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Dr Allan Boesak is arrested in South Africa. Dr Boesak, along with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Dr Christiaan Beyers Naud&eacute

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Zola Budd of SA and Mary Decker of the USA collides accidentally during the 3,000m in the Los Angeles Olympics to cause one of

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With support from Libya in their long-running civil war, Chadian insurgents overrun the outpost of Faya-Largeau in northern Cha

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About 100 White sympathisers join evicted Black squatters in a passive protest against the demolition of shanty dwellings outsi

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Part of a prefabricated building of the Peninsula College for Advanced Technical Education is gutted and three explosives are f

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The government extends its powers under the Internal Security Act from the Transvaal only to the whole of South Africa.

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Naval Headquarters at Simonstown announce that the second series of joint British South African exercises off the Cape Coast wi

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Eleven bombs explode, scattering ANC propaganda leaflets in the four major cities. The blasts occur twelve months after similar

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Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda announces nationalisation of copper mining companies, key to Zambia’s economy contributing ove

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Karen Muir (12), Kimberley swimmer, sets a new world record in the backstroke for women in Blackpool, England.

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The SA rugby team loses the second test against Australia 5-9 in Newlands, Cape Town.

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Dr. K.G. Abrahams is arrested in Gobabis area of South West Africa, and subsequently charged with being the chairman of the Yu

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Gill Marcus, manager of Spoornet, former deputy governor of the SA Reserve Bank and deputy minister of Finance (1996-1999), is

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Japan offers to surrender in World War 2 if Emperor Hirohito is permitted to keep his throne.

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Rodney Gould, SA rugby player, is born.

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Sir Abe Bailey (75), SA politician and Rand mine magnate, dies in Muizenberg.

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Prof. Dikloff Omphitlhetse Lenamile, academic and acting registrar and vice-principal, Finance, Unisa, is born in Johannesburg.

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Joshua Andries Nell, S.A artist, is born in Keetmanshoop, South West Africa.

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The draft bill concerning the founding of a central bank, the SA Reserve Bank, is approved by the Senate.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Milner leaves England to return to SA.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: British Gen. Carrington reaches Mafeking and narrowly avoids being court-martialled for his inexplicable flig

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The first known reference to Antjie Somers, SA bogy figure, is made in The Friend. It is alleged that he was a brigand, dress

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Louis Trichardt, Voortrekker leader, is born near Oudtshoorn.

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Portuguese navigator Diego Diaz becomes the first European to arrive to the island of Madagascar.

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President Thabo Mbeki confirms that he has dismissed the Deputy Minister of Health, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, with immediate e

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Several military officers and civilians are arrested in Mauritania for plotting a coup.

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Former rebels in the Ivory Coast attend their first cabinet meeting after a four-month boycott.

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Dr Allan Boesak is arrested in South Africa. Dr Boesak, along with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Dr Christiaan Beyers Naud&amp;eacute

Zola Budd of SA and Mary Decker of the USA collides accidentally during the 3,000m in the Los Angeles Olympics to cause one of

With support from Libya in their long-running civil war, Chadian insurgents overrun the outpost of Faya-Largeau in northern Cha

About 100 White sympathisers join evicted Black squatters in a passive protest against the demolition of shanty dwellings outsi

Part of a prefabricated building of the Peninsula College for Advanced Technical Education is gutted and three explosives are f

The government extends its powers under the Internal Security Act from the Transvaal only to the whole of South Africa.

Naval Headquarters at Simonstown announce that the second series of joint British South African exercises off the Cape Coast wi

Eleven bombs explode, scattering ANC propaganda leaflets in the four major cities. The blasts occur twelve months after similar

Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda announces nationalisation of copper mining companies, key to Zambia’s economy contributing ove

Karen Muir (12), Kimberley swimmer, sets a new world record in the backstroke for women in Blackpool, England.

The SA rugby team loses the second test against Australia 5-9 in Newlands, Cape Town.

Dr. K.G. Abrahams is arrested in Gobabis area of South West Africa, and subsequently charged with being the chairman of the Yu

Erich Mayer (83), SA landscape painter born in Germany, dies in Pretoria.

Angela Maria Ferreira, S.A artist, is born in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique.

Edrich Krantz, SA rugby player, is born.

Gill Marcus, manager of Spoornet, former deputy governor of the SA Reserve Bank and deputy minister of Finance (1996-1999), is

Japan offers to surrender in World War 2 if Emperor Hirohito is permitted to keep his throne.

Rodney Gould, SA rugby player, is born.

Sir Abe Bailey (75), SA politician and Rand mine magnate, dies in Muizenberg.

Prof. Dikloff Omphitlhetse Lenamile, academic and acting registrar and vice-principal, Finance, Unisa, is born in Johannesburg.

Joshua Andries Nell, S.A artist, is born in Keetmanshoop, South West Africa.

The draft bill concerning the founding of a central bank, the SA Reserve Bank, is approved by the Senate.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Milner leaves England to return to SA.

Anglo-Boer War 2: British Gen. Carrington reaches Mafeking and narrowly avoids being court-martialled for his inexplicable flig

The first known reference to Antjie Somers, SA bogy figure, is made in The Friend. It is alleged that he was a brigand, dress

Louis Trichardt, Voortrekker leader, is born near Oudtshoorn.

Portuguese navigator Diego Diaz becomes the first European to arrive to the island of Madagascar.

President Thabo Mbeki confirms that he has dismissed the Deputy Minister of Health, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, with immediate e

Several military officers and civilians are arrested in Mauritania for plotting a coup.

Former rebels in the Ivory Coast attend their first cabinet meeting after a four-month boycott.

Dr Allan Boesak is arrested in South Africa. Dr Boesak, along with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Dr Christiaan Beyers Naud&eacute