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The Refugees Act, 1998, comes into action. Mozambique and Zimbabwe are by far the largest source of illegal immigrants.

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The National Coordinating Committee for the Repatriation of South African Exiles (NCCR) is dissolved due to fraud and corruptio

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Joel Phoshoko (28), member of the Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers’ Union (CCAWUSA), dies in police custody in Pretoria.

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SA recalls its ambassador to Britain for urgent consultations, after four South Africans and a Briton are charged in Coventry w

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Pik Botha, SA ambassador in the USA, returns to South Africa and is appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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The government, the ANC and the Freedom Front sign an agreement establishing a framework for a separate state for Whites (’Acco

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Peter Loubser Were Becker, writer of several popular historic books on African people and their customs, dies instantly after b

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The British High Commissioner to South Africa, Lord Alfred Milner, proposes that educated and prosperous non-Whites should be a

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SAA’s Boeing 707 &quot;Windhoek&quot; sets up a new record for the flight between Mauritius and Perth, covering the 3740-mile s

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French government announces a state of national emergency, giving it special powers to deal with the Algerian revolt and associ

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Charlotte Makgomo Maxeke, teacher, social worker, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, dies in J

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Dr Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp, controversial missionary and physician of the London Missionary Society, is born in Rotterd

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Local elections for KwaZulu-Natal are again postponed until 26 June 1996 as a result of persistent violence and administrative

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Soviet premier Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev and Egyptian premier Gamal Abdel Nasser officiate at the ceremony to blow up a san

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The mayor of Welkom in the Free State is tarred and feathered after officiating at a multi-racial wheelchair marathon.

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Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha and Defence Minister Magnus Malan hold talks in Brazzaville, Congo, with an Angolan delegati

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A rusty freighter teeming with thousands of sick and hungry Liberian refugees is finally allowed to limp into a Ghanaian port a

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Pik Botha sees his election victory as a mandate to bring about internal change and to move away from discrimination.

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Sakumzi (Saki) Macozoma, ANC politician, director of various companies and member of several Boards, is born in Port Elizabeth.

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Immorality Amendment Act No 21 commences, extending the 1927 Immorality Act to all Black people including Coloureds and Asians.

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Peter Loubser Were Becker, author, ethnologist and advertising executive, is born at Veld View, Rivonia. He was a special frien

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John Fleming (Jack) Brock, scientist, physician and professor who developed the Department of Medicine at the University of Cap

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Sheiks Mutondi Makhado, businessman and well-known leader in the area of Black economic empowerment, is born in Johannesburg. H

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The cattle looting expedition commanded by Gen. Bruce Hamilton, King Dinizulu and Chief Sikhobobo arrives bac

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All-in African Conference (25-26 March) with 1,400 delegates from 145 religious, cultural, peasant, intellectual and political

This day in history

Provincial Council elections show a sharp swing to the government side and shock the opposition UP. Although provincial, the ca

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Three more detainees are released: the Chairman of the ‘Committee of, Dr. N. Motlana, a member of the Committee, L. Mosala, and

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Saul Tsotetsi (SACP), Alfred Yika (ANC) and Elias Mothloung (SACC employee) are killed when a hand grenade explodes in Sebokeng

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets the ANC in Zambia and fails to convince the organization to abandon the armed struggle.

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The Prime Minister dismisses allegations that the Cabinet is divided, and denies that there are differences in principle betwee

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The Refugees Act, 1998, comes into action. Mozambique and Zimbabwe are by far the largest source of illegal immigrants.

The National Coordinating Committee for the Repatriation of South African Exiles (NCCR) is dissolved due to fraud and corruptio

Joel Phoshoko (28), member of the Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers’ Union (CCAWUSA), dies in police custody in Pretoria.

SA recalls its ambassador to Britain for urgent consultations, after four South Africans and a Briton are charged in Coventry w

Pik Botha, SA ambassador in the USA, returns to South Africa and is appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The government, the ANC and the Freedom Front sign an agreement establishing a framework for a separate state for Whites (’Acco

Peter Loubser Were Becker, writer of several popular historic books on African people and their customs, dies instantly after b

The British High Commissioner to South Africa, Lord Alfred Milner, proposes that educated and prosperous non-Whites should be a

SAA’s Boeing 707 &amp;quot;Windhoek&amp;quot; sets up a new record for the flight between Mauritius and Perth, covering the 3740-mile s

French government announces a state of national emergency, giving it special powers to deal with the Algerian revolt and associ

Charlotte Makgomo Maxeke, teacher, social worker, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, dies in J

Dr Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp, controversial missionary and physician of the London Missionary Society, is born in Rotterd

Local elections for KwaZulu-Natal are again postponed until 26 June 1996 as a result of persistent violence and administrative

Soviet premier Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev and Egyptian premier Gamal Abdel Nasser officiate at the ceremony to blow up a san

The mayor of Welkom in the Free State is tarred and feathered after officiating at a multi-racial wheelchair marathon.

Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha and Defence Minister Magnus Malan hold talks in Brazzaville, Congo, with an Angolan delegati

A rusty freighter teeming with thousands of sick and hungry Liberian refugees is finally allowed to limp into a Ghanaian port a

Pik Botha sees his election victory as a mandate to bring about internal change and to move away from discrimination.

Sakumzi (Saki) Macozoma, ANC politician, director of various companies and member of several Boards, is born in Port Elizabeth.

Immorality Amendment Act No 21 commences, extending the 1927 Immorality Act to all Black people including Coloureds and Asians.

Peter Loubser Were Becker, author, ethnologist and advertising executive, is born at Veld View, Rivonia. He was a special frien

John Fleming (Jack) Brock, scientist, physician and professor who developed the Department of Medicine at the University of Cap

Sheiks Mutondi Makhado, businessman and well-known leader in the area of Black economic empowerment, is born in Johannesburg. H

Anglo-Boer War 2: The cattle looting expedition commanded by Gen. Bruce Hamilton, King Dinizulu and Chief Sikhobobo arrives bac

All-in African Conference (25-26 March) with 1,400 delegates from 145 religious, cultural, peasant, intellectual and political

Provincial Council elections show a sharp swing to the government side and shock the opposition UP. Although provincial, the ca

Three more detainees are released: the Chairman of the ‘Committee of, Dr. N. Motlana, a member of the Committee, L. Mosala, and

Saul Tsotetsi (SACP), Alfred Yika (ANC) and Elias Mothloung (SACC employee) are killed when a hand grenade explodes in Sebokeng

Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets the ANC in Zambia and fails to convince the organization to abandon the armed struggle.

The Prime Minister dismisses allegations that the Cabinet is divided, and denies that there are differences in principle betwee

SAA’s Boeing 707 "Windhoek" sets up a new record for the flight between Mauritius and Perth, covering the 3740-mile s