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Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Velayati, visits South Africa in connection with South Africa’s agreement to store and mark
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The South African Government, ANC and IFP agree on a draft National Peace Accord that they described as "a firm foundation
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Thomas Edward Lawrence, called Lawrence of Arabia (1888-1935), British adventurer, soldier, and author, is born in Tremadoc, Wa
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Sam de Beer, former leader of the National Party in Gauteng, resigns and joins the United Democratic Movement (UDM).
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Heavy fighting rages in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, between forces of the president and those of a former military ruler.
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SADF soldiers surround the Thaba-Juluba high school in Soweto and arrest 200 students during a clampdown on school boycotts.
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The third rugby test of the series between SA and New Zealand ends in a tie with 11 points each.
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Sydney Smith Bell, judge in the Cape Colony, is appointed as chief justice and president of the legislative assembly.
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The ‘Committee of 81’, representing all Coloured schools and colleges in the Western Cape, decides to end class boycotts.
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The ‘Committee of 81’, representing all Coloured schools and colleges in the Western Cape, decides to end class boycotts.
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Europeans and Americans are reportedly fleeing Biafra, the oil rich eastern region of Nigeria, as more Nigerian Federal troops
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Europeans and Americans are reportedly fleeing Biafra, the oil rich eastern region of Nigeria, as more Nigerian Federal troops
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A truck belonging to Boeremag member Lets Pretorius is found in Lichtenburg with weapons and other supplies. Pretorius is arres
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The railway line between Cape Town and Johannesburg is completed. The first train arrives after a journey lasting two days,
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Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Velayati, visits South Africa in connection with South Africa’s agreement to store and mark
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The South African Government, ANC and IFP agree on a draft National Peace Accord that they described as "a firm foundation
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Thomas Edward Lawrence, called Lawrence of Arabia (1888-1935), British adventurer, soldier, and author, is born in Tremadoc, Wa
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Speaking at a conference of the Institute of Municipal Finance Officers, advocate Steven Powell of the forensic and auditing fi
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South Africa signs agreement with Namibia on the establishment of a permanent Water Commission and an agreement with Namibia on
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South Africa signs agreement with Namibia on the establishment of a permanent Water Commission and an agreement with Namibia on
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Richard Victor Selope Thema, politician, journalist and newspaper editor of i.e. The Bantu World, dies in Orlando West, Johanne
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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 Coloured Persons Representative Council (CRC) adjourns without passing its budget and urges the government to meet its dema
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Vincent Lawrence, community leader and Mohandas Gandhi’s confidential clerk, dies in Durban. He was born in Madras, India, in 1
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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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Prof. Felix Lategan, first professor in Afrikaans and Dutch at the University College of the Western Cape, is born.
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Electricity is cut off in Tumahole township because of a municipal and rent boycott. (Collinger, J. (1990). “Black out as provi
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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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A revised National Statutory Council is released providing a forum for Blacks to discuss policy and assist in drawing up a new
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