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A strike by Black municipal workers in Johannesburg ends when police supervise the removal of over 1,000 dismissed men.

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An earthquake, measuring 6,5 on the Richter scale, hits Tulbach, Ceres and Wolseley, killing eleven people, leaving 1 000 homel

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An earthquake, measuring 6,5 on the Richter scale, hits Tulbach, Ceres and Wolseley, killing eleven people, leaving 1 000 homel

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More than 10 000 Namibians attend a Windhoek rally to mark the anniversary of the start of SWAPO’s independence struggle.

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Burundi government reportedly continues to execute Hutu tribe members, and about 25 000 Hutu refugees are reported fleeing to o

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Tsunamis devastate large swathes of South and Southeast Asia. More than 125,000 people, including several South African touris

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The 80,000 striking truck drivers and their employers reached an agreement &quot;in principle&quot; about the workers’ wages du

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Reports of a severe famine in the Usoga region of Uganda suggest at least 4,000 people have already died.

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15,000 Falashas Ethiopian Jews are airlifted from Addis Ababa to Israel as rebel forces approach the Ethiopian capital.

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6 000 teachers from Soweto and Alexandra begin a strike because their grievances are not being addressed. The strike spread to

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Bambata Rebellion: Natal Governor Sir Henry McCallum proclaims martial law. Some 1 000 men are mobilised under command of Col D

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Ministers from 109 countries sign a 26,000-page world trade agreement known as the Uruguay Round accords in Morocco.

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Matthews “Loop en Val” Motshwareteu, the Black athlete who broke the national 5 000 m record in Stellenbosch, has, after only f

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The South African Government is probing 37 000 public servants who are allegedly receiving various forms of grants fraudulently

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French archaeologists announce the discovery of a 4 000-year-old queen’s pyramid south of Cairo, complete with texts of special

Zainunnisa “Cissie” Gool portrait

Zainunnisa “Cissie” Gool

Application for amnesty AC/2001/003, A Ismail, Mnisi, Shaik, M Ismail, de Sousa, Moisi, Thobela, 16 January 2001

Linda Komape portrait

Linda Komape

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This Day reports that the jobs of about 9 000 mineworkers will be saved after successful negotiations between Harmony Gold and

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Krishensamy Pillay, attacked by White hooligans on 21 June, dies in hospital. His funeral is attended by 10 000 people.

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Some 2 000 men storm King Hassan’s birthday party in Morocco, killing 100 people in an attempted coup; the king survives.

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Dr Yusuf Dadoo is re-elected President of Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC), at a meeting attended by over 12 000 people.

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Soweto flares into violence again. An estimated £75,000 damage is caused. Incidents are also reported from Cape Town, Pretoria

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Further trouble erupts at a funeral in Soweto when a crowd of 4,000 attacks police. Retaliatory fire causes deaths and injuries

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The government forfeits 400,000 Pounds Sterling bail when the ‘Coventry four’ fails to appear to answer arms smuggling charges,

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Up to 85 000 people march against the Labour Relations Amendment Act in Uitenhage and demand an end to apartheid.

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More than 150 000 people take part in seventeen marches countrywide organised by COSATU to protest against the Labour Relations

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The pyramids, the Sphinx and other monuments survive Cairo earthquake that kills at least 400 and injures more than 4 000.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: After the closure of the mines more than 7 000 Black mineworkers, escorted by Mr J.J. Marwick, representative

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The Transkei will resist the government’s plan for a mass removal of nearly 20,000 Blacks from the Crossroads settlement near C