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E-0092210event The demand to the United Nations by four Caprivi chiefs and officials of the newly formed Caprivi African National Union for th27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092201event United Nations (UN) forces, led by the First Cavalry Division, cross the 38th parallel in South Korea and begin attacking north27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092178event According to the Washington Post, South Africa is one of the countries most affected by HIV and AIDS. About 4.7 million people27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092119event Dr Cedric Namedi Phatudi, Chief Minister of Lebowa since 1973 dies in Lebowakgomo. Date is given as 7 October 1989 by H.T. Coop27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092007event Andre George Ezra Coetzee, SA soccer player and lawyer who was awarded the accolade, ‘Playmaker of the Decade’ by Kick Off for27 Aug 2012–
E-0090624event Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, dies in his home after a long bat14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090600event General Jan Smuts becomes prime minister of South Africa. This date is given as 31 August by Keesing’s Events of World Records.14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090599event Johannes Nkosi, martyr for the Communist Party of South Africa, is born in Natal. His death is annually commemorated by the ANC14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090586event Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu presents the new plan of the government, accepted by the cabinet on the 1st, to obliterate info14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090402event The Minister of Justice asks for an extension of emergency powers granted to one area troubled by faction fighting to the entir14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090216event D. Olewagen and J. Nel are executed by firing squad for treason in the Cape Colony, because they acted as horse guards for an i10 Aug 2012✓
E-0090201event About 100 local businessmen, led by John Magolego, agree to organise Mapogo a Mathamaga on the day after the burial of the eigh10 Aug 2012✓
E-0090198event An American post-graduate student, Amy Elizabeth Biehl, 26, is dragged from her car by a 100-strong mob of youths in Guguletu,10 Aug 2012✓
E-0091555event Anglo-Boer War 2: Captain R.D.C. Miers of the South African Constabulary is shot and killed under a flag of truce by Field-corn23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091508event The United Nations Observer Mission in South Africa, headed by Ms Angela King, is established to assist the parties in South Af23 Aug 2012–
E-0091375event F. W. de Klerk is inaugurated as state president of South Africa. The date of 22 September, given by some sources, is not corre23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091292event Ingrid Jonker, SA poet whose poem ‘Die Kind’ was read by President Nelson Mandela during his first opening of parliament, is bo23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091227event The Alfred Dock in Table Bay is officially opened by Prince Alfred Ernest Albert (16), second son of Queen Victoria, after whom23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091221event The first of South Africa’s fleet of Gripen aircraft ordered to re-equip the SA National Defence Force is transported by road t23 Aug 2012–
E-0090087event Anglo-Boer War 2: Despite the concessions made by the ZAR in its final proposal, Sir A. Milner urges the despatch of an expedit10 Aug 2012✓
E-0090064event Kenyan President Jomo Kenyatta (born Kamau Johnstone on 20 October 1891) dies in office in Mombasa. He is succeeded by his vice10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089990event George Adamson (83), naturalist and husband of Joy, who wrote Born Free, and two of his assistants are killed by Somali poacher10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089880event Food distribution to 350 000 Rwandan refugees in camps in Congo is suspended because of riots and thefts by machete-wielding ga10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089835event The first of South Africa’s fleet of Gripen aircraft ordered to re-equip the SA National Defence Force is transported by road t10 Aug 2012–
E-0089795event The death toll in the ambush of a refugee train by Angolan rebels rises to 252 after rescue workers identify 100 more bodies.10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089756event Germany apologises for the massacre of some 65 000 Hereros in South-West Africa (Namibia) by their soldiers during the 1904 reb10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089716event The Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners (GRA) is founded in Paarl, as a direct outcome of the efforts by Pannevis to have the Bible10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089695event During a visit to Paraguay by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs (13-18 Aug.), four agreements on South Afr10 Aug 2012–
E-0091097event The death toll in the ambush of a refugee train by Angolan rebels rises to 252 after rescue workers identify 100 more bodies.14 Aug 2012–
E-0090755event The Suppression of Communism Act 44 of 1950 rears its ugly head. The predominantly White Congress of Democrats is banned by the14 Aug 2012–

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