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E-0083369event An historic four hour meeting is held between the Council of Mining Unions, representing White miners; the NUM; Mr Adriaan Vlok14 May 2012–
E-0083273event Anglo-Boer War 2:  The first ‘Mafeking night”. In an unprecedented display of public emotions, life in the great cities in Bri14 May 2012✓
E-0083271event Anglo-Boer War 2:  After 216 days Boer forces abandon the siege of Mafeking and Colonel Mahon’s relief column enters the town.14 May 2012✓
E-0083141event A powerful bomb damages the office of the West Rand Administration Board in Meadowlands, Soweto, at 7:00 pm. No one is injured.11 May 2012–
E-0083102event Florence Nightingale, British nurse in the Crimean War, is born. Nurses in SA undertake to honour the oath of Florence Nighting11 May 2012✓
E-0083060event An historic four hour meeting is held between the Council of Mining Unions, representing White miners; the NUM; Mr Adriaan Vlok11 May 2012✓
E-0082911event Deputy President F.W. de Klerk announces that the National Party is to withdraw from the Government of National Unity on June 37 May 2012✓
E-0082660event Over 7,000 people attend a rally in Pretoria to mark the foundation on 4 May 1984 of the Afrikaner Volkswag (People’s Guard), a3 May 2012✓
E-0082651event WWII: A combined British military and naval force land on Madagascar and by the afternoon the town of Diego Suarez is captured.3 May 2012✓
E-0082625event ’Die Stem van Suid-Afrika’ (The Call of South Africa) is unanimously accepted as only official anthem in Parliament. The Englis3 May 2012✓
E-0082586event In reply to a letter by the Rev. John Ayliff, missionary amongst the Fingos (Mfengu), on behalf of this landless society, Sir B3 May 2012✓
E-0082451event As part of the ten-year progress (begun in 1950) to independence under an Italian administered UN trusteeship, the first electe30 Apr 2012–
E-0082377event As part of the ten-year progress (begun in 1950) to independence under an Italian administered UN trusteeship, the first electe23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082312event Seven guerrillas are killed in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) at Sinoya in the first engagement of the armed struggle against White ru23 Apr 2012✓
E-0081431event Ahmad `Ali al-Mirghani, the Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese People’s Forces, ousts Sudanese president Ja’far Muhammad an-Num5 Apr 2012✓
E-0081225event The African National Congress is to triple the size of its national executive committee to 105 members to broaden decision-maki30 Mar 2012✓
E-0081211event Thousands of Africans, Indians and Coloured people demonstrate in major towns and take the pledge. Dr. Dadoo says this is the b30 Mar 2012✓
E-0081190event Zaire falls further into chaos when parliament and the new prime minister declare each other unconstitutional on the eve of pea30 Mar 2012✓
E-0081188event IFP decides to end its parliamentary boycott of mid-February. The party gives an ultimatum that it will boycott the Constituent30 Mar 2012✓
E-0081185event The ANC presents an ultimatum which includes demands for the firing of Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok and Defence Minister30 Mar 2012✓
E-0081058event The New National Norms and Standards for School Funding are implemented in SA, aimed at achieving equity in the distribution of30 Mar 2012–
E-0081057event The New National Norms and Standards for School Funding are implemented in SA, aimed at achieving equity in the distribution of30 Mar 2012✓
E-0081025event The names of the four ‘homelands’ are changed: from Basotho ha Borwa (Southern Sotho) to Basotho-Qwaqwa; from Tswanaland to Bop30 Mar 2012✓
E-0079856event Zairian rebels order 20 000 Rwandan refugees camped on the outskirts of Kisangani to move south, and relief workers begin the a19 Mar 2012✓
E-0079727event In the worst bus accident in SA history, a school bus with seventy-six learners of Hoërskool Vorentoe plunges into the Westden16 Mar 2012✓
E-0070164event India announces that a preliminary conference will be held on 6 February 1950 in Cape Town to discuss the procedure of the prop25 Nov 2011✓
E-0069901event Ten people die in an attack by the IFP on the launching of an ANC branch in Appelbosch, Natal North Coast.21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069646event The P.K. le Roux Dam (now Vanderkloof Dam), an integral part of the Orange River development project to provide electric power,11 Nov 2011✓
E-0070612event Sir Andrew Smith, explorer and founder of the museum now known as the South African Museum, is born in Roxburgshire, England.5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070497event Giriyondo border post opens. Tourists can now travel through the Kruger National Park to Mozambique. The border post is part of5 Dec 2011✓

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