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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan tells leaders at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa that conflicts in Africa, including th
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Dangerous Weapons Act No 71, prohibiting the possession of weapons, which could cause bodily injury if used in an assault, comm
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Identification Act No 72 commences. It repealed the 1952 Blacks (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act and la
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Statement on the departure for New York to attend the special commemorative meeting of the UN General Assembly 20 October 1995
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The UN Security Council authorises an urgent airlift of food and medicine for Somalia and demands the cooperation of warring fa
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WW2: Hurricanes of No.1 Squadron shoot down thirteen Ju-87s over the South African positions in the Alamein line, North Africa.
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A UN agency begins dropping tons of food from a cargo plane to help an estimated 700 000 people facing serious food shortages i
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The UN negotiates a ceasefire between Israel and the defeated Egypt, Syria and Jordan, ending the Six-Day War, with Israel occu
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Anglo-Boer War 2: The ZAR Volksraad passes the Aliens Act (Franchise Law), Act No 3 of 1899, allowing i.a. naturalisation of fo
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Suppression of Communism Act (Internal Security Act) No. 44 of 1950, approved in parliament on 26 June 1950, comes into force.
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The UN Security Council urges the world to aid the estimated 250 000 Hutu refugees from Rwanda crushed into Goma, Zaire.
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ADDRESS TO THE UNITED NATIONS: Statement at a Special Meeting of the UN Special Committee against Apartheid, New York, June 22, 1990
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Two months after the start of the carnage in Rwanda, the UN Security Council approves the dispatch of 5 500 peacekeepers with a
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In an attack described by Mukesh Kapila, top official of the UN in Sudan, government-allied militia (known as Janjawiet), rape
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The minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, says in the House of Assembly that no member of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (
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Two pilots of SA Air Force’s No 2 (Flying Cheetah) Squadron, assisting the United Nations in the Korean War, blast a convoy of
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Maropoli Mapalakanye, an organiser for MWASA, is reported missing. No reply is received from the minister of law and order to a
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Iran breaks off diplomatic, political, economic and military ties with South Africa, and will no longer supply oil to this coun
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Pik Botha warns Unita leader Jonas Savimbi in Angola that South Africa will withdraw support for Un
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Pik Botha warns Unita leader Jonas Savimbi in Angola that South Africa will withdraw support for Un
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SA signs agreements with the government of the US on missile-related export/import restrictions and with the UN Development Pro
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A unique referendum in British Cameroon is carried out with support from UN. The Northern part of British Cameroon votes to joi
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Dr. Verwoerd clearly indicates that no Maoris will be acceptable in any New Zealand rugby team visiting South Africa in future.
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The National Security Act No 13 comes into effect in SA. Providing for detention without trial, banning of individuals and ou
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Personnel of the SA Air Force’s No 2 (Flying Cheetah) Squadron leave Durban to assist the United Nations in the Korean War.
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Aliens and Travellers Control Act No 29, providing for the control and monitoring of aliens, and for refusal of entry, commence
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Aliens and Travellers Control Act No 29, providing for the control and monitoring of aliens, and for refusal of entry, commence
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Special Offences Act No 6 commences, making it an offence to possess a tyre or similar object, or any inflammable liquid, in ci
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The UN ban on Rhodesian import and export, introduced on 16 December 1966, is expanded to include all trade with Rhodesia.
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