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E-0083610event A full bench of eleven judges of the Appeal Court upholds an appeal against a conviction under the Terrorism Act, on the ground18 May 2012✓
E-0083564event Rwandan rebels seize the key government army barracks in Kigali, removing the biggest obstacle in their drive to capture the ca18 May 2012–
E-0083563event Rwandan rebels seize the key government army barracks in Kigali, removing the biggest obstacle in their drive to capture the ca18 May 2012✓
E-0083422event The UN arms embargo on South Africa is finally lifted following the election of Nelson Mandela as president of the government o18 May 2012✓
E-0083392event In an attempt to unite the two Boer republics, the commandoes of the Free State and Transvaal (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek) con18 May 2012✓
E-0083281event Britain, France, and Spain sign the Pact of Cartagena – an agreement to maintain the status quo in the Mediterranean and West14 May 2012✓
E-0083255event Judge Pieter Combrinck finds the former commanding officer of the Vlakplaas unit of the police, Dirk Coetzee, as well as Almond14 May 2012✓
E-0083207event The government grants an amnesty in celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Republic. Over 30,000 prisoners stand to benefi11 May 2012✓
E-0082887event In preparation for the next general election, two anti-Malan parties are formed: the Federal Union Party and the Liberals (led7 May 2012✓
E-0082866event Second Executive President F.W. de Klerk announces that the NP will withdraw from the Government of National Unity at the end o7 May 2012✓
E-0082856event A Second Defence Amendment Bill passes its final stages in the House of Assembly, with the support of the entire opposition. Th7 May 2012✓
E-0082831event The new Constitution is finally approved by the 490-member Constituent Assembly, two minutes past 12:00, the final deadline set7 May 2012✓
E-0082600event Defence legislation is amended to enable use of the armed forces for the suppression of internal disorder and reorganise the po3 May 2012✓
E-0082585event The Brederode, belonging to the Dutch East India Company and carrying a cargo of porcelain, tin and spices, runs aground on the3 May 2012✓
E-0082461event The Afrikaans as a medium for education policy was deeply unpopular since Afrikaans was regarded by some as the language of the30 Apr 2012–
E-0082444event St. John Brodrick, the war secretary, informs the British House of Commons that the campaign in Somaliland is to be abandoned a30 Apr 2012–
E-0082388event President Kaunda of Zambia meets the Prime Minister, P.W. Botha on the Botswana border to discuss the political situation in Na23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082386event The Afrikaans as a medium for education policy was deeply unpopular since Afrikaans was regarded by some as the language of the23 Apr 2012–
E-0082370event St. John Brodrick, the war secretary, informs the British House of Commons that the campaign in Somaliland is to be abandoned a23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082300event Jan van Riebeeck replies in a letter to the Heeren XVII (Council of Seventeen, the central executive committee of the Dutch Eas23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082121event The Prime Minister of SA maintains that the country is economically so strong that it can withstand economic sanctions. The onl23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082090event The discovery of a virus that may cause Aids, the fatal disease sweeping through the world and Africa, is hailed as a "mon23 Apr 2012–
E-0081520event Anglo-Boer War 2: Emily Hobhouse witnesses the clearing of Warrenton and the dispatch of people in open coal trucks. The people5 Apr 2012✓
E-0081435event A curfew, which was imposed in the independent Venda homeland as a result of the deposition of the Frank Ravhele regime, is lif5 Apr 2012✓
E-0081226event The Human Rights Commission (HCR) of South Africa says that the level of violence in the country has reached unprecedented leve30 Mar 2012✓
E-0081204event Following the death of Lord Carnarvon in Egypt, owners of Egyptian antiquities swamp the British Museum in the hope that they w30 Mar 2012✓
E-0081139event The battles of Reddersburg, where the Boers under Gen. De Wet defeat the Royal Irish Rifles, and Mostertshoek, take place. Brit30 Mar 2012✓
E-0081122event World War 2: The British forces evacuate Benghazi, major seaport of north-eastern Libya, in the face of the German advance. Dat30 Mar 2012✓
E-0081008event The Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from the British South Africa Company and the territory is turned into an Imperial prote30 Mar 2012✓
E-0079858event Blacks comprise 73,9 % and Whites 26,1 % of the full-time component of the Department of Defence. The department has been reduc19 Mar 2012✓

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