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E-0071210event The International Court of Justice at The Hague rules, by the narrow majority of eight votes to seven, that it has jurisdiction14 Dec 2011✓
E-0070843event A further 2,147 mile section of the Cape-to-Cairo Railroad is completed when lines meet at the Sudan-Congo border. africanhisto9 Dec 2011–
E-0070836event Robert Koch, German scientist who visited SA to investigate the causes of rinderpest, is born in Germany. He was awarded the No9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070833event Kenyan Wangari Maathai receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. She is the first African woman to receive the prize. Prof. Maath9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070807event Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, the first Black African to win the Nobel Peace Prize, collects his prize for 1960 in Oslo, Norway.9 Dec 2011✓
E-0073492event In a meeting between Pres. Mbeki and Pres. Hu Jintao of China in the Union Buildings, Pretoria, the two leaders agree to intens31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073455event Zulu king Dingane signs the treaty drafted by Retief on February 4 in which he declares his approval to grant an extensive area31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073785event Elections for the Coloured and Indian Parliament under the new Constitution, to be held on 22 August 1984, are announced by the31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073735event The Anti-Convict Association in Cape Town dissolves as a result of an order-in-council rescinding the decision to make the Cape31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073617event The British consul presents a White Paper on the atrocities being carried out by Belgium in the Congo Free State to the Belgian31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073602event News 24 reports that a delay with the awarding of a tender of billions of rands to renew Spoornet’s age-old locomotives is thre31 Jan 2012–
E-0073507event The British capture Benghazi in Libya for the first time; they hold it until April but are then forced to evacuate, recapturing31 Jan 2012✓
E-0072902event Groot Constantia, which shipped wine to Napoleon in exile on the island of St Helena until his death in 1821, concludes another20 Jan 2012✓
E-0072698event Albert Nzula, teacher, journalist and leader of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), who left SA to study in Moscow in 116 Jan 2012✓
E-0071885event Comet  McNaught, reported to be the brightest comet visible from earth in the last thirty years, is seen at its brightest in d6 Jan 2012✓
E-0073439event As the rent boycott continues, The Star suggests that there are four categories of people not paying rent: those refusing to pa31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073296event The terms of reference of the Harms Commission, which is to inquire into alleged murders and unlawful acts of the security forc31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073284event The coastal city of Agadir, in southern Morocco, entirely rebuilt after an earthquake in 1731, is again razed to the ground. At31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073264event The first wine is pressed at the Cape.   Jan van Riebeeck writes in his journal that the harvest amounted to twelve “mengelen31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073219event The territory north of the Great Berg River is annexed to the new district of Tulbagh, and declared a separate sub-drosdy with31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073150event US President Bush announces an initiative to spend $15bn over five years for Aids treatment and prevention in twelve African co27 Jan 2012✓
E-0073109event The Security Police arrest Major A.M. Kozlov, a senior officer in the Soviet KGB, during his third visit to South Africa in 19827 Jan 2012✓
R-0073081archive The minutes of for the meeting where the South African team to participate in the Olympic Games in 1908 was decided on26 Jan 2012–
E-0073037event The appointment of the group of experts to examine the problem of apartheid, in terms of the United Nations Security Council re20 Jan 2012✓
E-0073013event De Villiers Bester Lamprecht, the first South African to complete the mile in less than four minutes, is born in Prince Albert.20 Jan 2012✓
E-0072979event Three Somalis are killed and at least five are wounded in clashes with troops of a US-led coalition trying to safeguard efforts20 Jan 2012✓
E-0071663event The Government Gazette proclaims that only one-fifth of District Six, will be returned in its entirety to its earlier status an14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071619event The Proteas became the first South African team in history to win a Test cricket series in Australia when they took an unassail14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071474event In his New Year’s Eve address the prime minister warns the country that South Africa will have to face the Communist onslaught14 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✓

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