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Ten African men and one woman receive prison sentences of from five to twenty years in the Pietermaritzburg Supreme Court.

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Cecil John Rhodes (48), diamond magnate and premier of the Cape Colony, dies in Muizenberg. (Burne: Chronicle of the World;

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British troops under Henry D. Warden arrive from Philippolis on the farm ‘Bloem Fontein’. Warden and his family take up res

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US President Bill Clinton, on a visit to Rwanda, acknowledges that the United States and the world failed to protect Rwandans f

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William John Burchell, botanist and explorer of the South African interior, reaches Graaff-Reinet, which he has left in January

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Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, British field marshal during World War 2 and commander of the Eighth Army in North Africa, dies

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The South African police shoots twenty-one people in KwaNobuhle, where the residents had killed a community leader and his thre

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Authorities grant indemnity from prosecution to 2,605 anti-apartheid activists and also members of far right groups. The indemn

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Indians in SA start a protest under Mohandas Gandhi against new legislation forcing all male members to carry passbooks and hav

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Publication of declaration for the release of Nelson Mandela and all other South African Political Prisoners signed by over 4,0

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In Sharpeville sixty-nine Blacks are shot and 152 wounded by police during a demonstration. (The official report of the Commi

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Lambertus and Abraham, eldest sons of Jan van Riebeeck, leave with skipper Douwe Aukes for their uncle, Abraham Quevellerius in

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Frans Vredenrijk Engelenburg, editor of De Volksstem and founding member of the Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (Academy for Sci

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Mthabatha Seema PAC member disappears, last seen first in the company of a policeman at the Seshego magistrate’s court and late

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6000 Indians march in Durban to protest against the Asiatic Bill, and support the South African Indian Congress resolution for

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Petrus van den Burg, organist of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk in Pretoria and composer, is born in Amersfoort, the Netherlan

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The consortium Midi Television is awarded the first privately owned free-to-air television licence and e.tv started broadcastin

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Finance Minister Chris Liebenberg resigned and is replaced by Trevor Manuel. Alec Erwin is promoted to Manuel’s post. Gill Marc

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The World Campaign against Military and Nuclear Collaboration with South Africa is launched in London, with the support of the

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A bomb explodes in front of the post office in Krugersdorp, killing two security guards and injuring at least twenty people.

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Representatives of South Africa, United States, Angola and Cuba meet in London (3-4 May) in search of a solution to the Angolan

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Representatives of South Africa, United States, Angola and Cuba meet in London (3-4 May) in search of a solution to the Angolan

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Dumisani Dludla, trade unionist and General Secretary of the United Workers’ Union of SA (UWUSA), is born in Melmoth, Natal.

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The SA 6th Division crosses Brenta River and is then redirected to Milan in Italy in World War II.

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Outgoing North West premier Popo Molefe is quitting formal politics to give more attention to his &quot;personal health and fam

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Business Day reports that two Ciskei security policemen were killed and one injured in April in a shootout near Alice, Ciskei,

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A Group Areas Amendment Bill introduced on 7 March 1982 and enacted on 21 April, maintains the existing commitment to the princ

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The Coloured schools’ boycott is joined by pupils at a number of Indian schools in Pretoria and Natal. Black Consciousness grou

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Johannes Mashego (26) dies in police custody in Parys, OFS. His relatives report extensive bruising and swollen face upon ident

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Me Epainette Mbeki, businesswomen and community worker in Idutywa, Eastern Cape, receives the Order of the Baobab for her servi

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Ten African men and one woman receive prison sentences of from five to twenty years in the Pietermaritzburg Supreme Court.

Cecil John Rhodes (48), diamond magnate and premier of the Cape Colony, dies in Muizenberg. (Burne: Chronicle of the World;

British troops under Henry D. Warden arrive from Philippolis on the farm ‘Bloem Fontein’. Warden and his family take up res

US President Bill Clinton, on a visit to Rwanda, acknowledges that the United States and the world failed to protect Rwandans f

William John Burchell, botanist and explorer of the South African interior, reaches Graaff-Reinet, which he has left in January

Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, British field marshal during World War 2 and commander of the Eighth Army in North Africa, dies

The South African police shoots twenty-one people in KwaNobuhle, where the residents had killed a community leader and his thre

Authorities grant indemnity from prosecution to 2,605 anti-apartheid activists and also members of far right groups. The indemn

Indians in SA start a protest under Mohandas Gandhi against new legislation forcing all male members to carry passbooks and hav

Publication of declaration for the release of Nelson Mandela and all other South African Political Prisoners signed by over 4,0

In Sharpeville sixty-nine Blacks are shot and 152 wounded by police during a demonstration. (The official report of the Commi

Lambertus and Abraham, eldest sons of Jan van Riebeeck, leave with skipper Douwe Aukes for their uncle, Abraham Quevellerius in

Frans Vredenrijk Engelenburg, editor of De Volksstem and founding member of the Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (Academy for Sci

Mthabatha Seema PAC member disappears, last seen first in the company of a policeman at the Seshego magistrate’s court and late

6000 Indians march in Durban to protest against the Asiatic Bill, and support the South African Indian Congress resolution for

Petrus van den Burg, organist of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk in Pretoria and composer, is born in Amersfoort, the Netherlan

The consortium Midi Television is awarded the first privately owned free-to-air television licence and e.tv started broadcastin

Finance Minister Chris Liebenberg resigned and is replaced by Trevor Manuel. Alec Erwin is promoted to Manuel’s post. Gill Marc

The World Campaign against Military and Nuclear Collaboration with South Africa is launched in London, with the support of the

A bomb explodes in front of the post office in Krugersdorp, killing two security guards and injuring at least twenty people.

Representatives of South Africa, United States, Angola and Cuba meet in London (3-4 May) in search of a solution to the Angolan

Representatives of South Africa, United States, Angola and Cuba meet in London (3-4 May) in search of a solution to the Angolan

Dumisani Dludla, trade unionist and General Secretary of the United Workers’ Union of SA (UWUSA), is born in Melmoth, Natal.

The SA 6th Division crosses Brenta River and is then redirected to Milan in Italy in World War II.

Outgoing North West premier Popo Molefe is quitting formal politics to give more attention to his &amp;quot;personal health and fam

Business Day reports that two Ciskei security policemen were killed and one injured in April in a shootout near Alice, Ciskei,

A Group Areas Amendment Bill introduced on 7 March 1982 and enacted on 21 April, maintains the existing commitment to the princ

The Coloured schools’ boycott is joined by pupils at a number of Indian schools in Pretoria and Natal. Black Consciousness grou

Johannes Mashego (26) dies in police custody in Parys, OFS. His relatives report extensive bruising and swollen face upon ident

Me Epainette Mbeki, businesswomen and community worker in Idutywa, Eastern Cape, receives the Order of the Baobab for her servi

Outgoing North West premier Popo Molefe is quitting formal politics to give more attention to his "personal health and fam