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South African President Thabo Mbeki was to arrive today in Abidjan to help with peace negotiations, but the visit was postponed
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Five more people die in overnight violence in South African townships bringing the death toll during a two-day strike by Black
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Speech by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at the “Asian Tigers and the African Lion” Business Conference: Gallagher Estates 26 March 1996
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A South African judge jails former state assassin Eugene de Kock for more than 200 years, describing him as a chilling and revo
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The French occupy the North African city of Algiers. The colonisation of Algeria was seen as a way of providing employment for
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Three South African tennis stars Rene Schuurman, Jean Forbes and Sandra Reynolds wear their sack-line tennis dresses for the fi
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Speech By President Nelson Mandela At The Opening Of The First Annual South African Junior Wheelchair Sports Camp Johannesburg, 4 December 1995
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The SABC reports that the celebrated African poet Professor Mazizi Kunene, well known for his epic poem Emperor Shaka the Great
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The eastern portion of Peelton is incorporated into the Transkei, against the wish of many of the inhabitants. South African ci
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Speaking at a prayer meeting in New Delhi, Mahatma Gandhi calls on the South African government to stop the hooliganism of Whit
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Anglo-South African driver Pat Fairfield dies of injuries sustained in a crash in the Le Mans 24 Hour race in France.
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South African Black nationalist Nelson Mandela and his wife, Winnie, arrive in New York City for a ticker-tape parade in their
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Report on the proceedings of the Special Emergency Convention of the African National Congress in Umteteli wa Bantu, June 23, 1932
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South African President F.W. de Klerk demotes two Cabinet ministers in charge of security, Magnus Malan and Adriaan Vlok, to de
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James Arnold (Jimmy) La Guma, trade unionist and political activist, member of the SACP and president of the South African Colo
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South African swimmer Penny Heyns wins gold again in the women’s 200m breaststroke final, after setting an Olympic record in he
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Agreement is reached between the South African Police, ANC, SACP and COSATU on the principles outlined by a panel of experts on
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Six South African members of the PAC are sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment, by the Tanzanian High Court, for the killing
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The Minister of Indian Affairs announces that South African Indians will be free to move from one province to another without p
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John Wiley, the leader of the South African Party (SAP), announces that his party is to disband. SAP representatives will retai
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Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the Confederation of British industry London, 4 July 1990
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Chamber of Commerce and Industry of USSR and South African Chamber of Mines sign an agreement to promote exchange of informatio
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Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo, member of the South African Communist party and prominent politician, goes on trial for making anti-war
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Ethiopian troops breach Eritrean lines in a disputed border area, and Eritrea soon says it will accept an African peace plan fo
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A South African flag is torn to pieces and three Springbok lifesavers are attacked during a near-riot at the Melbourne ocean su
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The ANC and the South African government make further concessions in an attempt to draw the FA into an inclusive constitutional
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The African National Congress (ANC) leads a march through central Durban, attended by up to 100,000 people, to demand their vot
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Declaration by about 1,500 Mayors calling for the release of Nelson Mandela and all other South African political prisoners pub
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The African People’s Liberation Army (APLA), armed section of the PAC, is disbanded in the Umtata stadium by Dr Stanley Mogoba.
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