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The Ciskei declares a state of emergency in the districts of Mdantsane and Zwelitsha.
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Pres. P.W. Botha resigns as leader of the NP and F.W. de Klerk is elected as new leader, after having served as leader of the N
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A new Black daily paper, promising to expose political ills, appears in Johannesburg. The Sowetan has the same format as the ba
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Opening Parliament, State President Vorster promises South Africa a new deal, new economic and financial measures and a new con
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The Attorney-General of the Eastern Cape states that he will not prosecute any police involved in the arrest and detention of B
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Chief Matanzima announces that all South Africans seconded to the Transkei Army will leave Transkei by 31 March 1978.
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Rebels begin an offensive in Eritrea, Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s military government orders bombers, armoured units and troops into o
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An abridged version of the security report by Justice H.J. Potgieter’s Commission of Inquiry on State Security is submitted to
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Idi Amin assumes power in Uganda following a coup that ousted President Milton Obote.
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The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat, to which SA is a party, is signed in Ra
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The coastal city of Agadir, in southern Morocco, entirely rebuilt after an earthquake in 1731, is again razed to the ground. At
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Lightning strikes fifteen people on the Harlequins sports field.
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The United Nations (UN) adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt.
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Moses Siphosezwe Amos Masango, MEC for Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture, Mpumalanga Provincial Government and former ANC off
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Thandiwe Sylvia January-McLean, academic, director of companies and public speaker, is born in Kimberley.
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James Mndaweni, South African worker’s union leader and president of NACTU, is born.
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Patricia Nora Zenani Fakude-Nkuna, managing director of Bohlabela Wheels and member of the Rural Women’s Initiative (1994-1999)
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Richard Mzamane Mabaso, SA artist, is born in Alexandra, Johannesburg. He started drawing and carving without any instruc
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Mluleleki Editor George, Deputy Minister of Defence of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004, is born.
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Dr Abdullah Abdurahman, community leader, member of the Cape City Council (1904-1940) and Cape Provincial Council (1914-1940),
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An Afrikaans weekly publication, Die Brandwag, is published with O.E. Schwellnus as first editor. It existed until September 19
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Stan Getz, SA born USA jazz musician, is born. (Beeld, 2 Feb 2004. Vandag se verjaardae).
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The Herschel School opens in Claremont, Cape Town. It is named after Sir John Frederick William Herschel, British astronomer an
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Abba Eban (d.2002), Israeli statesman, is born in South Africa.
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Bosman de Ravelli (Jan Gysbert Hugo Bosman), concert pianist and composer of the first Afrikaans art song in 1908, is born. H
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Holland sells trading posts on African Gold Coast to Britain.
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Johannes Henricus (Jan) Brand is inaugurated as the fourth president of the Orange Free State.
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The Piet Retief Manifesto, which sets out the reasons why the Voortrekkers are leaving the Cape Colony, is published in English
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George William Stow, diamond trader and auctioneer in Kimberley and discoverer of the coalfields near Vereeniging, is born in W
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