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South Africa’s first atomic reactor, Safari I, is opened by the Prime Minister at Pelindaba near Pretoria. Nuclear power will b

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Annesu de Vos, SA poet, is born.

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The Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water, to which SA is a party, is signed i

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Nelson Mandela is arrested in Cedara, a small town just past Howick, Natal.

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The SA rugby team beats Australia 28-3 in the first test in Johannesburg. John Gainsford scores in the second half of the match

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Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) gains independence from France.

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Father Bernard Huss (72), Roman Catholic missionary, dies at Marian Hill, outside Durban.

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Werner Nel, SA baritone, is born.

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The South West African constitution is put into force.

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WWI: The British navy defeats the Ottomans at the naval battle off Port Said, Egypt.

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Friedrich Engels, German political philosopher who wrote The Communist Manifesto (well-known in SA) with Karl Marx, dies in L

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Griqualand West is annexed to the Cape Colony, after it was proclaimed British territory on 27 October 1871.

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The Alabama, American raider, captures the Northern bark, Sea Bride, outside Table Bay. The Alabama was built during the Amer

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A peace treaty with Tripoli, which follows treaties with Algeria and Tunis, brings an end to the Barbary Wars.

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The first 200 members of a West African peacekeeping force arrive in Liberia in an effort to stop more than two months of fight

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Queen Mother Elizabeth celebrates her 100th birthday as thousands line the roads of London to cheer her. Her popularity stems i

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About half of the filling stations in urban SA run dry because of a country wide strike of workers in the chemical industry.

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Robert Van Tonder, founder of the Boerestaat Party in 1986 to fight for the restoration of the old Transvaal, Northern Natal an

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Josia Thugwane is the first Black SA athlete to win an Olympic gold medal award by winning the marathon in Atlanta.

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During a march organised by the Cape Town-based Muslim organisation People against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD) a suspected dr

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Radio Maputo reports that according to South Africa’s Security Minister, Sidney Mufamadi, Mozambique, Swaziland and South Afric

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Boy Chonco, working for Flora Mkhize, widow of Sipho Mkhize, is shot dead in Umbumbulu, Natal, while driving his car.

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The Greek liner Oceanos sinks off the South Africa coast in heavy seas; all 571 on board are rescued by 35 Squadron, in company

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Britain’s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reluctantly offers to impose limited sanctions against South Africa.

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The African Republic of Upper Volta changes its named to Burkina Faso, which means ‘the land of upright men’.

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Captain Thomas Sankara seizes power in a military coup in Burkina Faso.

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Riots erupt again in Soweto and spread to other townships in South Africa. The Minister of Justice again bans public meetings u

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President Idi Amin declares that Uganda will expel 50 000 Asians with British passports to Britain within three months.

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Malawian ambassador to South Africa, Joe Kachingwe, is the first Black African statesman to be formally recognised by the Apart

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The government gives limited powers of internal self-government to ‘homeland’, Damaraland, in Namibia.

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South Africa’s first atomic reactor, Safari I, is opened by the Prime Minister at Pelindaba near Pretoria. Nuclear power will b

Annesu de Vos, SA poet, is born.

The Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water, to which SA is a party, is signed i

Nelson Mandela is arrested in Cedara, a small town just past Howick, Natal.

The SA rugby team beats Australia 28-3 in the first test in Johannesburg. John Gainsford scores in the second half of the match

Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) gains independence from France.

Father Bernard Huss (72), Roman Catholic missionary, dies at Marian Hill, outside Durban.

Werner Nel, SA baritone, is born.

The South West African constitution is put into force.

WWI: The British navy defeats the Ottomans at the naval battle off Port Said, Egypt.

Friedrich Engels, German political philosopher who wrote The Communist Manifesto (well-known in SA) with Karl Marx, dies in L

Griqualand West is annexed to the Cape Colony, after it was proclaimed British territory on 27 October 1871.

The Alabama, American raider, captures the Northern bark, Sea Bride, outside Table Bay. The Alabama was built during the Amer

A peace treaty with Tripoli, which follows treaties with Algeria and Tunis, brings an end to the Barbary Wars.

The first 200 members of a West African peacekeeping force arrive in Liberia in an effort to stop more than two months of fight

Queen Mother Elizabeth celebrates her 100th birthday as thousands line the roads of London to cheer her. Her popularity stems i

About half of the filling stations in urban SA run dry because of a country wide strike of workers in the chemical industry.

Robert Van Tonder, founder of the Boerestaat Party in 1986 to fight for the restoration of the old Transvaal, Northern Natal an

Josia Thugwane is the first Black SA athlete to win an Olympic gold medal award by winning the marathon in Atlanta.

During a march organised by the Cape Town-based Muslim organisation People against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD) a suspected dr

Radio Maputo reports that according to South Africa’s Security Minister, Sidney Mufamadi, Mozambique, Swaziland and South Afric

Boy Chonco, working for Flora Mkhize, widow of Sipho Mkhize, is shot dead in Umbumbulu, Natal, while driving his car.

The Greek liner Oceanos sinks off the South Africa coast in heavy seas; all 571 on board are rescued by 35 Squadron, in company

Britain’s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reluctantly offers to impose limited sanctions against South Africa.

The African Republic of Upper Volta changes its named to Burkina Faso, which means ‘the land of upright men’.

Captain Thomas Sankara seizes power in a military coup in Burkina Faso.

Riots erupt again in Soweto and spread to other townships in South Africa. The Minister of Justice again bans public meetings u

President Idi Amin declares that Uganda will expel 50 000 Asians with British passports to Britain within three months.

Malawian ambassador to South Africa, Joe Kachingwe, is the first Black African statesman to be formally recognised by the Apart

The government gives limited powers of internal self-government to ‘homeland’, Damaraland, in Namibia.