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E-0089947event Dr. Abrahams makes a habeas corpus application to the Cape Supreme Court and demands his return to Bechuanaland where he claims10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089751event A flying instructor for microlight aircrafts, Willem Bester, and his pupil, L.P. van der Merwe, die when their craft crashes on10 Aug 2012✓
E-0091144event Gen. C.F. Beyers, Commandant-General of SA, resigns his commission in protest against the resolution of the government to enter23 Aug 2012✓
E-0092831event Col. Robert Gordon, explorer of the interior of South Africa, commits suicide because of his inability to prevent the British o28 Aug 2012✓
E-0083948event Anglo-Boer War 2: President Kruger leaves Pretoria for Machadodorp, the newly declared capital of the ZAR.  He leaves his inva25 May 2012✓
E-0083900event WWII: North Africa. Colonel General Erwin Rommel begins his third offensive to push the British back into Egypt: Operation ‘Ven25 May 2012✓
E-0083858event Robert Moffat, of the London Missionary Society, arrives with his wife at Maruping, Northern Cape, to assist with missionary wo25 May 2012✓
E-0082003event Outgoing North West premier Popo Molefe is quitting formal politics to give more attention to his "personal health and fam23 Apr 2012–
E-0081969event Ndlambe, regent of the AmaRarabe, influenced by his sangoma Makana (Nxele, also known as Links) attacks Grahamstown in broad da23 Apr 2012✓
E-0081902event Johannes Mashego (26) dies in police custody in Parys, OFS. His relatives report extensive bruising and swollen face upon ident13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081696event Merchant Jan van Riebeeck requests in a letter to the Council of XVII (Lords 17) a salary increase and express his disappointme13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081663event Lucas Ntuba Radebe makes his debut in Kaizer Chiefs in the game versus Durban Bush Bucks, which Kaizer Chiefs won 2-1.5 Apr 2012✓
E-0083473event President Nelson Mandela, in his State of the Nation Address to Parliament, announces that South Africa will subscribe to the U18 May 2012✓
E-0083444event Sir Leander Starr Jameson, leader of the Progressive Party in South Africa announces his formal opposition to the South African18 May 2012✓
E-0083329event Neal Stephenson, SA champion body board surfer, loses his leg in a shark attack at Keurbooms River, near Plettenberg Bay, Weste14 May 2012✓
E-0083280event WWII: North Africa. Rommel is instructed by Berlin to leave Tobruk to the Italians and concentrate his Deutsches Afrika Korps o14 May 2012✓
E-0083211event Prime Minister Vorster gives the first official confirmation of his two-day meeting with President Houphouet-Boigny in the Ivor11 May 2012✓
E-0083168event WWII: The Italian commander-in-chief in Tunisia surrenders a day after his German counterpart, with the Allies holding some 25011 May 2012✓
E-0082838event William H. Addison, first district surgeon of Pietermaritzburg, arrives with his wife and son in Port Natal aboard the Lalla Ro7 May 2012✓
E-0082794event Former President Nelson Mandela invites the Protea cricket team to his Houghton home to congratulate them on their excellent pe7 May 2012✓
E-0082541event General Smuts, on his way to the national delegation at Vereeniging to start peace negotiations, meets with General Lord Kitche3 May 2012✓
E-0082487event Sir Gilbraith Lowry Cole, governor of the Cape, is born. Sir Lowry’s Pass was built during his time of office.30 Apr 2012✓
E-0082447event Josiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as African National Congress president. Luthuli commented later: with his as30 Apr 2012–
E-0082373event Josiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as African National Congress president. Luthuli commented later: with his as23 Apr 2012–
E-0082293event Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pik Botha, marries Ina Joubert, ex-journalist of the SABC, on his birthday in Pretoria.23 Apr 2012✓
E-0081448event Mandela starts his visit (8-13 April) to Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and UAE to promote trade and cultural links, accompanied5 Apr 2012✓
E-0081418event Bechuanaland (now Botswana) nationalist leader (and ex-Ngwato chief), Seretse Khama, is denied permission to see his wife by Br5 Apr 2012✓
E-0081193event President Nelson Mandela earns worldwide praise for his role in persuading Libya to hand over two suspects accused of placing a30 Mar 2012✓
E-0081135event Karl Gottlieb Mauch (37), first person to discover gold in SA, dies in poverty in Stuttgart, Germany. His discoveries included30 Mar 2012✓
E-0081118event Anglo-Boer War 2: The Natal prime minister A.H. Hime complains to Gen. Hilyard that Col. Bottomley is exceeding his instruction30 Mar 2012✓

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