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South Africa and Angola re-establish diplomatic ties after a seventeen-year break.
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Patrick Dakuse (36) is shot dead by police after he allegedly tried to prime a hand grenade from an arms cache that he had take
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In the House of Assembly, twelve new nominated members are sworn in. They include Professor Owen Horwood, former Leader of the
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At a meeting between the Prime Minister and a liaison committee of the Coloured Representative Council (CRC), important decisio
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Prime Minister John Vorster announces that a first-ever multi-racial commission will investigate the political and socio-econom
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After a compromise is reached at a Commonwealth Conference, Britain is allowed to sell weapons to South Africa, though African
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The Weather Bureau uses a modern piece of electronic equipment, a receiver for cloud pictures from satellites, for the first ti
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Army mutinies in Kenya and Uganda is put down with British assistance.
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Dr. Verwoerd announces his plan for the granting of ‘self-rule’ to the Transkei.
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Report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjold, on implementation of Security Council resolution of 1
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Abyssinian tribesmen in Somaliland massacre French colonial troops.
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Colonel Arthur Alfred Lynch is found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death for leading the "Irish Commando" a
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Joseph Jacobus Bosman, founder and first general manager of Volkskas, is born at Naauwpoort, district of Rustenburg.
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South Zambesia is created from Mashonaland and the Matabeleland protectorates.
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The overnight Zulu attack on Rorke’s Drift ends at about 4 a.m.
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For the fifth time in a row a South African driver has won the Rotax Grand Final World karting championship in Lanzarote, Canar
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Government spokesperson Joel Netshitenzhe announces that Pres. Mbeki has appointed advocate Vusumzi P. Pikoli as the National D
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Daantjie van den Heever (67), former captain of the Northern Transvaal rugby team, dies in Pretoria.
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Justice M. Stegmann records an open finding in the inquest into the murder of Witwatersrand University academic Dr David Webste
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Seven members of the Nkwazi family, ANC, are shot dead at their home in Empusheni, Natal.
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President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are awarded the Unesco Peace Prize. They received the prize on 3 February.
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King Moshoeshoe II is given legislative and executive powers by the newly established Military Council of Lesotho.
EventThe UDF launches the Million Signatures Campaign and by October collect just under 400 000 signatures.
On 22 January 1984, amidst the Apartheid government’s constitutional reform plans, the United Democratic Front (UDF) embarked on an ambitious campaign to…
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Cape Muslim groups warn that the country will be made ungovernable if Yacoob Jacobs, who was wounded by the Police in Cape Town
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Chief Buthelezi rejects the President’s call to resume participation in the constitution-making process and returns to the Cons
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SA signs joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
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SA signs joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Panama.
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General Johan van der Merwe resigns as Police Commissioner. General George Fivaz succeeds him.
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The Secretary-General submits a report to the Security Council with recommendations for the observation of elections in South A
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