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E-0089951event Nigeria’s Federal troops have launched a major offensive against multiple targets in Biafra. Despite claims of 2,000 people bei10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089916event At the National Party Annual Congress in Durban, President P.W. Botha rules out any possibility of a Black majority government10 Aug 2012–
E-0089915event At the National Party Annual Congress in Durban, President P.W. Botha rules out any possibility of a Black majority government10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089912event Sudanese rebel group claims responsibility for shooting down Sudan Airways passenger plane in which all sixty people aboard wer10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089840event The Orange River is named in honour of Prince William V of Orange by the Dutch discoverer Col. Robert Gordon.10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089833event IFP political director, Ziba Jiyane, is appointed secretary-general of the party at its annual general conference in Ulundi.10 Aug 2012–
E-0089822event The ‘Committee of 81’, representing all Coloured schools and colleges in the Western Cape, decides to end class boycotts.10 Aug 2012–
E-0089791event Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Velayati, visits South Africa in connection with South Africa’s agreement to store and mark10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089779event Addressing the National Party’s Natal Provincial Congress in Durban, the Prime Minister puts forward a twelve-point plan for ac10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089778event Elections are held in Venda (15-16 Aug). Traditionalist Chief Patrick R. Mphephu is returned to power despite electoral victory10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089760event Thomas Edward Lawrence, called Lawrence of Arabia (1888-1935), British adventurer, soldier, and author, is born in Tremadoc, Wa10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089743event The United Democratic Front (UDF), having decided in March 1991 that the organisation should disband, holds its final meeting i10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089724event Jack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best-known plastic and reconstruction surgeons, is born in Cape Town.10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089708event Sam de Beer, former leader of the National Party in Gauteng, resigns and joins the United Democratic Movement (UDM).10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089706event Heavy fighting rages in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, between forces of the president and those of a former military ruler.10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089699event SADF soldiers surround the Thaba-Juluba high school in Soweto and arrest 200 students during a clampdown on school boycotts.10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089692event Umkhonto and ZAPU guerrillas engaged Rhodesian forces in Wankie (now Hwange) Game Reserve, near border of Zambia and Botswana.10 Aug 2012–
E-0089675event Sydney Smith Bell, judge in the Cape Colony, is appointed as chief justice and president of the legislative assembly.10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089667event In the German village of Herrnhut, religious reformer Count Nicolaus von Zinzendorf, aged 27, organises a group of Bohemian Pro10 Aug 2012✓
E-0091207event The ‘Committee of 81’, representing all Coloured schools and colleges in the Western Cape, decides to end class boycotts.23 Aug 2012–
E-0091206event The ‘Committee of 81’, representing all Coloured schools and colleges in the Western Cape, decides to end class boycotts.23 Aug 2012–
E-0091164event A truck belonging to Boeremag member Lets Pretorius is found in Lichtenburg with weapons and other supplies. Pretorius is arres23 Aug 2012–
E-0091136event Erasmus Smit, religious leader of the Voortrekkers, is ordained as missionary in Torenberg (now Colesberg) by the Reverend Jame23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091093event Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Velayati, visits South Africa in connection with South Africa’s agreement to store and mark14 Aug 2012–
E-0091079event Addressing the National Party’s Natal Provincial Congress in Durban, the Prime Minister puts forward a twelve-point plan for ac14 Aug 2012–
E-0091078event Elections are held in Venda (15-16 Aug). Traditionalist Chief Patrick R. Mphephu is returned to power despite electoral victory14 Aug 2012–
E-0091077event Elections are held in Venda (15-16 Aug). Traditionalist Chief Patrick R. Mphephu is returned to power despite electoral victory14 Aug 2012–
E-0091052event Thomas Edward Lawrence, called Lawrence of Arabia (1888-1935), British adventurer, soldier, and author, is born in Tremadoc, Wa14 Aug 2012–
E-0090963event Richard Victor Selope Thema, politician, journalist and newspaper editor of i.e. The Bantu World, dies in Orlando West, Johanne14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090925event Dr. H. Muller is elected as the National Party’s leader in the Transvaal, following the resignation of B. Schoeman. His electio14 Aug 2012✓

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