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Old Mutual announces its intention to note shares on the London stock exchange and four stock exchanges in Africa.
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Prof. Ben Marais (89), one of the first persons to denounce apartheid from within the Dutch Reformed Church, dies in Pretoria.
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Former State Pres. F.W. de Klerk admits to an extramarital affair with Elita Georgiades, wife of a rich Greek businessman.
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Niger’s first democratically elected president, Mahamane Ousmane, is ousted in a coup and army Col Barre Mainassara Ibrahim tak
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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, wins the Africa Cup of Nations Quarterfinal versus Algeria 2-1 at the FNB Stadium, Johannesb
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Sipho John Thembani (69), ANC and member of Mdantsa Residents Association in Transkei, is shot and killed.
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The European Community formally lifts economic sanctions against South Africa.
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President Mohamed Siad Barre of Somalia flees the capital, Mogadishu, as a coalition of rebels seize power. The country plunges
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Several newspapers report that the University of Stellenbosch opened its two hostels on the Tygerberg campus to medical and den
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André Stander, SA’s suave heist man and bank robber, flees to Fort Lauderdale in the US using a false passport. Allan He
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The third Annual Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the SADCC and representatives of donor countries and organisations, hel
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A Marine Traffic Bill empowers the Minister of Transport Affairs to order ships to be stopped or searched if they are believed
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The government decides to close The Post and The Sunday Post because they have become media for communist viewpoints.
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Former President John Vorster says he has decided to withdraw from politics for family reasons.
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Robert Mugabe returns to Southern Rhodesia after an exile of five years.
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The head of the South African Defence Force, Commandant General Hiemstra, announces the successful conclusion of AngloSouth Afr
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Themba James Maseko, managing director of Damelin Education Group and former director-general of Gauteng Department of Educatio
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The appointment of the group of experts to examine the problem of apartheid, in terms of the United Nations Security Council re
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Dr H.F. Verwoerd rejects ‘White leadership with justice’ and announces the dawn of a new era that would end discrimination in S
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King Farouk removes Prime Minister Mustafa Nahhas for failing to keep the peace. Ali Mahir replaces him.
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Sokhaya Charles Nkosi, SA graphic artist, is born in Durban. He was employed by the SABC (1982-1986) and is since then senior
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Dr Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini Zuma, South African Minister of Foreign Affairs, is born in Natal.
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Dr Irvin Khoza (The Iron Duke) who was awarded Kick Off’s accolade for the Personality of the Decade for his contribution to SA
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WWII: SA prime minister, General Jan Smuts, asks parliament’s approval to send troops to Europe, contrary to his promise in 193
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Petition by Black women against carrying of passes in the Orange Free State.
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The Reverend Adriaan Jacob Begemann is inducted as the first pastor of the ‘Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk’.
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David Rattray, KwaZulu historian is murdered at his home at Fugitive’s Drift Lodge. It immediately becomes world news and affec
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A fire breaks out on Table Mountain after a British tourist allegedly flights a lit cigarette out of a car window.
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Arriving at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel says economic growth would top
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