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Carthage, the leading Roman city in North Africa, falls to Genseric and the Vandals.

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President Mandela confirms the appointment of Ismail Mahomed as Chief Justice to succeed Michael Corbett in 1997. The appointme

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India announces the plan to open a cultural centre in South Africa empowered to discharge consular functions. It will be the fi

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Exchange of notes with Lesotho to amend the Trade Mission Agreement of 30 April 1987.

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SA signs an agreement with the League of The Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies regarding the establishment of a delegation i

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Zephania Lekoane Mothopeng (Uncle Zeph), teacher, choirmaster and PAC president, dies in Johannesburg.

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Malawi and Mozambique sign an agreement on defence co-operation.

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NBC aired BBC footage of the Ethiopian famine.

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The government forfeits 400,000 Pounds Sterling bail when the ‘Coventry four’ fails to appear to answer arms smuggling charges,

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A combined force of South African Defence Force troops and police seal off the townships of Sebokeng, Sharpeville and Boipatong

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In the by-elections at East London North, the seat is won by the conservative NRP, defeating the PFP’s candidate D. John Malcom

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The Prime Minister makes a major policy speech in the Senate, promising that South Africa will contribute its share to order, d

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The Convention on the Conservation of the Living Resources of the South-east Atlantic, to which SA is a party, is signed in Rom

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Kip Keino of Kenya wins the Olympic gold medal for 1,500 metres in 3 minutes 34.9 seconds.

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Following his victory at the general elections in which his party, the Transkei National Independent Party (TNIP) won twenty-ei

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South Africa signs a treaty with Great Britain for the continuation of the trade agreement of 16 May 1960.

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The newspaper, Bulawayo Chronicle, is published for the first time in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).

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Sir Harry Smith, governor of the Cape, dies in London

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Dr Emil Cohen, geologist and discoverer of the first gold deposits at Lydenburg, northern Transvaal, is born in Denmark.

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Commander Simon van der Stel, accompanied by his six children and his wife’s sister, is welcomed at the Cape by Hendrik Crudop,

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Zacharias Wagenaer (54), commander of the Cape, dies in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Equatorial Guinea Independence Day.

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Four men are arrested after a shoot-out between robbers and security guards in central Johannesburg on the previous day left a

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Ten-year-old Liam Aspeling is snatched from a car by a gang of five in front of his home in Ennerdale, south of Johannesburg. T

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The corruption case against former deputy president Jacob Zuma is postponed to November 12 in Durban magistrate’s court. Af

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Statistics SA leads the Interdepartmental Task Team on Mortality to give effect to a Cabinet decision to prioritise work on the

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Carthage, the leading Roman city in North Africa, falls to Genseric and the Vandals.

United Nations Day.

World Development Information Day.

Independence Day in Zambia.

South Africa’s Nelson Mandela receives a hero welcome in Libya.

President Mandela confirms the appointment of Ismail Mahomed as Chief Justice to succeed Michael Corbett in 1997. The appointme

India announces the plan to open a cultural centre in South Africa empowered to discharge consular functions. It will be the fi

Exchange of notes with Lesotho to amend the Trade Mission Agreement of 30 April 1987.

SA signs an agreement with the League of The Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies regarding the establishment of a delegation i

Zephania Lekoane Mothopeng (Uncle Zeph), teacher, choirmaster and PAC president, dies in Johannesburg.

Malawi and Mozambique sign an agreement on defence co-operation.

NBC aired BBC footage of the Ethiopian famine.

The government forfeits 400,000 Pounds Sterling bail when the ‘Coventry four’ fails to appear to answer arms smuggling charges,

A combined force of South African Defence Force troops and police seal off the townships of Sebokeng, Sharpeville and Boipatong

In the by-elections at East London North, the seat is won by the conservative NRP, defeating the PFP’s candidate D. John Malcom

The Prime Minister makes a major policy speech in the Senate, promising that South Africa will contribute its share to order, d

The Convention on the Conservation of the Living Resources of the South-east Atlantic, to which SA is a party, is signed in Rom

Kip Keino of Kenya wins the Olympic gold medal for 1,500 metres in 3 minutes 34.9 seconds.

Following his victory at the general elections in which his party, the Transkei National Independent Party (TNIP) won twenty-ei

South Africa signs a treaty with Great Britain for the continuation of the trade agreement of 16 May 1960.

The newspaper, Bulawayo Chronicle, is published for the first time in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).

Sir Harry Smith, governor of the Cape, dies in London

Dr Emil Cohen, geologist and discoverer of the first gold deposits at Lydenburg, northern Transvaal, is born in Denmark.

Commander Simon van der Stel, accompanied by his six children and his wife’s sister, is welcomed at the Cape by Hendrik Crudop,

Zacharias Wagenaer (54), commander of the Cape, dies in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Equatorial Guinea Independence Day.

Four men are arrested after a shoot-out between robbers and security guards in central Johannesburg on the previous day left a

Ten-year-old Liam Aspeling is snatched from a car by a gang of five in front of his home in Ennerdale, south of Johannesburg. T

The corruption case against former deputy president Jacob Zuma is postponed to November 12 in Durban magistrate’s court. Af

Statistics SA leads the Interdepartmental Task Team on Mortality to give effect to a Cabinet decision to prioritise work on the