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Three thousand people march to the South African Broadcasting Corporation in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, to demand the establi
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South Africa’s new Ambassador to the United Nations, Adriaan (Riaan) Eksteen, presents his credentials to the secretary-general
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Ugandan prime minister Dr Samson Kisekka appeals to the people to help clean up Kampala, the capital city.
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Forty members are elected to Lebowa’s Legislative Assembly, the remaining sixty seats being allocated to nominated chiefs. Cedr
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Forty members are elected to Lebowa’s Legislative Assembly, the remaining sixty seats being allocated to nominated chiefs. Cedr
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A total of thirty-two organisations join to form the United Democratic Front (UDF) to oppose the constitutional proposals.
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A total of thirty-two organisations join to form the United Democratic Front (UDF) to oppose the constitutional proposals.
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Sierra Leone’s government and the country’s rebels agree to a cease-fire to end seven years of savage fighting.
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Sierra Leone’s government and the country’s rebels agree to a cease-fire to end seven years of savage fighting.
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R.H. Strachan is found guilty of conspiring to cause bomb explosions and is sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.
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Zaire’s President Mobutu Sese Seko leaves the rebel-threatened capital and flees to Gabon to meet African leaders.
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Forty members are elected to Lebowa’s Legislative Assembly, the remaining sixty seats being allocated to nominated chiefs. Cedr
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Warring factions in Rwanda agree to form an interim government in an effort to halt bloodletting in Kigali.
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The National Research Foundation (NRF) is established as autonomous body to provide services and grants to support postgraduate
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The National Research Foundation (NRF) is established as autonomous body to provide services and grants to support postgraduate
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Prime Minister P.W. Botha announces that, contrary to previous indications, the constitutional proposals will be put to a refer
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Agreement signed between Britain and Rhodesia to give Blacks greater political rights which should eventually lead to majority
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SA plans to spend R1, 9-billion on antiretroviral drugs to Aids patients. (2004). Yesterdays, Pretoria News, 19 November.
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4,000 Black postal workers have refused to give oaths of loyalty to Ian Smith’s government in Rhodesia.
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Application in Venda of Certain South African Laws Relating to Transition to Democracy Proclamation No 26 commences, recognisin
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A national strike paralyses Zimbabwe. Bowing to growing demonstrations, the government gives up plans for new taxes to finance
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Application in Transkei of Certain South African Laws Relating to Transitional Democracy, Decree No 13, giving recognition to t
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Chad breaks links to Libya in protest to their support of Muslim guerrillas currently fighting in northern Chad.
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Governor Isbrand Goske dispatches an expedition to Hottentots Holland to decide whether the district is suitable for permanent
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Winnie Mandela, restricted to a Black township at Brandfort (Orange Free State), is sentenced to six months’ imprisonment (susp
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South African and Saudi Arabian envoys hold talks with Colonel Gaddafi to try to resolve the Lockerbie checkmate.
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After a compromise is reached at a Commonwealth Conference, Britain is allowed to sell weapons to South Africa, though African
EventBritish pop star, David Essex, claims to have been quoted out-of-context regarding his return to perform in South Africa.
British pop star, David Essex, claims he is quoted out-of-context about his return to South Africa to perform to a racially exclusive audience In an…
EventNelson Mandela admits to the torture of dissident guerrillas
Nelson Mandela admits that members of the ANC had tortured dissident guerrillas, but says the officials involved have been punished and that any further…
EventOrganisations forward applicants for amnesty to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The African National Congress (ANC) confirmed it had forwarded 300 applications from its members to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for amnesty…