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Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist (74), commissioner-general at the Cape, dies in Middenburg, the Netherlands.

This day in history

Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist (74), commissioner-general at the Cape, dies in Middenburg, the Netherlands.

This day in history

The Dutch East India Company in Amsterdam decides to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape for settlement.

This day in history

SA author J.M. (John Maxwell) Coetzee is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

This day in history

President Bill Clinton of the US proclaims the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), naming thirty-four sub-Saharan African

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The Employment Equity Register, aimed at eliminating unfair discrimination in employment, is released at a briefing by the Mini

This day in history

The Minister amends the regulations to the Employment Equity Act, 1998, to i.a. simplify requirements for employers who employ

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Sarel Hayward, former SA minister of agriculture, dies.

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Janusz Walus, convicted murderer of Chris Hani, leader of the SA Communist Party, is divorced from his wife of twenty-two years

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Britain announces a decision to write off the debt of six African countries, a package of millions of pounds.

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Muziwendoda Mdluli of the National Intelligence Agency is found shot dead in his car in Silverton, Pretoria. He was investigati

This day in history

The Netherlands announces partial lifting of sports sanctions; SA sportspersons will no longer require visas.

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SA Foreign Minister R.F. (Pik) Botha visits Beijing. Date is given as 4 October in some sources.

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SA signs an agreement with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees governing the legal status, privileges and immunit

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Political assassination: Three guards of an ANC lawyer are shot dead by eight men in Durban.

This day in history

Political assassination: Nic Cruse, who worked for PC Plus, which was started by people within the Mass Democratic Movement, is

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After the Conversion of Iscor Act was passed on 17 May 1989, Iscor shares are sold on the stock market, realising R3,7bn.

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President Reagan’s decision not to impose sanctions on South Africa is overridden by Senate veto, 78 votes to 21, and the US in

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The death toll in rioting and clashes with police has risen to over sixty. The Government took the leader of South Africa’s mos

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KwaZulu: Police Amendment Act No 11 commences.

This day in history

The Prime Minister appoints fifty-six members to the President’s Council, comprising forty-one Whites, seven Coloureds, seven I

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The South African Barbarians rugby team completes its controversial tour of Britain with minimal disruption but against a backg

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The Transkei will resist the government’s plan for a mass removal of nearly 20,000 Blacks from the Crossroads settlement near C

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Chief Kaiser Matanzima announces in Umtata that the Transkei will become fully independent on 26 October 1976.

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Lebowa is proclaimed a self-governing territory. The Northern Sotho ‘homeland’ Lebowa becomes the fourth ‘bantustan’, with Bhes

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Kuwait breaks off diplomatic relations with South Africa and all Kuwaiti air and seaports are closed to South African aircraft

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Guinée Française achieves independence from France as Guinea with Ahmed Sékou Touré as president.

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Humphrey Mbuyiseni Khoza, current chief executive officer of Uthingo Management (Pty) Ltd and director of several other compani

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A national congress, under auspices of the Dutch Reformed Church starts in Bloemfontein, to discuss the serious poor White prob

This day in history

Die Volksblad, Afrikaans newspaper, is published in Bloemfontein for the first time.

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Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist (74), commissioner-general at the Cape, dies in Middenburg, the Netherlands.

Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist (74), commissioner-general at the Cape, dies in Middenburg, the Netherlands.

The Dutch East India Company in Amsterdam decides to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape for settlement.

SA author J.M. (John Maxwell) Coetzee is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

President Bill Clinton of the US proclaims the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), naming thirty-four sub-Saharan African

The Employment Equity Register, aimed at eliminating unfair discrimination in employment, is released at a briefing by the Mini

The Minister amends the regulations to the Employment Equity Act, 1998, to i.a. simplify requirements for employers who employ

Sarel Hayward, former SA minister of agriculture, dies.

Janusz Walus, convicted murderer of Chris Hani, leader of the SA Communist Party, is divorced from his wife of twenty-two years

Britain announces a decision to write off the debt of six African countries, a package of millions of pounds.

Muziwendoda Mdluli of the National Intelligence Agency is found shot dead in his car in Silverton, Pretoria. He was investigati

The Netherlands announces partial lifting of sports sanctions; SA sportspersons will no longer require visas.

SA Foreign Minister R.F. (Pik) Botha visits Beijing. Date is given as 4 October in some sources.

SA signs an agreement with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees governing the legal status, privileges and immunit

Political assassination: Three guards of an ANC lawyer are shot dead by eight men in Durban.

Political assassination: Nic Cruse, who worked for PC Plus, which was started by people within the Mass Democratic Movement, is

After the Conversion of Iscor Act was passed on 17 May 1989, Iscor shares are sold on the stock market, realising R3,7bn.

President Reagan’s decision not to impose sanctions on South Africa is overridden by Senate veto, 78 votes to 21, and the US in

The death toll in rioting and clashes with police has risen to over sixty. The Government took the leader of South Africa’s mos

KwaZulu: Police Amendment Act No 11 commences.

The Prime Minister appoints fifty-six members to the President’s Council, comprising forty-one Whites, seven Coloureds, seven I

The South African Barbarians rugby team completes its controversial tour of Britain with minimal disruption but against a backg

The Transkei will resist the government’s plan for a mass removal of nearly 20,000 Blacks from the Crossroads settlement near C

Chief Kaiser Matanzima announces in Umtata that the Transkei will become fully independent on 26 October 1976.

Lebowa is proclaimed a self-governing territory. The Northern Sotho ‘homeland’ Lebowa becomes the fourth ‘bantustan’, with Bhes

Kuwait breaks off diplomatic relations with South Africa and all Kuwaiti air and seaports are closed to South African aircraft

Guinée Française achieves independence from France as Guinea with Ahmed Sékou Touré as president.

Humphrey Mbuyiseni Khoza, current chief executive officer of Uthingo Management (Pty) Ltd and director of several other compani

A national congress, under auspices of the Dutch Reformed Church starts in Bloemfontein, to discuss the serious poor White prob

Die Volksblad, Afrikaans newspaper, is published in Bloemfontein for the first time.