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Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi fires his vice president, George Saitoti, in an apparent effort to quash dissent in his ruling

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Morocco’s King Hassan II escapes unhurt when an airliner carrying him to Rabat is fired on by Moroccan Air Force pilots.

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An American Lear jet, on its way to Johannesburg for repair, is shot down over Eritrea by Ethiopia, killing two people.

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Seventy-six people are injured in an explosion at the offices of the Administration Board of the Free State in Bloemfontein.

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The Dutch East India Company issues an order that the statutes of India are to be followed strictly in the Cape.

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Kassala, on the Sudan-Eritrean border, is retaken by the British as Major General William Platt begins an offensive against Ita

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In the first incident to hint that grave trouble was looming in Natal, culminating in the Bambatha rebellion, Henry Smith, an U

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An estimated 500 people suspected of being rebels have been executed by Congo government forces in Stanleyville in six weeks si

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The Battle of Wagon Hill (Platrand), south of Ladysmith, takes place, in which the Boer forces make an unsuccessful attempt to

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The cricket team of South Africa suffers an innings defeat in the second test against Australia in Sydney. Shane Warne take

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Parliament meets in an Extraordinary Session at the request of the leader of the Opposition, Colin Eglin. The resignation of th

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A youth dies after being assaulted by a vigilante group in the Ciskei, allegedly led by an MP for Zwelitsha, Mr Kolisile Willia

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South Africa’s tour of the British Isles finishes on an upbeat note as Jake White’s experimental young side takes Scotland apar

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Prison authorities release thirty-four of the forty-two mercenaries involved in the hijacking of an Air India plane after the a

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Stanley Bongani Nkosi, SA artist who built an art gallery in Katlehong in 1982, is born in Newcastle, Natal. (Johannesburg Art

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The Minister of Finance, Senator Owen Horwood, announces the government is to spend an additional R250 m. on low-cost housing f

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Meshack Mogale (16), dies in police custody after being arrested at a night vigil for an unrest victim. He was allegedly kicked

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The P.K. le Roux Dam (now Vanderkloof Dam), an integral part of the Orange River development project to provide electric power,

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News 24 reports that an outbreak of Ebola virus in north-western Republic of Congo has killed 5&nbsp;000 gorillas, helping to

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South Africa’s White parliament, sitting probably for the last time, buries apartheid, voting 237 to 45 to adopt an interim con

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An inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale, who had died in custody in Johannesburg Security Police headquarters in August 1982

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An earth tremor measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale strikes South Africa with its epicentre believed to be at the Hartebeesfonte

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A full bench of eleven judges of the Appeal Court upholds an appeal against a conviction under the Terrorism Act, on the ground

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Jonathan Ayliff resigns because of ill health as minister of colonial affairs from the cabinet of Thomas Upington, but plays an

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French President Jacques Chirac visits Algeria in an effort to improve relations between the two countries. It is the first off

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In an attack described by Mukesh Kapila, top official of the UN in Sudan, government-allied militia (known as Janjawiet), rape

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Seven Africans are detained in the Transkei on an allegation of conspiracy to commit murder. Five are opposition members of the

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The results of an informal poll amongst White sportsmen show that of 101 sportsmen questioned, seventy-nine were in favour of m

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South Africa signs an agreement with the government of the Republic of Poland on the abolition of visa requirements for holders

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In an open letter to the government, financial services group PSG comes out in support of First National Bank’s (FNB) aborted c

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Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi fires his vice president, George Saitoti, in an apparent effort to quash dissent in his ruling

Morocco’s King Hassan II escapes unhurt when an airliner carrying him to Rabat is fired on by Moroccan Air Force pilots.

An American Lear jet, on its way to Johannesburg for repair, is shot down over Eritrea by Ethiopia, killing two people.

Seventy-six people are injured in an explosion at the offices of the Administration Board of the Free State in Bloemfontein.

The Dutch East India Company issues an order that the statutes of India are to be followed strictly in the Cape.

Kassala, on the Sudan-Eritrean border, is retaken by the British as Major General William Platt begins an offensive against Ita

In the first incident to hint that grave trouble was looming in Natal, culminating in the Bambatha rebellion, Henry Smith, an U

An estimated 500 people suspected of being rebels have been executed by Congo government forces in Stanleyville in six weeks si

The Battle of Wagon Hill (Platrand), south of Ladysmith, takes place, in which the Boer forces make an unsuccessful attempt to

The cricket team of South Africa suffers an innings defeat in the second test against Australia in Sydney. Shane Warne take

Parliament meets in an Extraordinary Session at the request of the leader of the Opposition, Colin Eglin. The resignation of th

A youth dies after being assaulted by a vigilante group in the Ciskei, allegedly led by an MP for Zwelitsha, Mr Kolisile Willia

South Africa’s tour of the British Isles finishes on an upbeat note as Jake White’s experimental young side takes Scotland apar

Prison authorities release thirty-four of the forty-two mercenaries involved in the hijacking of an Air India plane after the a

Stanley Bongani Nkosi, SA artist who built an art gallery in Katlehong in 1982, is born in Newcastle, Natal. (Johannesburg Art

The Minister of Finance, Senator Owen Horwood, announces the government is to spend an additional R250 m. on low-cost housing f

Meshack Mogale (16), dies in police custody after being arrested at a night vigil for an unrest victim. He was allegedly kicked

The P.K. le Roux Dam (now Vanderkloof Dam), an integral part of the Orange River development project to provide electric power,

News 24 reports that an outbreak of Ebola virus in north-western Republic of Congo has killed 5&amp;nbsp;000 gorillas, helping to

South Africa’s White parliament, sitting probably for the last time, buries apartheid, voting 237 to 45 to adopt an interim con

An inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale, who had died in custody in Johannesburg Security Police headquarters in August 1982

An earth tremor measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale strikes South Africa with its epicentre believed to be at the Hartebeesfonte

A full bench of eleven judges of the Appeal Court upholds an appeal against a conviction under the Terrorism Act, on the ground

Jonathan Ayliff resigns because of ill health as minister of colonial affairs from the cabinet of Thomas Upington, but plays an

French President Jacques Chirac visits Algeria in an effort to improve relations between the two countries. It is the first off

In an attack described by Mukesh Kapila, top official of the UN in Sudan, government-allied militia (known as Janjawiet), rape

Seven Africans are detained in the Transkei on an allegation of conspiracy to commit murder. Five are opposition members of the

The results of an informal poll amongst White sportsmen show that of 101 sportsmen questioned, seventy-nine were in favour of m

South Africa signs an agreement with the government of the Republic of Poland on the abolition of visa requirements for holders

In an open letter to the government, financial services group PSG comes out in support of First National Bank’s (FNB) aborted c

News 24 reports that an outbreak of Ebola virus in north-western Republic of Congo has killed 5 000 gorillas, helping to