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E-0076223event General Jan Smuts declares martial law in the Transvaal after mobilising the active citizen force in a bid to quell the dispute5 Mar 2012✓
E-0074614event UN General Assembly approves $416m for UN’s one-year plan to free Namibia from seventy-four years of South African rule.24 Feb 2012✓
E-0092626event Mohammed Valli Moosa, Murphy Morobe and Vusi Khanyile end their 37-day sit-in at the American Consulate-General in Johannesburg27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092531event The General Assembly of the United Nations include item on apartheid in the agenda by a vote of 45 to 6, with 8 abstentions.27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092195event Anglo-Boer War 2: In a letter to King Bhunu of Swaziland, Commander-General Piet Joubert grants the king full powers, thus virt27 Aug 2012✓
E-0090484event Police seize documents and videos from the home of the general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)14 Aug 2012✓
E-0091596event The United Nations General Assembly’s Political Committee decides to grant observer status to the ANC and the PAC. The South Af23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091347event General Koos de la Rey is buried in Lichtenburg, Transvaal, in a very tense atmosphere.  From far and near veteran officers of23 Aug 2012✓
E-0089933event Douglas Fuchs (84), one of the first full-time Afrikaans broadcasters and former director general of the SABC, dies during a bo10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089885event Former law and order minister Adriaan Vlok and former police chief Johan van der Merwe, together with former Major-General Chri10 Aug 2012✓
E-0089804event Anglo-Boer War 2 -In the Free State, Lieutenant-General E.L. Elliot’s drive ends. At the cost of only three British casualties,10 Aug 2012–
E-0091177event Anglo-Boer War 2 -In the Free State, Lieutenant-General E.L. Elliot’s drive ends. At the cost of only three British casualties,23 Aug 2012–
E-0091176event Anglo-Boer War 2 -In the Free State, Lieutenant-General E.L. Elliot’s drive ends. At the cost of only three British casualties,23 Aug 2012–
E-0090883event General Jan Christiaan Smuts (80), former prime minister of SA, dies on his farm Doornkloof, near Pretoria. The Star, 04 Sept14 Aug 2012✓
E-0083924event Minister of Justice, P.C. Pelser, announces that the attorney-general of the Transvaal is to prosecute thirty of the 357 people25 May 2012✓
E-0083852event South African Air Force pioneer Major-General Ken van der Spuy, veteran of both world wars and holder of fourteen decorations f25 May 2012✓
E-0081773event The last general election of the Union of South Africa is held.   The National Party under J.G. Strydom wins 103 seats.13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081743event The National Party of Dr D.F. Malan wins 94 of the 156 seats and the opposition 62 in the general election.13 Apr 2012✓
E-0083581event Louis Botha is to be the Union of South Africa’s first prime minister.  Herbert Gladstone, governor-general, asks him to const18 May 2012✓
E-0083354event WWII: East Africa. The 5th Indian Division, part of General William Platt’s Northern Force, takes Amba Alagi after eighteen day14 May 2012–
E-0083112event Forces of South Africa’s General Louis Botha occupy Windhoek, capital of German Southwest Africa. The dates 11 May and 13 May a11 May 2012✓
E-0083045event WWII: East Africa. The 5th Indian Division, part of General William Platt’s Northern Force, takes Amba Alagi after eighteen day11 May 2012✓
E-0082887event In preparation for the next general election, two anti-Malan parties are formed: the Federal Union Party and the Liberals (led7 May 2012✓
E-0082743event The General Election results in 123 seats for the National Party, 22 for the Conservative Party, 19 for the Progressive Federal7 May 2012✓
E-0082590event Anglo-Boer War 2: General Lord Roberts departs from Bloemfontein and begins the ‘March to Pretoria’ with almost 44,000 men, 18,3 May 2012✓
E-0082455event Adv. C.R. Swart resigns as governor-general of SA to become the first state president of SA on 31 May 1961. 30 Apr 2012–
E-0082381event Adv. C.R. Swart resigns as governor-general of SA to become the first state president of SA on 31 May 1961. 23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082190event General Erwin Rommel’s Deutsches Afrika Korps forces the British out of Halfaya Pass, just southeast of Sollum, and back to the23 Apr 2012–
E-0082187event Anglo-Boer War 2: General Jan Christiaan Smuts surrenders to the British under a flag of truce. Deneys Reitz who agrees to act23 Apr 2012–
E-0082165event General Erwin Rommel’s Deutsches Afrika Korps forces the British out of Halfaya Pass, just southeast of Sollum, and back to the23 Apr 2012✓

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