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Seetsele Modiri (Silas Moliri) Molema, medical doctor, politician and author, dies in Mafeking (Mafikeng). He was the eldes
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Jan Christoffel Berrangé, Cape clergyman and first moderator of the Dutch Reformed Synod, is born in Cape Town.
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Deadline for tens of thousands of illegal immigrants, mostly from Ethiopia and Somalia, to leave Djibouti is set.
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An Egyptian military court convicts seventy-two Islamic militants of subversion and sentences four of them to death.
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President P.W. Botha admits in Parliament that he personally phoned the SA Broadcasting Corporation and intervened to change a
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British troops march from Simonstown and General J.H. Craig enters Cape Town. Sluysken formally surrenders on 16 September.
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Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, and Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, shake hands after concluding the Declaration of
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Rachel Alexander (Ray) Simons, legendary communist and trade unionist born in Latvia in 1914, dies in Cape Town.
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Following an international campaign for clemency, the Bloemfontein Appeal Court overrules the death sentence on James Mange and
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Gertrud Theiler, zoologist, researcher and teacher is born in Pretoria. She was youngest daughter of Sir Arnold Theiler.
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The government was implicitly involved in farm attacks, the union’s national safety and security committee chairperson Danie du
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Two burghers and a young boy are allegedly murdered after surrendering to the notorious Bushveld Carbineers
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Gen. Benjamin (Ben) Johannes Viljoen, Boer general, war hero and author, is born in Wodehouse district, Cape Colony.
ArchiveVote for F W de Klerk and the new National Party. Stem vir F W de Klerk end die nuwe Nasionale Party.
Election poster. Yellow background with blue writing. Picture of F W de Klerk. National Party logo.
ArchiveStatement released by the Transvaal Regional Committee of the National Medical and Dental Association (NAMDA), 29 May 1985
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Prof. Jacobus Gerhard Meiring, educationist and rector of the University of the Western Cape, is born in Johannesburg.
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Justice R.J. Goldstone, Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry Regarding the Prevention of Public Violence and Intimidation, exp
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Lindiwe Maziya (wife), Zwelakhe and Elizabeth (all relatives of the chairperson of the Vosloorus Crisis Committee, Ali Maziya),
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The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) establishes Radio Bantu, consisting of Radio Zulu, Radio Xhosa and Radio Seso
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South Africa is declared a republic, independent and outside the Commonwealth. C.R. Swart, the former Governor-General, is swor
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South Africa is declared a republic, independent and outside the Commonwealth. C.R. Swart, the former Governor-General, is swor
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Die Brandwag, Afrikaans magazine, is published for the first time with Gustav Preller and W.M.R. Malherbe as editors.
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A severe hailstorm hits Natal, wreaking havoc on the colony’s agriculture and economy, already in a weak position because of a
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A week after sweeping into the city, President Laurent Kabila bans political activity and demonstrations in Kinshasa, the DRC c
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A pickup truck rigged with explosives rips through a crowded vegetable market in Tripoli, Libya, killing fifty-four people and
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Zimbabwe African National Union leader Robert Mugabe announces that Rhodesia’s guerrilla groups, Zanu and Zapu (the Zimbabwe Af
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Britain breaks off diplomatic relations with Libya and orders all Libyan embassy staff to leave within seven days.
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The prime minister announces a new sport policy in which he distinguishes between multiracial sport and multinational sport. Mu
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Sathyandranath Ragunanan (Mac) Maharaj, political activist and former SA Minister of Transport, is born in Newcastle, Natal. He
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