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E-0091957event M.C. Botha, Minister of Bantu Administration and Development announces that he will not stand for re-election and will resign a27 Aug 2012✓
E-0091903event Kuwait breaks off diplomatic relations with South Africa and all Kuwaiti air and seaports are closed to South African aircraft27 Aug 2012✓
E-0091845event Prof Petrus Johannes Nienaber, author and expert in literature, and collector of two complete sets of Afrikaans books, is born24 Aug 2012✓
E-0090628event Mary Elizabeth Barber, an 1820 Settler and early SA naturalist, author and painter, dies in Malvern, Natal.  She was a remarka14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090606event Joint routine exercises are held between the British Royal Navy and the South African Navy, under the Simonstown Agreement, and14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090331event Eli Weinberg, trade unionist and photographer, co-founder of i.a.  The African Garment Workers’ Union in Cape Town, jailed and10 Aug 2012✓
E-0090271event Josef Johannes (Jopie) Fourie, scout and dispatch rider during the Anglo-Boer War 2, and rebel leader during the 1914 Rebellion10 Aug 2012✓
E-0090191event Confrontation between South Africa and Transkei over the deportation and return to Transkei of squatters from the Cape Town are10 Aug 2012–
E-0091516event Dr Frans Geldenhuys, first editor of ‘Die Landbouweekblad’ and first head of the SA department of agricultural economics and ma23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091225event Sir Donald Currie, ship magnate and donor of the Currie Cups for rugby and cricket, is born in Greenock, Scotland.23 Aug 2012✓
E-0090073event The ANC presents to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission a detailed 300-page analysis of the ANC’s human rights record and s10 Aug 2012✓
E-0090071event Minister of Safety and Security, Sydney Mufamadi, visits violence-torn KwaZulu/Natal. He states that 1000 extra troops and poli10 Aug 2012✓
E-0090014event Two oil tankers collide on sea near Stilbaai.   The Texanita explodes and sinks and the Oswego Guardian is severely damaged.10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089893event Dr Bertha Stoneman, SA botanist and educationist and appointed principal of the Huguenot University College in 1916, is born in10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089806event Alfred Beit (53), friend of Cecil John Rhodes and co-founder of De Beers Mining Company and Southern Rhodesia, dies.10 Aug 2012–
E-0089761event Dr M.S. (Tinie) Louw, (d. 1 March 1979) SA businessman and entrepreneur who was co-founder and president of the Afrikaanse Hand10 Aug 2012✓
E-0091181event Alfred Beit (53), friend of Cecil John Rhodes and co-founder of De Beers Mining Company and Southern Rhodesia, dies.23 Aug 2012–
E-0091180event Alfred Beit (53), friend of Cecil John Rhodes and co-founder of De Beers Mining Company and Southern Rhodesia, dies.23 Aug 2012–
E-0091053event Dr M.S. (Tinie) Louw, (d. 1 March 1979) SA businessman and entrepreneur who was co-founder and president of the Afrikaanse Hand14 Aug 2012–
E-0090825event Anglo-Boer War 2:  Representatives of the ZAR and the Free State governments meet in Nelspruit and decide to allow President K14 Aug 2012✓
E-0084026event J.F. (Tom) Naudé (80), member of cabinet and acting SA state president in 1967 and 1968, dies in Cape Town.25 May 2012✓
E-0082058event World Book and Copyright Day. By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing and the23 Apr 2012✓
E-0081876event The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank meet in Washington, DC with finance ministers and central bankers from13 Apr 2012✓
E-0083468event A two day conference on violence and intimidations starts in Pretoria. The ANC, AZAPO, PAC, COSATU and South African Council of18 May 2012✓
E-0083459event The Security Intelligence and State Security Council Bill is adopted, defining the functions and duties of the Bureau of State18 May 2012✓
E-0083254event The NP accuses the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of bias and announces it will no longer co-operate with it.14 May 2012✓
E-0083239event WWII:Operation ‘Brevity’. British forces regain Halfaya Pass and capture the towns of Sollum and Capuzzo on the Egypt–Libya b14 May 2012✓
E-0083229event James Sofasonke (meaning ‘We shall all die’) Mpanza, politician and founder of the Sofasonke Party and a champion for better ho14 May 2012✓
E-0083131event Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews, SA academic, ANC politician and Botswana’s first ambassador to the USA and envoy to the UN, die11 May 2012✓
E-0082897event Talks (10 -12 May) start in Cape Town between Swaziland and South Africa concerning trade and regional security. South Africa i7 May 2012✓

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