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Liberia’s main warring factions signed a peace accord calling for a cease-fire after more than five years of civil war and the

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Dr Allan Boesak is arrested in South Africa. Dr Boesak, along with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Dr Christiaan Beyers Naud&eacute

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Gill Marcus, manager of Spoornet, former deputy governor of the SA Reserve Bank and deputy minister of Finance (1996-1999), is

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Biafran troops, under the command of Colonel Ojukwu, have crossed the Niger River into Nigeria’s Mid-Western State and are head

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Justice Richard Goldstone said that his Commission was ready to carry out a full-scale inquiry into the security forces and pol

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Anglo-Boer War 2: In Bethlehem, OFS, a Black man called Frans is tried by the British, found guilty, sentenced to death and h

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Terrorist bombs detonate within minutes of each other outside US embassies in buildings in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar-es-Salaam, Ta

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Students at Lovedale College embarked on a strike against the new Code of Conduct and the appointment of the new Headmaster who

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The match between the SA rugby team and New Zealand ends in a tie with 18 points each. SA loses the series 2-0.

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Eleven people die and seventy-six are injured in a bomb explosion in a store in Salisbury (now Harare) the capital of Rhodesia

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Andrew Vusi Fasedemi, businessman and managing director of several companies, is born in Cardiff, Wales. He came in 1994 to Sou

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Nigerian police arrest some thirty people in Anambra state after fifty corpses and twenty skulls are discovered in raids on fet

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Daniel Tshabalala disappears in Soweto after allegedly taken from his house by four men, two Black men in police uniforms and t

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William Henry Bell, musician, composer and first director of the South African College of Music, known to his students as ‘Dadd

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Douglas Fuchs (84), one of the first full-time Afrikaans broadcasters and former director general of the SABC, dies during a bo

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Clashes between pro-Inkatha hostel dwellers and residents continue in Soweto, with the death toll in the area rising to fifty-t

This day in history

Clashes between pro-Inkatha hostel dwellers and residents continue in Soweto, with the death toll in the area rising to fifty-t

This day in history

Dr. Philip Blaiberg dies in South Africa, 19 months and 15 days after receiving a heart transplant, a survival record at the ti

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Carlos the Jackal, freelance terrorist, is arrested in Sudan and flown to Paris for trial. He is eventually sentenced to life i

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The twentieth anniversary of the GRA (Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners) is celebrated and it is decided to hold the first Afrika

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President PW Botha says the 1989 elections will be scrapped and strong measures will be taken against groups having talks with

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Six Fijian rugby players and a radio commentator are banned by the Fijian Rugby Union for travelling to South Africa. The seven

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Funeral service of Rivonia trialist and MK cadre Wilton Mkwayi takes place in King William’s Town. He was awarded this honour

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Dr Wouter Basson testifies before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that he had to help keep Nelson Mandela alive in gaol

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The Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, Dr Ben Ngubane, is to resign from the government of National Unity follo

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The Rev. Edward Jacannathan Manikkam, minister of the Reformed Church in Africa and first Indian to be ordained in the family o

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Sierra Leonean rebel leader Foday Sankoh, who had been in United Nations custody since 2000 and was awaiting trial on charges o

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South African President F.W. de Klerk demotes two Cabinet ministers in charge of security, Magnus Malan and Adriaan Vlok, to de

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A gale force southeaster wrenches the Antipolis loose from her anchor and the ship runs aground at Oudekraal. In the same sto

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Harry Mashabela, reporter for the Star and Patrick Weech, sub-editor for the Rand Daily Mail, are arrested under Section 6 of t

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Liberia’s main warring factions signed a peace accord calling for a cease-fire after more than five years of civil war and the

Dr Allan Boesak is arrested in South Africa. Dr Boesak, along with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Dr Christiaan Beyers Naud&amp;eacute

Gill Marcus, manager of Spoornet, former deputy governor of the SA Reserve Bank and deputy minister of Finance (1996-1999), is

Biafran troops, under the command of Colonel Ojukwu, have crossed the Niger River into Nigeria’s Mid-Western State and are head

Justice Richard Goldstone said that his Commission was ready to carry out a full-scale inquiry into the security forces and pol

Anglo-Boer War 2: In Bethlehem, OFS, a Black man called Frans is tried by the British, found guilty, sentenced to death and h

Terrorist bombs detonate within minutes of each other outside US embassies in buildings in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar-es-Salaam, Ta

Students at Lovedale College embarked on a strike against the new Code of Conduct and the appointment of the new Headmaster who

The match between the SA rugby team and New Zealand ends in a tie with 18 points each. SA loses the series 2-0.

Eleven people die and seventy-six are injured in a bomb explosion in a store in Salisbury (now Harare) the capital of Rhodesia

Andrew Vusi Fasedemi, businessman and managing director of several companies, is born in Cardiff, Wales. He came in 1994 to Sou

Nigerian police arrest some thirty people in Anambra state after fifty corpses and twenty skulls are discovered in raids on fet

Daniel Tshabalala disappears in Soweto after allegedly taken from his house by four men, two Black men in police uniforms and t

William Henry Bell, musician, composer and first director of the South African College of Music, known to his students as ‘Dadd

Douglas Fuchs (84), one of the first full-time Afrikaans broadcasters and former director general of the SABC, dies during a bo

Clashes between pro-Inkatha hostel dwellers and residents continue in Soweto, with the death toll in the area rising to fifty-t

Clashes between pro-Inkatha hostel dwellers and residents continue in Soweto, with the death toll in the area rising to fifty-t

Dr. Philip Blaiberg dies in South Africa, 19 months and 15 days after receiving a heart transplant, a survival record at the ti

Carlos the Jackal, freelance terrorist, is arrested in Sudan and flown to Paris for trial. He is eventually sentenced to life i

The twentieth anniversary of the GRA (Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners) is celebrated and it is decided to hold the first Afrika

President PW Botha says the 1989 elections will be scrapped and strong measures will be taken against groups having talks with

Six Fijian rugby players and a radio commentator are banned by the Fijian Rugby Union for travelling to South Africa. The seven

Funeral service of Rivonia trialist and MK cadre Wilton Mkwayi takes place in King William’s Town. He was awarded this honour

Dr Wouter Basson testifies before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that he had to help keep Nelson Mandela alive in gaol

The Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, Dr Ben Ngubane, is to resign from the government of National Unity follo

The Rev. Edward Jacannathan Manikkam, minister of the Reformed Church in Africa and first Indian to be ordained in the family o

Sierra Leonean rebel leader Foday Sankoh, who had been in United Nations custody since 2000 and was awaiting trial on charges o

South African President F.W. de Klerk demotes two Cabinet ministers in charge of security, Magnus Malan and Adriaan Vlok, to de

A gale force southeaster wrenches the Antipolis loose from her anchor and the ship runs aground at Oudekraal. In the same sto

Harry Mashabela, reporter for the Star and Patrick Weech, sub-editor for the Rand Daily Mail, are arrested under Section 6 of t

Dr Allan Boesak is arrested in South Africa. Dr Boesak, along with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Dr Christiaan Beyers Naud&eacute