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E-0081772event Cornelis Christiaan Nepgen, Dutch Reformed missionary in the Transkei, retires after thirty-five years of service.  He wrote ‘13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081745event Riotous Assemblies and Suppression of Communism Amendment Act No 15 commences. It contains banning powers over publications dee13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081735event The Katanga Company is formed in Brussels to exploit copper deposits in the Katanga area of Central Africa.13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081718event Siphiwe Mthimkulu and Topsie Madaka disappear in Port Elizabeth during the institution of lawsuit proceedings against the Minis13 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-0081638event Voortrekker leader Louis Trichardt reaches Lourenço Marques (Maputo) after setting out from the Zoutpansberg in August of the5 Apr 2012✓
E-0081635event Following the discovery of coelacanths in Jesser Canyon off Sodwana Bay, Kwazulu-Natal, in October 2000, the multidisciplinary5 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-0081594event Pfizer Inc. agrees to supply AIDS patients attending public hospitals with an unlimited two-year supply of fluconozale.5 Apr 2012–
E-0081593event Pfizer Inc. agrees to supply AIDS patients attending public hospitals with an unlimited two-year supply of fluconozale.5 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-0081551event Following the discovery of coelacanths in Jesser Canyon off Sodwana Bay, Kwazulu-Natal, in October 2000, the multidisciplinary5 Apr 2012✓
E-0083661event South Africa is represented, for the first time, officially at a meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) w18 May 2012✓
E-0083657event British prime minister Margaret Thatcher still refuses to impose sanctions on South Africa despite reports of yesterday’s raids18 May 2012✓
E-0083650event A referendum in the Cameroons approves the country’s change from a federation into a unitary state, the United Republic of Came18 May 2012✓
E-0083612event A total of thirty-two organisations join to form the United Democratic Front (UDF) to oppose the constitutional proposals.18 May 2012–
E-0083611event A total of thirty-two organisations join to form the United Democratic Front (UDF) to oppose the constitutional proposals.18 May 2012✓
E-0083595event Three Bills dealing with the future of the Coloured population are passed: The Coloured Persons-Representative Council Amendme18 May 2012–
E-0083594event Three Bills dealing with the future of the Coloured population are passed: The Coloured Persons-Representative Council Amendme18 May 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-0083498event General Raoul Salan, the Commander-in-Chief of the French army in Algiers formally recognises the Algerian juntas.18 May 2012✓
E-0083427event Human rights organisation Amnesty International marks forty years of activism. The organisation, which won the Nobel Prize in 118 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-0083342event The Sultan of Egypt and his son Ashraf take Acre, the last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land.14 May 2012–
E-0083310event The Advocate General Bill is introduced by L. Muller, Minister of Transport, against strong opposition from the Progressive Fed14 May 2012✓

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