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General Motors becomes the fourth big US business to pull out of South Africa. It joins Honeywell, IBM and Warner. It is believ

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The Minister of Law and Order rejects conditions set on 18 October 1984 by the three remaining fugitives in the British Consula

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George Andrew Manuel, scholar, author and one of the first Coloured journalists in SA, dies in Cape Town.

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Schalk J. Botha (73), SA economist, dies in Pretoria.

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Teachers and pupils are arrested at the Morris lsaacson High School in Soweto.

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Thabo Mooki, SA football player who was the first winner of the Kick Off Footballer of the Season, 96/97, is born in Moletsane,

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Amanda Coetzer, SA tennis star and winner of several Sportswoman of the Year Awards, is born in Hoopstad, OFS.

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SA signs treaty with Greece concerning the graves of members of the armed forces of the Commonwealth in Greek territory.

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South African Black leader Nelson Mandela appears in court in Johannesburg and pleads not guilty. Nelson Mandela, in his Long W

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During the Pretoria centenary M.W. Pretorius, grandson of Marthinus Wessel Pretorius and great-grandson of Voortrekker leader A

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Dr Neville Edward Alexander, co-founder with Kenneth Alexander of the National Liberation Front, which aim was to bring togethe

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WWI: At the start of the 1914-Rebellion (or “Armed protest” as it was called), it is decided in Koppies, OFS, that Gen. C.R. de

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Prof. Paul Friedrich Detlev Weiss, professor in theology and Afrikaans cultural leader, is born in Standerton, Tvl.

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André Huguenet, stage-name of Gerhardus Petrus Borstlap, SA actor, producer and author, is born in Bloemfontein.

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Louise (Lulu) Latsky, SA author of children’s books and the first woman to be awarded a doctorate at the University of Stellenb

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James Henry Bowker (78), SA soldier during the frontier wars and expedition leader to Basutoland, dies in Durban.

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Spain declares war on the Moors in Morocco.

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Gen. Jacobus Hercules (Koos) de la Rey, also known as ‘The Lion of Western Transvaal’ because of his brave leadership during th

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Abraham Gabbema, fiscal at the Cape, calls the front rock of the mountain near the Great Berg River, wet with dew and glitterin

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Veteran French war journalist Jean Helene is shot dead in cold blood in Abidjan in the Ivory Coast by a police officer.

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Two British aid workers are shot dead in Somaliland.

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Vanessa Brereton, former “human rights” lawyer, admits that she was agent RS 452 and The Star publishes the first story of her

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The UN reports that over 200,000 Hutu refugees are fleeing into the hills to escape the conflict between the Zaire military and

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Swedish Foreign Minister, on a visit to Cape Town, reveals that her government gave about $400m in humanitarian assistance to o

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South African Security agent Craig Williamson, on his return to South Africa, denies involvement in the assassination of Prime

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General Johan van den Merwe, National Police Commissioner (1990-1995), admits that he gave the order in 1988 for the police to

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SA signs agreement on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Chad.

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Burundi’s National Palace is stormed in a coup and Hutu president Melchior Ndadaye is killed just four months after gaining pow

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As a result of a crash on most of the world’s stock exchanges, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange overall index falls 328 points,

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The Commonwealth heads of government meeting end in the Bahamas with agreement to pressurise South Africa to dismantle aparthei

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General Motors becomes the fourth big US business to pull out of South Africa. It joins Honeywell, IBM and Warner. It is believ

The Minister of Law and Order rejects conditions set on 18 October 1984 by the three remaining fugitives in the British Consula

George Andrew Manuel, scholar, author and one of the first Coloured journalists in SA, dies in Cape Town.

Schalk J. Botha (73), SA economist, dies in Pretoria.

Teachers and pupils are arrested at the Morris lsaacson High School in Soweto.

Thabo Mooki, SA football player who was the first winner of the Kick Off Footballer of the Season, 96/97, is born in Moletsane,

Amanda Coetzer, SA tennis star and winner of several Sportswoman of the Year Awards, is born in Hoopstad, OFS.

SA signs treaty with Greece concerning the graves of members of the armed forces of the Commonwealth in Greek territory.

South African Black leader Nelson Mandela appears in court in Johannesburg and pleads not guilty. Nelson Mandela, in his Long W

During the Pretoria centenary M.W. Pretorius, grandson of Marthinus Wessel Pretorius and great-grandson of Voortrekker leader A

Dr Neville Edward Alexander, co-founder with Kenneth Alexander of the National Liberation Front, which aim was to bring togethe

WWI: At the start of the 1914-Rebellion (or “Armed protest” as it was called), it is decided in Koppies, OFS, that Gen. C.R. de

Prof. Paul Friedrich Detlev Weiss, professor in theology and Afrikaans cultural leader, is born in Standerton, Tvl.

André Huguenet, stage-name of Gerhardus Petrus Borstlap, SA actor, producer and author, is born in Bloemfontein.

Louise (Lulu) Latsky, SA author of children’s books and the first woman to be awarded a doctorate at the University of Stellenb

James Henry Bowker (78), SA soldier during the frontier wars and expedition leader to Basutoland, dies in Durban.

Spain declares war on the Moors in Morocco.

Gen. Jacobus Hercules (Koos) de la Rey, also known as ‘The Lion of Western Transvaal’ because of his brave leadership during th

Abraham Gabbema, fiscal at the Cape, calls the front rock of the mountain near the Great Berg River, wet with dew and glitterin

Veteran French war journalist Jean Helene is shot dead in cold blood in Abidjan in the Ivory Coast by a police officer.

Two British aid workers are shot dead in Somaliland.

Vanessa Brereton, former “human rights” lawyer, admits that she was agent RS 452 and The Star publishes the first story of her

The UN reports that over 200,000 Hutu refugees are fleeing into the hills to escape the conflict between the Zaire military and

Swedish Foreign Minister, on a visit to Cape Town, reveals that her government gave about $400m in humanitarian assistance to o

South African Security agent Craig Williamson, on his return to South Africa, denies involvement in the assassination of Prime

General Johan van den Merwe, National Police Commissioner (1990-1995), admits that he gave the order in 1988 for the police to

SA signs agreement on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Chad.

Burundi’s National Palace is stormed in a coup and Hutu president Melchior Ndadaye is killed just four months after gaining pow

As a result of a crash on most of the world’s stock exchanges, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange overall index falls 328 points,

The Commonwealth heads of government meeting end in the Bahamas with agreement to pressurise South Africa to dismantle aparthei