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South African television producer Adele Lorenzo is killed in an air crash in Nigeria in which 117 people die. News was receiv
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An open letter is released by twelve leading clergymen from the Church of the Province of South Africa and other Protestant chu
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President Samora Machel of Mozambique is killed in an air crash in eastern South Africa shortly after 21:00. Thirty-four people
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SA signs treaty with Spain for the prevention of double taxation on income derived from the operation of ships or aircraft in i
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Rexon (Scotch) Mathebula, SA artist who held several menial jobs and sold his first artworks (images on pieces of glass made wi
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On the fourth anniversary of the Partnership Against AIDS, a campaign initiated by the Cabinet, an appeal is made to all to bui
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On this night, there are 40,58 million people in SA, according to Census ‘96. Of these, 76,7% classified themselves as African,
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John Ndevasia Muafangejo, SA artist and teacher, is born in Etunda lo Nghadi, Angola. He moved to South West Africa in 1956
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Andre George Ezra Coetzee, SA soccer player and lawyer who was awarded the accolade, ‘Playmaker of the Decade’ by Kick Off for
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The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, wins the home game, the first qualifying game for the African Nations Cup later in Zimbabwe,
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Janusz Walus, convicted murderer of Chris Hani, leader of the SA Communist Party, is divorced from his wife of twenty-two years
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The SA rugby team loses the third test against the British Isles in Newlands and also the series without scoring a single point
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The SA rugby team loses the third test against the British Isles in Newlands and also the series without scoring a single point
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The SA rugby team comes back and win the third test against New Zealand 19-16, after trailing 5-16 at half-time.
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The Minister of Justice asks for an extension of emergency powers granted to one area troubled by faction fighting to the entir
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D. Olewagen and J. Nel are executed by firing squad for treason in the Cape Colony, because they acted as horse guards for an i
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An American post-graduate student, Amy Elizabeth Biehl, 26, is dragged from her car by a 100-strong mob of youths in Guguletu,
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Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa is launched to articulate the interests of tribal chiefs and act as an extra-pa
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Australia comes first in the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, winning 199 medals; England wins 136, Canada 99 and SA ends fi
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Dimension Data the information technology long-time darling of the JSE and London Stock Exchange reaches an all-time high of R7
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Henry Francis Fynn, pioneer, settler and member of the Farewell expedition to Shaka with a view to open up an ivory trade with
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Henry Francis Fynn, pioneer, settler and member of the Farewell expedition to Shaka with a view to open up an ivory trade with
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Ingrid Jonker, SA poet whose poem ‘Die Kind’ was read by President Nelson Mandela during his first opening of parliament, is bo
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Josephus Suasso de Lima (46), first editor and publisher of the first Dutch newspaper in SA, ‘De Verzamelaar’, dies in Cape Tow
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The first of South Africa’s fleet of Gripen aircraft ordered to re-equip the SA National Defence Force is transported by road t
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Despite the concessions made by the ZAR in its final proposal, Sir A. Milner urges the despatch of an expedit
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The United States and Somalia sign an agreement giving US naval and air forces access to military facilities in the East Africa
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The UN Security Council authorises the urgent stationing of an open number of UN observers in South Africa to help end violence
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The first of South Africa’s fleet of Gripen aircraft ordered to re-equip the SA National Defence Force is transported by road t
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