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… MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA ON THE OCCASION OF DEEPAVALI, THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS 1997 29 October 1997 …

… SA signs agreement concerning the establishment of a Joint Permanent Commission for Co-operation with the government of Mozambi …

… The Minister of Coloured Affairs announces that the government has decided to appoint a judicial commission …

… The United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid releases … second Interim Report recommending an effective embargo on the s …

… King Haile Selassie urges his countrymen to fight to the last man against the invading Italian army. …

… Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela is born in the small village of Mvezo, in the district of Qunu near Umtata. …

… The National Prosecuting Authority’s spokesperson Panyaza Lesufi says human remains believed to be those of the "Pebco Thr …

… The Australian rugby team gains its biggest ever victory over SA by beating the Springboks 32-6 in Brisbane. …

… Sir Richard Bourke, acting governor of the Cape, issues Ordinance 50, abolishing the Hottentot (Khoi-Khoi) legislation. Accordi …

… Ladysmith, Natal, as pleasure-seekers without warning open the floodgates of the Windsor Dam. …

… Ferdinand Postma, professor of the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in Burgersdorp and later Potchefstroom, …

… The Inkatha National Cultural Liberation Movement is transformed into the multi-racial Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) at a special …

… The Middenmark is driven on the rocks in Table Bay by a strong wind and seventy-five …

… The Plenary of the Multi-party Negotiating Process adopted by consensus …

… The second annual General Student Council meeting (2 9 July) of the South African Student Organisation (SASO) starts in …

… Speech during a visit to the Harvey Cohen School for the Mentally Handicapped Eldorado Park, Tuesday 13 April 1999 …

… Speech during a visit to the Harvey Cohen School for the Mentally Handicapped Eldorado Park, Tuesday 13 April 1999 …

… Speech during a visit to the Harvey Cohen School for the Mentally Handicapped Eldorado Park, Tuesday 13 April 1999 …

… Albasini (75), elephant-hunter, trader and White chief of the Magwamba tribe, dies in the Soutpansberg district. …

… Brig. Oupa Gqozo, chairman of the Ciskei state council, founds the African Democratic Movement and rejects unitary state. …

… Constance Annie Nothard, nursing sister and recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal, highest award of the International Red …

… The Instituut vir Opvoeding en Onderwys (Institute for … education and teaching) is founded in Bloemfontein during the National C …

… was declared independent by Pres. De Gaulle on 3 July, the Provisional Executive, however, proclaim July 5, the …

… Professor Carel Boshoff resigns as chairman of the Broederbond. He is critical of the government’s constitutional proposals, wh …

… The Algerian Revolution against the French ends. Algeria eventually gains independence after …

… Cloete: The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology … Anglo-Boer War 2: The British abandon Utrecht, occupied the previous day, on receiving reports of General Grobler’s …

… Speech by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at the Launch of the Government Web Site, Pretoria, 28 January 1999 …

… Speech at The Smart Partnership Dinner at The 3rd Southern Africa International Dialogue, Victoria …

… The Special Political Committee in the United Nations, with South Africa participating, starts …

… The United States, the Netherlands, Great Britain, West Germany and Belgium all …