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E-0071449event Somali presidential spokesman Yusuf Mohamad Ismail reports that the number of Somali’s killed by the tidal waves that battered14 Dec 2011–
E-0071448event Gary Kirsten becomes the first SA cricket player to score 10 centuries in test cricket.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071447event More than 400 people are massacred in four villages in Algeria during the country’s insurgency.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071446event A flight instructor and an Italian student die when their Piper Cherokee crashes at Boesmansrivier in the Eastern Cape.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071445event Sudan, angered by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s visit to the rebel-held south, orders the British ambassador to leave the coun14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071444event Four youths are killed in an Apla attack on the Heidelberg Tavern In Observatory, Cape Town.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071443event SA signs agreement with Botswana regarding the establishment of a representative office.14 Dec 2011–
E-0071442event Etienne Leroux (67), Afrikaans author and Hertzog Prize winner, dies in a Bloemfontein hospital.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071441event Establishment of Military Council Act No 1, establishing Military Council and a Council of Ministers to rule the Transkei until14 Dec 2011–
E-0071440event Robert Mugabe succeeds Canaan Banana and becomes Zimbabwe’s first executive president after reforming the constitution to usher14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071439event The Transkei military, under General Bantu Holomisa, overthrows the administration of Stella Sigcau of the Transkei.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071438event The crew of a SA helicopter, which were arrested in Mozambique on their way to the scene of the Helderberg disaster, arrive bac14 Dec 2011✓
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✓

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