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E-0091933event The St George’s Anglican Church in Knysna, the first to be built in the town and now a national monument, is consecrated by Bis27 Aug 2012–
E-0091932event The St George’s Anglican Church in Knysna, the first to be built in the town and now a national monument, is consecrated by Bis27 Aug 2012✓
E-0091911event President Reagan’s decision not to impose sanctions on South Africa is overridden by Senate veto, 78 votes to 21, and the US in27 Aug 2012✓
E-0091910event The death toll in rioting and clashes with police has risen to over sixty. The Government took the leader of South Africa’s mos27 Aug 2012✓
E-0091844event Dr Albert Jan Jurie Wessels, author and founder of the Toyota motor company in SA, is born in the district of Boshof, OFS. 24 Aug 2012✓
E-0091841event Pixley ka Isaka Seme (Pixley kaIsaka Seme, Isaac Seme), barrister and president of the ANC from 1930 to 1936, is born at a miss24 Aug 2012✓
E-0091750event Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Moedwil takes place, with the Boer forces under Gen. De la Rey and Kemp retreating after fierce23 Aug 2012✓
E-0090460event In one of the worst winter storms ever, eighteen ships are wrecked in Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, and fifty-eight lives are lost14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090385event Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. De la Rey, satisfied that his goal has been accomplished and on hearing reports of the approach of a str14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090377event The Olympic Games end in Athens with a spectacular fireworks display and SA 40th on the list of medal winners, after Hestrie Cl10 Aug 2012✓
E-0091690event Louis Thibault, SA architect of several well-known houses in the western Cape and also the Lutheran Church in Cape Town, is bor23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091661event The Rev. Paul Hendrik Roux, chaplain and general during Anglo-Boer War 2, after whom Paul Roux, OFS, was named, is born in Hope23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091660event The Susan Crisp (198 tons) is wrecked and five crewmembers are missing near Plettenberg Bay. She was on her way to remove provi23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091614event An ocean ferry owned and operated by Senegal capsizes off the coast of Gambia in the Atlantic Ocean, en route to the Senegalese23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091514event Jan van Riebeeck writes to Otto Jansz on Robben Island, enquiring about the number of sheep on the island and whether he needs23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091376event The ANC and the Inkatha Freedom Party announce that they have held high-level talks in Durban to discuss ways of ending violenc23 Aug 2012–
E-0091344event Pieter Johannes Schoeman, SA author who is known for his sympathetic picturing of the Swazi, Zulu and San people, is born in Ut23 Aug 2012–
E-0091343event Pieter Johannes Schoeman, SA author who is known for his sympathetic picturing of the Swazi, Zulu and San people, is born in Ut23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091328event Hendrik Swellengrebel, the only Cape governor to be born at the Cape, is born in Cape Town.  Swellendam is named after him and23 Aug 2012✓
E-0090136event Talks between Egypt and Israel in an attempt to end disputes over the Gaza Strip fail. The talks were doomed after Israeli forc10 Aug 2012✓
E-0090042event The first Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field is signe10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089793event In a Tri-Nation test match the SA rugby team comes back from 5-25 and beats New Zealand 24-23 on King’s Park, Durban.10 Aug 2012✓
E-0091095event In a Tri-Nation test match the SA rugby team comes back from 5-25 and beats New Zealand 24-23 on King’s Park, Durban.14 Aug 2012–
E-0090936event The four victorious allies of World War II (WWII) and the two Germanys formally end the war, signing a treaty that clear way fo14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090932event The SA rugby team loses the third test against new Zealand in Auckland 22-25 and the series 1-2.   Ray Mort scores three trie14 Aug 2012✓
E-0084011event D.F. Malan speaks on the Group Areas Bill, calling it the most important part of the policy of apartheid and a new beginning fo25 May 2012–
E-0084010event D.F. Malan speaks on the Group Areas Bill, calling it the most important part of the policy of apartheid and a new beginning fo25 May 2012✓
E-0083893event Anglo-Boer War 2: The annexation of the Orange Free State is announced by Lord Roberts, and back-dated to coincide with the Que25 May 2012✓
E-0082053event James Earl Ray, who confessed to assassinating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr in 1968 and later insisted he was framed, dies at23 Apr 2012✓
E-0081994event Mr Nelson Mandela visits his family home at Qunu, 30km from Umtata and addresses a rally of 50 000 people in Umtata, sharing a23 Apr 2012✓

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