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E-0071918event Ingrid Olsen, a psychiatrist in Menlo Park, is shot dead.6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071917event Yvonne Bryceland (66), well-known South African actress, dies in London. She gained world acclaim for her roles in Athol Fugard6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071916event At least forty soccer fans die and 100 are injured as they flee fighting between rival team supporters at a stadium near Orkney6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071915event The British government, in a change of policy, opens its doors to consultations with ANC leaders on a solution for South Africa6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071914event Two gunmen kill ANC member Sipho Ngema in a Swazi restaurant.6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071913event Express train derails in Ethiopia, killing at least 428.6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071912event Prof. Chris Barnard divorces his second wife, Barbara, after twelve years of marriage.6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071911event The government is reported to have frozen the South African assets of the former Information Secretary, Dr. Eschel Roodie, and6 Jan 2012–
E-0071910event A clash between police and suspected guerrillas is reported near the Botswana border. Botswana denies that it is being used as6 Jan 2012–
E-0071909event The conference of the Organisation of African Unity ends in Addis Ababa, divided over the Angolan civil war.6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071908event A group of junior officers overthrows civilian government of Ghana in West Africa.6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071907event President Nicolas Grunitzky of Togo is ousted in a military coup led by Lieutenant-Colonel Gnassingbe Eyadema on the anniversar6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071906event Sgt Gnassingbe Eyadema murders West African Republic of Togo’s President Sylvanus Olympio in a military coup.6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071905event The South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (Sanroc), which later under Denis Brutus played an important role in isolating S6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071904event Fighting erupts between UN troops and supporters of Patrice Lumumba in the Congo.6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071903event Belgium grants reforms in Belgian Congo following disturbances. King Boudouin promises independence.6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071902event Derek Hanekom, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004 and former ministe6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071901event A De Havilland Dove of United Airways crashes near Ixopo, Natal, killing twelve occupants.6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071900event Zulus attack Indians in Durban.  At least 137 people are killed and a thousand or more injured.  The government complains abo6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071899event Joseph Matthew Seshego Latakgomo, journalist and editor of several newspapers in the past, is born in Pretoria.6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071898event WW2: General Philippe Leclerc’s Free French troops merge with the British army under the command of Montgomery.6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071897event C.P. Hoogenhout (78), founder member of the Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners (GRA), dies in Wellington, CP.6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071896event WW1: South African troops occupy Swakopmund, German South-West Africa.6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071895event A commission of public safety is appointed in Cape Town after industrial upheaval breaks out. 6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071894event Tryna du Toit, Afrikaans novelist, is born in De Aar, Karoo6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071893event Jacob de Villiers, justice of the Appeal Court, is born in Bloemfontein.6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071892event Die Kerkbode, official organ of the Dutch Reformed Church, is published for the first time.6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071891event Albert van de Sandt Centlivres, chief justice of SA and chancellor of the University of Cape Town, is born in Cape Town.6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071890event The village Roossenekal is proclaimed. It is named after Field-cornet Stephanus Johannes Roos and Comdt. Frederik Senekal, who6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071889event William John Cormack Brebner, senator of the Union of South Africa and life-long chairman of the Afrikaner Party, is born in Bu6 Jan 2012✓

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