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King Kong a venture in the theatre
This is the story of an inter-racial venture in South Africa. Many hundreds of white people and Africans in the Union’s four largest cities worked selflessly…
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Former State President Marais Viljoen is buried it the Presidential Acre in Bloemfontein, after a service in the Pretoria East
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The African National Congress (ANC) presents a united front with President Mbeki and ANC vice-president, Jacob Zuma, sharing th
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Mark Thatcher incurs a fine of R3-million and is given a four-year suspended prison term after pleading guilty in a Cape Town c
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Barney Cohen (53), former Drum magazine editor and chief executive officer of Urban Brew studios, dies in Johannesburg while un
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Ivory Coast’s two western rebel groups, the Movement for Justice and Peace and the Ivorian Popular Movement of the Greater West
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South African and Saudi Arabian envoys hold talks with Colonel Gaddafi to try to resolve the Lockerbie checkmate.
EventTogo and South Africa establish diplomatic relations following a visit by Nelson Mandela
After a visit, that only lasted a few hours, by then President Nelson Mandela in 1996, Togo and South Africa set the platform to establish diplomatic relations…
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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, wins the Africa Cup of Nations Group A game versus Cameroon 3-0 at the FNB Stadium, Johannes
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The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruct
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Exchange of notes with Japan concerning the re-establishment of diplomatic relations.
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Ingrid Olsen, a psychiatrist in Menlo Park, is shot dead.
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Yvonne Bryceland (66), well-known South African actress, dies in London. She gained world acclaim for her roles in Athol Fugard
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At least forty soccer fans die and 100 are injured as they flee fighting between rival team supporters at a stadium near Orkney
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The British government, in a change of policy, opens its doors to consultations with ANC leaders on a solution for South Africa
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Two gunmen kill ANC member Sipho Ngema in a Swazi restaurant.
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Express train derails in Ethiopia, killing at least 428.
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Prof. Chris Barnard divorces his second wife, Barbara, after twelve years of marriage.
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The government is reported to have frozen the South African assets of the former Information Secretary, Dr. Eschel Roodie, and
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A clash between police and suspected guerrillas is reported near the Botswana border. Botswana denies that it is being used as
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The conference of the Organisation of African Unity ends in Addis Ababa, divided over the Angolan civil war.
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A group of junior officers overthrows civilian government of Ghana in West Africa.
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President Nicolas Grunitzky of Togo is ousted in a military coup led by Lieutenant-Colonel Gnassingbe Eyadema on the anniversar
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Sgt Gnassingbe Eyadema murders West African Republic of Togo’s President Sylvanus Olympio in a military coup.
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The South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (Sanroc), which later under Denis Brutus played an important role in isolating S
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Fighting erupts between UN troops and supporters of Patrice Lumumba in the Congo.
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Belgium grants reforms in Belgian Congo following disturbances. King Boudouin promises independence.
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Derek Hanekom, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004 and former ministe
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A De Havilland Dove of United Airways crashes near Ixopo, Natal, killing twelve occupants.
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