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E-0083249event Simon Nxumalo, Chairman of the IFP Alexandra branch is shot and killed in an assassination incident.14 May 2012✓
E-0083235event Johannes Hendricus Meiring Beck (63), Union minister, composer and medical practitioner, dies in Rosebank, Cape Town.14 May 2012✓
E-0083162event Paulus Johannes Hartogh, the first baby to be born on the Witwatersrand, is born in Ferreiraskamp.11 May 2012✓
E-0083070event Gen. Louis Botha lays the corner stone of the Dutch Reformed church in Bosman street, Pretoria.11 May 2012✓
E-0083034event Joachim A. van Plettenberg is sworn in as governor of the Cape after Ryk Tulbach passed away.11 May 2012✓
E-0082871event Zacharias Wagenaer, commander of the Cape who succeeded Jan van Riebeeck, is born in Dresden, Germany.7 May 2012✓
E-0082781event Prime Minister Vorster emphasises the need for continuing his policy of increasing détente in Southern Africa.7 May 2012✓
E-0082745event P.W. Botha resigns from the National Party in protest against President F.W. de Klerk’s reform proposals.7 May 2012✓
E-0082632event The Minister of Labour, S.P. Botha, says that the government accepts the Wiehahn Report in principle.3 May 2012✓
E-0082571event In a statement congratulating ANC President Nelson Mandela on his election victory, the United Nations Educational Scientific a3 May 2012✓
E-0082570event At their annual meeting in Sweden, Nordic development ministers decided to continue support to the ANC.3 May 2012–
E-0082569event At their annual meeting in Sweden, Nordic development ministers decided to continue support to the ANC.3 May 2012✓
E-0082515event Cosatu describes the privatisation of public corporations as ‘theft’ in its May Day message to members.30 Apr 2012✓
E-0082509event In response to the Yemen dispute, Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser threatens to invade Saudi Arabia.30 Apr 2012✓
E-0082356event Following a spate of court actions involving alleged assaults, tortures in detention and other irregularities, the KwaNdebele L23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082350event Hendrik Lodewyk (Hennie) Roux, Afrikaans cultural leader and co-founder of the Rapportryersbeweging, dies in Johannesburg.23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082278event South Africa’s diplomatic representation in Taiwan has been raised from Consulate-General to full ambassadorial level.23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082089event Dr Abraham J. van der Merwe (81), chairman of the Van Riebeeck fête committee in 1952, dies.23 Apr 2012–
E-0081144event The Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwysersunie, counterpart of the South African Teachers’ Association, is founded in Cape Town.30 Mar 2012✓
E-0081078event Anglo-Boer War 2: The Orange Free State Volksraad meets in Kroonstad for its last formal session.30 Mar 2012✓
E-0079767event Jim Mollison completes his epic flight from England to Cape Town in just over 114 hours.19 Mar 2012✓
E-0070031event General Joseph Mobutu, later known as Mobutu Sese Seko, deposes President Joseph Kasavubu in the Congo.21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069720event Fawcett Mathebe, ANC Youth League member, is knifed and killed and his car stolen in Soweto.11 Nov 2011✓
E-0069656event Military rule is re-imposed in Nigeria when General Sani Abacha ousts civilian leader Ernest Shonekan. 11 Nov 2011✓
E-0069629event The first gas lamp in Johannesburg is installed outside the landdros office on the Market Square.11 Nov 2011✓
E-0069553event Adriaan Johannes Begemann, clergyman, librarian and first permanent minister of the Nederduitsche Hervormde Kerk in Pretoria, d11 Nov 2011✓
E-0070605event Suzette van der Merwe, former Miss South Africa, marries Owen Goss in Mulders Drift, near Krugersdorp.5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070494event The Commonwealth extends Zimbabwe’s suspension, imposed in 2002. Mugabe announces the country’s withdrawal from the organisatio5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070271event Dr John Medley Wood, collector of mainly Natal plant species, is born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England.25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070214event Red Cross says clan battles in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu have killed more than 1 000 people.25 Nov 2011✓

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