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E-0093083event In response to a call by President Nelson Mandela, representatives of government, business, labour and other community and deve28 Aug 2012✓
E-0093059event Anglo-Boer War 2: “Mournful Monday”: the British lose 106 killed, 374 wounded and 1 284 captured in two battles.28 Aug 2012✓
E-0093057event King Lobengula cedes the mineral rights of Matabele Land in terms of the Rudd Concession to the British.28 Aug 2012✓
E-0093040event The first group of European Community observers, including some police officers, lawyers and economists, arrive in South Africa28 Aug 2012–
E-0092994event Colonel Christophe Soglo, army chief-of-staff, in Dahomey [now Benin] finally establishes himself as military president after d28 Aug 2012✓
E-0092986event Financier and industrialist Harry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley. He became chairperson of the Anglo American Corpo28 Aug 2012✓
E-0092916event The Special Committee against Apartheid publishes the first Register of Entertainers, Actors and Others who have Performed in S28 Aug 2012–
E-0092911event The Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) unanimously rejects proposals for a merger with its three sister churches in the Afric28 Aug 2012–
E-0092890event Italy concedes Ethiopia’s independence by Treaty of Addis Ababa after a crushing defeat at Adwa earlier in the year.28 Aug 2012✓
E-0092870event The Soweto Students’ Congress (SOSCO) and the Azanian Co-ordinating Committee are restricted in terms of emergency regulations.28 Aug 2012✓
R-0099325archive The Fall of Cecil Rhodes and the Rise of Black Power in Africa by Veli Mbele, 3-5 April 201523 Apr 2015–
E-0087966event The fifty-two-member Organisation of African Unity begins a conference in Algeria to address African problems ranging from a $26 Jul 2012✓
E-0087931event Bruwer Engelbrecht (75), former radio broadcaster who started broadcasting with Piet Pompies, dies of heart failure in Belville6 Jul 2012✓
E-0087922event Anglo American chairman Gavin Relly, in his annual report, urges the government to scrap the Group Areas Act.6 Jul 2012✓
E-0087920event The Live Aid concert for African famine relief takes place simultaneously in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and London, England and6 Jul 2012✓
E-0087865event Kenyan runner Yobes Ondieki becomes the first man to run 10,000 metres in less than 27 minutes. 6 Jul 2012✓
E-0087840event During the years of territorial disputes between France and Britain in Africa, a French expedition under Jean-Batiste Marchand6 Jul 2012✓
E-0087839event João Albasini (75), elephant-hunter, trader and White chief of the Magwamba tribe, dies in the Soutpansberg district.6 Jul 2012✓
E-0087545event The Instituut vir Opvoeding en Onderwys (Institute for education and teaching) is founded in Bloemfontein during the National C28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087533event Poppie Bereng, who works as a phlebotomist for the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) in Bloemfontein, is appointed p28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087505event Generals Louis Botha and Jan Smuts travel from Pretoria to Johannesburg to mediate in the first miners’ strike.28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087497event A German baker, Carel Christoph Pabst, starts a music school in Cape Town to train amateur musicians for his orchestra.28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087496event Father Frans Claerhout, acclaimed South African painter from Flemish descent, dies in his sleep at a Bloemfontein hospital afte28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087480event A United Nations eight-man committee with instructions to investigate conditions in the Mandated Territory of South Africa is r28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087437event The Middenmark is driven on the rocks in Table Bay by a strong wind and seventy-five people drown.28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087420event The second annual General Student Council meeting (2 9 July) of the South African Student Organisation (SASO) starts in Hammans28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087411event Andries Johannes Bester de Klerk, writer and provincial secretary of the Cape Province, is born in Williston, CP.28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087393event Ninety-four people are killed when a passenger plane crashes on landing in Tidjikja, Mauritania. (Mail & Guardian, 9-15 Jan28 Jun 2012–
E-0087392event Ninety-four people are killed when a passenger plane crashes on landing in Tidjikja, Mauritania. (Mail & Guardian, 9-15 Jan28 Jun 2012–
E-0087361event In preparation for the Council’s taking-over, the Department of Coloured Relations replaces the responsibilities of the Departm28 Jun 2012✓

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