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E-0083993event A severe hailstorm hits Natal, wreaking havoc on the colony’s agriculture and economy, already in a weak position because of a25 May 2012✓
E-0083982event Guy Tachard, a French astronomer, sets up an observatory in die Company Gardens at the Cape of Good Hope.25 May 2012✓
E-0083909event Nineteen South African passport holders are deported from the Democratic Republic of Congo for their alleged involvement in a c25 May 2012✓
E-0082071event Abraham Jacobus Kotzé de Klerk, missionary of the Dutch Reformed Church in Ceylon, is born in Garies, Namaqualand.23 Apr 2012–
E-0082017event Abraham Jacobus Kotzé de Klerk, missionary of the Dutch Reformed Church in Ceylon, is born in Garies, Namaqualand.23 Apr 2012✓
E-0081980event The treaty of friendship between Egypt and Iraq, first pact between Egypt and another Arab state, is signed.23 Apr 2012✓
E-0081891event Hendrik Jacobus Coetzee (Kobie), Minister of Justice in the previous government, is born in Ladybrand, Orange Free State.13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081823event John Bird, civil servant, scholar and the father of historical study in Natal, is born in Rondebosch, Cape.  13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081782event Abdelaziz Bouteflika, favoured by the powerful military is elected president of Algeria. His opponents, who withdraw to protest13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081772event Cornelis Christiaan Nepgen, Dutch Reformed missionary in the Transkei, retires after thirty-five years of service.  He wrote ‘13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081705event Colin Wells Eglin, leader of the Progressive Federal Party, 1971-78, is born in Sea Point, Cape Town.13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081645event Sir Donald Currie, shipping magnate and donor of the Currie Cup sporting trophy, dies in Sidmouth, Devon, England.5 Apr 2012✓
E-0081616event Dr Jonas Salk develops a vaccine against polio. With the help of this vaccine, polio was obliterated from SA.5 Apr 2012–
E-0081615event Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan, Commissioner of the South African Revenue Service and former ANC MP, is born in Durban.5 Apr 2012–
E-0081613event C. Louis Leipoldt (66), SA author, poet, physician and connoisseur of the SA culinary art, dies in Cape Town.5 Apr 2012–
E-0081605event Anglo-Boer War 2: Peace negotiations commence in Pretoria between delegations of the Boer Republics and General Lord Kitchener5 Apr 2012–
E-0081557event Anglo-Boer War 2: General Kemp, in charge of the Lemmer, Du Toit, Liebenberg, Celliers, and Potgieter commandos (approximately5 Apr 2012–
E-0083525event Arthur Conan Doyle, medic during Anglo-Boer War 2 and subsequent author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, is born.18 May 2012✓
E-0083402event Tribal clashes continue to take place in Pondoland (Transkei) between supporters and opponents of the African territorial autho18 May 2012✓
E-0083373event Sierra Leone’s government and the country’s rebels agree to a cease-fire to end seven years of savage fighting.14 May 2012–
E-0083064event Sierra Leone’s government and the country’s rebels agree to a cease-fire to end seven years of savage fighting.11 May 2012✓
E-0082898event Jabulani Maluleke, secretary of the COSAS Soweto branch, disappears after allegedly being arrested by railway police while retu7 May 2012✓
E-0082820event John Vorster declares that he has personally authorised the Department of Information to use secret funds without Parliamentary7 May 2012✓
E-0082810event WWII: Final Allied Offensive, Tunisia. Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet launches Op7 May 2012✓
E-0082779event The Deputy Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, M.C. Botha, announces in Parliament that Local Authorities must is7 May 2012✓
E-0082565event Victor Sidney Norton, journalist and first South African-born editor of the Cape Times, dies in Cape Town.3 May 2012✓
E-0082489event João Albasini, trader in SA, Bantu commissioner and White chief of the Magwamba tribe, is born in Portugal.30 Apr 2012✓
E-0082274event Sierra Leone achieves independence after more than 150 years of British rule and becomes a republic within the Commonwealth. 23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082228event Peter Allan, physician, health administrator and founder of the Nelspoort Sanatorium, first tuberculosis hospital in SA, is bor23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082181event Olof Martin(i) Bergh, secretary of the Political Council and acting fiscal and auctioneer, is born in Cape Town.23 Apr 2012–

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