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… Letter from Paul R. Mosaka, Newly-elected Member of the Natives’ Representative Council, to Dr. A.B. Xuma, 11 …

… Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 228. … On behalf of the British government Sir Arthur Havelock, the Natal …

… The Rev. Willem Johannes Conradie, author of the first Afrikaans Bible retold for children, is born in …

… President Nicolas Grunitzky of Togo is ousted in a military coup led by …

… (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … Sports Council team begins a three-week fact-finding tour of South Africa to investigate racial discrimination in spo …

… North African nations of Libya and Tunisia announce agreement to merge as a new …

… to Gideon Nieuwoudt, former police officer, for the death of Steve Biko …

… Sisulu attends a secret meeting at the house of George Xarile together with F. Van Rensburg (a shift boss …

… A devastating storm hits Pretoria – five inches of rain falls within four hours and the Apies River flows …

… Dreyer, missionary, church historian and first archivist of the DRC in the Cape, is born in Cape Town. …

… victory, government troops capture the headquarters of UNITA rebel leader Jonas Savimbi in central Angola. Savim …

… Adam Faith suspends his concert tour of South Africa, because the government prohibits him to …

… Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC. … Davies, archivist and the first woman to become head of an archives depot, dies in Cape Town. …

… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , … with financial impropriety, agrees not to take up the post of Ambassador to the United Nations. …

… ceremonial state president  (1979-1984) dies as a result of heart fa …

… (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … for the eighty representatives to the Coloured House of Representatives, witho …

… Response to the Parliamentary Debate on The State of The Nation Address National Assembly, Cape Town, 18 …

… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, … Stanza Bopape, a Black activist of Mamelodi, dies in police custody. He allegedly escaped …

… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , … Post Office Amendment Bill provides for the interception of mail and telephone and other communications where …

… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … SA signs protocol with Italy on the establishment of a joint working group for trilateral development …

… Italian targets in Libya following Italy’s declaration of war against Britain a …

… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … Following a meeting (4-13 June 1980), held at the request of the African group, the United Nations Security Council …

… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , … Robert Sobukwe, former leader of the banned Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC), although still …

… Pretoria, Johannesburg and Bloemfontein in the framework of the organisation’s "mass mobi …

… Clarence Mlami Makwetu, former president of the Pan Africanist Congress, is born in Hoyita, in the …

… Party (Reunited National Party), joining the followers of Dr. D.F. Malan and General J.B.M. Hertzog, is …

… Two gunmen open fire on a crowd of commuters in Jeppe railway station, Johannesburg, killing …

… (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … Sonny Leon, leader of the Labour Party in the Coloured Representative Council …

… (also Benghu Bengu), SA artist, is born at an outstation of Mariannhill Mission Station, Centecow, Bulwer distric …

… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , … elections are finally held in Kwazulu Natal. Thousands of additional police and troops are deployed and voting …