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The Star reports that construction workers have discovered a mass grave containing human bones and ammunition 400m from the for

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Niger’s President Seyni Kountche dies in Paris, and is replaced as head of state by army chief Ali Seibou.

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Fifteen Blacks are stabbed to death and four wounded in factional fight in South African eastern province of Natal.

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It is announced that Transkei and South Africa have signed an extradition agreement. Transkei authorities refuse to say whether

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At its Biennial Congress in Bloemfontein the United Party adopts a new six-point declaration of principles, and ratifies a new

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Establishment by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Programme for the Education and Training Abroad of South Africans.

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Prof. Carel W.H. Boshoff, former chairman of the South African Bureau of Race Relations and the Afrikanerbroederbond, is born i

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A two-hour meeting is held between a delegation of deputy ministers, led by President Mbeki, and a thirty-five member Afrikaans

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US and Egypt announce restoration of full diplomatic links for the first time since the 1967 Six-Day War.

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Vuyisile Mini, Zinakile Mkaba and Wilson Khayinga, three prominent trade union leaders from the Eastern Cape, are executed in P

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The Herenigde Nasionale Party (Reunited National Party), joining the followers of Dr. D.F. Malan and General J.B.M. Hertzog, is

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Johannes Albertus Munnik (Albert) Hertzog, leader of the Herstigte Nasionale Party and eldest son of former SA prime minister G

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Numbers of Cuban soldiers and shipments of Russian military equipment arrive in Luanda, Angola, while SA was clandestinely supp

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Christopher Columbus first learns about growing and harvesting maize, now SA’s staple food, from the native population of Cuba.

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Hansi Pauline Pollak, sociologist, welfare worker and activist, is born in Johannesburg. In 1980 the University of Natal awarde

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Jacob de Villiers Roos, journalist, attorney, Director of Prisons, Controller and Auditor-General of the Union of South Africa

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More than 500 traditional healers march to the Treatment Action Campaign’s offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, demanding tha

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An Ethiopian Airlines plane is hijacked over the Comoros Islands and crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing 125 people.

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Ms Brigitte Sylvia Mabandla, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April

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South African government announces it has joined Cuba and Angola in endorsing a plan to remove Cuban troops from Angola.

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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s former financial adviser, Addy Moolman, is to finally start serving his four-year jail sentence, Pr

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The twenty-fourth General Assembly of the United Nations condemns South Africa for its collaboration with Portugal and Southern

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The first session of the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council is officially opened in Bellville and immediately takes up th

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Two Johannesburg paramedics, Adriaan Craukamp and Johan Erasmus, who abandoned a homeless man, who later died in the street, ha

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Minister of Justice, J.T. Kruger, says the PAC has launched two insurgency campaigns, Homecoming and Curtain Raiser, against So

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Leaders of twenty political parties at the Multi-party Negotiating Process endorse an interim constitution and an electoral bil

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Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts an invitation to visit Israel. The Egyptian foreign minister and his deputy resign ov

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James Read, missionary of the London Missionary Society who clashed repeatedly with the authorities and colonists, is born in A

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The Voortrekker commando under Andries Pretorius and Sarel Celliers make a solemn promise to God. Should they be victorious, th

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Briefing the media on the outcomes of the cabinet meeting on 7 December, government spokesperson Joel Netshitenzhe says in addr

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The Star reports that construction workers have discovered a mass grave containing human bones and ammunition 400m from the for

Niger’s President Seyni Kountche dies in Paris, and is replaced as head of state by army chief Ali Seibou.

Fifteen Blacks are stabbed to death and four wounded in factional fight in South African eastern province of Natal.

It is announced that Transkei and South Africa have signed an extradition agreement. Transkei authorities refuse to say whether

At its Biennial Congress in Bloemfontein the United Party adopts a new six-point declaration of principles, and ratifies a new

Establishment by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Programme for the Education and Training Abroad of South Africans.

Prof. Carel W.H. Boshoff, former chairman of the South African Bureau of Race Relations and the Afrikanerbroederbond, is born i

A two-hour meeting is held between a delegation of deputy ministers, led by President Mbeki, and a thirty-five member Afrikaans

US and Egypt announce restoration of full diplomatic links for the first time since the 1967 Six-Day War.

Vuyisile Mini, Zinakile Mkaba and Wilson Khayinga, three prominent trade union leaders from the Eastern Cape, are executed in P

The Herenigde Nasionale Party (Reunited National Party), joining the followers of Dr. D.F. Malan and General J.B.M. Hertzog, is

Johannes Albertus Munnik (Albert) Hertzog, leader of the Herstigte Nasionale Party and eldest son of former SA prime minister G

Numbers of Cuban soldiers and shipments of Russian military equipment arrive in Luanda, Angola, while SA was clandestinely supp

Christopher Columbus first learns about growing and harvesting maize, now SA’s staple food, from the native population of Cuba.

Hansi Pauline Pollak, sociologist, welfare worker and activist, is born in Johannesburg. In 1980 the University of Natal awarde

Jacob de Villiers Roos, journalist, attorney, Director of Prisons, Controller and Auditor-General of the Union of South Africa

More than 500 traditional healers march to the Treatment Action Campaign’s offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, demanding tha

An Ethiopian Airlines plane is hijacked over the Comoros Islands and crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing 125 people.

Ms Brigitte Sylvia Mabandla, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April

South African government announces it has joined Cuba and Angola in endorsing a plan to remove Cuban troops from Angola.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s former financial adviser, Addy Moolman, is to finally start serving his four-year jail sentence, Pr

The twenty-fourth General Assembly of the United Nations condemns South Africa for its collaboration with Portugal and Southern

The first session of the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council is officially opened in Bellville and immediately takes up th

Two Johannesburg paramedics, Adriaan Craukamp and Johan Erasmus, who abandoned a homeless man, who later died in the street, ha

Minister of Justice, J.T. Kruger, says the PAC has launched two insurgency campaigns, Homecoming and Curtain Raiser, against So

Leaders of twenty political parties at the Multi-party Negotiating Process endorse an interim constitution and an electoral bil

Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts an invitation to visit Israel. The Egyptian foreign minister and his deputy resign ov

James Read, missionary of the London Missionary Society who clashed repeatedly with the authorities and colonists, is born in A

The Voortrekker commando under Andries Pretorius and Sarel Celliers make a solemn promise to God. Should they be victorious, th

Briefing the media on the outcomes of the cabinet meeting on 7 December, government spokesperson Joel Netshitenzhe says in addr