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Elections for the Coloured and Indian Parliament under the new Constitution, to be held on 22 August 1984, are announced by the

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Dingane, stripped of his kingship after he and his Zulu warriors are vanquished at the battle of Magongo at the Umkuzi River, f

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In South Africa it is reported that at least nineteen people have died and twelve are feared drowned after torrential rains hit

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A large section of the Coalbrook mine near Sasolburg caves in and traps 435 miners, the worst mine disaster in South African hi

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The Minister of the Interior informs the Argus Printing and Publishing Company that if it applied for re-registration of the Po

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It is reported in New York that a fierce attack on South Africa’s apartheid policies and its control of South-West Africa has b

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Albert Nzula, teacher, journalist and leader of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), who left SA to study in Moscow in 1

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Two brothers appear in court in connection with the murder of two soldiers from Tempe, near Bloemfontein and also the theft of

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Goodwill Sthuli Shlaza (22), chairperson of the ANC Youth League of Piet Retief and of the ANC Youth League zonal structure, is

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Sybrandis Abbema (Sibrand), who visited the Cape in 1660 as V.O.C. commissioner and instructed Simon van der Stel to do all he

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At least forty soccer fans die and 100 are injured as they flee fighting between rival team supporters at a stadium near Orkney

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The Cape Supreme Court, sitting in Port Elizabeth, sets aside the 1973 election of Lennox Sebe and three other members of the C

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The Iron and Steel Industrial Corporation Act is accepted by the SA parliament, thereby paving the way for the founding of ISCO

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At least 460 refugees, most of them women and children, are massacred in Liberia, allegedly by rebels led by faction leader Cha

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The battle of Roodewal Siding takes place near Koppies, OFS. Gen. De Wet and eighty men attack two comp

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Adam Tas marries Elizabeth van Brakel, wealthy widow of Hans Jurgen Grimpe, and becomes the owner of the farm, which he later c

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Security police arrive at Naledi High School and attempt to arrest the leader of the local branch of the SA Students Movement.

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Gert van den Bergh, SA actor and first free-lance radio broadcaster who was honoured by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetens

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France is accused by the Human Rights Arms Project of arming and training the Hutu extremists who organised the genocide in Rwa

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Thomas Tommy Trevor Motswai (known as Tommy), SA artist, is born at the East Rand, Johannesburg. He was born deaf and atten

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Prof. Johan Heyns, well-known professor of theology at the University of Pretoria and moderator of the General Synod of the DRC

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Rebel leader Abd al-Krim, based at Targuist in the Rif mountains of Morocco, surrenders to Marshal Philip Petain, leader of the

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The United States Vice President, Walter Mondale and the Prime Minister, John Vorster, meet in Vienna for two days of high-leve

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Albert van de Sandt Centlivres, chief justice of SA and chancellor of the University of Cape Town, is born in Cape Town.

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The League of Nations dissolves after twenty-six years and is replaced by the United Nations, with its first meeting in London.

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Stella Sigcau, South African minister of Public Works since 1999 and third prime minister of the former Transkei, is born at Lu

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A deal is proposed between the IFP and the ANC in Kwazulu-Natal aimed at stopping the conflict. The initiative has brought a de

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Dr Werner W.M. Eiselen, co-founder of the South African Bureau of Racial Affairs (Sabra) and promoter of the concept of separat

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Abdol Burns, Cape Muslim political leader, cab driver and teacher, is buried in Cape Town. He was born in Cape Town c.1838.

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Dr Werner W.M. Eiselen, co-founder of the South African Bureau of Racial Affairs (Sabra) and promoter of the concept of separat

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Elections for the Coloured and Indian Parliament under the new Constitution, to be held on 22 August 1984, are announced by the

Dingane, stripped of his kingship after he and his Zulu warriors are vanquished at the battle of Magongo at the Umkuzi River, f

In South Africa it is reported that at least nineteen people have died and twelve are feared drowned after torrential rains hit

A large section of the Coalbrook mine near Sasolburg caves in and traps 435 miners, the worst mine disaster in South African hi

The Minister of the Interior informs the Argus Printing and Publishing Company that if it applied for re-registration of the Po

It is reported in New York that a fierce attack on South Africa’s apartheid policies and its control of South-West Africa has b

Albert Nzula, teacher, journalist and leader of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), who left SA to study in Moscow in 1

Two brothers appear in court in connection with the murder of two soldiers from Tempe, near Bloemfontein and also the theft of

Goodwill Sthuli Shlaza (22), chairperson of the ANC Youth League of Piet Retief and of the ANC Youth League zonal structure, is

Sybrandis Abbema (Sibrand), who visited the Cape in 1660 as V.O.C. commissioner and instructed Simon van der Stel to do all he

At least forty soccer fans die and 100 are injured as they flee fighting between rival team supporters at a stadium near Orkney

The Cape Supreme Court, sitting in Port Elizabeth, sets aside the 1973 election of Lennox Sebe and three other members of the C

The Iron and Steel Industrial Corporation Act is accepted by the SA parliament, thereby paving the way for the founding of ISCO

At least 460 refugees, most of them women and children, are massacred in Liberia, allegedly by rebels led by faction leader Cha

Anglo-Boer War 2: The battle of Roodewal Siding takes place near Koppies, OFS. Gen. De Wet and eighty men attack two comp

Adam Tas marries Elizabeth van Brakel, wealthy widow of Hans Jurgen Grimpe, and becomes the owner of the farm, which he later c

Security police arrive at Naledi High School and attempt to arrest the leader of the local branch of the SA Students Movement.

Gert van den Bergh, SA actor and first free-lance radio broadcaster who was honoured by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetens

France is accused by the Human Rights Arms Project of arming and training the Hutu extremists who organised the genocide in Rwa

Thomas Tommy Trevor Motswai (known as Tommy), SA artist, is born at the East Rand, Johannesburg. He was born deaf and atten

Prof. Johan Heyns, well-known professor of theology at the University of Pretoria and moderator of the General Synod of the DRC

Rebel leader Abd al-Krim, based at Targuist in the Rif mountains of Morocco, surrenders to Marshal Philip Petain, leader of the

The United States Vice President, Walter Mondale and the Prime Minister, John Vorster, meet in Vienna for two days of high-leve

Albert van de Sandt Centlivres, chief justice of SA and chancellor of the University of Cape Town, is born in Cape Town.

The League of Nations dissolves after twenty-six years and is replaced by the United Nations, with its first meeting in London.

Stella Sigcau, South African minister of Public Works since 1999 and third prime minister of the former Transkei, is born at Lu

A deal is proposed between the IFP and the ANC in Kwazulu-Natal aimed at stopping the conflict. The initiative has brought a de

Dr Werner W.M. Eiselen, co-founder of the South African Bureau of Racial Affairs (Sabra) and promoter of the concept of separat

Abdol Burns, Cape Muslim political leader, cab driver and teacher, is buried in Cape Town. He was born in Cape Town c.1838.

Dr Werner W.M. Eiselen, co-founder of the South African Bureau of Racial Affairs (Sabra) and promoter of the concept of separat