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E-0071437event Exxon Corporation becomes the first major international oil company to withdraw from South Africa because of racial policies.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071436event Eleven residents are killed by vigilantes in clashes between ‘Fathers’ and ‘Comrades’, following the killing of a community cou14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071435event Winnie Mandela is arrested for contravening a banning order prohibiting her from being in the magisterial district of Johannesb14 Dec 2011–
E-0071434event The Malagasy Republic changes its name to the Democratic Republic of Madagascar.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071433event Ralph Sipho Luthuli, chief executive officer of Tower Outsourcing and director of Azaguys Advertising, is born in Oudtshoorn.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071432event The International Monetary Fund announces that it will agree to purchase gold from South Africa, subject to certain conditions.14 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–
E-0071430event SA signs multilateral treaty establishing the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.14 Dec 2011–
E-0071429event Yunus Ismail Mahomed, attorney, businessman and chair of Kagiso Trust, is born in Johannesburg.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071428event Daisy de Melker is hung for poisoning her two husbands and her son.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071427event WWII The SA Brigade leaves for Alexandria, Egypt.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071426event Prof. Geof Cronjé, promoter of stage productions in SA and chairman of various councils and committees, is born.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071425event Battleships are sent to Tangiers by the Spanish government as the first part of its intended invasion of Morocco.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071424event Adam Kok III (64), Griqua chief, dies in Griqualand East. Date is given as 31 December 1875 in another source.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071423event Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr de Waal, advocate, politician and author, is born in Stellenbosch.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071422event Carl Zeyher (59), collector of plants, is born in Cape Town.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071421event Christopher John Bird, civil servant and historian, is born in Pietermaritzburg.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071420event The first edition of the Graham’s Town Journal, mouthpiece of the Eastern Frontier settlers,is published. It soon becomes known14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071419event The SA cricket team beats the West Indies with nine wickets in Durban to lead 3-0 in the series of five.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071418event President Daniel Torotich arap Moi wins the first multi-party elections held in Kenya for twenty-six years. All foreign observe14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071417event Commodore Dieter Gerhardt, former commanding officer of the Simonstown naval base, and his wife Ruth Gerhardt, are sentenced to14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071416event Winnie Mandela is banned for a further five years and continues to be restricted to the small town of Brandfort.14 Dec 2011–
E-0071415event Justice Coetzee in the Rand Supreme Court refuses to lift an order barring resumption of publication of four Black newspapers.14 Dec 2011–
E-0071414event Rev. Allan Hendrickse is elected leader of the Coloured Labour Party of South Africa at its thirteenth Congress in Bloemfontein14 Dec 2011–
E-0071413event Mathilda Hanekom, SA actress and wife of Hendrik Hanekom, dies.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071412event Police announce the release of the last of the 113 detainees held under Section 10 (preventive detention) of the Internal Secur14 Dec 2011–
E-0071411event The Minister of Bantu Education announces moves towards the introduction of free and compulsory education for Blacks. This is t14 Dec 2011–
E-0071410event The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, to which SA is a party, is signed i14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071409event The SA flag is hoisted on Marion Island after an agreement with Britain.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071408event Tombs of the third dynasty Egyptian kings are excavated at Ur.14 Dec 2011✓

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