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Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne and known for his late-night parties, celebrates girlfriend Chelsy Davy’s 21s
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Voters in Egypt participate in a referendum to elect vice president Hosni Mubarak as the new president, one week after the assa
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SA signs agreement with Portugal (for Angola and Mozambique) with regard to rivers of mutual interest and the Kunene River Sche
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Natal Indian Congress holds a mass meeting in Durban to launch a new phase of Passive Resistance Campaign in view of the stalem
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SA President Thabo Mbeki is publicly opposed to the provision of AIDS drugs in South Africa, arguing that they are dangerously
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US jet fighters force an Egyptian airliner carrying hijackers of cruise ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, where the hijacker
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Magdalena Gertruide (Magda) Sauer, first woman in SA to practise as a qualified architect and art critic of Die Burger, dies in
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The HMS Leopard is dispatchedfrom Cape Town to evacuatethe entire population of the island of Tristan da Kunha because of volca
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Anglo-Boer War 2: In a letter to King Bhunu of Swaziland, Commander-General Piet Joubert grants the king full powers, thus virt
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The United Nations lifts all mandatory sanctions against South Africa, paving the way for the country’s re-admission to the org
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The United Nations lifts all mandatory sanctions against South Africa, paving the way for the country’s re-admission to the org
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A meeting is held between Prime Minister John Vorster and eight ‘homeland’ leaders to discuss the unrest, which has left at lea
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British mission to subdue Sekhukhune is abandoned after having failed with much loss of life on both sides. He was ultimately d
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Louis le Grange states that the South African Defence Force units will be deployed increasingly in a supportive role to the pol
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The death toll reaches at least 100 in Algeria after a two-day surge of massacres attributed to the Armed Islamic Group.
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The Mozambique government and RENAMO rebel leaders sign an historic peace accord, and a cease-fire to end the sixteen-year civi
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According to the SABS Metrication News of this date, ‘massmeter’ is now the correct name for scales and balances in SA.
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A unique referendum in British Cameroon is carried out with support from UN. The Northern part of British Cameroon votes to joi
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The ANC reports that it has been approached by an intermediary, acting for a SA cabinet minister, to talk about the possibility
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The Berlin Airlift, which delivers 2m tons of food and fuel to West Berliners while circumventing a Soviet blockade, and in whi
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The Electoral College elects Balthasar Johannes (John) Vorster as State President by 173 votes to the nineteen cast for Sir de
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The Electoral College elects Balthasar Johannes (John) Vorster as State President by 173 votes to the nineteen cast for Sir de
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The SA rugby team wins the last test against the British Isles in Newlands 5-0, the fist time ever to win a match.
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Dr. Frederik van Zyl Slabbert is chosen as the Leader of the Opposition Progressive Federal Party (PFP) in succession to Colin
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Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi fires his vice president, George Saitoti, in an apparent effort to quash dissent in his ruling
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Troops allied with the government of Congo capture the strategic port town of Matadi from rebel forces trying to oust President
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About 600 students from five secondary schools march to Bontheuwel. On their way they are confronted by four riot squad vans. T
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The Prime Minister announces, in a statement before the Supreme Court in Cape Town, that Dr. Abrahams will be returned to Bechu
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Morocco’s King Hassan II escapes unhurt when an airliner carrying him to Rabat is fired on by Moroccan Air Force pilots.
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