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Prime Minister Etienne Tshisekedi of Zaire comes out of hiding to call for international military intervention to force Preside
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President F.W. de Klerk receives the Prix du Courage Politique in Paris.
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The European Community agrees to lift sanctions as soon as President F.W. de Klerk fulfils his pledge to repeal cornerstone apa
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The ANC and PAC form a joint liaison committee.
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Nine Israeli tourists and two Egyptian guards are killed and twenty tourists wounded when masked assailants open fire on a bus
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The Citizen reveals that Miss Olivia Forsyth who arrived at the British Embassy in Luanda, Angola, seeking sanctuary from the A
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South Africa’s three liberal opposition parties, the Progressive Federal Party headed by Zach de Beer, the National Democratic
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André Stander, SA bank robber is arrested by the Fort Lauderdale police for driving an unlicensed vehicle.
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President Samora Machel of Mozambique decrees an end to private ownership, and Lourenço Marques is renamed Maputo.
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Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda banns the opposition United Progressive Party and arrests its leader, Simon Kapepwe, together
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The prime minister states in the House of Assembly in Cape Town that the United Nations general-secretary, Dr. Waldheim, will b
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The Security Council, meeting in Addis Ababa, adopted resolution 311 (1972) condemning apartheid; recognising the legitimacy of
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The prime minister of Lesotho, Chief Jonathan, is reported to be prepared to co-operate with the South African government.
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Crew of the US carrier FDR are refused leave in South Africa because of the apartheid laws.
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Abram Fischer is committed for trial by a Pretoria magistrate. He pleads not guilty to all allegations.
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The number of men required for military training in 1964 is to increase by 60%, i.e. from 10,368 to 16,537.
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The International Court of Justice announces that in the South West Africa cases (Ethiopia v. South Africa; Liberia v. South Af
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Civil war erupts in Angola.
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Jabulane Albert Mabuza (Jabu), chair/director/trustee of numerous companies and presenter of papers both national and internati
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Vincent Baloyi, SA artist, is born in Newclare, Johannesburg. He joined the National Arts Society and the SAAA, taught art at t
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Sir Herbert Baker (83), architect of the Union Buildings and Groote Schuur Hospital, dies in London.
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WW2: A British Panzer division occupies Maus, Libya.
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The “Ossewabrandwag” (OB) is founded as an Afrikaans cultural and political organisation in Bloemfontein, under leadership of C
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Two South African aviators, Pierre van Ryneveld and Quintin Brand, hoping to become the first airmen to fly from England to Cap
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Pieter Arnoldus Cronjé, Boer general during Anglo-Boer War 2, dies in Potchefstroom.
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Mattheus Uys Krige, author, dramatist, poet and five times winner of the “Akademieprys” award for translated literature, is bor
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Herero Revolt in German South West Africa: Omaruru is relieved after a fierce battle between Franke and the Ovaherero.
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The first Sunday newspaper in South Africa, the Sunday Times, appears with George Herbert Kingswell as editor.
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Abraham Esau, Calvinia Coloured leader and martyr who aided the British Imperial cause, is brutally assault
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