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Approximately ten thousand residents of Pretoria attend the Tshwane Metro’s 5th anniversary celebrations on Church Square. Afro
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Three people die and at least 500 are left homeless when a tornado cuts a path of destruction through the KwaZulu-Natal Midland
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Pres. Mugabe announces that he will not renounce his decision to expropriate the farms of 1 503 farmers.
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President Mandela meets Inkatha leader Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who endorses the plan for the traditional gathering to discu
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The UN orders Libya to hand over two suspects linked to the Lockerbie bombing (Pan Am 103).
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Australia’s international airline, Qantas, resumes direct flights to South Africa after a break of fourteen years.
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According to reports from Angola, the strategic town of Cuito Cuanavale is about to fall to an onslaught by South African and U
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The SA central government officially recognises the military administration of Transkei under General Holomisa and Transkei’s s
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According to Jane’s Defence Weekly, Armscor, the South African armaments producer, is the country’s largest single exporter.
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At least twelve people are killed in the KwaMakhuta massacre at the home of the UDF activist Bheki Ntuli.
At least twelve people are killed in the KwaMakhuta massacre when the home of the UDF activist Bheki Ntuli is attacked with AK-47's. Coleman, M. (ed)(1998). A…
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A spokesman for the Lutheran World Federation, meeting in emergency session in Geneva, says there are now twenty-one people det
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It is revealed in Switzerland that the International University Exchange Fund’s Deputy Director, Craig Williamson, has been wor
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Pieter Voltelyn Graham van der Byl, politician and member of parliament, dies at Fairfield, Caledon district, Western Cape.
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The Reza Shah Museum, in honour of Reza Shah Pahlevi, housed in the Johannesburg house where he lived from 1942-1944, is inaugu
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France’s sale of Mirage jets to Libya is announced.
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South Africa signs treaty with Portugal (for Angola) on the first phase development of the water resources of the Kunene River
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Julius Kambarage Nyerere, Tanganyikan president, resigns because of opposition to his policies. He spends the year converting t
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Ahmed Sékou Touré is elected president of the republic of Guinea.
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The South African rugby team beats Scotland in Edinburgh 12-5.
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Dr Verwoerd announces the introduction of legislation for a referendum of White voters to decide whether South Africa would bec
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A large section of the Coalbrook mine near Sasolburg caves in and traps 435 miners, the worst mine disaster in South African hi
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Kwame Nkrumah, who became first prime minister and later president of Ghana, is imprisoned and becomes a national hero.
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Prime Minister J.C. Smuts announces the intention of the government to introduce new legislation to replace the Pegging Act, du
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WW2: Rommel begins a new offensive against the Allies in North Africa, hoping to push them back to the east.
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Joseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane, leader of the St Engenas Zion Christian Church (the Dove) with support in rural areas, i
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Earl of Athlone assumes office as Governor-General of the Union of SA.
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Sir Hercules Robinson arrives in Cape Town as Governor of the Cape.
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Cradock becomes a municipality. The settlement started in 1813 as a frontier outpost and was proclaimed a township in 1814.
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Tutu: ‘Visualise a peaceful SA’ Article in Sunday Times, 12 December 1993
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Devout domesticity?
Table of contents Acknowledgements Dedication Abstract Introduction 1.Class, Consciousness and Organization in the Political Transition in South…