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… It is confirmed by the Department of Foreign Affairs that the Foreign Minister, Dr. H. Muller, visited Lusaka for talks …

… A scientist by the name of Koch discovers a vaccine successful in the prevention of , an animal disease that caused an in most …

… Walter Sisulu acts as speaker at a meeting of the "South African Society for Peace and Friendship with the Soviet Union&qu …

… Ramzi Yousef, the alleged mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Centre bombing in New York, is arrested …

… Sen. Tommy Boydell, member of the Labour Party and ex-minister in the coalition cabinet of Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog, assaults J.S. M …

… is appointed as professor in modern languages at the Grey University College in Bloemfontein at the request of …

… Paul Roux, preacher and teacher of the French Huguenot community at Drakenstein after the Rev. Pierre Simond had left in 1702, …

… Police announce the arrest of a number of Whites in connection with sabotage acts for which the Wit Kommando has claimed respon …

… jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau | Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology, Pretoria: Lapa. … Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Redvers Buller conquers Vaalkrans at the Tugela river, but shelling from both sides continues and the Br …

… Top finance officials from seven of the world’s richest countries (the G7 countries), open a two-day meeting in London that, wh …

… Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition , Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art … SA artist, is born in Newclare, Johannesburg. He joined the National Arts Society and the SAAA, taught art at t …

… Charles Etienne Boniface, author of the first original drama published in South Africa, is born in Paris, France.   In the dr …

… Cassim Mahomed Lakhi is appointed lecturer in the Department of History of Art at the University College for Indians (now Unive …

… educationist and teacher, is born at Rorke’s Drift. He was the only Black student of the South African College ( …

… According to figures from the South African Police, the number of unrest-related deaths in Natal since 1 …

… Allan Hendrickse, leader of the Labour Party, replaces Carter Ebrahim as Minister of Education and Culture in the House of Repr …

… City Press reports that (White) matriculants of the Menlo Park High School held a sit-in protest and handed a petition to the p …

… A White Paper of the Departments of Justice and of Correctional Services says South Africa has one of the highest prison popula …

… The Bulls convincingly beat the Reds 92-3 in a Super 14 match played on Loftus, Pretoria, …

… Over 7,000 people attend a rally in Pretoria to mark the foundation on 4 May 1984 of the Afrikaner Volkswag (People’s Guard), a …

… British military and naval force land on Madagascar and by the afternoon the town of Diego Suarez is captured. …

… ’Die Stem van Suid-Afrika’ (The Call of South Africa) is unanimously accepted as only official anthem in Parliament. The Englis …

… In reply to a letter by the Rev. John Ayliff, missionary amongst the Fingos (Mfengu), on behalf of this landless society, Sir B …

… Jozua Francois (Tom) Naudé, first president of the senate of the Republic of South Africa in 1961 and acting state presi …

… S.G. Sekano Ntoane, church moderator and pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), is born in Hebron, Pretoria. The …

… Thousands of Blacks take to the streets in South Africa to protest the assassination of There are calls amongst protesters for …

… Dr Canaan Sodindo Banana is selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe. He is officially …

… Kabila take control of Kinshasa, capital of Zaire now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after overrun …

… An historic four hour meeting is held between the Council of Mining Unions, representing White miners; the NUM; Mr Adriaan Vlok …

… Deputy President F.W. de Klerk announces that the National Party is to withdraw from the Government of National Unity on June 3 …