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Sir John Francis Cradock, governor of the Cape in 1811 and following years, is born in Dublin, Ireland.

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Hendrik Becker (61), commissioner at the Cape, dies in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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International Youth Day.

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Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o and his wife are attacked by armed men in the capital Nairobi.

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Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula meets British officials amid concerns about false SA passports discovered during

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Clashes among local militias, a rebel group and the Ugandan army kills at least ninety people. The victims, many of whom had be

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Clare Short insists the Earth Summit in Johannesburg was primarily about tackling Third World poverty rather than environmental

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Roman Catholic Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo of Zambia, who in May married Maria Sung in a ceremony performed by the Unification

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The last solar eclipse of the millennium casts a shadow extending from Land’s End at the south-western tip of England to the Ba

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Congolese rebels fighting President Laurent Kabila say they are closing in on the capital, while the government rounds up Tutsi

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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in Cape Town on his first state visit to SA.

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Members of People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD) attend a rally in Cape Town. Similar rallies were held in Durban and Jo

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The second draft of the Interim Constitution is tabled, giving exclusive powers to regions.

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UN forces kill seven Somali gunmen who shot at a surveillance helicopter, as militias of warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid intensify

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Thirteen people are injured, some seriously, when a bomb explodes in a building housing a fast food outlet in Pretoria. Police

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Eric Gumede, Youth League activist, is shot dead in KwaMashu one week after release from detention.

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Six Fijian rugby players and a radio commentator are banned by the Fijian Rugby Union for travelling to South Africa. The seven

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Twenty-three residents are killed in police action during a protest in Duncan Village, East London.

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The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern Angola.

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A number of student leaders at the University of the Western Cape and other community leaders are arrested and detained at Vict

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The Ciskei is given self-government. Chief Justice Mabandla becomes Chief Minister, and the heads of the territory’s six depart

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John Beaver Marks, teacher, trade unionist and political activist, who identified himself as an African though he was of Colour

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The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, M.C. Botha, outlines the government’s homelands policy in Pretoria. He de

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South Africa signs treaty with Malawi relating to the employment and documentation of Malawi nationals in South Africa.

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(Sidney) Robey Leibbrandt, SA Olympic boxer in 1936 who was later condemned to death (but reprieved) because of his Nazi sympat

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Sir John Francis Cradock, governor of the Cape in 1811 and following years, is born in Dublin, Ireland.

Hendrik Becker (61), commissioner at the Cape, dies in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

International Youth Day.

Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o and his wife are attacked by armed men in the capital Nairobi.

Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula meets British officials amid concerns about false SA passports discovered during

Clashes among local militias, a rebel group and the Ugandan army kills at least ninety people. The victims, many of whom had be

Clare Short insists the Earth Summit in Johannesburg was primarily about tackling Third World poverty rather than environmental

Roman Catholic Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo of Zambia, who in May married Maria Sung in a ceremony performed by the Unification

The last solar eclipse of the millennium casts a shadow extending from Land’s End at the south-western tip of England to the Ba

Congolese rebels fighting President Laurent Kabila say they are closing in on the capital, while the government rounds up Tutsi

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in Cape Town on his first state visit to SA.

Members of People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD) attend a rally in Cape Town. Similar rallies were held in Durban and Jo

The second draft of the Interim Constitution is tabled, giving exclusive powers to regions.

UN forces kill seven Somali gunmen who shot at a surveillance helicopter, as militias of warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid intensify

SA signs air services agreement with United Kingdom.

Nineteen residents are killed in an attack from Mandela hostel.

Ismail Mohamed is appointed as the first Black judge of SA.

Egyptian and Moroccan troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion.

Nine people are killed and ten wounded in an attack on a Sebokeng hostel.

Thirteen people are injured, some seriously, when a bomb explodes in a building housing a fast food outlet in Pretoria. Police

Eric Gumede, Youth League activist, is shot dead in KwaMashu one week after release from detention.

Six Fijian rugby players and a radio commentator are banned by the Fijian Rugby Union for travelling to South Africa. The seven

Twenty-three residents are killed in police action during a protest in Duncan Village, East London.

The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern Angola.

A number of student leaders at the University of the Western Cape and other community leaders are arrested and detained at Vict

The Ciskei is given self-government. Chief Justice Mabandla becomes Chief Minister, and the heads of the territory’s six depart

John Beaver Marks, teacher, trade unionist and political activist, who identified himself as an African though he was of Colour

The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, M.C. Botha, outlines the government’s homelands policy in Pretoria. He de

South Africa signs treaty with Malawi relating to the employment and documentation of Malawi nationals in South Africa.

(Sidney) Robey Leibbrandt, SA Olympic boxer in 1936 who was later condemned to death (but reprieved) because of his Nazi sympat