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South Africa’s first multiracial elections start
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South Africa’s first multiracial elections start

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Ex Defence Minister P.W. Botha denies arms purchase
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Ex Defence Minister P.W. Botha denies arms purchase

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ANC activists bribe warder and escape from prison
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ANC activists bribe warder and escape from prison

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New Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa
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New Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa

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In Britain, Foreign Office Minister Lynda Chalker, meets Oliver Tambo, president of the ANC.
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In Britain, Foreign Office Minister Lynda Chalker, meets Oliver Tambo, president of the ANC.

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Mpho Gift Leremi, Mamelodi Sundowns soccer player, dies
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Mpho Gift Leremi, Mamelodi Sundowns soccer player, dies

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Paul Sibisi
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Paul Michael Sibisi, SA artist and teacher involved in setting up cultural art workshops in Natal, is born.

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Victor Sidney Norton, journalist and first South African-born editor of the Cape Times, dies in Cape Town
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Victor Sidney Norton, journalist and first South African-born editor of the Cape Times, dies in Cape Town

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ZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ is dynamited
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ZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ is dynamited

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The Chernobyl computer virus damages hundreds of thousands of computers around the world
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The Chernobyl computer virus damages hundreds of thousands of computers around the world

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The Esso Oil Company closes its business in South Africa
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The Esso Oil Company closes its business in South Africa

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Justin Alexander (Alex) La Guma, SA novelist, short story writer and political activist, is born in Cape Town
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Justin Alexander (Alex) La Guma, SA novelist, short story writer and political activist, is born in Cape Town

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Nkomo, leader of ZAPU forms a coalition government with Robert Mugabe
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Nkomo, leader of ZAPU forms a coalition government with Robert Mugabe

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Pallo Jordan
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Former National Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, is born

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Uranium enrichment programme gets a boost from B.J. Vorster
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Uranium enrichment programme gets a boost from B.J. Vorster

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More than 2,250 people are arrested in the township of Sebokeng
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More than 2,250 people are arrested in the township of Sebokeng

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Alan Charles Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian is born
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Alan Charles Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian is born

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Stephen Appiah, retired Ghanaian footballer is born
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Stephen Appiah, retired Ghanaian footballer is born

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Chris Katongo, Zambian football player, is born
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Chris Katongo, Zambian football player, is born

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The Federal Congress of the National Party supports a set of constitutional reforms
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The Federal Congress of the National Party supports a set of constitutional reforms

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The inquest into the death in detention of Dr. Neil Aggett is adjourned
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The inquest into the death in detention of Dr. Neil Aggett is adjourned

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Moïse Kapenda Tshombe refuses to end the Katanga secession
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Moïse Kapenda Tshombe refuses to end the Katanga secession

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Morocco reclaims its long lost region of Sidi Ifni from Spain
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Morocco reclaims its long lost region of Sidi Ifni from Spain

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) logo
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) declares Aids a worldwide epidemic

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Archibald Lamont, ex-mayor of Durban, passes away.
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Archibald Lamont, ex-mayor of Durban, passes away.

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Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer and Nobel laureate, is born
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Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer and Nobel laureate, is born

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Natasha Kate Sutherland, actress in the SA soap opera Egoli, is born.
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Natasha Kate Sutherland, actress in the SA soap opera Egoli, is born.

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Léopold Sédar Senghor
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Léopold Sédar Senghor resigns after twenty years as Senegalese president.

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Negotiators representing Afrikaner Republics travel to Pretoria to present terms of surrender
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Negotiators representing Afrikaner Republics travel to Pretoria to present terms of surrender

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Dr Kenneth Kaunda, former president of Zambia, is born
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Dr Kenneth Kaunda, former president of Zambia, is born

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