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E-0083474event Cyril Ramaphosa, Secretary-General of the ANC, is elected chairman of the Constituent Assembly, which is to write a new constit18 May 2012✓
E-0083459event The Security Intelligence and State Security Council Bill is adopted, defining the functions and duties of the Bureau of State18 May 2012✓
E-0083404event In Sudan Ja’far Muhammad an-Numeiry, the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council overthrows the government of Ismail al-A18 May 2012✓
E-0083317event Former information officer of the SADF, Brig. J. Bosman, reveals in Parliament that one third of the 3 000 troops involved in S14 May 2012✓
E-0083296event The Minister of Justice banns all protest meetings in the centre of Cape Town, following student protests. Several arrests are14 May 2012✓
E-0083290event The Commission of Inquiry into the South African Press tables the second part of its report, severely criticising the reporting14 May 2012✓
E-0083285event Belgian authority in the Congo has almost completely disintegrated. Patrice Lumumba is now in control of much of the country.14 May 2012✓
E-0083189event Thousands of Liberian war refugees, many ill after a week at sea, are refused admission to the Ghanaian port of Takoradi.11 May 2012✓
E-0083161event The district of Albert (Burgersdorp), submits a petition to parliament in which the use of Dutch, jointly with English, is requ11 May 2012✓
E-0083142event Mozambique rejects the findings of the Margo commission of inquiry into the air crash in which Mozambican leader Samora Machel11 May 2012✓
E-0083134event A Bill prohibiting demonstrations near the Houses of Parliament in Cape Town is passed with the support of the opposition Unite11 May 2012–
E-0082900event An International Commission of Jurists report alleges the widespread use of force and torture by security forces on anti-aparth7 May 2012✓
E-0082890event Gert Oosthuizen, Deputy Minister of Sport and Recreation in the Republic of South Africa since 10 May 2004, is born.7 May 2012✓
E-0082864event Nelson Mandela is elected unopposed as first Black President of South Africa in the first session of the National Assembly.7 May 2012✓
E-0082817event The South African government decides to finance the first phase of the construction of a new railway line between Southern Mala7 May 2012✓
E-0082669event Addressing a joint sitting of two houses of the British Parliament, ANC president Nelson Mandela urges Britain to invest in Sou3 May 2012✓
E-0082659event The Republic of South Africa Constitution Bill is placed before the House of Assembly. The Conservative Party opposes it, while3 May 2012✓
E-0082609event Representatives of South Africa, United States, Angola and Cuba meet in London (3-4 May) in search of a solution to the Angolan3 May 2012–
E-0082567event Representatives of South Africa, United States, Angola and Cuba meet in London (3-4 May) in search of a solution to the Angolan3 May 2012–
E-0082566event Representatives of South Africa, United States, Angola and Cuba meet in London (3-4 May) in search of a solution to the Angolan3 May 2012✓
E-0082487event Sir Gilbraith Lowry Cole, governor of the Cape, is born. Sir Lowry’s Pass was built during his time of office.30 Apr 2012✓
E-0082375event Dumisani Dludla, trade unionist and General Secretary of the United Workers’ Union of SA (UWUSA), is born in Melmoth, Natal.23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082328event Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline PLC, the world’s largest producer of AIDS drugs, announces it will reduce the price of its popular AI23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082293event Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pik Botha, marries Ina Joubert, ex-journalist of the SABC, on his birthday in Pretoria.23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082283event Eleven days after the killing of London policewoman Yvonne Fletcher, the siege of the Libyan embassy ends and thirty Libyans (d23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082248event Winnie Mandela, former wife of President Mandela, is overwhelmingly re-elected as president of the ANC’s Women’s League by 65623 Apr 2012✓
E-0082237event WWII: North Africa: Following the fall of the Halfaya Pass, three columns of Rommel’s Deutsches Afrika Korps have crossed the b23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082196event The Chief of Staff (Operations) says that the development of South Africa’s defence has made the country completely self-suffic23 Apr 2012–
E-0082171event The Chief of Staff (Operations) says that the development of South Africa’s defence has made the country completely self-suffic23 Apr 2012✓
E-0081503event Idi Amin is deposed as president of Uganda as rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian forces seize control of Kampala.5 Apr 2012✓

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