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… President Félix Houphouet-Boigny retains power when he wins the first multi-party election in the Ivory Coast. …

… Smuts, SA premier, makes a notable speech to members of the British parliament, suggesting that the responsibility …

… The British Trade Union Congress (TUC) publishes a report on Black labour conditions. Among the major recommendations it advoca …

… The General Assembly strongly disapproves SA policy of Apartheid and requests the Secretary-General to establish a United Natio …

… Benedictus Kok, rector (1967) and chancellor (1976) of the University of the Orange Free State, is born. …

… The General Assembly, at its sixteenth Special Session, adopts by consensus the "Declaration on Apartheid and its Destruct …

… Kofi Annan of Ghana is elected by the UN Security Council as secretary-general of the United Nations. …

… Oliver Tambo, President of the ANC, returns to South Africa after having fled the country thirty years ago. …

… P.J Meintjes writes to President Kruger pointing out that the property of the ‘Randjeslaagte Syndicate’ contains payable gold d …

… President Mandela signs the new Constitution, guaranteeing equal rights to all races. It incorporates the broad principles of t …

… Professor Gerrit Dekker, head of the department of Afrikaans-Nederlands of the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Ed …

… The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), largest single optical telescope in the southern hemisphere, is inaugurated by Pre …

… The Special Committee against Apartheid is established by the General Assembly under resolution 1761 (XVII) of November …

… Andries Pretorius is appointed Commandant-General of the Voortrekkers, to lead a commando two days later against the Zulu. …

… Mtobi Mapikela, businessman, politician and speaker of the African National Congress (ANC) who was the first chairperson …

… SA signs Protocol IV to the treaty on the Lesotho Highlands Water Project including supplementary …

… Cabinet approves the controversial Telkom share deal, saying it believes the Elephant Consortium will ensure broad-based Black …

… The National Arts Council (NAC) launches the National Craft Development Initiative as part of its …

… The ANC suspends national assembly chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, pending the outcome of a disciplinary hearing into sexual harassm …

… Anglo-Boer War 2: President Paul Kruger of the ZAR and Queen Wilhelmina have a triumphant procession in the Netherlands. …

… divided and entirely separate bodies unite and form the South African Football Association, marking the begin …

… A three-day election for sixteen members for the KwaNdebele Legislative assembly starts, with fifty-four candidates. The remain …

… Justice Kees van Dijkhorst of the Pretoria Supreme Court sentences the eleven "Delmas Treason Trialists" he had convi …

… General Christiaan Beyers, former Speaker of the Transvaal Parliament and Commandant-General of the Union Defence Force, drowns …

… The Transvaal Volksraad appoints Pieter J. Marais as official gold seeker in the Transvaal, after his discoveries in California …

… The Centre against Apartheid is established in the United Nations Secretariat, with E. S. Reddy, Chief of …

… Aboobaker Ismail, commander of the Special Operations Committee of MK and the Dolphin Unit, is born in Johannesburg. …

… The Minister of Foreign Affairs, H. Muller, defines the government’s policy of ending discrimination inside South …

… Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology, Pretoria: Lapa, p. 208 & … Anglo-Boer War 2: The Kitchener memorandum concerning the implementation of concentration camps for Boer women and …

… The South African authorities publish a notice granting … indemnity from prosecution to all exiles that left the country illegall …