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E-0089429event The London Convention is ratified by the Volksraad. It restored the name Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek and did not mention Britis31 Jul 2012✓
E-0089426event King Moshesh (Moshoeshoe, Msheshwe) of the Basuto beats off an attack by Com. Louw Wepener of the Orange Free State.31 Jul 2012✓
E-0089353event Anglo-Boer War 2: Remnants of the notorious Steinaecker’s Horse, led by Capt. Francis and fighting on British side, are surroun31 Jul 2012✓
E-0089295event Malawian ambassador to South Africa, Joe Kachingwe, is the first Black African statesman to be formally recognised by the Apart31 Jul 2012✓
E-0086366event A two-day conference of the Congress of the People, sponsored by the Congress Alliance, a united front against the National Par22 Jun 2012✓
E-0086352event Khedive Ismael (Ismael Pasha) is deposed and replaced by his son Tewfik Pasha due to the considerable international pressure ov22 Jun 2012✓
E-0086289event James Ngcanjini Limba, leader of the Church of Christ and highly regarded by Africans, dies in New Brighton, Eastern Cape.22 Jun 2012✓
E-0086117event The Minister of Defence denies that South African troops are supporting Portuguese armed forces in Mozambique, as alleged by FR15 Jun 2012✓
E-0086108event Anglo-Boer War 2: The British execute P.W. Kloppert, a Cape rebel, by hanging.  Cloete claimed that he was not a rebel because15 Jun 2012✓
E-0086064event The Alabama, American raider, is sunk outside Cherbourg harbour, France, by the U.S.S. Kearsarge.  She was built during the Am15 Jun 2012✓
E-0086035event The first completely SA built aeroplane is flown by John Weston in Kimberley. He establishing a South African non-stop flight r15 Jun 2012✓
E-0086008event The second day of the Soweto protest is marked by uncontrollable fury. Fires rage in townships throughout the country. Pupils s15 Jun 2012✓
E-0088969event In a by-election held in Natal the United Party candidate wins a seat against the Democratic Party candidate. The ruling Nation20 Jul 2012–
E-0088925event The Federal Congress of the National Party supports the set of constitutional reforms outlined by Prime Minister P.W. Botha, an20 Jul 2012✓
E-0088870event The International Convention with Respect to Laws and Customs of War by Land is signed at The Hague, the Netherlands.20 Jul 2012✓
E-0088867event The Competition Tribunal fines South African Airways (SAA) R45m, the largest-yet fine, for acting illegally by providing incent20 Jul 2012✓
E-0088805event A White House statement, issued at the end of a visit by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, states that a tentative agreement has be20 Jul 2012✓
E-0088794event The ‘Committee of 10’ formed by prominent Soweto residents, issues a programme for the election of a new community board to hav20 Jul 2012✓
E-0088708event A powerful bomb, planted by Frederick John Harris, explodes in the Johannesburg station. One woman is killed and twenty-two (so20 Jul 2012✓
E-0088690event Dr. Peter Waddington of Reading University, who had been invited by the Goldstone Commission to make an independent inquiry int20 Jul 2012✓
E-0085949event The first aircraft hijacking is attempted by Chinese on a flight of Cathay Pacific.  The hijacking failed and the plane crashe15 Jun 2012✓
E-0085910event Marches organised by the African National Congress, SA Communist Party and the Congress of South African Trade Unions are held8 Jun 2012✓
E-0085747event Marais Viljoen, former President of the Senate and acting State President, is elected State President by members of both Houses8 Jun 2012✓
E-0085745event The Naledi branch of the SA Students Movement holds a meeting, attended by representatives of all Soweto schools, at which it i8 Jun 2012–
E-0085658event Overwhelmed by rising waters on the Niger River, officials open the floodgates of two major dams, submerging 400 villages and l8 Jun 2012✓
E-0085647event Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is shot to death by extremists while reviewing a military parade, eleven years and one day after8 Jun 2012✓
E-0085643event The Egyptians and Syrians launch surprise attacks on Israel on Yom Kippur day, catching Israel almost totally by surprise and s8 Jun 2012✓
E-0085631event Anglo-Boer War 2: After the closure of the mines more than 7 000 Black mineworkers, escorted by Mr J.J. Marwick, representative8 Jun 2012✓
E-0085615event Twenty-nine (numbers differ, according to the police nineteen) people are killed in an attack by police on election protestors8 Jun 2012✓
R-0086635archive Speech delivered by CDE Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the opening of the Gandhi Hall, Lenasia 27 September 199227 Jun 2012–

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