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… of Zimbabwe wins the Alfred Dunhill PGA golf tournament in Houghton, Johannesburg. …

… RENAMO denies in Lisbon that the movement is receiving assistance or …

… music teacher who started several youth orchestras, dies in Johannesburg. …

… Johannes Mahlangu, premier of Mpumalanga (1999 ), is born in Middleburg, Eastern Transvaal (Mpumalanga). …

… ’Anti-Afrikaans pupils go on strike in soweto’, Bokala, W., The World. 18 May 1976 …

… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. … South African troops carry out raids in Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, killing three people. …

… Pretoria News, 13 Jan 2003. Today in history … A commission of public safety is appointed in Cape Town after industrial upheaval breaks out.  …

… James L.B. Smith (70), who identified the coelacanth, dies in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. …

… Wijnbouwers Vereniging van Zuid-Afrika)is founded in Paarl, Western Cape. …

… Ten people die and 100 are injured in a train accident near Muldersvlei station, Paarl. …

… Thelma Gutsche, author, biographer and film critic, is born in Somerset West, Cape Province. …

… Western Cape government  Nursing Profession Victorious in the 2012 Provincial Cecilia Makiwane Nurses' Recognition … Makiwane, first Black woman to become a professional nurse in South Africa, is registered. …

… Lamizana deposes President Maurice Yaméogo of Burkina Faso in a military coup. …

… A coup attempt in DR Congo by renegade soldiers from the presidential guard …

… The US presence in Libya ends as the last detachment leaves Wheelus Air Base. …

… Protection Convention, to which SA is a party, is signed in Rome. …

… Sir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, is born in Cradock, Cape Colony. …

… Human & Rousseau | Pretoria News, 6 October 2003. Today in History … The railway line between Cape Town and Beira in Mozambique, 3 200 km, is completed. …

… Botha, younger brother of Gen. Louis Botha, is born in Greytown, Natal. …

… le Roux, linguist and Afrikaans cultural leader, dies in Pietermaritzburg, Natal. …

… West European leaders, meeting in the Netherlands, delay indefinitely imposing economic …

… Air Force stages 1 000-bomber raid on Bremen, Germany, in World War II. …

… Bazaars opens on the corner of Eloff and President Street in Johannesburg. …

… businessman and speaker of the Natal Parliament, dies in London. …

… Lynda Chalker meets Oliver Tambo, president of the ANC, in Britain. …

… Mandela, on a US tour, receives a tumultuous welcome in Boston. …

… The Netherlands Parliament votes overwhelmingly in favour of an oil embargo on South Africa. …

… scientists attend an international congress on HIV/Aids in Florence, Italy. …

… Elizabeth (Betsy) de la Porte, SA mezzo-soprano, is born in Wolmaransstad, Western Transvaal. …

… teacher of singing, educationist and choirmaster, dies in Cape Town. …