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Eugène de Kock alleges that the Swedish premier Olaf Palme was shot in 1986 by a South African secret agent.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: An extraordinary ZAR Government Gazette is published, containing Act no 5 of 1900, allowing for the reorgan

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Inkatha agrees to return to the Constitutional Assembly, after an eighteen-month absence, but withdraws again on 7 October 1996

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William (Bloke) Modisane, journalist, writer and actor is born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. He died in 1986 in Dortmund, West G

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The Chief Executive Councillor of Kwazulu, Chief Buthelezi, condemns plans to consolidate Zululand in terms of the 1936 Trust a

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Dr Fabian Defu Ribeiro, medical practitioner assassinated with his wife by state agents in 1986, is born in Bantule.

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A document released in Cape Town, discloses that SA ministers condoned the murder of Black demonstrators during the 1976 riots.

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John Ndevasia Muafangejo, SA artist, dies in Katutura Township, Windhoek, Namibia. He moved to South West Africa in 1956.

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Justice Petrus Cillié submits to Parliament his report on the violent racial disturbances began in Soweto in June 1976,

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South Africa signs a treaty with the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland amending the trade agreement of 16 May 1960.

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Elisabeth Eybers, South African poet who lives since 1966 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is born in Klerksdorp, western Transva

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The new Constitution of the Republic of South Africa takes effect. The Constitutional Court approved it on 4 December 1996.

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Dr Abdullah Abdurahman, community leader, member of the Cape City Council (1904-1940) and Cape Provincial Council (1914-1940),

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Helene Pastoors, the Belgian national sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment in 1986 for treason, is released from prison followi

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Carnegie Report on Poverty in South Africa reveals the doubling of Blacks living below the poverty line (1960-1980).

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Carnegie Report on Poverty in South Africa reveals the doubling of Blacks living below the poverty line (1960-1980).

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Winnie Mandela, placed under restriction in Soweto on 28 December 1976 is now banished to a Black township outside Brandfort, O

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Local elections for KwaZulu-Natal are again postponed until 26 June 1996 as a result of persistent violence and administrative

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Start of a weekend of events commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Sharpeville shootings on 21 March 1960. Speakers at

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Steven Biko, former SASO leader, released on 30 November 1976 after temporary detention under security laws, is re-arrested.

Anna Neethling Pohl, South African actress and author, is born

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Anna Neethling Pohl, South African actress and author, is born

… born in Graaf Reinet in the Eastern Cape on 24 December 1906. At the age of five she joined theatre and continued to …

Clarence Lucky Payi

Police station operations, 1986, Former journalist guilty of treason, Cape Times, 4 November 1986

Police station operations, 1986, Former journalist guilty of treason, The Cape Times, 4 November 1986

David Thlolanyane Mabe portrait

David Thlolanyane Mabe

Joan Morice portrait

Joan Morice

James J. Majoro portrait

James J. Majoro

January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 74th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1986

Marthinus Wessel Pretorius portrait

Marthinus Wessel Pretorius

Wim Botha portrait

Wim Botha

Errol T. Shanley portrait

Errol T. Shanley