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E-0092548event Three Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) members from Richards Bay are arrested in connection with an attack the previous week27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092530event Sibusiso Joel Ndebele, premier of KwaZulu-Natal since 22 April 2004, is born at Shiyane, in KwaZulu-Natal.27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092403event Moses Mbheki Mncane (Baba) Mabhida, trade unionist, politician and Umkhonto we Sizwe commander, is born in Thornhill, Pietermar27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092395event Dr Carl W.L. Pappe (59), botanist, physician and curator of the South African Museum, dies in Cape Town.27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092390event President Hosni Mubarak issues an order that 83 suspected Islamic militants stand trial in Egypt’s state security court.27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092347event The Special Committee against Apartheid holds a solemn meeting in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with South27 Aug 2012–
E-0092294event Foreign Minister E. Louw defends South Africa’s apartheid policy in the United Nations against African criticism. On the same d27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092282event Anglo-Boer War 2: The British execute J.W.G. Jansen and one Rautenbach in Vryburg by hanging, for horse theft.27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092190event The Rev. Stephanus Jacobus du Toit, enthusiastic but controversial champion of Afrikaans, is born in Daljosafat, Cape Colony.27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092044event US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance travels to South Africa to promote transition to black rule in Namibia.27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092042event The elected leaders in the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council reject the government’s emergency mini-budget and demand th27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092031event In a referendum limited to White voters only, 52 percent of South African voters favour the establishment of a Republic. 27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092014event Thousands of people gather in Kibera, Nairobi, Africa’s biggest informal settlement, for the global celebration of World Habita27 Aug 2012✓
E-0091937event Gerrit Besselaar, cultural leader and Afrikaans author, arrives in Cape Town from the Netherlands and leaves for Bloemfontein t27 Aug 2012–
E-0091936event Gerrit Besselaar, cultural leader and Afrikaans author, arrives in Cape Town from the Netherlands and leaves for Bloemfontein t27 Aug 2012✓
E-0091926event The Dutch East India Company in Amsterdam decides to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape for settlement. 27 Aug 2012✓
E-0091923event The Employment Equity Register, aimed at eliminating unfair discrimination in employment, is released at a briefing by the Mini27 Aug 2012✓
E-0091894event Abraham Makgothi Moletsane  (Molitsane, Makhothi), chief of the Taung born about 1788, dies in Makwais (Maboloka) Mountain nea27 Aug 2012✓
E-0091876event President Paul Kagame’s Rwandan Patriotic Front party wins a majority in the parliamentary elections. It is the nation’s first24 Aug 2012✓
E-0091856event Dozens are crushed in crowded Cairo streets as millions of Egyptians mourn the death of President Abdel Nasser.24 Aug 2012✓
E-0091850event The British colonial government in Kenya enact emergency measures to combat the growing threat from the Mau Mau.24 Aug 2012✓
E-0091792event A fire has destroyed the historic Wanderers Cricket club in Johannesburg during the night, reducing to ash historic documents,23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091733event Samuel Motha, IFP chairman of Kwa-Tema branch, is shot in the head on his way to work.23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091726event A commission of inquiry into malpractices in South African prisons is ordered by the Minister of Justice, following disturbance23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091718event In the Cape Town Supreme Court a British journalist, David Rabkin, his wife, Susan, and a university lecturer, Jeremy Cronin, a23 Aug 2012✓
E-0090645event Riots continue, 4-5 September. The youth come out in the Coloured townships. Schools, libraries and a magistrate’s court are se14 Aug 2012–
E-0090604event Premier H.F. Verwoerd assumes duty as Prime Minister and announces an intensification of the apartheids policy in parliament.14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090537event Casual Day. Casual Day, started in 1995, is a fundraising project benefiting persons with disabilities. Everybody is called upo14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090483event The International Olympic Committee (IOC) passed a resolution barring any athlete from the Olympics who competes in South Afric14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090335event World War 2: East Africa. The South African Air Force flying out from Kenya bombs Italian bases in Somaliland.10 Aug 2012✓

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