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Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal, journalist and campaigner for Indian rights, is born in Johannesburg as son of Jariam Singh, a former
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Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal, journalist and campaigner for Indian rights, is born in Johannesburg as son of Jariam Singh, a former
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Margaret Mary Smith, artist and ichthyologist, dies in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. She illustrated the book of her husband, Prof
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Leaders of the Azanian People’s Organisation, the Socialist Party of Azania and the Black People’s Convention announce they wil
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Police have arrested a 39 year old Pretoria priest for conducting at least 600 fake marriages between foreigners and unsuspecti
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Rhodesian security police kill seven and wound one member of Frelimo, the Mozambique Liberation Front. The fighting took place
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Hilda Postma, daughter of the Rev. S. Postma and author of books for children, is born in Burgersdorp, Cape Colony.
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Prof. Pothinus Carl Matsiri Mokgokong, academic, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of the North, dies in Mankweng
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Two gunmen open fire on a crowd of commuters in Jeppe railway station, Johannesburg, killing five persons and injuring fourteen
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Vladimir Putin, the Russian president arrives in Cape Town and addresses parliament on a first ever visit of a Russian leader t
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Dumisani Makhaye (49), the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Local Government, Housing and Traditional Affairs, dies of cancer in Durban.
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SA signs agreement with Lesotho concerning the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect t
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The Transvaal Rugby Football Union executive committee passes a resolution expressing its full support for Dr Luyt and Dr Crave
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Anglo-Boer War 2: John Tengu Jabavu, editor of Imvo Zabantsundu (Black Opinion) and future ANC member, denounces Britain’s “irr
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SA Safety and Security Minister says in parliament during a discussion on his budget vote: "They can continue to whinge u
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US Marines evacuate 900 civilians from Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, wracked by looting and violence after a military
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Egypt’s President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Jordan’s King Hussein sign a mutual defence treaty, prompting Israel to strike pre-emp
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Ernest Sedumedi Moloto, linguist, educationist and teacher who served as chairman of both the Tswana Language Committee of SA a
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The second interim report of the Commission of Inquiry regarding the Prevention of Public Violence and Intimidation, headed by
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The government, the ANC and the Freedom Front sign an agreement establishing a framework for a separate state for Whites (’Acco
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Daniël F. du Toit, (’oom Lokomotief’) (77), founder member of the ‘Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners’ and editor of ‘Die Afrikaa
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Dr Bernabé Jan Gerard de la Bat, first head of the deaf-and-dumb institute in Worcester, is born.
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State President F.W. de Klerk announces plans for a two day multi-party conference and the establishment of a standing commissi
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During a working visit to Libya, Foreign Minister Alfred Nzo stresses South Africa’s eagerness to strengthen and develop its re
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Anglo-Boer War 2: the British government publishes Lord Roberts’ criticisms of Buller and Warren over the handling of Spioenkop
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World Haemophilia Day. This day is celebrated by haemophilia organisations around the world, and gives them an opportunity to i
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Richard Owen Dudley, president of the New Unity Movement, 1985, and active campaigner against separate schooling based on colou
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Twenty meters of railway track is destroyed on the railway line between Richards Bay and Vryheid, derailing a goods train.
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Cyril Ramaphosa, Secretary-General of the ANC and chairman of the Constitutional Assembly, announces his intention to resign fr
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