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E-0073372event Herero Revolt in German South West Africa: Omaruru is relieved after a fierce battle between Franke and the Ovaherero.31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073368event Prof. Raymond Arthur Dart, SA anthropologist and expert on the Taung skull, is born in Toowong, Brisbane, Australia.31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073309event A powerful explosion in Lagos, Nigeria, destroys a bank, killing thirty-three people.   Rioting and looting break out as hund31 Jan 2012–
E-0073277event Richard Mzamane Mabaso, SA artist, is born in Alexandra, Johannesburg.    He started drawing and carving without any instruc31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073259event An Air Senegal plane carrying European tourists crashes in Senegal, killing at least twenty people and injuring thirty.31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073159event Martial law is imposed in Egypt as King Farouk dismisses the premier Nahas Pasha and his Wafdist government.27 Jan 2012✓
E-0073117event Eugene Terre Blanche, leader of the Afrikaner-Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) and nine other members are arrested for staging a riot o27 Jan 2012✓
E-0073051event Niger’s first democratically elected president, Mahamane Ousmane, is ousted in a coup and army Col Barre Mainassara Ibrahim tak20 Jan 2012✓
E-0073038event Themba James Maseko, managing director of Damelin Education Group and former director-general of Gauteng Department of Educatio20 Jan 2012✓
E-0072984event Robey Leibbrandt, Olympic boxer and staunch supporter of the Ossewabrandwag (an Afrikaner patriotic movement), is born in Potch20 Jan 2012✓
E-0072949event The away game between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Mauritius ends in a tie with the score 1-1.20 Jan 2012✓
E-0072939event Prime Minister John Vorster announces that a first-ever multi-racial commission will investigate the political and socio-econom20 Jan 2012✓
E-0071775event At its eightieth anniversary celebration in Bloemfontein, the ANC presents its post-apartheid policies and launches its elector6 Jan 2012–
E-0071757event Esther Susanna Mentz, soprano, actress and pioneer in various cultural fields including the first Afrikaans films, marries Gide6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071752event Sir Theophilus Shepstone, British South African statesman and administrator of native affairs, who was responsible for the anne6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071633event General Bantu Holomisa, who ousted Stella Sigcau in a coup, appoints himself as the Transkei’s military and government chief.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071553event James Archbell, retired missionary, prints the first edition of the weekly newspaper The Natal Independent and General Advertis14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071551event Right-wing guerrillas ambush a train near Mozambique’s western border, killing at least twenty-two people and injuring seventy-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-0071441event Establishment of Military Council Act No 1, establishing Military Council and a Council of Ministers to rule the Transkei until14 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-0071433event Ralph Sipho Luthuli, chief executive officer of Tower Outsourcing and director of Azaguys Advertising, is born in Oudtshoorn.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071367event Harry Escombe (61), premier of Natal and founder of the Natal Naval Volunteers in 1885, dies in Durban.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071346event The possessions of Piet Retief and about 100 men who were murdered in February by Dingane, is auctioned.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071336event Phineas ‘Mokotjo’ Leoate, Edgar Sandile Phakone, Thulani Mabaso and Ntanda Makhuba disappear, allegedly part of a group of six14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071331event Aboobaker Ismail, commander of the Special Operations Committee of MK and the Dolphin Unit, is born in Johannesburg.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071305event Jean Max Friedrich (Johan) Welz, painter and architect who emigrated to SA in 1937, dies in Cape Town.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071303event The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development leaves Malawi after a four-day visit during which cooperation between nati14 Dec 2011–
E-0071292event Wilton Z. Mkwayi, South African ANC activist and former Robben Island prisoner, is born near Middledrift in the Ciskei.14 Dec 2011✓
R-0093222archive Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the SA-USA Business and Finance Forum, Roosevelt Hotel, New York, 23 September 19994 Sep 2012–

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