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Sir John Kotze, appointed Chief Justice of the South African Republic (ZAR) in 1881, is born in Cape Town.

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South African government announces it has joined Cuba and Angola in endorsing a plan to remove Cuban troops from Angola.

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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

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Frank Chikane, former secretary-general of the South African Council of Churches and current politician, is born in Johannesbur

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Moses Josiah Madiba, author, educationist and first African chancellor of the University of the North, dies in Seshego, Pieters

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President David Dacko of the Central African Republic is ousted in a military coup by army commander Jean-Bédel Bokassa.

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President Thabo Mbeki joins several African leaders in Nairobi, Kenya, to witness the final signing of a peace accord between t

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Tsunamis devastate large swathes of South and Southeast Asia. More than 125,000 people, including several South African touris

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The Security Police detain the president and six executive members of the recently formed Congress of South African Students (C

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The Security Police detain the president and six executive members of the recently formed Congress of South African Students

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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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Three offices of the PFP are petrol-bombed in Johannesburg. The South African Liberation Support Cadre (SALSC) claims responsib

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Rebels led by ousted army chief General Francois Bozize capture the Central African Republic’s capital, Bangui, and the interna

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The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) delegation is received by the Viceroy, Lord Wavell, in Delhi, submitting a petition dr

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South African arms manufacturer Denel announces that it will unveil six new products at a United Arab Emirates weapons exhibiti

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”The City of Pretoria no longer exists”, a spokesman for the African National Congress’s Tshwane region says in a statement iss

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Former South African Defence Force (SADF) Chief Tienie Groenewald is acquitted on all charges related to the 1987 KwaMakhuthu m

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White-ruled African nation of Rhodesia, now known as Zimbabwe, is expelled from Olympics because of its racial policies.

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The English Cricket Council bows to British government pressure and calls off the all-White South African cricket tour.

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The African National Congress announces in Lusaka that it will not abandon the armed struggle against White domination until a

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The South African Journal, with Thomas Pringle as editor, and the Zuid-Afrikaansche Tijdschrift are established in Cape Town.

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At least fifty Congolese militiamen are killed by South African and Pakistani United Nations peacekeeping troops in a bloody gu

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The African National Congress (ANC) elects Nelson Mandela as Deputy President of the organisation. It also announces its decisi

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Archibald Jacob Gumede, Secretary of the Natal African Congress, 1951-60, and President of the United Democratic Front, 1983, i

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The Volksraad of the South African Republic (ZAR) passes a law denying the judicature the right to test Volksraad resolutions

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South African arms manufacturer Denel announces that it will unveil six new products at a United Arab Emirates weapons exhibiti

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Prussian nobility found the Berlin Missionary Society (BMS) to spread Christianity. The Society was active in most African coun