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PW Botha refuses to testify before the TRC
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PW Botha refuses to testify before the TRC

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Rhodesia adopts new constitution
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Rhodesia adopts new constitution

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Cricketer Omar Henry born
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Cricketer Omar Henry born

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PAC leader Robert Sobukwe is released
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PAC leader Robert Sobukwe is released

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Curnick Ndlovu, Trade Unionist, is arrested.
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Curnick Ndlovu, Trade Unionist, is arrested.

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Chris Hani, the SACP secretary-general, is assassinated
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Chris Hani, the SACP secretary-general, is assassinated

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Native Affairs Commission
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The Native Affairs Commission went once more to Ntabelanga for negotiations

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Four ANC members killed in an ambush near Piet Retief, eastern Transvaal
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Four ANC members killed in an ambush near Piet Retief, eastern Transvaal

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Three AWB members shot and killed during the invasion of Bophuthatswana
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Three AWB members shot and killed during the invasion of Bophuthatswana

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The official Commission of Inquiry into the mass media tables its report
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The official Commission of Inquiry into the mass media tables its report

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Transvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC
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Transvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC

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Old South African Flag
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Afrikaner nationalists rebel against a Union Jack in new South African flag

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Thomas Pringle, journalist and editor of Cape newspaper Commercial Advertiser, dies in London
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Thomas Pringle, journalist and editor of Cape newspaper Commercial Advertiser, dies in London

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Rev. Michael Scott besiege the UN for justice regarding Herero people
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Rev. Michael Scott besiege the UN for justice regarding Herero people

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Anwar al-Sadat
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Former Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is born

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The State Theatre in Pretoria opens
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The State Theatre in Pretoria opens

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Joost Van Der Westhuizen, Springbok rugby scrum-half and captain, is born
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Joost Van Der Westhuizen, Springbok rugby scrum-half and captain, is born

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Charlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, is born
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Charlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, is born

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President Paul Kruger lays the foundation stone of the Raadsaal on Pretoria’s Church Square
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President Paul Kruger lays the foundation stone of the Raadsaal on Pretoria’s Church Square

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Chief Malaboch is taken prisoner
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Chief Malaboch is taken prisoner

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Sir John Robinson forms Natal’s first ministry as Prime Minister
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Sir John Robinson forms Natal’s first ministry as Prime Minister

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The South African Government passes the Group Areas Act

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Cableway
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The Table Mountain cableway, one of the biggest tourist attractions in Cape Town, is inaugurated

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Andries Dreyer, church archivist and collector of Africana, dies
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Andries Dreyer, church archivist and collector of Africana, dies

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Adriaan Vlok is born
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Adriaan Vlok is born

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The South African Reserve Bank is established
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The South African Reserve Bank is established

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The Afrikaner Broederbond is formed
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The Afrikaner Broederbond is formed

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Helen Suzman
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Helen Suzman is born

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SA artist Mmakgoba Sebidi is born
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SA artist Mmakgoba Sebidi is born

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Fearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born in England
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Fearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born in England

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