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Sytzke Wopkes Wierda, designer of the Raadsaal on Church Square, Pretoria, Paardekraal monument in Krugersdorp and a number of
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Members of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) march to Pretoria and call for a Volkstaat for the Afrikaner people.
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South Africa signs multilateral agreement between the International Atomic Energy Agency, South Africa and the United States fo
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The Rev. Charles Murray, fifth child of the Rev. Andrew Murray and compiler of the Hallelujaboek, is born.
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The Anglo American Corporation amalgamates its administration of Orange Free State mines and forms Freegold (Free State Consoli
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Pres. Jimmy Carter of America refuses further aid to Argentina, Uruguay and Ethiopia because of human rights violations.
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Dr. Allan Boesak and the journalist Elna Botha is married in the St. Stephens church in Cape Town.
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Welfare and Population Development Minister, Abe Williams, resigns in the face of corruption allegations relating to missing pe
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Raymond Mhlaba (85), African National Congress veteran, Rivonia trialist and first premier of the Eastern Cape Province, dies s
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Prime Minister P.W. Botha describes the National Party policy of inter-racial consultation and joint responsibility, as ‘a form
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Seventh-Day Adventist Pastor Elizaphan Ntakirutimana, 78, and his son Gerard Ntakirutimana, 45, a doctor, are convicted of geno
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The Minister of Justice, Kobie Coetsee, announces that the most comprehensive and intensive investigation is being carried out
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After preliminary conversations started on 6 of February in Cape Town by representatives from India, Pakistan and South Africa,
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National Security Amendment Act No 35, empowering police officers to detain and interrogate persons suspected of having committ
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Henrietta Georgina (Netta) Kirk, cheese maker, factory manager and technical supervisor in the cheese-making industry, dies on
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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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Libyan radio calls for Arab suicide squads to strike US embassies and other interests "wherever they may be."
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Cassim Mohammed Bassa, estate agent, community leader and sport activist, dies in Johannesburg where he is attending a meeting
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Robert Sobukwe, President of the Pan Africanist Congress, Kitchener Leballo, its national secretary, and 11 others are charged
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Portuguese government sanctions the passage of British troops and stores via Beira, Mozambique, thereby v
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Parliament establishes the Human Rights Commission to promote and protect human rights. It is empowered to investigate violatio
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Relative calm returns to Algeria after cease-fire, ending seven years of warfare between French and Algerian Nationalists.
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Egypt’s highest court clears democracy activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim on charges of defaming Egypt and illegally accepting foreign
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The World Health Organisation reports that without urgent action against tuberculosis, 1-billion people will be infected and 70
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Jan Egeland, the United Nations’ relief co-ordinator, announces in Geneva that conflict and preventable disease have triggered
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Wilhelmina Louisa Ida (Minna) Freund, actress and teacher of elocution, is born in Glücksberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, wh
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Zairian rebels take control of Kisangani, the last government stronghold in the east and Zaire’s third largest city.
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