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Prof. Johannes Cornelis van Rooy (64), educationist, rector of the University of Potchefstroom and president of the Federasie v
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Nearly 300 people are killed in a single late-night altercation between the government and Islamic militants in Algeria.
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Mohamed Hajee Joosub, pioneer wholesaler, trader, philanthropist and devout Muslim, dies in Pretoria. He was born in Ranavav, I
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A 3-week-old rebellion reaches the outskirts of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, and hundreds of soldiers are killed or wounded.
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The rugby match between SA and the British Isles in Johannesburg ends in a draw with ten points each.
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Geoffrey Bongumusa Mduduzi Bhengu, member of parliament for the Inkatha Freedom Party and chairman of several commercial enterp
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Ellen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and leading executive member of the South African Institute of Race Relations (SA
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Sir Thomas Muir, educationist, mathematician and superintendent-general of education in the Cape Colony, is born in Lanarkshire
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Cape Governor Sir George Grey arranges peace between Basotho King Moshesh and the Free State at Aliwal North.
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The Industrial Development Corporation, Sagem SA, and the SAPS sign an agreement to implement an Automated Fingerprint Identifi
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The Industrial Development Corporation, Sagem SA, and the SAPS sign an agreement to implement an Automated Fingerprint Identifi
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Allison Wessels George Champion, trade union leader, politician and businessman, dies in Chesterville, Durban. In 1942 he was
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Twenty-six elderly tourists from Britain and a South African tour guide are killed in a bus accident near Lydenburg.
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A British newspaper reports heavy fighting between Angolan government forces and Unita, in which SA is allegedly taking part.
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Egypt and Jordan formally resume diplomatic relations. Jordan announces it will restore relations with Egypt, something no Arab
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The performance of Black drama and music by mushrooming township cultural groups becomes a significant factor in the propagatin
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The SA rugby team beats New Zealand 17-6 in the third test in Auckland and wins the series 2-1.
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The Netherlands government suspends its cultural agreement with South Africa and proposed visits by several other Dutch groups
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Leaders of Syria, Algeria, South Yemen, Libya and Palestine Liberation Organisation announce in Damascus, Syria, they are sever
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Demonstrators close down businesses and government offices in Lesotho to protest election results, while a week-old mutiny by a
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Cyprian Bhekuzulu Nyangayezizwe KaDinuzulu, fourth son of Solomon KaDinuzulu and Paramount Chief of the Zulus for twenty years,
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The ANC sent a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk and demanded an end violent police action.
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Theophil Otto Frederick Charles (Theo) Wendt, composer and conductor of the SABC orchestra, is born in Sydenham, London.
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At a Nordic Council meeting in Copenhagen, the Foreign Ministers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden recommend an i
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Alexander Kerr, educationist, church leader and the first principal of the South African Native College (later the University o
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Anti-apartheid sport personalities Rama Reddy and Krish Mackerdhuj are arrested during a demonstration in front of the Durban h
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In a telegram to Milner, Chamberlain describes the proposals as “...an immense concession and even a considerable advance on yo
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SA signs memorandum of agreement with Lesotho regarding the design, construction and maintenance of the international border br
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The ANC sent a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk and demanded an end violent police action.
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