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Campaigning for the new trilateral Parliament begins.

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The Federal Congress of the National Party supports the set of constitutional reforms outlined by Prime Minister P.W. Botha, an

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Following decisions by the ‘Committee of 81’ on 16 July and 30 July 1980, Coloured students suspend their boycott of schools in

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Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs, socialist and SA trade union leader, dies in London.

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The Opposition press strongly attacks the detention of four journalists under the Terrorism Act.

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The Cabinet meets to discuss the crisis in the government policy towards the Coloured community, following the capture of the C

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The former Minister of the Interior, Theo Gerdener, announces details of his scheme for a new political organisation whose aim

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Rescue workers struggle more than six hours to get 2½ year old Nicolas Kanaris out of a borehole.

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The ‘Luthuli Combat Detachment’, comprising of ZAPU and ANC guerrillas, crosses the Zambezi into Rhodesia (30 July 31 July) at

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Dr. Raymond Hoffenberg of Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town and senior lecturer at the University of Cape Town Medical School,

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Yugoslavia closes its consular office in Johannesburg.

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In the Geneva session of the United nations Economic and Social Council, an Argentinean resolution state that South Africa shal

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Under the provisions of the General Law Amendment Act of 1962 a list of 102 persons, prohibited from attending gatherings, is p

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Britain signs alliance with Libya.

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Anton (Anthony) Muziwakhe Lembede (born in January 1914), teacher, lawyer, politician and principal architect of African nation

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The Rev. Edward Jacannathan Manikkam, minister of the Reformed Church in Africa and first Indian to be ordained in the family o

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The SA Communist Party is founded at a conference of socialist parties in Cape Town (27 July 3 August).

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Ernest Methuen Mancoba, S.A sculptor, is born in Turffontein, Transvaal.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: General Marthinus Prinsloo surrenders in the Brandwater Basin, near Clarens. Some generals refuse to surrende

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The SA rugby team plays for the first time against a team of the British Isles, and lose 0-4 in Port Elizabeth.

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The diggers on the diamond fields between the Vaal and the Harts Rivers proclaim Klipdrift a republic with Stafford Parker as f

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Herman Arnold Ameshoff, judge of the Transvaal Supreme Court, is born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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John Hanning Speke, British discoverer, names the lake he discovers in Africa, Lake Victoria, in honour of Queen Victoria of th

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Dr Nicolaas Mansvelt, SA educationist, is born in Wassenaar, the Netherlands.

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President Mbeki warns against people whose only concern is to accumulate more riches in the Nelson Mandela Memorial Lecture at

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Science Magazine reveals in an article that dinosaur eggs, discovered in South Africa in 1978 during road works in the Golden G

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Sierra Leonean rebel leader Foday Sankoh, who had been in United Nations custody since 2000 and was awaiting trial on charges o

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Eighteen mineworkers die in a methane gas explosion in the Mponeng mine near Carletonville.

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Egyptian government arrests at least 200 activists of the Muslim Brotherhood, the mainstream Islamic opposition movement.

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South African President F.W. de Klerk demotes two Cabinet ministers in charge of security, Magnus Malan and Adriaan Vlok, to de

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Campaigning for the new trilateral Parliament begins.

The Federal Congress of the National Party supports the set of constitutional reforms outlined by Prime Minister P.W. Botha, an

Following decisions by the ‘Committee of 81’ on 16 July and 30 July 1980, Coloured students suspend their boycott of schools in

Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs, socialist and SA trade union leader, dies in London.

The Opposition press strongly attacks the detention of four journalists under the Terrorism Act.

The Cabinet meets to discuss the crisis in the government policy towards the Coloured community, following the capture of the C

The former Minister of the Interior, Theo Gerdener, announces details of his scheme for a new political organisation whose aim

Rescue workers struggle more than six hours to get 2½ year old Nicolas Kanaris out of a borehole.

The ‘Luthuli Combat Detachment’, comprising of ZAPU and ANC guerrillas, crosses the Zambezi into Rhodesia (30 July 31 July) at

Dr. Raymond Hoffenberg of Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town and senior lecturer at the University of Cape Town Medical School,

Yugoslavia closes its consular office in Johannesburg.

In the Geneva session of the United nations Economic and Social Council, an Argentinean resolution state that South Africa shal

Under the provisions of the General Law Amendment Act of 1962 a list of 102 persons, prohibited from attending gatherings, is p

Britain signs alliance with Libya.

Anton (Anthony) Muziwakhe Lembede (born in January 1914), teacher, lawyer, politician and principal architect of African nation

The Rev. Edward Jacannathan Manikkam, minister of the Reformed Church in Africa and first Indian to be ordained in the family o

The SA Communist Party is founded at a conference of socialist parties in Cape Town (27 July 3 August).

Ernest Methuen Mancoba, S.A sculptor, is born in Turffontein, Transvaal.

Anglo-Boer War 2: General Marthinus Prinsloo surrenders in the Brandwater Basin, near Clarens. Some generals refuse to surrende

The SA rugby team plays for the first time against a team of the British Isles, and lose 0-4 in Port Elizabeth.

The diggers on the diamond fields between the Vaal and the Harts Rivers proclaim Klipdrift a republic with Stafford Parker as f

Herman Arnold Ameshoff, judge of the Transvaal Supreme Court, is born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

John Hanning Speke, British discoverer, names the lake he discovers in Africa, Lake Victoria, in honour of Queen Victoria of th

Dr Nicolaas Mansvelt, SA educationist, is born in Wassenaar, the Netherlands.

President Mbeki warns against people whose only concern is to accumulate more riches in the Nelson Mandela Memorial Lecture at

Science Magazine reveals in an article that dinosaur eggs, discovered in South Africa in 1978 during road works in the Golden G

Sierra Leonean rebel leader Foday Sankoh, who had been in United Nations custody since 2000 and was awaiting trial on charges o

Eighteen mineworkers die in a methane gas explosion in the Mponeng mine near Carletonville.

Egyptian government arrests at least 200 activists of the Muslim Brotherhood, the mainstream Islamic opposition movement.

South African President F.W. de Klerk demotes two Cabinet ministers in charge of security, Magnus Malan and Adriaan Vlok, to de