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Business Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the count

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It is announced unexpectedly that Tito Mboweni, Minister of Labour, will succeed Dr Chris Stals as President of the SA Reserve

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Afrikaans-speaking Boers protest that the new electorate laws favour the English-speakers, and are an example of how Boers are

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103 hostages are rescued by an Israeli commando unit at the raid on Entebbe airport in Uganda in operation Thunderball (later r

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Dangerous Weapons Act No 71, prohibiting the possession of weapons, which could cause bodily injury if used in an assault, comm

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WWII: The Second Battle of El Alamein, in which many SA soldiers took part, commences with a thousand-gun barrage. The opening

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Louise (Lulu) Latsky, SA author of children’s books and the first woman to be awarded a doctorate at the University of Stellenb

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Eight American and British officers land from a submarine on an Algerian beach to take measure of Vichy French to the Operation

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Steve Strydom, former chairman of the Free State rugby union and well-known SA rugby referee, dies of cancer in Bloemfontein.

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An apartment block in the Cairo suburb of Heliopolis collapses, killing sixty-four. The owner is later sentenced to a seven-yea

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An intensified campaign to enforce the pass laws leads to increased prosecutions in the Cape Town area. The government is worki

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Former President F.W. de Klerk files a request for an interdict in the supreme court to prevent the publication of negative all

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The ANC claims responsibility for an attack on a police station at Sibasa, near the capital of Venda, Thohoyandou. The Venda go

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At the request of the Government of India, the General Assembly decides to include in its agenda an item entitled: &quot;Treatm

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Free trade between SA and the European Union realises with the signing of the Trade, Development and Co-operation Agreement (TD

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A large crowd spends the night outside the Durban magistrate’s court in an all-night vigil for former deputy president Jacob Zu

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SA President Thabo Mbeki is publicly opposed to the provision of AIDS drugs in South Africa, arguing that they are dangerously

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US jet fighters force an Egyptian airliner carrying hijackers of cruise ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, where the hijacker

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Magdalena Gertruide (Magda) Sauer, first woman in SA to practise as a qualified architect and art critic of Die Burger, dies in

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Bheki Myeni, SA artist portraying his interest in insects in his sculpture, is born in Hlabisa, Natal. He is currently (1988) l

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SA signs multilateral treaty on the principles governing the activities of states in the exploration and use of outer space. Al

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Habib Mohamed (A.M.) Rajab, trader who possessed the biggest collection of oriental art in SA, and remembered for his role in p

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Stephanus Johannes Paulus (Fanie) Eloff (62), first notable sculptor born in SA and grandson of Paul Kruger, is born in Pretori

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South Africa fails to meet an ultimatum by the International Olympic Committee to comply with its demand to renounce racial dis

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Jabulani Albert Ntuli, SA artist and illustrator of the Bantubibel in 1977, with Laduma Madela, is born in Eshowe district, Nat

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SA signs agreement with Portugal (for Angola and Mozambique) with regard to rivers of mutual interest and the Kunene River Sche

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An emergency session was convened by parliament on October 12, 1995, to approve legislation to permit local elections to be hel

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The Mozambique government and RENAMO rebel leaders sign an historic peace accord, and a cease-fire to end the sixteen-year civi

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Basil D’Oliviera, English cricket player who was denied entry into SA because he was a Coloured, is born in Cape Town.

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SA signs agreements with the government of the US on missile-related export/import restrictions and with the UN Development Pro

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Business Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the count

It is announced unexpectedly that Tito Mboweni, Minister of Labour, will succeed Dr Chris Stals as President of the SA Reserve

Afrikaans-speaking Boers protest that the new electorate laws favour the English-speakers, and are an example of how Boers are

103 hostages are rescued by an Israeli commando unit at the raid on Entebbe airport in Uganda in operation Thunderball (later r

Dangerous Weapons Act No 71, prohibiting the possession of weapons, which could cause bodily injury if used in an assault, comm

WWII: The Second Battle of El Alamein, in which many SA soldiers took part, commences with a thousand-gun barrage. The opening

Louise (Lulu) Latsky, SA author of children’s books and the first woman to be awarded a doctorate at the University of Stellenb

Eight American and British officers land from a submarine on an Algerian beach to take measure of Vichy French to the Operation

Steve Strydom, former chairman of the Free State rugby union and well-known SA rugby referee, dies of cancer in Bloemfontein.

An apartment block in the Cairo suburb of Heliopolis collapses, killing sixty-four. The owner is later sentenced to a seven-yea

An intensified campaign to enforce the pass laws leads to increased prosecutions in the Cape Town area. The government is worki

Former President F.W. de Klerk files a request for an interdict in the supreme court to prevent the publication of negative all

The ANC claims responsibility for an attack on a police station at Sibasa, near the capital of Venda, Thohoyandou. The Venda go

At the request of the Government of India, the General Assembly decides to include in its agenda an item entitled: &amp;quot;Treatm

Free trade between SA and the European Union realises with the signing of the Trade, Development and Co-operation Agreement (TD

A large crowd spends the night outside the Durban magistrate’s court in an all-night vigil for former deputy president Jacob Zu

SA President Thabo Mbeki is publicly opposed to the provision of AIDS drugs in South Africa, arguing that they are dangerously

US jet fighters force an Egyptian airliner carrying hijackers of cruise ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, where the hijacker

Magdalena Gertruide (Magda) Sauer, first woman in SA to practise as a qualified architect and art critic of Die Burger, dies in

Bheki Myeni, SA artist portraying his interest in insects in his sculpture, is born in Hlabisa, Natal. He is currently (1988) l

SA signs multilateral treaty on the principles governing the activities of states in the exploration and use of outer space. Al

Habib Mohamed (A.M.) Rajab, trader who possessed the biggest collection of oriental art in SA, and remembered for his role in p

Stephanus Johannes Paulus (Fanie) Eloff (62), first notable sculptor born in SA and grandson of Paul Kruger, is born in Pretori

South Africa fails to meet an ultimatum by the International Olympic Committee to comply with its demand to renounce racial dis

Jabulani Albert Ntuli, SA artist and illustrator of the Bantubibel in 1977, with Laduma Madela, is born in Eshowe district, Nat

SA signs agreement with Portugal (for Angola and Mozambique) with regard to rivers of mutual interest and the Kunene River Sche

An emergency session was convened by parliament on October 12, 1995, to approve legislation to permit local elections to be hel

The Mozambique government and RENAMO rebel leaders sign an historic peace accord, and a cease-fire to end the sixteen-year civi

Basil D’Oliviera, English cricket player who was denied entry into SA because he was a Coloured, is born in Cape Town.

SA signs agreements with the government of the US on missile-related export/import restrictions and with the UN Development Pro

At the request of the Government of India, the General Assembly decides to include in its agenda an item entitled: "Treatm