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E-0082320event Business Day reports that Dr Simon Brand, chief executive of the Development Bank of Southern Africa, has warned that the expen23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082190event General Erwin Rommel’s Deutsches Afrika Korps forces the British out of Halfaya Pass, just southeast of Sollum, and back to the23 Apr 2012–
E-0082165event General Erwin Rommel’s Deutsches Afrika Korps forces the British out of Halfaya Pass, just southeast of Sollum, and back to the23 Apr 2012✓
E-0081505event Dr Canaan Sodindo Banana is selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe. He is officially ina5 Apr 2012✓
E-0081104event The Star reports that independent African churches are the largest single group of churches in SA, accounting for a fifth of al30 Mar 2012✓
E-0070617event Peter (Petrus) K. Masiza, teacher and later priest in the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, dies in Tsomo, Eastern Cap5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070582event A proclamation by Commander R.C. Dryer is ratified by British Letters Patent, and the annexation of Walvis Bay to the Cape of5 Dec 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-0070342event The International Convention on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, to which SA is a party, is signed in Paris, France.25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070801event Johannes Brill, rector of Grey College (later Grey University College and still later the University of the Free State) dies in9 Dec 2011✓
E-0069007event Lydia van Niekerk, professor of literature and first woman to be appointed to the chair at the University of Stellenbosch, dies1 Nov 2011✓
E-0073766event The Star reports the first human embryos were cloned by a team of South Korean researchers under leadership of Woo Suk Hwang.31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073764event Osama bin Laden, the Saudi millionaire suspected of being behind the bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, is reporte31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073675event A second report by the Commission of Inquiry, under the chairmanship of Justice Van Wyk de Vries, appointed in 1968 to investig31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073613event A scientist by the name of Koch discovers a vaccine successful in the prevention of , an animal disease that caused an in most31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073506event Sen. Tommy Boydell, member of the Labour Party and ex-minister in the coalition cabinet of Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog, assaults J.S. M31 Jan 2012✓
E-0072768event Anglo-Boer War 2: In the Battle of Tabanyama, Natal front, a group of Indian stretcher bearers, among whom the young Durban att16 Jan 2012✓
E-0072764event Gen. Petrus Jacobus Joubert, politician and Commander-in-Chief of the forces of the Transvaal during Anglo-Boer War 2, is born16 Jan 2012✓
E-0072725event Sir Evelyn Baring, Governor of Kenya, imposes a death penalty for all those who organise the taking of the Mau Mau oath.16 Jan 2012✓
E-0073432event Police announce the arrest of a number of Whites in connection with sabotage acts for which the Wit Kommando has claimed respon31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073242event Cassim Mahomed Lakhi is appointed lecturer in the Department of History of Art at the University College for Indians (now Unive31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073137event Nelson Mandela, deputy-president of the ANC, and Mangosuthu Buthelezi of Inkatha, meet for the first time in thirty years. They27 Jan 2012✓
E-0072941event In the House of Assembly, twelve new nominated members are sworn in. They include Professor Owen Horwood, former Leader of the20 Jan 2012✓
E-0071758event Lord Robert Baden-Powell, British general during the siege of Mafeking during Anglo-Boer War 2 and founder of the Boy Scouts, d6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071751event The Battle of Blaauwberg takes place, and part of the defending force capitulates two days later. Cape Governor Janssens and th6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071625event The Battle of Wagon Hill (Platrand), south of Ladysmith, takes place, in which the Boer forces make an unsuccessful attempt to14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071623event Cecil John Rhodes is forced to resign as prime minister of the Cape, because of his involvement in the Jameson Raid.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071578event The SA department of foreign affairs announces that the bodies of two more South Africans have been found in Thailand, bringing14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071459event Stefan Meiring Naudé, i.a. president of the CSIR (1952) and scientific advisor of the premier (1971), is born in De Door14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071431event Foreign Minister Dr Hilgard Muller apologises to Zambia for the actions of five members of the South African police detained on14 Dec 2011–

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