanimously approved a call by the party leadership to "make membership of the Na
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P.W. Botha becomes the first South African Prime Minister to visit Soweto. His visit includes talks with the Soweto Community C
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Anglo-German secret agreement on future of African territories of Portugal, whereby Britain is to obtain lease of Delagoa Bay a
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The London Times, a British newspaper based in London, publishes an article paying tribute to King Sekhukhune of the Marota Emp
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Thousands of workers respond to a five-day stay-away call made by students protesting against alleged ritual killings in Venda.
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In response to President Botha’s hardline speech at the party’s Natal congress, the president of the ANC, Oliver Tambo, reaffir
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President Hastings Banda, president of Malawi, pays a state visit to South Africa (16-20 Aug.), meeting the State President and
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Speaking at a ceremony to mark his tenth anniversary as Prime Minister, John Vorster admits that the country has problems, inte
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An agreement is signed for the sale of Anglo America’s almost 48 percent shareholding in Johnnies Industrial Corporation to the
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Elections to the House of Delegates among the Indian community are marked by a low poll, protests, boycotts and active oppositi
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