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At least four policemen are apparently arrested and questioned about a burglary last week from the safes of the SAPS serious an
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Simon Hulumeni Gumede, Zulu chief and Minister of Works in the KwaZulu Government, 1983, is born in the Ubombo district, KwaZul
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The officially reported camp population of the White concentration camps is 116, 572 and the deaths for May a
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New clues in the Dr Robert and Jean-Cora Smith murder investigation are discovered after twenty years. The letters RAU TEM
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Dr Azar Paul Jammine, businessman and director of several companies, is born in Alexandria, Egypt. He arrived in SA in 1950.
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The Hertzog Prize is instituted by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and Ar
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South African Air Force pioneer Major-General Ken van der Spuy, veteran of both world wars and holder of fourteen decorations f
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The Transkei Minister of Justice orders the Methodist Church of South Africa to cease all activities, and cede its property wit
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A joint statement is issued, agreed to by Dr. Verwoerd, Victorio Carpio, Dr. de Alva and the Foreign minister, Eric Louw, indic
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US President George W Bush takes steps to restore normal trade and investment ties with Libya as a reward to Muammar Gaddafi fo
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Exiled Pan-Africanist Congress member Sam Chand and his family of four are shot dead in Botswana before a powerful explosion de
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The discovery of a virus that may cause Aids, the fatal disease sweeping through the world and Africa, is hailed as a "mon
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French, Algerian, and Senegalese troops are to be sent to help put down the tribesmen revolt in Morocco. However, Germany has p
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The Star reports that Gordon Webster, an alleged ANC insurgent, was found guilty of the murder of a policeman and the attempted
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About 100 striking Nigerian oil workers seize four offshore rigs and hold hostage ninety-seven expatriate workers as well as mo
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In a major statement, the prime minister declares that in future, South Africa will be guided solely by its own interests, and
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In terms of section 248 (1) of the Interim 1994 Constitution and acting on the advice of the Transitional Executive Council (TE
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Phambili Ka Ntloko, prominent member of AZAPO and elected national organiser of the movement in 1985, is born in Cape Town.
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David Livingstone, Scottish explorer and missionary who died of malaria on 1.5.1873 on the shore of Lake Bangweulu, is buried i
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The ANC holds a special one-day summit with its alliance partners COSATU (the Congress of South African Trade Unions) and the S
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Bessie Amelia Head, SA novelist, short story writer and social historian dies in Serowe, Botswana. She had gone to Botswana in
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The National Party of Dr D.F. Malan wins 94 of the 156 seats and the opposition 62 in the general election.
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Jozua Francois (Tom) Naudé, first president of the senate of the Republic of South Africa in 1961 and acting state presi
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The appeal by the Anglican Dean, the Very Rev. Gonville Aubie ffrench-Beytagh, against his conviction and sentence under the Te
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S.G. Sekano Ntoane, church moderator and pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), is born in Hebron, Pretoria. The
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Anglo-Boer War 2: In answer to a question by St John Brodrick, Lord Kitchener admits providing firearms to 10 053 Africans and
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Sir Robert Nelson Kotzé, mining engineer who did much to promote safety in mines and who became vice-chancellor of the U
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Emily Hobhouse witnesses the clearing of Warrenton and the dispatch of people in open coal trucks. The people
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Construction of the Victoria Falls Bridge and the railway line are completed. Spanning the gorge of the Zambezi River, the brid
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