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Mother Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], Albanian-born missionary dedicated to the care of the poor and sick, particularly in Ind
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Confrontation between South Africa and Transkei over the deportation and return to Transkei of squatters from the Cape Town are
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The leader of the Zulu Territorial Authority, Chief Buthelezi, calls for a National Convention of all races in South Africa to
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The position of Commander-In-Chief at the War Office in London is offered to Lord Roberts.
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The UN Security Council ends sanctions against Sudan. The sanctions had been imposed in 1996 after Sudan refused to extradite s
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The UN Security Council ends sanctions against Sudan. The sanctions had been imposed in 1996 after Sudan refused to extradite s
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Residences at the University of Bophuthatswana, closed on 11 February after riots following the return to power of President Lu
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The United Nations General Assembly votes by 114 votes to two (South Africa and Portugal), with three abstentions (Britain, Fra
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Henry Brown Marshall asks Kidger Tucker to plan a new residential area for Johannesburg even before the planning of the mining
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The National Conventional Arms Control Committee for the sale of arms gives approval to Rwanda. Only ‘defensive arms’ are said
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The Prime Minister tells the Cape Congress of the National Party that he is prepared to consider constructive suggestions for r
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The Commission of Inquiry into the 1986 Unrest and Alleged Mismanagement in KwaNdebele, originally to be headed by Mr Justice W
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The ‘Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners’ (GRA), society founded as a direct outcome of the efforts by A. Pannevis to have the Bibl
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Following the slayings of hundreds of civilians in a series of incidents believed linked to upcoming elections and the long tho
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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pik Botha, announces that in retaliation for the British government’s refusal to give up the six m
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A force of about fifty armed dissidents infiltrate the Togolese capital of Lome in an attempt to topple President Gnassingbe Ey
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Women protests take place in the Free State, led by Charlotte Maxeke resisting government attempts to impose passes on women.
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The UN and UNAIDS, its Aids programme, issues a progress report on how member nations were adhering to commitments made during
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Odette Boucher disappears after school in Kempton Park. Later evidence points to the fact that she was abducted by paedophile G
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South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Executive, meeting in Cape Town, elects Sorabjee Rustomjee as a delegate of SAIC to the me
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The National African Chamber of Commerce (’Nacoc’) is incorporated. During May 1969 it changed its name to the National African
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The National African Chamber of Commerce (’Nacoc’) is incorporated. During May 1969 it changed its name to the National African
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President Paul Kruger pays his second official visit to Johannesburg on the first anniversary of the proclamation of the first
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Dr Yusuf Mohamed (Mota) Dadoo, medical doctor and politician who escaped through Botswana to England, dies in exile in London.
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Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger meet in Pretoria to discuss majority ru
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J.G.N. Strauss is elected leader of the United Party in succession to General Jan Smuts, who died a few days earlier.
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An alleged Soviet spy, Y.N. Loginov, who was arrested in 1967, is handed over to a non-communist country, West Germany.
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The ANC presents to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission a detailed 300-page analysis of the ANC’s human rights record and s
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Dr. Eschel Rhoodie is extradited from France and handed over to the South African authorities. He appears briefly in Pretoria’s
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