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E-0082651event WWII: A combined British military and naval force land on Madagascar and by the afternoon the town of Diego Suarez is captured.3 May 2012✓
E-0082586event In reply to a letter by the Rev. John Ayliff, missionary amongst the Fingos (Mfengu), on behalf of this landless society, Sir B3 May 2012✓
E-0082581event Cricket coach Bob Woolmer is cremated in a private ceremony attended only by close relatives in Cape Town. It is believed that3 May 2012✓
E-0082504event Eighteen Blacks are killed (sixteen shot by police and two suffocated in a burning cinema) and more than thirty injured in a da30 Apr 2012✓
E-0082461event The Afrikaans as a medium for education policy was deeply unpopular since Afrikaans was regarded by some as the language of the30 Apr 2012–
E-0082386event The Afrikaans as a medium for education policy was deeply unpopular since Afrikaans was regarded by some as the language of the23 Apr 2012–
E-0082357event Right-wingers break up a meeting, which was to be addressed by ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela at the University of Pretori23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082325event Nigeria’s former deputy leader, Gen Oladipyo Diya, and five others are sentenced to death by firing squad for plotting to overt23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082236event WWII: East Africa: The Abyssinian fortress of Dessie, roughly half-way between Addis Ababa and Amba Alagi, is captured by Gener23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082136event Derrick and Mavis Majola, ANC members, are shot dead in Mooi River, Natal, by four armed men bursting into their home.23 Apr 2012–
E-0082135event Derrick and Mavis Majola, ANC members, are shot dead in Mooi River, Natal, by four armed men bursting into their home.23 Apr 2012✓
E-0081461event The constitution of the Orange Free State, which was largely influenced by the constitutions of the USA and the French Republic5 Apr 2012✓
E-0081432event A prominent White South African lawyer and ANC member, Albie Sachs, is seriously wounded by a car bomb in Maputo. The ANC and M5 Apr 2012✓
E-0081422event Following the and the protest at Langa, roughly 1,500 Blacks are detained by the South African police in Cape Town.5 Apr 2012✓
E-0070110event The HMT Rohna, a British transport ship carrying US soldiers, is hit by a German missile off Algeria. 1 138 men are killed, inc25 Nov 2011✓
E-0069904event The Free State cricket team achieves the highest fourth innings ever in SA provincial cricket by scoring 443/4 against Natal Do21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069901event Ten people die in an attack by the IFP on the launching of an ANC branch in Appelbosch, Natal North Coast.21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069633event Governor Bruno von Schuckmann of German South-West Africa is succeeded by Dr Theodor Zeits, who occupied the post until 1915.11 Nov 2011✓
E-0070573event The discovery of the oldest complete fossilised hominid or human-like skeleton in South Africa by Dr Ron Clarke of Witwatersran5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070484event The US state department says it hopes South Africa’s withdrawal from Angola will be followed by the withdrawal of all foreign f5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070377event The Wesleyan mission station Wesleyville, on the Twecu River in the present East London district, is founded by the Rev. Willia5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070306event Cabinet decides to replace the SAAF trainer Harvards by the Swiss-made Pilatus PC-7 MK2. The joint venture will include twelve25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070212event The NP retains three House of Assembly seats in by-elections, with reduced majorities, losing ground to right-wing parties oppo25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070191event SA cricket players record their first ever innings win over England when they beat Nassar Hussain’s tourists by an innings and25 Nov 2011✓
E-0071131event Former President F.W. de Klerk, speaking on Robben Island off Cape Town at a commemoration of the role played by Mahatma Gandhi14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071039event Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), formed since June 1961 under leadership of Nelson Mandela, performs its first acts of sabotage by attac9 Dec 2011✓
E-0071030event Johannes Nkosi is seriously injured by police during a campaign to burn passbooks. He dies on the 19th. Three other activists a9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070943event Angola, Cuba, and South Africa end eight months of negotiations under US mediation for a settlement in South West Africa by sig9 Dec 2011✓
E-0069083event During World War 2, Axis forces retreat from El Alamein in North Africa in a major victory for British forces commanded by Fiel1 Nov 2011✓
E-0073491event The African Union says the military in Togo has conducted a virtual coup by ignoring the constitution and appointing the son of31 Jan 2012✓

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