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Archaeologist Muhannam Zakaria Goneim and his team finally break through into the sarcophagus chamber of Sakhemkhet’s step pyra

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A bill to curtail land ownership and voting rights of Asians in South Africa is adopted by the government.

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Patrick Makau, ANC/MK, and his child (9) are killed in a bomb attack on two houses in Manzini, Swaziland.

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South African and Saudi Arabian envoys hold talks with Colonel Gaddafi to try to resolve the Lockerbie checkmate.

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The ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front and its allies score an overwhelming victory in elections for a ne

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SA signs treaty with Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe relative to the establishment of the Limpopo Basin Permanent Technical C

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Prime Minister P.W. Botha persuades a combined gathering of the Provincial and Parliamentary caucuses of the National Party to

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Constance Annie Nothard, nursing sister and recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal, highest award of the International Red

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Asiatic Land Tenure (and Indian Representation) Act No 28, granting Indians separate representation by three White members of P

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Anthony Mnoneleli Bam, current professor of economic development studies and member of several Black empowerment boards, is bor

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The SABC launches Africa’s first news channel, aimed at providing an African perspective on domestic and international stories.

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Pasteur Bizimungu, Rwanda’s post-genocide president, is sentenced to fifteen years in jail for embezzlement and inciting violen

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The South African Black Alliance (SABA) (7-8 June) condemns the proposed composition of the President’s Council and the nomin

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SA signs agreement with Swaziland and Mozambique on the establishment of a tripartite permanent technical committee on water re

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The Mass Democratic Movement distances itself from Winnie Mandela following the alleged involvement of Mandela and her bodyguar

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The Citizen reports that Minister Chris Heunis and Chief Minister Enos Mabuza of KaNgwane discussed the government’s position o

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Daniël Petrus Goosen, secretary for the Academy of Science and Art, is born in Schweizer-Reneke, western Transvaal.

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SA’s Minister of Development Aid Gerrit Viljoen, announces that following allegations about the mismanagement of funds in the L

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A week after sweeping into the city, President Laurent Kabila bans political activity and demonstrations in Kinshasa, the DRC c

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Following the announced secession by Biafra from Nigeria and the subsequent government backed invasion, the Biafran city Port H

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The French explorer, Marion du Fresne, discovers Marion Island and Prince Edward Island in the southern Indian Ocean.

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Jan F.E. Celliers (Johannes Francois Elias, S.A. poet, writer and dramatist, is born. He died on 1 June 1940.

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John Tengo Jabavu, the second Black matriculant in South Africa and well-known journalist, is born near Healdtown.

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At its eightieth anniversary celebration in Bloemfontein, the ANC presents its post-apartheid policies and launches its elector

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Esther Susanna Mentz, soprano, actress and pioneer in various cultural fields including the first Afrikaans films, marries Gide

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Sir Theophilus Shepstone, British South African statesman and administrator of native affairs, who was responsible for the anne

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General Bantu Holomisa, who ousted Stella Sigcau in a coup, appoints himself as the Transkei’s military and government chief.

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Mangena Maaka Mokone, founder of the ‘Ethiopian Church’ in 1892 and political leader who strongly opposed racial segregation, i

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Israel declares it will keep some of ground won from Egypt, Jordan and Syria in Six-Day War.

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The coldest day in Pretoria in 108 years with a minimum of –3,6 and a maximum of 7,5 degrees Centigrade.

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Archaeologist Muhannam Zakaria Goneim and his team finally break through into the sarcophagus chamber of Sakhemkhet’s step pyra

A bill to curtail land ownership and voting rights of Asians in South Africa is adopted by the government.

Patrick Makau, ANC/MK, and his child (9) are killed in a bomb attack on two houses in Manzini, Swaziland.

South African and Saudi Arabian envoys hold talks with Colonel Gaddafi to try to resolve the Lockerbie checkmate.

The ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front and its allies score an overwhelming victory in elections for a ne

SA signs treaty with Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe relative to the establishment of the Limpopo Basin Permanent Technical C

Prime Minister P.W. Botha persuades a combined gathering of the Provincial and Parliamentary caucuses of the National Party to

Constance Annie Nothard, nursing sister and recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal, highest award of the International Red

Asiatic Land Tenure (and Indian Representation) Act No 28, granting Indians separate representation by three White members of P

Anthony Mnoneleli Bam, current professor of economic development studies and member of several Black empowerment boards, is bor

The SABC launches Africa’s first news channel, aimed at providing an African perspective on domestic and international stories.

Pasteur Bizimungu, Rwanda’s post-genocide president, is sentenced to fifteen years in jail for embezzlement and inciting violen

The South African Black Alliance (SABA) (7-8 June) condemns the proposed composition of the President’s Council and the nomin

SA signs agreement with Swaziland and Mozambique on the establishment of a tripartite permanent technical committee on water re

The Mass Democratic Movement distances itself from Winnie Mandela following the alleged involvement of Mandela and her bodyguar

The Citizen reports that Minister Chris Heunis and Chief Minister Enos Mabuza of KaNgwane discussed the government’s position o

Daniël Petrus Goosen, secretary for the Academy of Science and Art, is born in Schweizer-Reneke, western Transvaal.

SA’s Minister of Development Aid Gerrit Viljoen, announces that following allegations about the mismanagement of funds in the L

A week after sweeping into the city, President Laurent Kabila bans political activity and demonstrations in Kinshasa, the DRC c

Following the announced secession by Biafra from Nigeria and the subsequent government backed invasion, the Biafran city Port H

The French explorer, Marion du Fresne, discovers Marion Island and Prince Edward Island in the southern Indian Ocean.

Jan F.E. Celliers (Johannes Francois Elias, S.A. poet, writer and dramatist, is born. He died on 1 June 1940.

John Tengo Jabavu, the second Black matriculant in South Africa and well-known journalist, is born near Healdtown.

At its eightieth anniversary celebration in Bloemfontein, the ANC presents its post-apartheid policies and launches its elector

Esther Susanna Mentz, soprano, actress and pioneer in various cultural fields including the first Afrikaans films, marries Gide

Sir Theophilus Shepstone, British South African statesman and administrator of native affairs, who was responsible for the anne

General Bantu Holomisa, who ousted Stella Sigcau in a coup, appoints himself as the Transkei’s military and government chief.

Mangena Maaka Mokone, founder of the ‘Ethiopian Church’ in 1892 and political leader who strongly opposed racial segregation, i

Israel declares it will keep some of ground won from Egypt, Jordan and Syria in Six-Day War.

The coldest day in Pretoria in 108 years with a minimum of –3,6 and a maximum of 7,5 degrees Centigrade.