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The government is empowered to set up a Publications Board, which would endeavour to present and uphold the Christian view of l
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Anglo-Boer War 2: Boer delegates at the Vereeniging national delegation agree fifty-four to six to accept the British proposals
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At its inaugural Congress in Pretoria, the South African Party commits itself to a federal or confederal solution to the countr
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Outgoing North West premier Popo Molefe is quitting formal politics to give more attention to his "personal health and fam
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The United States Senate votes to ban economic aid to members of the Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference (SAD
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The United States Senate votes to ban economic aid to members of the Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference (SAD
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President Nelson Mandela, in his State of the Nation Address to Parliament, announces that South Africa will subscribe to the U
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WWII: North Africa. Rommel is instructed by Berlin to leave Tobruk to the Italians and concentrate his Deutsches Afrika Korps o
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Ignoring international pleas to end their two-year border conflict, Ethiopia and Eritrea return to open war with fighting repor
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Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews, SA academic, ANC politician and Botswana’s first ambassador to the USA and envoy to the UN, die
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Former President Nelson Mandela invites the Protea cricket team to his Houghton home to congratulate them on their excellent pe
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In response to Pretoria’s failure to meet the 30 April deadline, 364 political prisoners throughout South Africa start an indef
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PAC Central Committee announces in Dar es Salaam that its chairman, Potlako Leballo, is to retire due to health reasons.
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General Smuts, on his way to the national delegation at Vereeniging to start peace negotiations, meets with General Lord Kitche
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Though the government refused to comply with the ANC ultimatum issued on 5 April, defence minister Magnus Malan offers to resig
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Mandela starts his visit (8-13 April) to Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and UAE to promote trade and cultural links, accompanied
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The Irish government’s efforts to persuade the Irish Rugby Football Union to call off its tour of South Africa fail.
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World War 1: North Africa: German L59 Zeppelin starts flight from Bulgaria to Khartoum carrying much needed supplies to General
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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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A second effort to allow American singer Paul Simon to testify in the Allan Boesak trial fails, because of a legal loophole.
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Up to 100 ANC members are reported to have been detained in Swaziland. The Swaziland Police Commissioner confirms the arrests a
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The ANC confirms it has forwarded 300 applications from its members to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and expects to s
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Sir Bartle Frere, new British High Commissioner, delivers an ultimatum to Cetewayo, Zulu chief, to disband his army, hand over
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In reply to the opposition’s motion Prime Minister P.W. Botha offers to resign if opposition politicians can show that either h
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Nationalists are stunned by the announcement of seven points according to which Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog is willing to cooperate wit
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Angolan government troops break into Unita rebel-held highlands in an attempt to open a supply corridor to the embattled city o
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South Africa sends troops to Bophuthatswana to reinstate Lucas Mangope who was ousted by local defence force members on charge
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Prime Minister J.C. Smuts announces the intention of the government to introduce new legislation to replace the Pegging Act, du
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Henry Smith, an Umlaas Road farmer and popular master, accompanies his workers to Camperdown to pay their taxes. That evening,
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