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… Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.2 , Pretoria: Vista. … S.G. Sekano Ntoane, church moderator and pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), is born in …

… Arabia, Yusufu Kironde Lule is installed as President of Uganda by neighbouring Tanza …

… to promote safety in mines and who became vice-chancellor of the U …

… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1990). Race Relations Survey 1989/90 , Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 338 … An historic four hour meeting is held between the Council of Mining Unions, representing White miners; the NUM; Mr …

… WWII: East Africa. The 5th Indian Division, part of General William Platt’s Northern Force, takes Amba Alagi …

… that the National Party is to withdraw from the Government of National Unity on June 3 …

… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … announces that the NP will withdraw from the Government of National Unity at the end o …

… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … Mbeki and others, return to South African after a quarter of a century in exile. ] …

… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 2, p. 602. … Johannes Burman, botanist and physician who wrote one of the first works entirely devoted to Cape flora, is born in …

… WWII: East Africa: The Abyssinian fortress of Dessie, roughly half-way between Addis Ababa and Amba …

… Christiaan Smuts surrenders to the British under a flag of truce. Deneys Reitz who agrees to act …

… Christiaan Smuts surrenders to the British under a flag of truce. Deneys Reitz who agrees to act …

… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … The Prime Minister of SA maintains that the country is economically so strong …

… Gregoire Boonzaier (96), one of South Africa’s foremost artists, dies at his home in Onrus …

… Pan-Africanist Congress member Sam Chand and his family of four are shot dead in Botswana before a powerful explosion …

… The discovery of a virus that may cause Aids, the fatal disease sweeping …

… in its annual report, that employment in the formal sector of the economy is the same …

… The Trans-Kalahari main road, the first road south of the Sahara to connect the Atlantic and Indian Ocean, is …

… second largest city lay down their arms and join the cause of rebels advancing on th …

… Ahmad `Ali al-Mirghani, the Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese People’s Forces, ousts Sudanese president …

… Anglo-Boer War 2: In one of the most savage incidents Col. Baden-Powell ‘persuades’ …

… A punitive commando under joint command of Piet Uys and Hendrik Potgieter is sent off to punish …

… The African National Congress is to triple the size of its national executive committee to 105 members to broaden …

… Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.2 , Pretoria: Vista. … (Khala) Mahlangu is executed in Pretoria on two counts of murder. His comrade Monty Motloung, who had d …

… Thousands of Africans, Indians and Coloured people demonstrate in major …

… minister declare each other unconstitutional on the eve of pea …

… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … IFP decides to end its parliamentary boycott of mid-February. The party gives an ultimatum that it will …

… an ultimatum which includes demands for the firing of Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok and Defence Minister …

… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee … Lucky Kutumela (25), journalist and member of AZAPO/MWASA, is found dead in a police cell in …

… Jaar Suid-Afrikaanse Geskiedenis; SA National Museum of Military History - Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 | … The battles of Reddersburg, where the Boers under Gen. De Wet defeat the …