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E-0090958event General Jan C.G. Kemp resigns as officer in the SA army because of the war policy of the Botha government and joins the Rebelli14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090732event For the first time in SA history White, Coloured and Indian voters go to the polls on the same day to vote for representatives14 Aug 2012–
E-0090702event Col. Muammar Gaddafi of Libya rejects an offer by the USA and England to try the two Pan-Am Lockerbie suspects in the Netherlan14 Aug 2012✓
E-0092807event Yom Kippur War ends with Israeli troops 100 km from Cairo and forty km from Damascus. Several other dates are given for this ev28 Aug 2012✓
E-0084067event Mzolisi Goodman Diliza, businessman and Chief Executive of the Chamber of Mines of SA, is born. He was the first Black to be ap25 May 2012✓
E-0084055event Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Napoleon, the 22 year old Prince Imperial of France, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War when he and a Bri25 May 2012✓
E-0083916event Anglo-Boer War 2: Pres. M.T. Steyn, too weak to leave his tent, resigns because of poor health and Gen. C.R. de Wet is appointe25 May 2012✓
E-0082069event Eugenie, Empress of the French and wife of Emperor Napoleon III, arrives in Durban to visit the grave of her son, the Prince Im23 Apr 2012–
E-0082055event Makhaya Ntini, bowler of the SA cricket team, is found guilty of raping a student and is replaced in the SA World Cup team by A23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082015event Eugenie, Empress of the French and wife of Emperor Napoleon III, arrives in Durban to visit the grave of her son, the Prince Im23 Apr 2012✓
E-0081776event At a summit meeting in Lusaka (14-16 April) the leaders of East and Central African States on 16 April 1969 agree to issue the13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081729event Merchant Jan van Riebeeck is appointed commander at the Cape at a salary of 90 Dutch guilder per year and not 150, as was his r13 Apr 2012✓
E-0083393event An Afrikaans poem of thirteen verses in near perfect Afrikaans by H.C. van de Berg and P.P. Hugo is published in De Vriend of B18 May 2012✓
E-0083328event Ernest Mabaso, chairman of the ANC Zola Branch and member of the Soweto Civic Association, is shot dead as he is leaving his ho14 May 2012✓
E-0083135event A female teacher is attacked by two robbers on her way to school and is saved by more than 100 pupils from Orlando North Second11 May 2012–
E-0083104event King Hintsa ka Phalo of the Xhosa nation is killed by British troops.   The dates 12 February and 13 May are given by other s11 May 2012✓
E-0082538event Gov. George Napier wants to cut off the Voortrekkers from the harbour in Port Natal and sends Capt. Smith with 125 men by land3 May 2012✓
E-0082134event Mr Justice P.J. van der Walt acquits Moses Mayekiso and his four co-accused of all charges. They were arrested on 28 June 198623 Apr 2012✓
E-0082109event Makhaya Ntini, bowler of the SA cricket team, is found guilty of raping a student and is replaced in the SA World Cup team by A23 Apr 2012–
E-0081440event The ANC leader in the Kwazulu Natal midlands Sifiso Nkabinde is expelled from the ANC and named as a ‘spy for the enemy’ by Jac5 Apr 2012✓
E-0079819event Pope John Paul II issues the 11th encyclical of his papacy in which he condemns abortion and euthanasia as crimes that no human19 Mar 2012✓
E-0079760event Henry Francis Fynn, pioneer and settler  who was a member of an expedition to the Zulu chief Shaka in the 1820s, is born in Lo19 Mar 2012✓
E-0070161event Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Modder River or Tweerivieren takes place, in which both Gen. Methuen and Gen. De la Rey are wou25 Nov 2011✓
E-0069925event Dr Robert Smit, National Party MP for Springs, and his wife, Jean-Cora, are murdered in their home in Springs. The TRC found in21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069862event Jan Jacobus van der Post, SA author who lived as a boy with the San for several years where he learned their language and custo21 Nov 2011✓
E-0070607event Former first-lady of SA and ex-wife of FW de Klerk, Marike de Klerk, is found murdered at her home in Cape Town.5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070419event Sir David Baird, British general in command of the force sent to occupy the Cape of Good Hope in 1806 and later acting governor5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070313event A volcano erupts in eastern Zaire, spewing a plume of ash and lava into the air about 40km north of the border crossing at Goma25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070224event The bodies of world-famous South African opera star Deon van der Walt and his father have been found on their wine estate near25 Nov 2011✓
E-0071044event Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) is formed to "hit back by all means within our power in defence of our people, our future and our fr9 Dec 2011–

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