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E-0072427event Nigerian Army chief, General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, briefly takes power in a military coup. Over fifty government officials are16 Jan 2012✓
E-0073436event State President P.W. Botha outlines a new economic policy in his opening of Parliament speech, centred on privatisation, deregu31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073433event Neil Aggett, South African worker’s union leader, commits suicide while in detention, allegedly by hanging himself with a scarf31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073372event Herero Revolt in German South West Africa: Omaruru is relieved after a fierce battle between Franke and the Ovaherero.31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073365event James Chapman (90) dies in Kimberley. He was the first explorer who took photographs of places he visited.31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073361event More than 1000 people are reported drowned or missing when an Egyptian ferry sinks in the Red Sea.31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073309event A powerful explosion in Lagos, Nigeria, destroys a bank, killing thirty-three people.   Rioting and looting break out as hund31 Jan 2012–
E-0073259event An Air Senegal plane carrying European tourists crashes in Senegal, killing at least twenty people and injuring thirty.31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073201event In his opening speech to Parliament, President Botha outlines government policy on the restoration of South African citizenship31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073177event World Leprosy Day: Hundreds of representatives from leprosy non-governmental organisations gather in South Africa from 30 Janua27 Jan 2012✓
E-0073159event Martial law is imposed in Egypt as King Farouk dismisses the premier Nahas Pasha and his Wafdist government.27 Jan 2012✓
E-0073059event Former Egyptian princess Fawzia bint Fuad, 84, dies in Lausanne, Switzerland, after a long struggle with cancer. Princess Fawzi20 Jan 2012✓
E-0073051event Niger’s first democratically elected president, Mahamane Ousmane, is ousted in a coup and army Col Barre Mainassara Ibrahim tak20 Jan 2012✓
E-0072984event Robey Leibbrandt, Olympic boxer and staunch supporter of the Ossewabrandwag (an Afrikaner patriotic movement), is born in Potch20 Jan 2012✓
E-0072976event Rev. Modisele, ANC, NECC, is killed in Heidelberg, Transvaal. His burnt body is found with a Bible on it.20 Jan 2012✓
E-0072964event Daily News photographer Laurie Bloomfield takes a picture of rioting in Cato Manor, which is immediately published around the w20 Jan 2012✓
E-0071833event The Secretary-General submits a report to the Security Council with recommendations for the observation of elections in South A6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071828event Security Police in Port Elizabeth, detain three black civil rights leaders after the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation (P6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071775event At its eightieth anniversary celebration in Bloemfontein, the ANC presents its post-apartheid policies and launches its elector6 Jan 2012–
E-0071767event ANC President Oliver Tambo declares, at a gathering in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the f6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071757event Esther Susanna Mentz, soprano, actress and pioneer in various cultural fields including the first Afrikaans films, marries Gide6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071642event The first independent newspaper, the South African Commercial Advertiser, is published in Cape Town, edited by Thomas Pringle a14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071633event General Bantu Holomisa, who ousted Stella Sigcau in a coup, appoints himself as the Transkei’s military and government chief.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071547event Several ANC members detained in Swaziland decide to leave the country voluntarily for Mozambique. A further group of seventeen14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071523event The Centre against Apartheid is established in the United Nations Secretariat, with E. S. Reddy, Chief of Section for African A14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071514event Maruping Sebastian Bonokwane, trade unionist and MEC for Economic Affairs and Tourism in the Northern Cape Provincial governmen14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071479event Government extended orders, in force since March, prohibiting anti-government groups from holding meetings, for another six mon14 Dec 2011–
E-0071446event A flight instructor and an Italian student die when their Piper Cherokee crashes at Boesmansrivier in the Eastern Cape.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071436event Eleven residents are killed by vigilantes in clashes between ‘Fathers’ and ‘Comrades’, following the killing of a community cou14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071435event Winnie Mandela is arrested for contravening a banning order prohibiting her from being in the magisterial district of Johannesb14 Dec 2011–

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