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E-0081830event In return for the release of Jomo Kenyatta, the Kenyan African National Union (ZANU) agrees to take part in negotiations for go13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081794event General Jan Christiaan Smuts, in charge of British, South African and Indian troops in Kenya, finally has the Germans on the ru13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081764event Kenyans dominate the 106th Boston Marathon, winning both men’s and women’s titles and capturing the four top spots and six of t13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081553event George McCall Theal, historian and first archivist appointed by the Cape government, is born in Canada. He was the author of se5 Apr 2012–
E-0083685event The United States Vice President, Walter Mondale and the Prime Minister, John Vorster, meet in Vienna for two days of high-leve18 May 2012✓
E-0083436event Jan Christian Smuts, who was to become the Union of South Africa’s second prime minister, is born on the farm Bovenplaats near18 May 2012✓
E-0083432event Queen Victoria is born in London at Kensington Palace. As queen of the British Empire, she reigned over the colonies in Africa.18 May 2012✓
E-0083424event Two South Africans, Ian Woodall and Cathy O’Dowd, reach the summit of Mount Everest and become the first official South African18 May 2012✓
E-0083098event Andre George Ezra Coetzee, SA soccer player and lawyer who was awarded the accolade, ‘Playmaker of the Decade’ by Kick Off for11 May 2012✓
E-0082854event Abram (Bram) Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment on the charge of conspiracy with the ANC and Umkhonto we Sizwe to commit7 May 2012✓
E-0082182event Frederick Logier, German music teacher at the Cape and composer of the first published music in Cape Town, is born in Ireland.23 Apr 2012–
E-0082157event Frederick Logier, German music teacher at the Cape and composer of the first published music in Cape Town, is born in Ireland.23 Apr 2012✓
E-0081482event George McCall Theal, historian and first archivist appointed by the Cape government, is born in Canada. He was the author of se5 Apr 2012✓
E-0081460event Debarkation of the first British Settlers starts at Algoa Bay (now Port Elizabeth) in the Eastern Cape, from where they are gra5 Apr 2012✓
E-0081152event Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) severs ties with Cuba when they are implicated in the rebellion in Shaba (was the Kata30 Mar 2012✓
E-0081001event At a public meeting in Rustenburg, Pres. Kruger reaffirms his intention to revise the Franchise Act of the ZAR and to make cert30 Mar 2012✓
E-0081000event The British ship Fairholine, en route from Calcutta to New York, runs ashore to the east of Buffels Bay, Cape south coast.30 Mar 2012✓
E-0070022event Anglo-Boer War 2:  The Battle of Enslin or Graspan takes place, with the burghers under General De la Rey and Commandant Lubbe21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069989event The great tank battle of Sidi Rezegh in North Africa rages unabated in World War 2. The South Africans, outnumbered by their Ge21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069954event Dr Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, SA industrialist who laid the foundation for the establishment of Escom and Iscor, is born in21 Nov 2011✓
E-0070650event World Food Program warns the UN Security Council that a record 38 million people were at risk of starvation in Africa. The sout5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070609event Laban Nkete (36), member of the SA marathon team that competed in the IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada in 2001, is5 Dec 2011✓
E-0071231event Thomas Mokopu Mofolo, Basuto author who tried to capture the customs and spirit of the African people, is born in Khojane, Basu14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071032event WWII: Dan Pienaar gains distinction in an attack on the Italian outpost of El Wak and is awarded the Distinguished Service Orde9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070933event Edries Burton, Santos soccer player who was awarded Kick Off’s accolade for the Most Appearances of the Decade, is born in Heid9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070887event Anglo-Boer War 2: Winston Churchill climbs over the yard wall of the State Model School in Pretoria where he has been imprisone9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070843event A further 2,147 mile section of the Cape-to-Cairo Railroad is completed when lines meet at the Sudan-Congo border. africanhisto9 Dec 2011–
E-0070837event James Dube, a minor Zulu chief converted by the Rev. Daniel Lindley, is ordained as minister. James was the father of John Lang9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070836event Robert Koch, German scientist who visited SA to investigate the causes of rinderpest, is born in Germany. He was awarded the No9 Dec 2011✓
E-0073492event In a meeting between Pres. Mbeki and Pres. Hu Jintao of China in the Union Buildings, Pretoria, the two leaders agree to intens31 Jan 2012✓

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