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… a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood … Finance, Senator Owen Horwood, announces the government is to spend an additional R250 m. on low-cost housing f …

… who travelled nearly 1 000 km in ten days on horseback to deliver despatch …

… Parliament adopts Restitution of Land Act by 212 to 26, with IFP and Freedom Front opposing it. South Africans …

… is born in Springs, Transvaal. Her parents later moved to the Natal South Coast. She represented …

… One Grand Prix circuit within three years according to Formula One boss Bernie Eccle …

… of tobacco products is approved in SA, making it illegal to smoke in public venues. …

… Vasco da Gama, on his way to the East, lands near present Mossel Bay, staying for a …

… a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood. … A former theology student, Carl Niehaus, is sentenced to fifteen years in prison for high treason in the Rand …

… reports that at least 1,2 million Zimbabweans have fled to South Africa during the past three years, bri …

… doctors have made a major break-through, which may lead to the invention of a HIV/Aids vaccine. …

… a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood. … an integral part of the Orange River development project to provide electric power, …

… British Letters Patent, and the annexation of Walvis Bay to the Cape of …

… Republic of Congo has killed 5 000 gorillas, helping to …

… Tourists can now travel through the Kruger National Park to Mozambique. The border post is part of …

… A proclamation giving self-government to the Union of South Africa is read from the steps of the …

… SA singer, is born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He came to SA at the age of nine years. …

… that White, Coloured and Asian workers affiliated to the Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) have voted …

… (Cosatu) celebrates its 18th anniversary with a goal to become the first union forma …

… a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood. … released from prison after serving seven of the nine years to which he was sentenced in …

… Convention on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, to which SA is a party, is signed in Paris, France. …

… South Africa officially starts celebrating World Aids Day, to be marked on the first of December each year, when the …

… Vilakazi, poet and writer and first Black South African to receive a doctorate in literature, is born in Gro …

… for offences against the security of the state, according to the minist …

… Foreign Minister Dr Hilgard Muller apologises to Zambia for the actions of five members of the South …

… in Zutphen, the Netherlands. He was the first linguist to argue that Afrikaans …

… Alleged date of death of Makana by drowning while trying to escape from Robben Island, where he was imprisoned.  He …

… South Africa signs an accord granting independence to South-West Africa. Angola, Cuba, and South Africa end …

… Defence Force replaces the General Staff with a body to be known as the ‘Supreme Command …

… crashes into Lake Victoria at Kisumu while returning to South Africa. The suburbs …

… Nkosi is seriously injured by police during a campaign to burn passbooks. He dies on the 19th. Three other activists …