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Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff assumes governorship at the Cape. Graaff-Reinet is named after him and his wife.
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Minister of Home Affairs Gene Louw announces that race classification for newborn babies and immigrants has ceased with immedia
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James Aubrey Polley (61), flamboyant former minister of the Methodist Church and anti-apartheid activist, dies. He was detained
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Following a twelve-hour meeting in Cape Town between President de Klerk and ANC Deputy-President Nelson Mandela, they announce
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The Vatican issues a report, "The Church and Racism", in which apartheid is condemned as the most evil, systematic fo
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South Africa’s acclaimed Soweto Gospel Choir under direction of David Mulovhedzi and Beverly Bryer win in the Best Traditiona
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A new SABC/Markinor survey released in Johannesburg discloses that nine out of ten South Africans have cited unemployment and j
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Manas Buthelezi, minister of religion and former Bishop of the Central Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern A
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An Ethiopian plane bombs an Eritrean village full of homeless people, killing at least five civilians and escalating a border d
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ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela says the European Community should retain sanctions against South Africa and warns of mass
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At a meeting between John Vorster and eight ‘homelands’ leaders, strong representations are made to the Prime Minister on the d
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A powerful car bomb explodes outside a cafe in downtown Algiers, killing at least twenty people and wounding sixty others hours
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President Nelson Mandela holds meetings with Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini and later declares he will initiate a round of urgen
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Police baton-charge and teargas protesters at Jan Smuts Airport in Johannesburg. The protesters had gathered to express their d
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The Federal Republic of Germany has informed the Oslo-based World Campaign against Military and Nuclear Collaboration with Sout
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Bus drivers, members of the Transport and General Workers’ Union (TGWU) a COSATO affiliate, strike because of lack of protectio
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Leader of the Opposition, Sir De Villiers Graaff, demands a judicial inquiry into the activities of the Broederbond, and demand
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The Voortrekkers under Hendrik Potgieter and Gerrit Maritz defeat the Ndebele under Mzilikazi at Mosega, near the present Zeeru
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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 village Roossenekal is proclaimed. It is named after Field-cornet Stephanus Johannes Roos and Comdt. Frederik Senekal, who
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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 Truth and Reconciliation Commission refuses amnesty to Gideon Nieuwoudt, former police officer, for the death of Steve Biko
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The away game between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Zambia ends in a tie with no goals scored.
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A devastating storm hits Pretoria – five inches of rain falls within four hours and the Apies River flows 100m wide.
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Gert van der Linde (75), former chairman of the old Cape Provincial Council and MP, dies in Port Elizabet
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The home match between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Nigeria, ends in a tie, with no goals scored.
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Paedophile Gert van Rooyen and his mistress, Joey Haarhoff, commit suicide in Pretoria while being pursued by the police.
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SA signs an agreement with Hungary on the abolition of visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and service passports.
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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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