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Three leaders from the IFP, Frank Malalose, national chairman and the Premier of Kwazulu-Natal, Ziba Jiyane, Secretary-General

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Premier John Vorster decrees that in the future the ‘homelands’ will be allowed to accept direct foreign financial aid.

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South African politician and author of &quot;Jock of the Bushveld,&quot; Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, dies at the age of 69.

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Colonel Arthur Alfred Lynch is found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death for leading the &quot;Irish Commando&quot; a

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President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are awarded the Unesco Peace Prize. They received the prize on 3 February.

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At a meeting between John Vorster and eight ‘homelands’ leaders, strong representations are made to the Prime Minister on the d

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Manas Buthelezi, minister of religion and former Bishop of the Central Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern A

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An Ethiopian plane bombs an Eritrean village full of homeless people, killing at least five civilians and escalating a border d

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ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela says the European Community should retain sanctions against South Africa and warns of mass

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Ten French aid workers, kidnapped thirteen days earlier from a Somali refugee camp, are handed over to Ethiopian authorities by

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The Prime Minister explains that administrative rationalisation is to be implemented in four states, and announces that the Dep

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SA signs an agreement with Hungary on the abolition of visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and service passports.

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Johannes Jacobus Geldenhuys (Jannie), Chief of the South African Defence Force, 1985, and Member of the State Security Council,

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Mattheus Uys Krige, author, dramatist, poet and five times winner of the “Akademieprys” award for translated literature, is bor

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Abraham Esau, Calvinia Coloured leader and martyr who aided the British Imperial cause, is brutally assault

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President F.W. de Klerk and African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela jointly accept the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Pri

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Three draft Bills revising and streamlining South Africa’s security laws are placed before Parliament, their object being to re

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Dr Chris Albertyn (89), former chief executive of “Nasionale Pers” and editor of the Afrikaanse Kinderensiklopedie dies in Klei

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Patricia Nora Zenani Fakude-Nkuna, managing director of Bohlabela Wheels and member of the Rural Women’s Initiative (1994-1999)

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Dr Abdullah Abdurahman, community leader, member of the Cape City Council (1904-1940) and Cape Provincial Council (1914-1940),

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The Confederation of Senegambia between Senegal and the Gambia is formally launched. The federation was intended to promote coo

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Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is broken. Nyasaland (now Malawi) moves towards independence under the leadership of Dr Ha

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S. le Roux Marais (Stephanus), organist, teacher, pioneer of the art song (lieder) and composer of numerous songs in Afrikaans

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Five days after Italy captured the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, Mussolini annexes Ethiopia and announces that Abyssinia is

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Prof. Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu, SA ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany and former SA Minister of Education

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A combined force of British soldiers and armed Blacks attempts to surround General C.H. Muller’s commando, commanded in his abs

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WWII: East Africa. Naval bases of Antsirañana and Diego Suarez, Madagascar are surrendered to the British by Vichy forces.

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The ‘Volksraad’ of the ZAR gathers for the last time in Pretoria and is addressed by Pres. Paul Kruger.

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The British Lions rugby team leaves London to begin a controversial twenty-two-match tour of South Africa and Rhodesia.

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Two people are killed and twenty injured in a land mine explosion on a dirt road near Messina (Mussina) northern Transvaal. 5

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Three leaders from the IFP, Frank Malalose, national chairman and the Premier of Kwazulu-Natal, Ziba Jiyane, Secretary-General

Premier John Vorster decrees that in the future the ‘homelands’ will be allowed to accept direct foreign financial aid.

South African politician and author of &amp;quot;Jock of the Bushveld,&amp;quot; Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, dies at the age of 69.

Colonel Arthur Alfred Lynch is found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death for leading the &amp;quot;Irish Commando&amp;quot; a

President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are awarded the Unesco Peace Prize. They received the prize on 3 February.

At a meeting between John Vorster and eight ‘homelands’ leaders, strong representations are made to the Prime Minister on the d

Manas Buthelezi, minister of religion and former Bishop of the Central Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern A

An Ethiopian plane bombs an Eritrean village full of homeless people, killing at least five civilians and escalating a border d

ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela says the European Community should retain sanctions against South Africa and warns of mass

Ten French aid workers, kidnapped thirteen days earlier from a Somali refugee camp, are handed over to Ethiopian authorities by

The Prime Minister explains that administrative rationalisation is to be implemented in four states, and announces that the Dep

SA signs an agreement with Hungary on the abolition of visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and service passports.

Johannes Jacobus Geldenhuys (Jannie), Chief of the South African Defence Force, 1985, and Member of the State Security Council,

Mattheus Uys Krige, author, dramatist, poet and five times winner of the “Akademieprys” award for translated literature, is bor

Anglo-Boer War 2: Abraham Esau, Calvinia Coloured leader and martyr who aided the British Imperial cause, is brutally assault

President F.W. de Klerk and African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela jointly accept the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Pri

Three draft Bills revising and streamlining South Africa’s security laws are placed before Parliament, their object being to re

Dr Chris Albertyn (89), former chief executive of “Nasionale Pers” and editor of the Afrikaanse Kinderensiklopedie dies in Klei

Patricia Nora Zenani Fakude-Nkuna, managing director of Bohlabela Wheels and member of the Rural Women’s Initiative (1994-1999)

Dr Abdullah Abdurahman, community leader, member of the Cape City Council (1904-1940) and Cape Provincial Council (1914-1940),

The Confederation of Senegambia between Senegal and the Gambia is formally launched. The federation was intended to promote coo

Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is broken. Nyasaland (now Malawi) moves towards independence under the leadership of Dr Ha

S. le Roux Marais (Stephanus), organist, teacher, pioneer of the art song (lieder) and composer of numerous songs in Afrikaans

Five days after Italy captured the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, Mussolini annexes Ethiopia and announces that Abyssinia is

Prof. Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu, SA ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany and former SA Minister of Education

A combined force of British soldiers and armed Blacks attempts to surround General C.H. Muller’s commando, commanded in his abs

WWII: East Africa. Naval bases of Antsirañana and Diego Suarez, Madagascar are surrendered to the British by Vichy forces.

The ‘Volksraad’ of the ZAR gathers for the last time in Pretoria and is addressed by Pres. Paul Kruger.

The British Lions rugby team leaves London to begin a controversial twenty-two-match tour of South Africa and Rhodesia.

Two people are killed and twenty injured in a land mine explosion on a dirt road near Messina (Mussina) northern Transvaal. 5

South African politician and author of "Jock of the Bushveld," Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, dies at the age of 69.

Colonel Arthur Alfred Lynch is found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death for leading the "Irish Commando" a