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… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, … Maziya (wife), Zwelakhe and Elizabeth (all relatives of the chairperson of the Vosloorus Crisis Committee, Ali Maziya), …

… 25% of the White population in the Cape die of smallpox. Hardest hit are the indigenous Khoisan people.  …

… Sen. François S. Malan, editor of Die Patriot and founder of the FAK, is born at Bovlei near Wellington. …

… Republic of Bophuthatswana Constitution Further Amendment Act No 21, providing for the detention of individuals ‘in the interes …

… Verwey: New Dictionary of South African Biography … Moses Mauane (Malume) Kotane, political functionary of the South African Communist Party and compositor of the communist newspa …

… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7, p. 130 … Dr Daniël Francois Malan, premier of SA at the age of 74, is born in Riebeeck West, CC. …

… President Mandela undergoes three days (5-7 March) of intensive medical checks to counter rumours concerning the state of his h …

… Basil Moore, Johannesburg Methodist Minister, staff member of the Christian Institute and acting Secretary of the Universit …

… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89 , Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 94 … The Bophuthatswana administration offers a reward of R50 000 for information leading to the arrest of Malebane-Metsing. …

… Susan Shabangu, SA Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy and member of the ANC Steering Committee, is born. …

… Sytzke Wopkes Wierda, designer of the Raadsaal on Church Square, Pretoria, Paardekraal monument in Krugersdorp and a number of …

… The Schlebusch Commission of Inquiry, appointed by the prime minister to investigate the activities of four organisations, amon …

… The Rev. Charles Murray, fifth child of the Rev. Andrew Murray and compiler of the Hallelujaboek, is born. …

… Pres. Jimmy Carter of America refuses further aid to Argentina, Uruguay and Ethiopia because of human rights violations. …

… The head of the South African Defence Force, Commandant General Hiemstra, announces the successful conclusion of AngloSouth Afr …

… (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … Sixty ANC refugees are airlifted out of Lesotho to counter South Africa’s threat of a blockade against that country. …

… Guerrillas advance into Ugandan capital of Kampala as army opposition crumbles, pushing military government to edge of collapse …

… Mengistu Haile Mariam becomes Ethiopia’s head of state. Mengistu, head of the Provisional Armed Forces Commi …

… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 9, p.110. … A new department of the T.U.C. (Transvaal University College, situated in Johannesburg), consisting of the arts and science cou …

… After two days of fighting between Islamic fundamentalists and security forces in Algeria, a state of emergency is declared. …

… Theo Wendt (76), first conductor of the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra, first musical director of the Broadcasting Organisation a …

… Hayes, S. (ed)(2000).  Who's Who of Southern Africa 2001 ..., Graighall: Jonathan Ball … Jabulane Albert Mabuza (Jabu), chair/director/trustee of numerous companies and presenter of papers both national and internati …

… The Leader of the Opposition introduces a no-confidence motion, stating that the government policy of separate development has …

… opens parliament with a speech promising the demolition of the remaining pillars of apar …

… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89 , Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 739 … succeeds Rabbi Emeritus Bernard Casper as Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregation of Johannesburg a …

… Anglo-Boer War 2: The first Boer prisoners of war arrive at St Helena, on board of the Milwaukee. …

… Hayes, S. (ed)(2000).  Who's Who of Southern Africa 2001 ..., Graighall: Jonathan Ball … The Rev. Nomthandazo Purity Malinga, bishop of The Methodist Church of Southern Africa, is born in Ixopo, Natal. …

… Alan Paton, author of Cry, the Beloved Country and founder member of the Liberal Party in 1953, dies. …

… J.H. Conradie, Administrator of the Cape Province, lays the corner stone of Groote Schuur hospital in Cape Town. …

… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … The executive of the South African Confederation of Labour (SACL) approves the government’s White Paper …