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E-0087576event The Africa Union (AU) summit opens in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and agrees to send 300 AU troops to protect ceasefire monitors in28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087563event A fifty-two-strong delegation, led by Dr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert and Alex Boraine, leaves SA for talks with the African Natio28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087537event Kausobson Kausob, chief of a group of San that inhabited the area between the Modder, Riet and Vaal Rivers early in the ninetee28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087513event As France announces that the Sahara will not be included in its plan for an independent Algeria, eighty people are killed and a28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087495event Granny Maloko Temo of Mantata near Dendron, eldest person in SA and allegedly eldest in the world, celebrates her 130th birthda28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087483event Because a select committee to inquire into and report on certain organisations has not completed its task at the end of the par28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087468event The Battle of Ulundi, decisive battle during the Zulu War, takes place with the British forces gaining the upper hand and Cetsh28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087462event SA tennis player Liezel Huber and Cara Black of Zimbabwe win the women’s doubles on Wimbledon. Huber also reached the semi-fina28 Jun 2012–
E-0087405event African slaves being shipped to Cuba, revolt and seize the ship Amistad, leading to the eventual end of the African slave marke28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087404event Jean Jacques Rousseau, French philosopher and author, whose influence was felt in the Cape Colony, dies. At the time of his dea28 Jun 2012✓
E-0089610event About 150 residents are killed (1215 August) during the forced expulsion of non-IFP from hostels and attacks on Phola Park squa31 Jul 2012✓
E-0089606event This day saw R2 million worth of damage in 36 hours of fighting. Langa and Guguletu residents stop employees leaving for work.31 Jul 2012–
E-0089571event Clashes among local militias, a rebel group and the Ugandan army kills at least ninety people. The victims, many of whom had be31 Jul 2012✓
E-0089500event Dr. K.G. Abrahams is arrested in Gobabis area of South West Africa, and subsequently charged with being the chairman of the Yu31 Jul 2012✓
E-0089451event Four men die instantly when a car swerves to avoid a second which was spinning on the Odi race track and ploughed into spectato31 Jul 2012✓
E-0089423event Tjaart van der Walt, frontier farmer and field commandant who played an important role in the third frontier war against the co31 Jul 2012✓
E-0089414event In a joint statement released by the ANC and the government, the ANC announces the suspension of its thirty-year-old armed stru31 Jul 2012✓
E-0089321event The Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water, to which SA is a party, is signed i31 Jul 2012✓
E-0089237event Anglo-Boer War 2:  Gen. Smuts’ force finds a sheep kraal at Koot Krause’s farm that the British have filled with sheep and the27 Jul 2012✓
E-0089234event Erasmus Smit, controversial preacher of the Voortrekkers, dies one day after his 85th birthday and one week after his wife, Sus27 Jul 2012✓
E-0089206event Having held talks on the escalating crisis over control of the Suez Canal with France and the US, Britain mobilises its forces.27 Jul 2012–
E-0089205event Having held talks on the escalating crisis over control of the Suez Canal with France and the US, Britain mobilises its forces.27 Jul 2012✓
E-0086439event Josephus Suasso de Lima, editor and publisher of the first Dutch newspaper in SA, De Verzamelaar, is born in Amsterdam, the Net22 Jun 2012✓
E-0086432event The rugby match between SA and France ends in a tie with 20 each.  It is François Pienaar’s first match as Springbok captain.22 Jun 2012✓
E-0086417event Sisulu makes the first broadcast on “Radio Freedom” from a secret hideout in SA. He urges the youth to join forces and continue22 Jun 2012✓
E-0086364event The Korean War breaks out. Nearly 90,000 North Korean soldiers and hundreds of Russian-built T-34 tanks cross the border into S22 Jun 2012✓
E-0086234event Violence continued in Kwazulu-Natal. Thirty-seven murdered are reported on 22-23 June and fourteen on 24 June. The victims incl15 Jun 2012✓
E-0086217event The match between the SA rugby team and the British Lions ends in a tie, with both sides scoring 6 points in Port Elizabeth.15 Jun 2012✓
E-0086206event The first Chinese arrive in SA to relieve the shortage of unskilled mineworkers.  Within a year there were 34 000 and the numb15 Jun 2012✓
E-0086155event Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in Cape Town.  He was a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, where he c15 Jun 2012–

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