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SA sprinter Oscar Pistorius reaches the final
… at the Athens Paralympic Games. He was shocked by his achievement. He cried tears of mixed frustration and …
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World Refugee Day
… will continue to emphasize the impact of war on families by allowing individuals to share their stories about life of …
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GlaxoSmithKline to reduce AIDS drugs price
… Africa. The price reductions were made possible by improvements in manufacturing, according to Glaxo. The …
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Lucas Mangope leaves Mmabatho due to uprising
… demonstrations in which 40 people were shot and wounded by local police. A public servants' strike was also called. …
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The Rev. Allan Hendrickse steps down as a leader of the Labour Party
… actions as result of an attack on the national television by State President P.W. Botha . He was awarded the Order of …
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Verwoerd’s grandson joins ANC
… National Congress. Wilhelm Verwoerd risked being alienated by his family and friends for his decision. He was not even …
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SA military integration is disputed
… defence in parliament. The exchanges ensued after a report by the BMATT that integration had moved down the SANDF's …
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Desmond Tutu is appointed TRC chairperson
… head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) by President Nelson Mandela on 29 November 1995. The …
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Presley Chweneyagae, star of the Oscar winning movie Tsotsi, is arrested for fraud in Pretoria
… fine. Chweneyagae won an award for outstanding performance by a lead actor for his role in Tsotsi at the Black Movie …
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Lesotho addresses political exiles in the country
… were also proposed. Lesotho, an enclave surrounded by South Africa, was totally dependent on South Africa for …
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International Olympic Committee re-admit South Africa
… Following the ban on South Africa by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) prior to the …
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Two ANC members gunned down in Swaziland.
… military precision of a well planned pre-emptive strike by an outside group.”The South African Defence Force …
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The African National Congress in exile: strategy and tactics 1960-1993
… years, in which these organizations were officially banned by the white minority apartheid government. More precisely, …
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Special Committee on Apartheid publishes its first Interim Report
… against black people. The Apartheid policy was introduced by the National Party (NP) after it won the heavily contested …
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France tests an atomic bomb in Algeria
… and Great Britain. The test would be the first of many by France. Despite protests from the international community …
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Joseph Kasavubu, first president of the Democratic Republic of Congo dies
… father and lost his mother at the age of 4. He was raised by his older brother who sent him to a nearby Catholic …
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Takudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean-born American rugby player, is born
… 2007 International Rugby Board (IRB) World Cup in France. By the time the world cup ended, he had become a household …
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Sudanese-born basketball player and political activist, Manute Bol is born
… He died of acute kidney failure in 2010 and is survived by his two wives and ten children. …
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NRP leader, Vause Raw announces that his party is ready to give the President’s Council a chance
… after it was voted out of office in a landslide defeat by the National Party (NP) in 1948, which then introduced …
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Mark Thatcher arrested
… to help impoverished Africans. This excuse was rejected by the court and he was found guilty and sentenced to a five …
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Nigerian political campaigner, women’s rights activist and traditional aristocrat, Funmilayo Ransome Kuti is born
… In 1978 Kuti was thrown out of a second floor window by military men that had invaded her son, Fela’s compound. …
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Retired soccer player and founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC, Kaizer Motaung, is born in Soweto
… He entered the international scene when he was recruited by North American club Atlanta Chiefs. After a few years …
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A plan limiting admission of black students in white universities is withdrawn
… century. It preceded the University Act passed in 1916 by the Union of South Africa government. The 1916 legislation …
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General Idi Amin overthrows Ugandan President Milton Obote
… Palestinian hijackers, who were later killed at Entebbe by Israeli forces. In 1978, under Amin’s command, the Ugandan …
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Lord Roberts crosses the Vaal River en route to Pretoria
… Subsequently, on 31 May 1900 Johannesburg was occupied by the British forces. Roberts believed that if Pretoria …
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The Second Basotho War, known as Siqiti war, breaks out
… war, took place seven years after the first one. Led by King Moshoeshoe I, the war lasted for almost two years. …
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Dr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.
… capital of Zimbabwe, from prostate cancer. He is survived by his wife, Johanna and three children. …
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Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself.
… himself emperor on 4 December 1977. Bokassa was overthrown by the French in 1979. He fled the country and went into …
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ANC member and UDF-leader Christmas Tinto, is born in Mqanduli in the Transkei
… In 2005 he was awarded the Order of Luthuli in Silver by President Thabo Mbeki for his contribution to the …
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Richard Maponya, one of South Africa’s richest businessmen, is born
… after he qualified. He ventured into business, first by opening small grocery shops in Soweto with his wife. He …
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