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The European Economic Community calls for the immediate withdrawal of South African troops from Angola.

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President P.W. Botha decides against scrapping the Separate Amenities Act, but agrees that some residential areas can be opened

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Louis le Grange states that the South African Defence Force units will be deployed increasingly in a supportive role to the pol

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The leaders of six Black homelands reject the new tricameral constitution. Their statement is also signed by a number of Black

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Chief Lennox Sebe, Chief Minister of the Ciskei, accepts independence in principle, and wins endorsement for his stand at a ral

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US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance travels to South Africa to promote transition to black rule in Namibia.

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Sir de Villiers Graaff announces his retirement from politics, having been leader of the opposition from 1956 until the dissolu

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The elected leaders in the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council reject the government’s emergency mini-budget and demand th

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Winnie Mandela ends thirteen years of enforced silence with a strong attack on the country’s Terrorism Act.

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A State Presidential Proclamation widening the Group Areas Act preventing multi-racial sport

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The United Nations General Assembly rejects South Africa’s credentials. The Assembly President rules, however, that the measure

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The Minister of Labour exercises his power under the Bantu Labour Relations Regulation Bill

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The Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster, announces at the National Party Congress incidences on the border of Zambia and the Caprivi S

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Anwar Sadat is nominated to succeed Gamal Abdel Nasser as president of Egypt. Date is given as 16 October by two other sources.

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SA signs multilateral Convention on the Conflict of Laws Relating to the Form of Testamentary Dispositions.

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The South African Military History Society is formed.

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A train accident at Effingham in Natal claims the lives of 88 people.

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Richard Granville Baloyi, politician, businessman and community leader born c. 1897, dies in Alexandra.

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In a referendum limited to White voters only, 52 percent of South African voters favour the establishment of a Republic.

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Mabhuza Simeon Gininda, educationist, theologian and ANC member of parliament, Government of National Unity (1994-), is born in

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John Ndevasia Muafangejo, SA artist and teacher, is born in Etunda lo Nghadi, Angola. He moved to South West Africa in 1956

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Essop Jassat, medical practitioner and political community worker, is born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg. During the apartheid era

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Thomas Campbell (42), SA cricket player in five test matches, dies in Natal.

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Glynis Johns, South African actress (Mary Poppins, The Ref, A Little Night Music, The Sundowners, Coming of Age, Glynis), is bo

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Italian troops occupy Libya in the war with Turkey.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Western Australia offers military assistance to Britain.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: A crowd of stranded Black mineworkers block part of Marshall Street, but at night time the police persuade th

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After the proclamation of the public gold diggings at Randfontein the previous day, Johann Rissik, ZAR official, sends a plan f

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Prof. Johannes Jacobus Smith, professor in Afrikaans at the University of Stellenbosch, is born in Tulbach, western Cape.

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Dr Willem Jacobus Viljoen, teacher and linguist, is born in Richmond, Cape Colony.

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The European Economic Community calls for the immediate withdrawal of South African troops from Angola.

President P.W. Botha decides against scrapping the Separate Amenities Act, but agrees that some residential areas can be opened

Louis le Grange states that the South African Defence Force units will be deployed increasingly in a supportive role to the pol

The leaders of six Black homelands reject the new tricameral constitution. Their statement is also signed by a number of Black

Chief Lennox Sebe, Chief Minister of the Ciskei, accepts independence in principle, and wins endorsement for his stand at a ral

US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance travels to South Africa to promote transition to black rule in Namibia.

Sir de Villiers Graaff announces his retirement from politics, having been leader of the opposition from 1956 until the dissolu

The elected leaders in the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council reject the government’s emergency mini-budget and demand th

Winnie Mandela ends thirteen years of enforced silence with a strong attack on the country’s Terrorism Act.

A State Presidential Proclamation widening the Group Areas Act preventing multi-racial sport

The United Nations General Assembly rejects South Africa’s credentials. The Assembly President rules, however, that the measure

The Minister of Labour exercises his power under the Bantu Labour Relations Regulation Bill

The Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster, announces at the National Party Congress incidences on the border of Zambia and the Caprivi S

Anwar Sadat is nominated to succeed Gamal Abdel Nasser as president of Egypt. Date is given as 16 October by two other sources.

SA signs multilateral Convention on the Conflict of Laws Relating to the Form of Testamentary Dispositions.

The South African Military History Society is formed.

A train accident at Effingham in Natal claims the lives of 88 people.

Richard Granville Baloyi, politician, businessman and community leader born c. 1897, dies in Alexandra.

In a referendum limited to White voters only, 52 percent of South African voters favour the establishment of a Republic.

Mabhuza Simeon Gininda, educationist, theologian and ANC member of parliament, Government of National Unity (1994-), is born in

John Ndevasia Muafangejo, SA artist and teacher, is born in Etunda lo Nghadi, Angola. He moved to South West Africa in 1956

Essop Jassat, medical practitioner and political community worker, is born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg. During the apartheid era

Thomas Campbell (42), SA cricket player in five test matches, dies in Natal.

Glynis Johns, South African actress (Mary Poppins, The Ref, A Little Night Music, The Sundowners, Coming of Age, Glynis), is bo

Italian troops occupy Libya in the war with Turkey.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Western Australia offers military assistance to Britain.

Anglo-Boer War 2: A crowd of stranded Black mineworkers block part of Marshall Street, but at night time the police persuade th

After the proclamation of the public gold diggings at Randfontein the previous day, Johann Rissik, ZAR official, sends a plan f

Prof. Johannes Jacobus Smith, professor in Afrikaans at the University of Stellenbosch, is born in Tulbach, western Cape.

Dr Willem Jacobus Viljoen, teacher and linguist, is born in Richmond, Cape Colony.