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Violent ethnic clashes between Zulus and others, involving circa 10,000 Blacks in running fights start, causing chaos in Soweto

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Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele claims the Olympic men’s 10,000 metres gold in the Athens Olympic Games. His mentor Haile Gebrselass

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Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele claims the Olympic men’s 10,000 metres gold in the Athens Olympic Games. His mentor Haile Gebrselass

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Government orders the slaughter of 30 000 ostriches in an effort to contain an outbreak of bird flu in SA.

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African mineworkers’ strike, led by J.B. Marks, leader of the African Mineworkers’ Union, starts. About 60 000 miners went on s

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Steven Biko’s funeral in King William’s Town is attended by some 15,000 people. Twelve Western diplomats are present, including

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United Nations deploys 4 000 troops to Katanga to prevent the massacre of Baluba tribesmen by provincial troops and police in C

This day in history

United Nations deploys 4 000 troops to Katanga to prevent the massacre of Baluba tribesmen by provincial troops and police in C

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The South African Tsunami Relief Fund hands over a first bulk donation of R700 000 to the International Red Cross.

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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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WWII: As the Eighth Army abandons Mersa Matruhin, North Africa, Rommel’s forces claim to have captured another 6,000 British t

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Up to 5&nbsp;000 children still serve in the Ugandan armed forces even though they are officially banned from enlisting, a seni

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Moroccan officials in El Aiun proclaim Morocco’s annexation of the Spanish Sahara as some 5 000 Moroccan troops march into the

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President Thabo Mbeki and the minister of justice are facing a R550&nbsp;000 civil damages claim after a convicted murderer kil

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President George Bush orders about 28,000 US troops to Somalia to block warring Somali gangs from intercepting food shipments.

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Portuguese and Rhodesian soldiers are accused in a UN report of torturing and killing over 1,000 Africans in Mozambique during

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Up to 1&nbsp;000 delegates from SA and overseas meet for the Pan-Africanist Congress’s first national conference inside the cou

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A three-month campaign to register Coloured voters ends with only approximately half of the total of 700,000 qualified voters r

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The Rwanda Genocide. At least 500,000 are reported as dead from the fighting between Tutsi and Hutu in Rwanda.

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Angola says its troops have withdrawn from Huambo after two months of fighting with rebels that left 10,000 dead.

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Violence erupts when 75 000 people march to the Katlehong Town Council offices, protesting against high rent and electricity ra

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Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs addresses 15 000 people on the steps of the Johannesburg City Hall during a protest meeting organise

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The British, under General Warren, surrenders to General Botha at Spioenkop. At least 1 000 British and sixty

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Police begin the removal of houses of 60 000 people in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. These people are resettled in Meadowlands. The

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The Government states in Parliament that 18,000 persons have been arrested and detained since the proclamation of the emergency

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The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, the Netherlands, defines the 1 000-km shared border between Ethiopia and Eritr

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By this deadline for the receipt of applications for amnesty to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission almost 8,000 applicatio

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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says conditions are appalling for the estimated 100 000 Rwandan refugees that are being denied

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The first genocide trials begin in Kigali, Rwanda, against some of the 30 000 majority Hutus accused of killing Tutsis.

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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says conditions are appalling for the estimated 100 000 Rwandan refugees that are being denied

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Violent ethnic clashes between Zulus and others, involving circa 10,000 Blacks in running fights start, causing chaos in Soweto

Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele claims the Olympic men’s 10,000 metres gold in the Athens Olympic Games. His mentor Haile Gebrselass

Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele claims the Olympic men’s 10,000 metres gold in the Athens Olympic Games. His mentor Haile Gebrselass

Government orders the slaughter of 30 000 ostriches in an effort to contain an outbreak of bird flu in SA.

African mineworkers’ strike, led by J.B. Marks, leader of the African Mineworkers’ Union, starts. About 60 000 miners went on s

Steven Biko’s funeral in King William’s Town is attended by some 15,000 people. Twelve Western diplomats are present, including

United Nations deploys 4 000 troops to Katanga to prevent the massacre of Baluba tribesmen by provincial troops and police in C

United Nations deploys 4 000 troops to Katanga to prevent the massacre of Baluba tribesmen by provincial troops and police in C

The South African Tsunami Relief Fund hands over a first bulk donation of R700 000 to the International Red Cross.

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

WWII: As the Eighth Army abandons Mersa Matruhin, North Africa, Rommel’s forces claim to have captured another 6,000 British t

Up to 5&amp;nbsp;000 children still serve in the Ugandan armed forces even though they are officially banned from enlisting, a seni

Moroccan officials in El Aiun proclaim Morocco’s annexation of the Spanish Sahara as some 5 000 Moroccan troops march into the

President Thabo Mbeki and the minister of justice are facing a R550&amp;nbsp;000 civil damages claim after a convicted murderer kil

President George Bush orders about 28,000 US troops to Somalia to block warring Somali gangs from intercepting food shipments.

Portuguese and Rhodesian soldiers are accused in a UN report of torturing and killing over 1,000 Africans in Mozambique during

Up to 1&amp;nbsp;000 delegates from SA and overseas meet for the Pan-Africanist Congress’s first national conference inside the cou

A three-month campaign to register Coloured voters ends with only approximately half of the total of 700,000 qualified voters r

The Rwanda Genocide. At least 500,000 are reported as dead from the fighting between Tutsi and Hutu in Rwanda.

Angola says its troops have withdrawn from Huambo after two months of fighting with rebels that left 10,000 dead.

Violence erupts when 75 000 people march to the Katlehong Town Council offices, protesting against high rent and electricity ra

Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs addresses 15 000 people on the steps of the Johannesburg City Hall during a protest meeting organise

Anglo-Boer War 2: The British, under General Warren, surrenders to General Botha at Spioenkop. At least 1 000 British and sixty

Police begin the removal of houses of 60 000 people in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. These people are resettled in Meadowlands. The

The Government states in Parliament that 18,000 persons have been arrested and detained since the proclamation of the emergency

The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, the Netherlands, defines the 1 000-km shared border between Ethiopia and Eritr

By this deadline for the receipt of applications for amnesty to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission almost 8,000 applicatio

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says conditions are appalling for the estimated 100 000 Rwandan refugees that are being denied

The first genocide trials begin in Kigali, Rwanda, against some of the 30 000 majority Hutus accused of killing Tutsis.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says conditions are appalling for the estimated 100 000 Rwandan refugees that are being denied

Up to 5 000 children still serve in the Ugandan armed forces even though they are officially banned from enlisting, a seni

President Thabo Mbeki and the minister of justice are facing a R550 000 civil damages claim after a convicted murderer kil

Up to 1 000 delegates from SA and overseas meet for the Pan-Africanist Congress’s first national conference inside the cou