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Further banning orders are gazetted, including that of the former leader of the South African Indian Congress, Yusuf Cachalia w
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Dr Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, scientist and industrialist who founded the South African Iron and Steel Industrial Corporati
… et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 11, p. 130. …
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The South African Bureau of Racial Affairs (Sabra), an independent non-profit-making organisation, is established with the twof
… et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 10, p. 91. …
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2,800 African miners strike at the Van Rhyn Deep mines in a bid to redress some of their grievances.
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President F. W. de Klerk announces that he is either suspending or forcibly retiring 23 officers of the South African Defence F
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The General Assembly appeals for assistance to families of persons persecuted by the South African Government for their opposit
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The ruling African National Congress sacks its chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe , after finding him guilty of sexually harassing a pa
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Reports reach London of the large number of deaths in South African concentration camps. africanhistory.about
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Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke, who played an important role in African social, educational and political life, dies in Pretoria.
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Sisulu, together with a number of members from the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and African National Congress (ANC), meet in
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Four leading South African journalists are charged under the new Protection of Information Act. The charges relate to reports c
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The former South African defence minister, General Magnus Malan, and several former high-ranking officials are arrested and cha
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The constitution of the ZAR (South African Republic) is finally ratified by a Volksraad in which Soutpansberg is also represent
… C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 259. …
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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 South African Department of Home Affairs refuses to grant Breyten Breytenbach a visa to receive an honorary doctorate from
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Student committees decide to end the boycott of Black schools, the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) having declared i
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The Lesotho government invites all South African political refugees to make formal application to leave the country, to indicat
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The African National Congress (ANC) presents a united front with President Mbeki and ANC vice-president, Jacob Zuma, sharing th
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The South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (Sanroc), which later under Denis Brutus played an important role in isolating S
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North African nations of Libya and Tunisia announce agreement to merge as a new republic, the Islamic Arab Republic". The
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The Goldstone Commission of Inquiry has its first hearing on the South African Defence Force’s involvement in promoting Black o
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Johannes Jacobus Geldenhuys (Jannie), Chief of the South African Defence Force, 1985, and Member of the State Security Council,
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President F.W. de Klerk and African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela jointly accept the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Pri
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The South African Government decides to proceed to appoint Ramesh Vassen as Consul General in Mumbai (previously Bombay), India
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South African Airways is inaugurated and takes over the passenger and goods air services hitherto operated by Union Airways.
… et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 1, p. 613 | …
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The South African Indian Council (SAIC) calls for a referendum in the Indian community on the acceptability of the Constitution
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The first Oscar nomination for a South African film, Yesterday, a drama about a woman in a rural village who discovers she is H
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South African politician and author of "Jock of the Bushveld," Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, dies at the age of 69.
… et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 4, p. 561. | …
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Seven people are killed and about sixty-seven injured when about 800 striking South African Transport Services (SATS) workers,
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