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EventF.W. de Klerk announces the release of Nelson Mandela and unbans political parties
The announcement by President F.W. de Klerk to release Nelson Mandela and unban the African National Congress (ANC), Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), the South…
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The 1963 press release on the South African Government’s policy on South Africa’s participation in international sports
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The minutes of for the meeting where the South African team to participate in the Olympic Games in 1908 was decided on
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Letter written by the Lord Killanin of the IOC to Frank Braun president of the South African National Olympic Committee, 1967
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White Paper on e-Education 2004
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South Africa’s Ryk Neethling beat Igor Berezutsky of Russia by 22-hundredths of a second to win the 200-metre individual medley
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Former Egyptian princess Fawzia bint Fuad, 84, dies in Lausanne, Switzerland, after a long struggle with cancer. Princess Fawzi
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The trade union Solidarity is due to meet with Sasol management today to discuss the gas explosion at Sasol’s Natref plant in S
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Munitions at an army base in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, explode, sending fireballs and shrapnel into the air and fo
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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, beats Burjina Faso 1-0 in a home game.
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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, beats DR Congo 1-0.
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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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