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Sir Bartle Frere meets the Transvaal Boers assembled in support of their claim to independence. He promises them complete freed
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European Community foreign ministers agree to scrap the EC oil embargo on South Africa and formally lift sanctions on sporting
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The Chairman of the opposition Democratic Party in the Transkei, K.M. Gunzana, is elected leader to succeed Paramount Chief Vic
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Robert Sobukwe and others break away from the African National Congress (ANC) to form the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). They a
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Caspar (Casper?) Kruger, the son of Paul Kruger (ex-president of the Transvaal), takes the oath of allegiance to Britain.
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President Nelson Mandela earns worldwide praise for his role in persuading Libya to hand over two suspects accused of placing a
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Karl Gottlieb Mauch (37), first person to discover gold in SA, dies in poverty in Stuttgart, Germany. His discoveries included
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Five members of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) are sentenced to twenty-six years imprisonment each for their part in a
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Natal prime minister A.H. Hime complains to Gen. Hilyard that Col. Bottomley is exceeding his instruction
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Author, educationist and social worker and later ANC member of parliament, Ellen Kuzwayo, becomes the first Black woman to rece
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A silent procession of nearly 1000 people, led by religious leaders, file through the streets of Durban to express their opposi
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Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, British philanthropist who influenced British policy in South Africa to a large extent, is born in Es
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Zimbabweans are going to the polls in landmark elections that President Robert Mugabe hopes will tighten his ruling party’s 25-
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Simon Mann, arrested in Zimbabwe, writes a letter pleading with associates, including Sir Mark Thatcher, to get him out of pris
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6000 Indians march in Durban to protest against the Asiatic Bill, and support the South African Indian Congress resolution for
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The consortium Midi Television is awarded the first privately owned free-to-air television licence and e.tv started broadcastin
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The African National Congress (ANC) calls off a peace rally to be held with Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) scheduled for April 2 i
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The African National Congress (ANC) calls off a peace rally to be held with Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) scheduled for April 2 i
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Finance Minister Chris Liebenberg resigned and is replaced by Trevor Manuel. Alec Erwin is promoted to Manuel’s post. Gill Marc
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Pres. Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary, arrive at the Cape Town International Airport, the first American president to visit S
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Mr Piet Clase, Minister of Education for Whites, announces that the government has decided to abandon the principle of segregat
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How the man and his marriage will forever be remembered | Ruth First paid tribute to the couple: Walter and Albertina
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In his first major speech since his election as Transvaal leader Dr A.P. Treurnicht revives the concept of a ‘Colouredstan’ to
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The United Nations’ General Assembly adopts an eight nation resolution, by seventy-two votes to two, with twenty-seven abstenti
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Philip Alan Moore, politician, soldier, educator and financier who emigrated to SA in 1913, dies in Johannesburg. He was the ‘f
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Johann Hendrik Lodewyck Schumann, prisoner of war who played an important role on St Helena to encourage musical and cultural a
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South African flanker Schalk Burger (21) picks up two major international awards, the first player ever to receive the internat
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Major-General Smith-Dorrien, leaving only the church standing, razes the town of Dullstroom to the ground.
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The families who survived the Thirstland Trek and made it to Angola, are naturalised as Portuguese subjects, assured of freedom
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