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E-0091331event The Neptune, carrying 282 convicts, sails into Table Bay. SESA gives the date as 19 September 1849 and the harbour as Simon’s B23 Aug 2012✓
E-0090087event Anglo-Boer War 2: Despite the concessions made by the ZAR in its final proposal, Sir A. Milner urges the despatch of an expedit10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089972event King Leopold of Belgium hands over the Congo to the Belgian State. Previously he held it as a private possession. The Congo Fre10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089906event The father of Rosalind Ballingall, who got lost in the Knysna forest, arrives from Johannesburg to assist in the search for his10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089798event Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend and Ryk Neethling win the first gold medal for SA for the 4 x 100m relay at the10 Aug 2012–
E-0089723event Anglo-Boer War 2: Boer snipers suddenly open fire on the massed troops of the Canadians of Strathcona’s Horse, the first to ent10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089716event The Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners (GRA) is founded in Paarl, as a direct outcome of the efforts by Pannevis to have the Bible10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089671event Under the London Convention, Britain agrees on this day to pay five million sterling to the United Netherlands for the Dutch po10 Aug 2012✓
E-0091143event The first general election in the Union of South Africa takes place. General Louis Botha becomes first Prime Minister of the Un23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091100event Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend and Ryk Neethling win the first gold medal for SA for the 4 x 100m relay at the14 Aug 2012–
E-0091023event On the eve of the election in South West Africa (Namibia), the Swapo leader Sam Nujoma arrives in Windhoek, after nearly thirty14 Aug 2012–
E-0091022event On the eve of the election in South West Africa (Namibia), the Swapo leader Sam Nujoma arrives in Windhoek, after nearly thirty14 Aug 2012✓
E-0091006event WWI: The first ships with SA soldiers on board leave for the ports of German South West Africa to invade the territory.14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090930event On the eve of the first anniversary of the death of Steve Biko, police arrest sixteen people including his brother, his sister14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090755event The Suppression of Communism Act 44 of 1950 rears its ugly head. The predominantly White Congress of Democrats is banned by the14 Aug 2012–
E-0090721event The Aula, auditorium of the University of Pretoria, is opened by the Governor-General of SA, Dr E.G. Jansen during a concert by14 Aug 2012–
R-0103818archive Biko, the State and the SA Medical and Dental Council (SAMDC) and now the Medical Association of South Africa (MASA): Editorial comment22 Feb 2016–
E-0092802event The SA delegation to the UN walks out during the debate on apartheid, claiming that it is interfering with SA domestic affairs.28 Aug 2012✓
E-0092800event The United Nations (UN) comes into existence with the ratification of its charter by the first 29 (51?) nations. SA premier Jan28 Aug 2012✓
E-0084084event The inquest into Dr. Aggett’s death is adjourned for the third time when police object to the use, as evidence, of a statement25 May 2012✓
E-0083932event France is accused by the Human Rights Arms Project of arming and training the Hutu extremists who organised the genocide in Rwa25 May 2012✓
E-0083867event Prof. Johan Heyns, well-known professor of theology at the University of Pretoria and moderator of the General Synod of the DRC25 May 2012✓
E-0083841event The hijack drama involving an SA Airways Boeing 727 the Letaba ends at Blantyre’s Chileka Airport in Malawi when the two hijack25 May 2012✓
R-0083734archive Letter dated 29 January 1952 from the Private Secretary of the Prime Minister, Dr DF Malan to the African National Congress (A.N.C.)22 May 2012–
E-0081971event The three villages clustered about the mouth of the Buffalo: East London West Bank; East London East Bank, and Panmure, are mer23 Apr 2012–
E-0081736event The tobacco industry in Hekpoort and Magaliesburg is in full swing again.   The crop since the war (Anglo-Boer War 2) has bee13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081575event Prime Minister B.J. Vorster takes the first cautious step in the direction of a new sport policy by announcing in the House of5 Apr 2012–
E-0083602event The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Andrew Young, pays a two-day visit to South Africa at the invitation of Har18 May 2012✓
E-0083353event The SA general election is won by the United Party with 111 seats, followed by the ‘Herenigde Nasionale Party’  (Re-united Nat14 May 2012–
E-0083321event CODESA II talks, started on the previous day, end in deadlock. The ANC threatens mass action if the government does not comprom14 May 2012✓

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