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The ANC, in an emergency meeting, calls for the dismissal of Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok and Defence Minister Magnus Ma

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Liberian President Samuel K Doe becomes virtual prisoner in presidential mansion as rebels besiege Monrovia and Doe’s 500-man s

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Twenty-four people die in Sebokeng after attacks by armed impis leaving an Inkatha rally in the township. Coleman gives the num

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Minister of National Education FW de Klerk says the government has drafted formulas for a 10-year strategy for equality in educ

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Police detain UDF national secretary-general Mohamed Valli and UDF acting publicity secretary Murphy Morobe in a pre-dawn raid

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The annual meeting of the International Cricket Conference in London decides not to accept South Africa’s application for readm

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Egypt bombs and strikes major air base in Libya in second day of conflict between the two countries.

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Criminal Procedure Act No 51 commences. It consolidates the law relating to procedure in criminal proceedings and repeals the 1

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Raphael Ndukwe Chukwu, foreign football player who plays for SA and who was winner of the Kick Off Footballer of the Season, 97

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The Deputy Chairman of the Coloured Representative Council, J.A. Rabie, calls for full citizenship for Coloured people, and urg

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Israeli airliner bound for Israel from Rome with forty-eight people aboard is hijacked and diverted to Algeria.

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Ethiopia closes her airspace to South African aircraft.

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Gordon Igesund, SA soccer coach who was awarded Kick Off’s accolade for the Coach of the Decade, is born in Durban.

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George Hunter, light heavyweight boxer (Olympic gold 1948), is born in South Africa.

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Sen. Johannes (Jan) de Klerk, minister of Education, Art and Science, president of the Senate and father of former Pres. F.W. d

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Colonel R.S.S. Baden-Powell, a special service officer sent by the British Colonial Office, lands at Cape Tow

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Dorothea (Anne) Fairbridge, author of books on SA history, including on Lady Anne Barnard, is born in Cape Town.

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An Egyptian and three Kenyans, along with four other truck drivers, are taken hostage by a militant Iraqi group.

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Sergio Motsoaneng, a gold medal winner in the 1999 Comrades, admits his brother ran sections of the race in his place.

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Internal Peace Institution Act Repeal Act No 28, repealing the 1992 Internal Peace Institutions Act and providing for matters c

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Ten residents are killed in an attack by hostel dwellers in Daveyton.

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Cyrus Vance, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, visits South Africa (21-31 July), for talks with a broad array of

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Muntu Gasa (26), former Imbali Special Constable and Inkatha member turned ANC, is shot in the head three times in Pietermaritz

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South African government admits it secretly gave $600 000 in recent years to African National Congress rival Inkatha Party.

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According to the Human Rights Commission, 189 people are being held in detention without trial.

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The ANC, in an emergency meeting, calls for the dismissal of Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok and Defence Minister Magnus Ma

Liberian President Samuel K Doe becomes virtual prisoner in presidential mansion as rebels besiege Monrovia and Doe’s 500-man s

Twenty-four people die in Sebokeng after attacks by armed impis leaving an Inkatha rally in the township. Coleman gives the num

Minister of National Education FW de Klerk says the government has drafted formulas for a 10-year strategy for equality in educ

Police detain UDF national secretary-general Mohamed Valli and UDF acting publicity secretary Murphy Morobe in a pre-dawn raid

The annual meeting of the International Cricket Conference in London decides not to accept South Africa’s application for readm

Egypt bombs and strikes major air base in Libya in second day of conflict between the two countries.

Criminal Procedure Act No 51 commences. It consolidates the law relating to procedure in criminal proceedings and repeals the 1

Raphael Ndukwe Chukwu, foreign football player who plays for SA and who was winner of the Kick Off Footballer of the Season, 97

The Deputy Chairman of the Coloured Representative Council, J.A. Rabie, calls for full citizenship for Coloured people, and urg

Israeli airliner bound for Israel from Rome with forty-eight people aboard is hijacked and diverted to Algeria.

Ethiopia closes her airspace to South African aircraft.

Gordon Igesund, SA soccer coach who was awarded Kick Off’s accolade for the Coach of the Decade, is born in Durban.

Bless Bridges, SA singer, is born.

Nico van Rensburg, SA concertina player, is born.

Lester Walton is appointed minister to Liberia.

The SA rugby team loses 21-6 against Australia in Durban.

Michael Hendrik Nester (57), the first Afrikaans novelist, dies.

George Hunter, light heavyweight boxer (Olympic gold 1948), is born in South Africa.

Sen. Johannes (Jan) de Klerk, minister of Education, Art and Science, president of the Senate and father of former Pres. F.W. d

Anglo-Boer War 2: Colonel R.S.S. Baden-Powell, a special service officer sent by the British Colonial Office, lands at Cape Tow

Dorothea (Anne) Fairbridge, author of books on SA history, including on Lady Anne Barnard, is born in Cape Town.

An Egyptian and three Kenyans, along with four other truck drivers, are taken hostage by a militant Iraqi group.

Sergio Motsoaneng, a gold medal winner in the 1999 Comrades, admits his brother ran sections of the race in his place.

Internal Peace Institution Act Repeal Act No 28, repealing the 1992 Internal Peace Institutions Act and providing for matters c

Ten residents are killed in an attack by hostel dwellers in Daveyton.

Cyrus Vance, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, visits South Africa (21-31 July), for talks with a broad array of

Muntu Gasa (26), former Imbali Special Constable and Inkatha member turned ANC, is shot in the head three times in Pietermaritz

South African government admits it secretly gave $600 000 in recent years to African National Congress rival Inkatha Party.

According to the Human Rights Commission, 189 people are being held in detention without trial.