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A meeting is held between Prime Minister John Vorster and eight ‘homeland’ leaders to discuss the unrest, which has left at lea

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SA signs multilateral treaty on the principles governing the activities of states in the exploration and use of outer space. Al

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South African artist and eminent portrait painter Neville Lewis is born in Cape Town. (Among his sitters were Field-Marshal Mon

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At least one-fifth of South Africa’s military is infected with the virus that causes AIDS, and Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota

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Habib Mohamed (A.M.) Rajab, trader who possessed the biggest collection of oriental art in SA, and remembered for his role in p

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SWAPO claims it was not responsible for placing landmines in the Caprivi Strip and that the guerrillas were not operating from

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Stephanus Johannes Paulus (Fanie) Eloff (62), first notable sculptor born in SA and grandson of Paul Kruger, is born in Pretori

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The United Party declares that it will oppose the National Party’s policy and will moot a certain measure of self-government fo

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The two Voortrekker states, one east of the Drakensberg and one west, unite to form the Republic of Natalia. Practical diffic

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A young Pretoria couple starts legal action against 1 Military Hospital for at least R800 000 for trauma and shock, when a doct

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It is announced that President F.W. de Klerk and African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela are awarded the Nobel Peace Pr

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Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate and a critic of the Nigerian government, returns to his homeland for the first time in four years

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Jabulani Albert Ntuli, SA artist and illustrator of the Bantubibel in 1977, with Laduma Madela, is born in Eshowe district, Nat

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Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne and known for his late-night parties, celebrates girlfriend Chelsy Davy’s 21s

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Sixteen schoolchildren and their bus driver are killed in Algeria when their bus is sprayed by gunfire at a false road block.

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South African Pieter de Waal has been appointed as head of the sales and marketing division for BMW Motorrad worldwide – the

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SA signs agreements with the government of the US on missile-related export/import restrictions and with the UN Development Pro

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According to the SABS Metrication News of this date, ‘massmeter’ is now the correct name for scales and balances in SA.

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Adolph Gysbert (Sailor) Malan, SA fighter pilot during WWII and later national president of the Torch Commando, is born in Well

Speech by Oliver Tambo at the Final Conference of International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa, London, 24 May 1991

Manifesto on Southern Africa adopted by the Fifth Summit Conference of East and Central African States, Lusaka, 14-16 April 1969.

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Severus G. Smidt (62), SA author who wrote under the pseudonyms of Johann van der Post and Adriaan Roodt, dies in Durban.

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Ms Ntombazana Gertrude Winifred Botha, Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004,

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Captain Danie Theron and his men capture a train from the Welsh fusiliers. After looting what they could carr

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Mark Thatcher, SA business man and son of Margaret Thatcher, is arrested by the Scorpions on the suspicion of providing about $

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The Prime Minister warns the opposition parties, the United Party and Progressive Party that his government may have to end int

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SA’s gold-panning team returns victorious from the World Gold Panning Championships held in Slovakia, with one gold and two bro

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Pieter Gert Wessel Grobler, director of the Land Bank, and Minister of Lands in the Hertzog cabinet, under whose auspices the S

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Mandisi Bongani Mabuto Mphalwa, Minister of Trade and Industry of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004, is born.

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US military forces attack a chemical plant in Sudan and what they describe as a terrorist camp in Afghanistan. Said to be linke

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A meeting is held between Prime Minister John Vorster and eight ‘homeland’ leaders to discuss the unrest, which has left at lea

SA signs multilateral treaty on the principles governing the activities of states in the exploration and use of outer space. Al

South African artist and eminent portrait painter Neville Lewis is born in Cape Town. (Among his sitters were Field-Marshal Mon

At least one-fifth of South Africa’s military is infected with the virus that causes AIDS, and Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota

Habib Mohamed (A.M.) Rajab, trader who possessed the biggest collection of oriental art in SA, and remembered for his role in p

SWAPO claims it was not responsible for placing landmines in the Caprivi Strip and that the guerrillas were not operating from

Stephanus Johannes Paulus (Fanie) Eloff (62), first notable sculptor born in SA and grandson of Paul Kruger, is born in Pretori

The United Party declares that it will oppose the National Party’s policy and will moot a certain measure of self-government fo

The two Voortrekker states, one east of the Drakensberg and one west, unite to form the Republic of Natalia. Practical diffic

A young Pretoria couple starts legal action against 1 Military Hospital for at least R800 000 for trauma and shock, when a doct

It is announced that President F.W. de Klerk and African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela are awarded the Nobel Peace Pr

Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate and a critic of the Nigerian government, returns to his homeland for the first time in four years

Jabulani Albert Ntuli, SA artist and illustrator of the Bantubibel in 1977, with Laduma Madela, is born in Eshowe district, Nat

Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne and known for his late-night parties, celebrates girlfriend Chelsy Davy’s 21s

Sixteen schoolchildren and their bus driver are killed in Algeria when their bus is sprayed by gunfire at a false road block.

South African Pieter de Waal has been appointed as head of the sales and marketing division for BMW Motorrad worldwide – the

SA signs agreements with the government of the US on missile-related export/import restrictions and with the UN Development Pro

According to the SABS Metrication News of this date, ‘massmeter’ is now the correct name for scales and balances in SA.

Adolph Gysbert (Sailor) Malan, SA fighter pilot during WWII and later national president of the Torch Commando, is born in Well

Speech by Oliver Tambo at the Final Conference of International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa, London, 24 May 1991

Manifesto on Southern Africa adopted by the Fifth Summit Conference of East and Central African States, Lusaka, 14-16 April 1969.

Severus G. Smidt (62), SA author who wrote under the pseudonyms of Johann van der Post and Adriaan Roodt, dies in Durban.

Ms Ntombazana Gertrude Winifred Botha, Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004,

Anglo-Boer War 2: Captain Danie Theron and his men capture a train from the Welsh fusiliers. After looting what they could carr

Mark Thatcher, SA business man and son of Margaret Thatcher, is arrested by the Scorpions on the suspicion of providing about $

The Prime Minister warns the opposition parties, the United Party and Progressive Party that his government may have to end int

SA’s gold-panning team returns victorious from the World Gold Panning Championships held in Slovakia, with one gold and two bro

Pieter Gert Wessel Grobler, director of the Land Bank, and Minister of Lands in the Hertzog cabinet, under whose auspices the S

Mandisi Bongani Mabuto Mphalwa, Minister of Trade and Industry of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004, is born.

US military forces attack a chemical plant in Sudan and what they describe as a terrorist camp in Afghanistan. Said to be linke