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E-0090839event Eighty-three German war orphans arrive in Pretoria.   The prime minister, Dr D.F. Malan and his wife adopt a girl.14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090727event Sonny Leon, leader of the Labour Party in the Coloured Representative Council (CRC) resigns, ostensibly for health reasons. His14 Aug 2012–
E-0084100event SA Safety and Security Minister says in parliament during a discussion on his budget vote: "They can continue to whinge u25 May 2012✓
E-0081771event Seretse Khama, rightful heir to the Ngwato chieftaincy in Bechuanaland (Botswana), is reunited with his British wife in England13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081721event Chris Ntuli, former detainee, is stabbed after returning from reporting to Inanda police station in compliance with his restric13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081669event Cyril Ramaphosa, Secretary-General of the ANC and chairman of the Constitutional Assembly, announces his intention to resign fr5 Apr 2012✓
E-0083447event The first Comrades marathon (87 km) is run by Vic Clapham and his friends who initiated it as a reunion.18 May 2012✓
E-0083223event Speaking before the Truth and Reconciliation Committee for a second time, F.W. de Klerk repeats his assertion that murder and t11 May 2012–
E-0083222event Speaking before the Truth and Reconciliation Committee for a second time, F.W. de Klerk repeats his assertion that murder and t11 May 2012✓
E-0083136event Pik Botha sees his election victory as a mandate to bring about internal change and to move away from discrimination.11 May 2012✓
E-0082882event Peter Schütz, S.A artist, is born in Glogau, East Germany. His family emigrated to SA in the early fifties.  7 May 2012✓
E-0082803event A combined force of British soldiers and armed Blacks attempts to surround General C.H. Muller’s commando, commanded in his abs7 May 2012✓
E-0082298event Pandemonium breaks loose when Sepp Blatter, the chairperson of Fifa, the soccer world governing body, and his entourage enters23 Apr 2012✓
E-0081436event Aldo Mogano, executive member of Alexandra Youth Congress, is shot dead outside his home in an alleged political murder.5 Apr 2012✓
E-0081069event Cape Governor Lord Charles Somerset concludes a treaty with the Xhosa chief, Gaika. Gaika thus received British help when his u30 Mar 2012✓
E-0079849event Johan Papenfus, a SA Defence Force rifleman captured in Angola nearly a year previously, returns to South Africa from Cuba. His19 Mar 2012✓
E-0069986event Egyptian premier Saad Zaghloel (Zaghlol) Pasja resigns after his refusal to apologise to Britain for the assassination of Gener21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069908event Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s former financial adviser, Addy Moolman, is to finally start serving his four-year jail sentence, Pr21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069725event A suicide bomber blasts his way into the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, setting off a powerful explosion that kills sixteen peo11 Nov 2011✓
E-0069647event Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts an invitation to visit Israel. The Egyptian foreign minister and his deputy resign ov11 Nov 2011✓
E-0070470event Sir Otto John Beit (65), financier, philanthropist and younger brother of Alfred Beit, dies on his birthday in London.5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070461event In German South West Africa Captain Kurt von François moves his administrative headquarters to Windhoek, seven months after er5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070239event J.G. Strijdom, in his first public appearance as Prime Minister, tells a National Party gathering in Pretoria that nothing will25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070977event Clarence Mlokoti, a founder member of Kaizer Chiefs, is shot dead by hijackers when they try to take his car.9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070858event J.F. Wenzel presents his credentials to President Banda as South Africa’s first Chargé d’Affaires and head of legation i9 Dec 2011–
E-0069071event President Thabo Mbeki congratulates President George W. Bush on his election for a second term as president of the United State1 Nov 2011✓
E-0073457event Sir Gordon Sprigg forms his first ministry in the Cape at the request of the governor, Sir Bartle Frere.31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073452event Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel apologises for his country’s role in the 1961 assassination of then-Congolese leader Patr31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073775event Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Buller starts his fourth attempt to relieve Ladysmith, Natal. The British withdraw from their positions31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073768event Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff assumes governorship at the Cape. Graaff-Reinet is named after him and his wife.31 Jan 2012✓

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