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Adelaide Frances Tambo (77), widow of Oliver Tambo, dies at her home in Johannesburg.
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A metrobus is hijacked in Rosettenville, Johannesburg.
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Nineteen people die and six are injured in a head on collision on the road between Standerton and Embalenhle, Mpumalanga.
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Royal sources announce Swaziland’s King Mswati III will introduce a 17-year-old schoolgirl as his 13th bride-to-be once she pas
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President Thabo Mbeki has a narrow escape in Abuja when he is nearly hit by a car shortly after the African Union heads-of-stat
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Six men are convicted in Mozambique of the November 2000 killing of investigative reporter Carlos Cardoso. The journalist was g
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A Kenyan Airplanes plane crashes into the sea off Côte d’Ivoire, killing all but ten of the 179 people on board. (Mail &
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Quintus van Rooyen (62), authority on rugby who wrote for Beeld, dies of cancer in Pretoria.
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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, wins the Africa Cup of Nations Semi-finals versus Ghana 3-0 at the FNB Stadium, Johannesburg
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In Mogadishu, US Marines in a convoy carrying American diplomats open fire near a crowded food distribution centre. At least fi
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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, wins 1-0 against the Congo in an away game.
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The United States begins reassembling a Somali national police force to patrol Mogadishu’s lawless streets.
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According to figures from the South African Police, the number of unrest-related deaths in Natal since 1 September 1987 up to t
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President F.W. de Klerk appoints a one-man commission of inquiry into alleged hit squads and a second commission into the circu
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Allan Hendrickse, leader of the Labour Party, replaces Carter Ebrahim as Minister of Education and Culture in the House of Repr
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City Press reports that (White) matriculants of the Menlo Park High School held a sit-in protest and handed a petition to the p
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In his opening speech to Parliament, President Botha outlines government policy on the restoration of South African citizenship
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In an address to the Foreign Correspondents Association, minister of cooperation and development, Dr Gerrit Viljoen , announces
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President P.W. Botha offers a release proposal to jailed ANC leader Nelson Mandela.
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Nine of the world’s poorer nations open talks in Lusaka, Zambia, on a joint strategy to break traditional trade links with Sout
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The Swiss government sends an official protest to the South African government over the illegal activities of South African age
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Ethiopia and Kenya sign a treaty of co-operation and friendship.
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Jimmy Kruger , minister of police, announces in the House of Assembly that new measures for the protection of political detaine
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The first residence complex of the University of Port Elizabeth is inaugurated.
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Apollo 14 takes the South African flag to the moon.
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Mauritius breaks from Britain after days of rioting. Independence is officially achieved on 12 March 1968.
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Britain tightens sanctions on Rhodesia.
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The University of Port Elizabeth comes into being with the adoption of Act 1 of 1964 by Parliament.
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South Africa signs treaty with Luxemburg relating to air services.
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