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In response to a question in parliament, the minister of education and development aid, Dr Gerrit Viljoen, said that 917 school
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The Black community at Mogopa is displaced in a "forced removal" action. Some 300 homes and a cluster of community bu
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Elections for the Coloured and Indian Parliament under the new Constitution, to be held on 22 August 1984, are announced by the
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Eight Army officers are paraded by President Samora Machel at a mass rally in Maputo and are accused of treason and complicity
EventA new right-wing group Aksie Eie Toekoms (Action for our Own Future) (AET) is founded in Pretoria.
Aksie Eie Toekoms was an extreme right wing political group. It was founded by Afrikaner academics Professors Willie Lubbe and Alkmaar Swart. Lubbe stated that…
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President Samora Machel of Mozambique declares solidarity with the plight of the South African people, as a reaction to the mas
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An Israeli fighter pilot shoots down a Libyan aircraft over the Sinai Desert. Seventy-four passengers and crewmembers die.
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Ouneas (Pakes) Dikgetsi, MEC for Housing and Local Government, Northern Cape Provincial Government and founder member of the Un
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South Africa’s currency is decimalised three years after approval by parliament.
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German 5th Light Division, Rommel’s Afrika Corps, arrive at Tripoli.
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Nationalists are stunned by the announcement of seven points according to which Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog is willing to cooperate wit
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King Faud is offered $10 million by John D. Rockerfeller for a museum in Egypt.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Buller starts his fourth attempt to relieve Ladysmith, Natal. The British withdraw from their positions
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Julius Louis Saks, optometrist who received several awards, including the award of Honorary Life Fellowship of the Academy by t
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Charles Shaw is appointed health inspector of the Johannesburg diggers community.
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Pres. Paul Kruger undertakes his first official visit of two days to Johannesburg.
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Henry Charles Christopher (Harry) Wolhuter, game ranger in the Sabi Game Reserve (later Kruger National Park) from 1902-1946, i
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Natal is proclaimed a Voortrekker Republic with the Umzimvubu River as southern border, the Black Mfolozi (including St. Lucia
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Dingane, stripped of his kingship after he and his Zulu warriors are vanquished at the battle of Magongo at the Umkuzi River, f
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Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff assumes governorship at the Cape. Graaff-Reinet is named after him and his wife.
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Anton Anreith, SA sculptor, is born in Riegel, the Netherlands.
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The Star reports the first human embryos were cloned by a team of South Korean researchers under leadership of Woo Suk Hwang.
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In a public repudiation of Mugabe’s designs on expanding his presidential powers and expropriating White-owned farms, Zimbabwea
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Osama bin Laden, the Saudi millionaire suspected of being behind the bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, is reporte
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South African envoy, Parks Makahlana, mediating in the Lockerbie case, reports, “all issues have now been resolved”. UK Prime M
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Nigerian-led peacekeepers trying to oust Sierra Leone’s military government capture the parliament building in Freetown.
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A Pilate aeroplane crashes into a mountain close to Nairobi, Kenya. Nine South Africans, including the aviation photographer He
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The first test match between SA and Pakistan starts a day late after the alleged mugging of two Pakistani players in Sandton.
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Rebels under Laurent Kabila take Zairian town of Faradje while advancing on country’s third largest city, Kisangani.
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