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R-0095428archive The Way Forward from Soweto by the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, April 1977, South Africa10 Apr 2013–
E-0092567event Dinuzulu ka-Cetewayo, Zulu chief, released from prison by Gen. Louis Botha (who also saw to it that he received a farm to live27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092315event Ten-year-old Liam Aspeling is snatched from a car by a gang of five in front of his home in Ennerdale, south of Johannesburg. T27 Aug 2012✓
E-0091841event Pixley ka Isaka Seme (Pixley kaIsaka Seme, Isaac Seme), barrister and president of the ANC from 1930 to 1936, is born at a miss24 Aug 2012✓
E-0090419event Ugandan military ruler Idi Amin, 78, who presided over an eight-year reign of terror from 1971-1979, where an estimated 300 00014 Aug 2012✓
E-0090294event Basil D’Oliveira, cricket player in England, is omitted from the MCC team, which is to tour SA, because he is not white.10 Aug 2012✓
E-0090173event The 600-ton cargo ship The Duke of Northumberland, en route from Madras to London, is wrecked near Cape Agulhas, CC. No lives a10 Aug 2012✓
E-0091341event Sir George Grey, governor of the Cape Colony from 1854-1861, with the exception of a few months when he was recalled, dies in L23 Aug 2012–
E-0091340event Sir George Grey, governor of the Cape Colony from 1854-1861, with the exception of a few months when he was recalled, dies in L23 Aug 2012✓
E-0089793event In a Tri-Nation test match the SA rugby team comes back from 5-25 and beats New Zealand 24-23 on King’s Park, Durban.10 Aug 2012✓
E-0091095event In a Tri-Nation test match the SA rugby team comes back from 5-25 and beats New Zealand 24-23 on King’s Park, Durban.14 Aug 2012–
E-0092809event In the United Nations Security Council ‘Pik’ Botha says that South Africa will do everything in its power to move away from dis28 Aug 2012✓
E-0082046event Calvin Thusago, a reporter for SABC is stabbed to death by a mob of youths as they travel back from Sharpeville to film the des23 Apr 2012✓
E-0081994event Mr Nelson Mandela visits his family home at Qunu, 30km from Umtata and addresses a rally of 50 000 people in Umtata, sharing a23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082519event A May Day rally is addressed by President Mandela at Umlazi. He is escorted from the stadium in an armoured car when shots are30 Apr 2012✓
E-0082100event Calvin Thusago, a reporter for SABC is stabbed to death by a mob of youths as they travel back from Sharpeville to film the des23 Apr 2012–
E-0079754event Six Black political prisoners who would have been freed at the end of the year have been released from Robben Island prison, in19 Mar 2012✓
R-0084584archive Message from the President of South Africa to the AAM Archives Committee Symposium held at South Africa House, London, 25-26 June 19991 Jun 2012–
E-0070439event Henry Allen Fagan, SA author, from whose poem President Mbeki quoted in his response on the occasion of the budget vote of the5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070413event Sifiso Mahlangu (10), who was sent back from England to his parents in SA in January, returns to Salome Stopforth, the lady who5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070270event The two-year rule by Sir Rufane Donkin of the Cape Colony is abruptly ended when Lord Charles Somerset returns from home leave.25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070221event Lawsuits seeking more than $400bn in damages from US corporations for victims of apartheid in South Africa are tossed out by US25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070194event The British land a major force on l’Ile de France and capture the island from the French. They revert to the name Mauritius.25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070908event Three SA farmers from the Eastern Cape, who have crossed the border to Lesotho to search for stolen cattle, are shot and killed9 Dec 2011✓
E-0073472event Apartheid is to be tightened up at the Pretoria Zoo after a complaint from a visitor that the zoo was ‘over-run with Blacks’ on31 Jan 2012✓
E-0071259event Prof. Raymond Dart removes the last piece of stone from the skull of the Taung child, six weeks after starting on the project.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0073734event A 463-ton British wooden ship, Childe Herold, en route from Bombay to London and carrying more than 1300 pieces of ivory, is wr31 Jan 2012✓
E-0072886event The Reza Shah Museum, in honour of Reza Shah Pahlevi, housed in the Johannesburg house where he lived from 1942-1944, is inaugu20 Jan 2012✓
E-0072762event The Dageraad, with salvaged treasure from the Gouden Buis, which had run ashore at St Helena Bay, is wrecked on the reefs off R16 Jan 2012✓
E-0073415event World War 1: Gen. Louis Botha leaves for South West Africa to take control of the Union troops who would conquer the area from31 Jan 2012✓

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