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South African politician and author of “Jock of the Bushveld,” Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, is born in King William’s Town.

… et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 4, p. 561. …

Document 107 - “Johannesburg Municipal Elections: Communist Party asks Labour Party for Working Arrangement”, South African Worker. 12 June 1937

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According to Alex Holmes, chairperson of the South African Arms and Ammunition Dealers Association, five retailers have gone ba

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Eugène de Kock alleges that the Swedish premier Olaf Palme was shot in 1986 by a South African secret agent.

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A bilateral summit between delegations of the ANC and the South African Government, led respectively by Nelson Mandela and Pres

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South African ordinance workshops have produced the first Belgian F.N. rifle, which is now ready to go into production.

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The South African Government, ANC and IFP agree on a draft National Peace Accord that they described as &quot;a firm foundation

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The office of a member of the Prime Ministers’ team, responsible for drawing up plans for a Southern African ‘constellation of

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The office of a member of the Prime Ministers’ team, responsible for drawing up plans for a Southern African ‘constellation of

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Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the Chief Councillor, announces that the South African government has agreed that members of the Kw

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General Constand Viljoen is appointed as Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and Lieutenant-General Jan Geldenhuys

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Foreign Minister ‘Pik’ Botha pays a two-day (2-3 September) visit to Israel where Southern African issues are discussed with Pr

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While officially opening the Biennial Congress of the Coordinating Council of South African Trade Unions in Pretoria, the Minis

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The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, M.C. de Wet Nel, says that ‘Tswanaland’, a number of African reserves ski

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General Ronnie van der Westhuizen, head of the South African special investigations unit on political violence, says that twent

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The South African Weather Service is officially launched by the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism to provide public

… Burger, D. (ed) (2002). South Africa Yearbook 2001/02, Pretoria: GCIS, p. 214 …

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President F.W. de Klerk vehemently denies any direct or indirect talks between the African National Congress (ANC) leaders and

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A manned private rocket ship SpaceShipOne, piloted by 62-year-old South African-born Michael Melvill, bursts through the Earth’

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Adv. Anton Lubowski (37), secretary-general of the South West African People’s Organisation (Swapo), is shot and killed outside

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The Central African Republics, Ghana and Guinea threaten to withdraw their troops from a security force unless the United Natio

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A delegation of officials of the African National Congress (ANC), the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Congress of South A

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It is officially disclosed that South African police are in Rhodesia actively helping in the fight against Nationalist guerrill

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President Thabo Mbeki leads a South African delegation in a two-day meeting with representatives of the Israeli Likud Party at

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A.K. Ganyile, a Pondo leader and refugee in Basutoland is kidnapped with two companions by six South African policemen, taken a

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The Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser, a bilingual newspaper and the first to publish news and advertisements, is publis

Document 78 “What is the Communist Party? A South African Native Republic, Lesson 3: The Native Republic 1 “, Umsebenzi, 24 February 1934

Progressive Federal Party (PFP)-African National Congress (ANC) Meeting (Summary) by Peter Gastrow , 12 and 13 October 1985, Lusaka.

Progressive Federal Party (PFP)-African National Congress (ANC) Meeting (Narrative) by Peter Gastrow , 12 and 13 October 1985, Lusaka.

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South African envoy, Parks Makahlana, mediating in the Lockerbie case, reports, “all issues have now been resolved”. UK Prime M

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The Lesotho government invites all South African political refugees to make formal application to leave the country, to indicat