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South African Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer is assaulted at home in Johannesburg by three men who lock her in a store room and

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London-based Amnesty International reports that armed combatants have brutally raped tens of thousands of women, girls and babi

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The National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (NEMISA), a government-funded training institute specialising in broadc

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Supporters of Ivory Coast’s president-elect and his political rival fight bloody clashes in Abidjan over a demand for new presi

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Former President F.W. de Klerk files a request for an interdict in the supreme court to prevent the publication of negative all

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Angola promises to withdraw its troops from Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, where they helped rebels oust electe

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The curator of the Transvaal snake park in Mid Rand dies when a poisonous Egyptian cobra bites him during a show.

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As eastern Zaire slides into chaos, the United Nations evacuates aid workers from the camp in Bukavu, leaving half a million Hu

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International Donors’ Conference on Human Resources Development at Cape Town (26-28 October), organised by the UN and Commonwea

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The SA Chamber of Business states that it is committed to the RDP, but concerned about its ‘authoritarian tone’.

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Escom intends spending R250 million over five years electrifying 2500 schools and clinics nationwide.

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Twenty people die when gunmen open fire on the house of an IFP member in Umbumbulu, Natal.

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Political assassination: Jackson Lufele, ANC Quinzini Village branch executive member, is shot and killed by gunmen introduci

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A Patriotic Front Conference convened by the ANC and the PAC takes place in Durban.

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The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly rejects the municipal elections as a manoeuvre to further entrench White minority rule a

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All-race municipal elections are held to elect segregated local authorities. The Black majority follow the call of anti-aparthe

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Police report eight more deaths due to unrest in Pietermaritzburg. (2004). Yesterdays, Pretoria News, 26 October.

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The ‘Delmas ‘treason trial reopens. All the accused plead not guilty.

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Violence erupts in the Black South African township of Sebokeng, 48 hours after police and troops swamped the area and made hun

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The Special Committee against Apartheid publishes the first Register of Entertainers, Actors and Others who have Performed in S

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The South African Indian Council requests the Prime Minister to reverse the Cabinet’s decision not to return Pageview and Distr

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The ANC claims responsibility for an attack on a police station at Sibasa, near the capital of Venda, Thohoyandou. The Venda go

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Israeli President Yitzhak Navon becomes the first Israeli head of state to visit Egypt. His welcome by Anwar al-Sadat is carrie

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The General Assembly requests the Secretary-General to conduct an investigation into reports concerning a nuclear explosion by

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The Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) unanimously rejects proposals for a merger with its three sister churches in the Afric

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A report drawn up by the Progressive Federal Party calls for power-sharing among all the races in the country, under a federal

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The Attorney General of the Transvaal, Jacobus E. Nothling, announces that an inquest into Biko’s death will be held, but that

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The oldest of the independent homelands, Transkei, gains complete independence as an autonomous republic, but it is not recogni

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Anwar Sadat becomes the first Egyptian president to officially visit the US.

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The United Nations Committee on Non-Self-Governing Territories adopts a resolution drawing the attention of the Security Counci

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South African Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer is assaulted at home in Johannesburg by three men who lock her in a store room and

London-based Amnesty International reports that armed combatants have brutally raped tens of thousands of women, girls and babi

The National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (NEMISA), a government-funded training institute specialising in broadc

Supporters of Ivory Coast’s president-elect and his political rival fight bloody clashes in Abidjan over a demand for new presi

Former President F.W. de Klerk files a request for an interdict in the supreme court to prevent the publication of negative all

Angola promises to withdraw its troops from Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, where they helped rebels oust electe

The curator of the Transvaal snake park in Mid Rand dies when a poisonous Egyptian cobra bites him during a show.

As eastern Zaire slides into chaos, the United Nations evacuates aid workers from the camp in Bukavu, leaving half a million Hu

International Donors’ Conference on Human Resources Development at Cape Town (26-28 October), organised by the UN and Commonwea

The SA Chamber of Business states that it is committed to the RDP, but concerned about its ‘authoritarian tone’.

Escom intends spending R250 million over five years electrifying 2500 schools and clinics nationwide.

Twenty people die when gunmen open fire on the house of an IFP member in Umbumbulu, Natal.

Political assassination: Jackson Lufele, ANC Quinzini Village branch executive member, is shot and killed by gunmen introduci

A Patriotic Front Conference convened by the ANC and the PAC takes place in Durban.

The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly rejects the municipal elections as a manoeuvre to further entrench White minority rule a

All-race municipal elections are held to elect segregated local authorities. The Black majority follow the call of anti-aparthe

Police report eight more deaths due to unrest in Pietermaritzburg. (2004). Yesterdays, Pretoria News, 26 October.

The ‘Delmas ‘treason trial reopens. All the accused plead not guilty.

Violence erupts in the Black South African township of Sebokeng, 48 hours after police and troops swamped the area and made hun

The Special Committee against Apartheid publishes the first Register of Entertainers, Actors and Others who have Performed in S

The South African Indian Council requests the Prime Minister to reverse the Cabinet’s decision not to return Pageview and Distr

The ANC claims responsibility for an attack on a police station at Sibasa, near the capital of Venda, Thohoyandou. The Venda go

Israeli President Yitzhak Navon becomes the first Israeli head of state to visit Egypt. His welcome by Anwar al-Sadat is carrie

The General Assembly requests the Secretary-General to conduct an investigation into reports concerning a nuclear explosion by

The Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) unanimously rejects proposals for a merger with its three sister churches in the Afric

A report drawn up by the Progressive Federal Party calls for power-sharing among all the races in the country, under a federal

The Attorney General of the Transvaal, Jacobus E. Nothling, announces that an inquest into Biko’s death will be held, but that

The oldest of the independent homelands, Transkei, gains complete independence as an autonomous republic, but it is not recogni

Anwar Sadat becomes the first Egyptian president to officially visit the US.

The United Nations Committee on Non-Self-Governing Territories adopts a resolution drawing the attention of the Security Counci