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E-0091086event South African President P. W. Botha, in his ‘Rubicon Speech’, rejects Western pleas to abolish apartheid, and declares, ‘I am n14 Aug 2012–
E-0091076event Hester Elizabeth Cornelius, national organiser and branch secretary of the Garment Workers’ Union, dies in Honeydew, Johannesbu14 Aug 2012–
E-0090946event Local elections in Morocco takes place. The two governing coalition parties win with 30% of the vote.14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090917event Jeremy Cronin, South African Communist Party politician and former political prisoner in the Pretoria Maximum Security Prison,14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090848event Regulations covering the detention of 180-days detainees held as witnesses are published in the Government Gazette.14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090847event Foreign ministers of Organisation of African Unity approve plan to end rebellion and political strife in Congo. 14 Aug 2012–
E-0090846event Foreign ministers of Organisation of African Unity approve plan to end rebellion and political strife in Congo. 14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090835event Assembly of White settlers in Kenya denounces government policy and advocates closer union with Uganda and Tanganyika.14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090781event Well-known Blue Bull rugby player, Ettienne Botha, is killed in an accident on the N1 freeway.14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090773event The official opposition party in Namibia, the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), fires its leader, Mishake Muyongo, because h14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090760event Maria Elizabeth Rothmann (MER), Afrikaans author, dies in Swellendam, CP, thirteen days after her 100th birthday.14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090722event Sibongile Millicent Manana, MEC for Health, Mpumalanga Provincial Government, is born in Ermelo, Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). Sh14 Aug 2012–
E-0092806event The Security Police raid more than 100 homes throughout the country in a search for illegal political literature.28 Aug 2012✓
E-0084043event Rival political and ethnic groups riot in Rwanda, killing at least five people ahead of peace talks.25 May 2012✓
E-0084022event Joseph-Désiré Mobutu’s military government in the Congo has four former ministers sentenced to death for treason,25 May 2012–
E-0084021event Joseph-Désiré Mobutu’s military government in the Congo has four former ministers sentenced to death for treason,25 May 2012✓
E-0084003event In Cape Town the new Union flag is hoisted and “Die Stem” sung for the first time.25 May 2012–
E-0084002event In Cape Town the new Union flag is hoisted and “Die Stem” sung for the first time.25 May 2012✓
E-0083987event George Whitehouse, a British engineer, decides to build a workshop for Uganda Railway in a swamp where Kenya’s capital, Nairobi25 May 2012✓
E-0083974event Dr Jan Pickard (70), honorary life chairman of the Western Province Rugby Union, dies in Cape Town.25 May 2012✓
E-0082067event Lord Allenby, commander of the Egyptian forces who freed Jerusalem in 1917 from the Turks, is born.23 Apr 2012–
E-0082065event A mass meeting is held in Cape Town to petition Queen Victoria to grant the Cape responsible government.23 Apr 2012–
E-0082050event AWB (Afrikaner Resistance Movement) leader Eugene TerreBlanche is convicted of attempted murder and assault in the Magistrates23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082032event Rhodesia’s first Black cabinet ministers are sworn into office. (2004). Today in History, Pretoria News, 23 April.23 Apr 2012–
E-0082013event Lord Allenby, commander of the Egyptian forces who freed Jerusalem in 1917 from the Turks, is born.23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082011event A mass meeting is held in Cape Town to petition Queen Victoria to grant the Cape responsible government.23 Apr 2012✓
E-0081997event A military court in Cairo sentences seven of forty-nine Islamic militants to death for attacks against tourists.23 Apr 2012✓
E-0081917event Ellen Kuzwayo (91), author, stalwart campaigner against apartheid in South Africa and a tireless fighter for women’s emancipati13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081870event Egyptian president Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat gets an overwhelming majority in a vote for peace treaty with Israel.13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081778event The military commander of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Khalil al-Wazir, is assassinated in Tunisia.  Israeli g13 Apr 2012✓

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