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The National Assembly passes legislation providing for abortion on demand within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy and for te

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Nigerian political activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa is one of eight people sentenced to death for the death of four Ogoni leaders (who d

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Professor Sibusiso Bhengu, Education Minister, says that Government will cut funding for White schools as part of a plan to ach

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More than 300 people are killed in renewed fighting as Angola slides back into civil war.

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Five American nuns in Liberia are shot to death near the capital Monrovia; the killings are blamed on rebels loyal to Charles T

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The Special Political Committee in the United Nations, with South Africa participating, starts debating (23-26 October) South A

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The SA government establishes a department for Coloured Affairs, under I.D. du Plessis as first head.

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Federal constitution of Rhodesia and Nyasaland comes into effect.

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Anna Elizabeth Samuel (Antjie Krogh), SA poet, journalist and anti-apartheid champion, is born near Kroonstad, OFS.

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The first General Meeting of the United Nations, attended also by SA delegates, starts in New York.

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WWII: The Second Battle of El Alamein, in which many SA soldiers took part, commences with a thousand-gun barrage. The opening

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Stephen Gregory Naidoo, prelate, canon lawyer and critic of apartheid, is born in Durban. He was appointed archbishop of Cape T

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The first poem of Nontisi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho is published in Umteteli under her clan name, Cizama. She

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Transvaal Mine Clerks’ Association is formed under the leadership of A.W.G. Champion.

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Twenty-four Africans, part of a crowd demonstrating outside the Baakens Street Police Station, Port Elizabeth, to demand the re

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Karl Kielblock, SA author of historical and detective books, is born in Beaufort West, Cape Colony.

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The first motorists’ organisation in SA, the Automobile Club of South Africa (called the Royal Automobile Club of SA since 1911

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Redvers Buller is dismissed as officer in command of the British forces, probably because of his defeat

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Chief Mhlontlo (Mhlonthlo) lures Hamilton Hope (resident magistrate at Tsolo in the Eastern Cape) and his staff to Sulenkama wh

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Prof. J.A. du Plessis, professor at the Potchefstroom Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in SA, is born in Rustenburg,

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Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg is appointed president of the ZAR, a position that he occupies for seven months.

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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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The Cheetahs (Free State rugby team) scores a surprising victory over the Blue Bulls on Loftus Versveld, beating the Bulls 29-2

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South African television producer Adele Lorenzo is killed in an air crash in Nigeria in which 117 people die. News was receiv

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Peter Malinga, SA welterweight, wins the International Boxing Organisation (IBO) title.

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Zolile Mbityi, SA flyweight, wins the World Boxing Organisation (IBO) title.

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The Botswana police discover the bodies of eighteen people who had suffocated in the back of a truck driving from Zimbabwe to S

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SA signs agreement on co-operation with the Russian Federation.

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Nigerian author Ben Okri wins the Booker Prize for his novel The Famished Road

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Forty-nine Commonwealth nations agree to enact further sanctions against SA if further reforms are not taken within six months.

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The National Assembly passes legislation providing for abortion on demand within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy and for te

Nigerian political activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa is one of eight people sentenced to death for the death of four Ogoni leaders (who d

Professor Sibusiso Bhengu, Education Minister, says that Government will cut funding for White schools as part of a plan to ach

More than 300 people are killed in renewed fighting as Angola slides back into civil war.

Five American nuns in Liberia are shot to death near the capital Monrovia; the killings are blamed on rebels loyal to Charles T

The Special Political Committee in the United Nations, with South Africa participating, starts debating (23-26 October) South A

The SA government establishes a department for Coloured Affairs, under I.D. du Plessis as first head.

Federal constitution of Rhodesia and Nyasaland comes into effect.

Anna Elizabeth Samuel (Antjie Krogh), SA poet, journalist and anti-apartheid champion, is born near Kroonstad, OFS.

The first General Meeting of the United Nations, attended also by SA delegates, starts in New York.

WWII: The Second Battle of El Alamein, in which many SA soldiers took part, commences with a thousand-gun barrage. The opening

Stephen Gregory Naidoo, prelate, canon lawyer and critic of apartheid, is born in Durban. He was appointed archbishop of Cape T

The first poem of Nontisi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho is published in Umteteli under her clan name, Cizama. She

Transvaal Mine Clerks’ Association is formed under the leadership of A.W.G. Champion.

Twenty-four Africans, part of a crowd demonstrating outside the Baakens Street Police Station, Port Elizabeth, to demand the re

Karl Kielblock, SA author of historical and detective books, is born in Beaufort West, Cape Colony.

The first motorists’ organisation in SA, the Automobile Club of South Africa (called the Royal Automobile Club of SA since 1911

Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Redvers Buller is dismissed as officer in command of the British forces, probably because of his defeat

Chief Mhlontlo (Mhlonthlo) lures Hamilton Hope (resident magistrate at Tsolo in the Eastern Cape) and his staff to Sulenkama wh

Prof. J.A. du Plessis, professor at the Potchefstroom Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in SA, is born in Rustenburg,

Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg is appointed president of the ZAR, a position that he occupies for seven months.

The Voortrekkers decide to call the first planned town in Natal, up to that time called “Bosjesmansrand” (Bushmen Rand) because

The Cheetahs (Free State rugby team) scores a surprising victory over the Blue Bulls on Loftus Versveld, beating the Bulls 29-2

South African television producer Adele Lorenzo is killed in an air crash in Nigeria in which 117 people die. News was receiv

Peter Malinga, SA welterweight, wins the International Boxing Organisation (IBO) title.

Zolile Mbityi, SA flyweight, wins the World Boxing Organisation (IBO) title.

The Botswana police discover the bodies of eighteen people who had suffocated in the back of a truck driving from Zimbabwe to S

SA signs agreement on co-operation with the Russian Federation.

Nigerian author Ben Okri wins the Booker Prize for his novel The Famished Road

Forty-nine Commonwealth nations agree to enact further sanctions against SA if further reforms are not taken within six months.