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Michael Mapongwana, chair of Western Cape Civic Association and a taxi driver taxi are killed in the taxi.

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Douglas Hurd, UK Foreign Secretary, on three-day visit to SA, meets De Klerk, Mandela and PAC President Clarence Makwetu.

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SA signs a memorandum of understanding with Great Britain concerning drug trafficking.

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South Africa opens an office of representation in Moscow.

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Foreign Minister Pik Botha signs accession to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty on behalf of South Africa. The signing opens

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Brig. Oupa Gqozo, chairman of the Ciskei state council, founds the African Democratic Movement and rejects unitary state.

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Dr Allan Boesak resigns from the DR Mission church after allegations of an extramarital affair.

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Thousands of Alexandra township residents attend the funeral of activist Meshack Kunene. Security police killed him on 30 June

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Justice Minister Kobie Coetsee states that Prime Minister Botha and Nelson Mandela had not discussed policy matters or engaged

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The government introduces the Extension of Political Participation Bill, empowering the government to divide the country into a

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Angolan news agency Angop reports that South African troops, backed by planes, tanks and artillery, used chemical weapons in at

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Johannes P. Meintjies (57), SA painter and poet, dies.

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Foreign Minister ‘Pik’ Botha announces that all senior members of the South African diplomatic mission in Salisbury have been w

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Prince Charles Ndizeye, the Burundian royal heir, announces that his father, Mwami Mwambutsa IV, is to abdicate on his behalf.

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The Portuguese steamer Save breaks up off the coast of Mozambique, 227 people die as a result.

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Malmesbury Convention of Coloured leaders (8-10 July) starts.

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The newly independent Republic of Congo’s army mutinies against Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba’s government. Europeans are repo

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Kananelo Mosalla Makhetha, managing director of Connex Travel (1996-) and former financial manager of Rennies Travel and other

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Christiaan Maurits van den Heever (55), Afrikaans novelist, dies in Johannesburg.

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General Douglas MacArthur is named commander-in-chief of United Nations (UN) forces in Korea, including more than 800 South Afr

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Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act No 55, prohibiting marriages between Whites and members of other racial groups, commences.

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Passive Resister reports that hundreds of (Passive) Resisters have appeared before court some on as many as five different char

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The largest organised trek to East Africa, under Jan van Rensburg, consisting of seventy families with forty-seven wagons and s

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Gen. Louis Botha, member of the church council of the Nederduitsche Hervormde Kerk, lays the corner stone of the Hervormde chur

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William Philip Schreiner, prime minister in the Cape Colony at the start of Anglo-Boer War 2, summarises the pressure his gover

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Michael Mapongwana, chair of Western Cape Civic Association and a taxi driver taxi are killed in the taxi.

Douglas Hurd, UK Foreign Secretary, on three-day visit to SA, meets De Klerk, Mandela and PAC President Clarence Makwetu.

SA signs a memorandum of understanding with Great Britain concerning drug trafficking.

South Africa opens an office of representation in Moscow.

Foreign Minister Pik Botha signs accession to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty on behalf of South Africa. The signing opens

Brig. Oupa Gqozo, chairman of the Ciskei state council, founds the African Democratic Movement and rejects unitary state.

Dr Allan Boesak resigns from the DR Mission church after allegations of an extramarital affair.

Thousands of Alexandra township residents attend the funeral of activist Meshack Kunene. Security police killed him on 30 June

Justice Minister Kobie Coetsee states that Prime Minister Botha and Nelson Mandela had not discussed policy matters or engaged

The government introduces the Extension of Political Participation Bill, empowering the government to divide the country into a

Angolan news agency Angop reports that South African troops, backed by planes, tanks and artillery, used chemical weapons in at

Johannes P. Meintjies (57), SA painter and poet, dies.

Foreign Minister ‘Pik’ Botha announces that all senior members of the South African diplomatic mission in Salisbury have been w

Prince Charles Ndizeye, the Burundian royal heir, announces that his father, Mwami Mwambutsa IV, is to abdicate on his behalf.

The Portuguese steamer Save breaks up off the coast of Mozambique, 227 people die as a result.

Malmesbury Convention of Coloured leaders (8-10 July) starts.

The newly independent Republic of Congo’s army mutinies against Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba’s government. Europeans are repo

Kananelo Mosalla Makhetha, managing director of Connex Travel (1996-) and former financial manager of Rennies Travel and other

Christiaan Maurits van den Heever (55), Afrikaans novelist, dies in Johannesburg.

General Douglas MacArthur is named commander-in-chief of United Nations (UN) forces in Korea, including more than 800 South Afr

Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act No 55, prohibiting marriages between Whites and members of other racial groups, commences.

Passive Resister reports that hundreds of (Passive) Resisters have appeared before court some on as many as five different char

Gerda Hartman, SA soprano, is born.

Alan Solomon, SA violist and music professor, is born.

The SA rugby team beats Australia 17-3 in Newlands, Cape Town.

Aubrey Rainier, SA cellist and orchestra leader, is born.

Britain annexes East African Protectorate as Kenya Colony.

The largest organised trek to East Africa, under Jan van Rensburg, consisting of seventy families with forty-seven wagons and s

Gen. Louis Botha, member of the church council of the Nederduitsche Hervormde Kerk, lays the corner stone of the Hervormde chur

William Philip Schreiner, prime minister in the Cape Colony at the start of Anglo-Boer War 2, summarises the pressure his gover