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The Voortrekkers decide to call the first planned town in Natal, up to that time called “Bosjesmansrand” (Bushmen Rand) because
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Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews, SA academic, ANC politician, Botswana’s first ambassador to the USA and envoy to the UN, is bor
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee announces that it has decided to award the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize to Bishop Desmond Tutu.
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Foreign Minister Eric Louw tells the Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference that South Africa is not prepared to submit to an
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The Constitutional Assembly approves final amendments to the new SA Constitution. The changes are approved by 369 votes to one,
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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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Former United States army analyst Thomas Dolce pleads guilty before a US court to supplying a wide range of defence secrets to
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Egyptian court sentences 107 Muslim extremists to prison for attempting to set up Islamic regime after 1981 assassination of Pr
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The AU is planning to send "several thousand" more troops to Sudan’s troubled Darfur region. http://www.news24.com
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Princess Wilhelmina of the Netherlands writes to her aunt, Queen Victoria, imploring her to use her influence
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Japan officially signs the act of unconditional surrender to the Allied nations on board the American battleship Missouri in To
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Soweto agrees to pay rent. (Wessels, E and Weinberg, S. (1990). “Soweto agrees to pay its rent – but power cuts loom weekly.
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The government withdraws its plan to place a quota limit on the admission of Black students to White universities, but remains
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Tories accuse the Government of allowing UK troops to become victims as negotiations continue to free eleven soldiers held host
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The United States denies Black nationalist leader Louis Farrakhan permission to accept a promised $1bn gift from Libya to help
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Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization signs an agreement in Cairo to expand Palestinian autonomy from Gaza to the We
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President Idi Amin of Uganda offers to dispatch a ten-man investigation mission to South Africa. South Africa replies by inviti
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Leaders of five black African nations decline to accept plan presented by Rhodesia’s Prime Minister Ian Smith to achieve black
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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
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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
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The SA government transfers R2bn to the Independent Development Trust to ‘overcome the backlog in the socio-economic developmen
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Dr. Abrahams makes a habeas corpus application to the Cape Supreme Court and demands his return to Bechuanaland where he claims
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The SA government transfers R2bn to the Independent Development Trust to ‘overcome the backlog in the socio-economic developmen
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The Council of the New Zealand Softball Association decides by seventeen votes to seven to invite a South African men’s softbal
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Joshua Mqabuko Nyangolo Nkomo, considered by many to be the true hero of the Zimbabwean independence struggle, returns to Harar
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The Council of the New Zealand Softball Association decides by seventeen votes to seven to invite a South African men’s softbal
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The Council of the New Zealand Softball Association decides by seventeen votes to seven to invite a South African men’s softbal
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Joshua Mqabuko Nyangolo Nkomo, considered by many to be the true hero of the Zimbabwean independence struggle, returns to Harar
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Lieutenant-Colonel R.G. Kekewich arrives in Kimberley to assess the military situation and to advise the new
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