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The SA Air Force announces that Mirages will be phased out because of a cut to the defence budget.

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Co-operation and Development Minister, Piet Koornhof, states that uncontrolled squatting cannot be tolerated, and will not be a

Fallen Walls: Prisoners of Conscience in South Africa and Czechoslovakia by Jan Karel Coetzee, Lynda Gilfillan, Otakar Hulec

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Marthinus Lourens de Villiers, composer of “Die Stem” (The Call of South Africa), is born in Paarl, Cape.

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Egypt and Jordan formally resume diplomatic relations. Jordan announces it will restore relations with Egypt, something no Arab

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The South African Gymnastics Federation announces in Johannesburg that the first ever National Gymnastic Games will be taking p

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The PAC’s finance secretary says it will transform itself from a revolutionary movement to a full-fledged political party run o

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Egypt announces it will not extend Suez Canal Company’s concession after expiration in 1956, leading to Suez Crisis.

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John Tengo Jabavu, the second Black matriculant in South Africa and well-known journalist, is born near Healdtown.

”No Easy Walk to Freedom” Presidential Address by Nelson R. Mandela to the ANC (Transvaal) Congress 21 September 1953

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Israel declares it will keep some of ground won from Egypt, Jordan and Syria in Six-Day War.

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Minister of the Interior Theo Gerdener, indicates that the Public Service Commission will make a comprehensive study to create

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South Africa announces it will sign the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty and agree not to develop nuclear weapons.

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Well-known Emzini Wezinsizwa actor Maxwell Mlilo (Ngconde), dies of diabetes in Helen Joseph Hospital, Johannesburg. (2006). Ml

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Buller enters Volksrust, the first town in the ZAR to fall into his hands.

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The International Convention on Civil liability for Oil Pollution Damage, as well as the International Convention Relating to I

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

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Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, leader of Inkatha, withdraws from negotiations on ending apartheid. He announces that he will not

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Members of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) march to Pretoria and call for a Volkstaat for the Afrikaner people.

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The Prime Minister declares that Soviet threats will not prevent South Africa from attacking ANC bases in Mozambique.

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Prime Minister John Vorster announces that a first-ever multi-racial commission will investigate the political and socio-econom

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Freedom Front leader General Constand Viljoen has announced he will seek amnesty before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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The Minister for Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces that relevant urban Black leaders will be consulted

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Marthinus Lourens de Villiers (91), composer of ‘Die Stem’ (The Call of South Africa), dies in Wellington, Cape.

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The UN High Commissioner for Refugees estimates it will cost $40m to repatriate South Africa’s 40 000 exiles.

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The World Health Organisation reports that without urgent action against tuberculosis, 1-billion people will be infected and 70

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The United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid publishes a report recommending that the Security Council call on South Afric

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Prime Minister P.W. Botha announces that, contrary to previous indications, the constitutional proposals will be put to a refer

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From 1 June 1981, holders of Zimbabwean passports will require visas to enter South Africa. The Zimbabwean government reciproca

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Prime Minister B.J. Vorster indicates that the ‘homelands’ will be perfectly free to form a federation among themselves, once t