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E-0083261event The Free Burghers sign a petition asking Jan van Riebeeck to act against the ‘Kaapmans’ (Khoi-Khoi). 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-0083146event The commission of enquiry into the Helderberg air disaster under judge Cecil Margo, reports its findings.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-0083052event Following the results obtained in the general election held in April, a new cabinet is sworn in.11 May 2012✓
R-0082932archive The (Re-)Constitution of the South African Communist Party as an Underground Organisation by Raymond Suttner8 May 2012–
E-0082906event SA signs the following international agreements: agreement concerning the establishment of diplomatic relations with Sao Tome &7 May 2012✓
E-0082780event Muhammad Siyad Barre, the Chairman Supreme Revolutionary Council (a military junta) orders the nationalisation of all foreign b7 May 2012✓
E-0082476event Captain Valentine Strasser announces the overthrow of Momoh’s APC government.   Most Sierra Leoneans welcome the coup.30 Apr 2012–
E-0082397event Captain Valentine Strasser announces the overthrow of Momoh’s APC government.   Most Sierra Leoneans welcome the coup.23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082184event Building starts on the Suez Canal under the engineer and designer Ferdinand de Lisseps (or Lesseps).23 Apr 2012–
E-0082159event Building starts on the Suez Canal under the engineer and designer Ferdinand de Lisseps (or Lesseps).23 Apr 2012✓
E-0081428event Egypt objects to calls to move the headquarters of the Arab League from Cairo to Tunis.5 Apr 2012✓
R-0081241archive Apartheid: The United Nations and the International Community - A Collection of Speeches and Papers by E.S. Reddy4 Apr 2012–
E-0081009event The Schlesinger Organisation, with government approval, forms the African Broadcasting Corporation in Johannesburg, in which th30 Mar 2012✓
E-0079733event Multilateral agreement between the governments of Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland amending the Trilateral Monetary Agreemen16 Mar 2012✓
E-0069965event A newly formed extreme right-wing organisation, the Afrikaner Resistance Movement, is being investigated by the authorities.21 Nov 2011✓
E-0070563event The Pan-Africanist Congress rejects the government’s invitation to negotiations. Newly elected PAC president, Clarence Makwetu,5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070503event The test between the SA rugby team and England in London ends in a tie with 3 each.5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070501event The ZAR government declares Kromdraai on the Witwatersrand as a digging by request of fifty-one diggers.5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070207event The Automobile Association of SA (AA) takes over the Royal Automobile Club (RAC), founded in 1901.25 Nov 2011✓
E-0071195event Archaeologists of Egypt and the US discover a fleet of ships 500 years old near the Nile.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071137event The first experimental radio broadcast in SA takes place in Johannesburg by the Western Electric Company.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0070939event Peter Mathebula, flyweight of SA, wins the world champion title of the World Boxing Association (WBA).9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070904event The United Nations General Assembly adopts two resolutions concerning South Africa’s nuclear capacity, requesting the Security9 Dec 2011–
E-0070851event The first edition of Standpunte, mouthpiece of Afrikaans poets in the ‘30s and ‘40s, is published.9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070814event The parliament of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia meets for the last time to vote itself out of existence.9 Dec 2011✓
E-0069053event Arnold Taylor, SA bantamweight champion, wins the world champion title of the World Boxing Association (WBA).1 Nov 2011✓
E-0069018event President Fouché opens the first session of the newly elected Bophuthatswana Legislative Assembly in Mafeking (Mafikeng)1 Nov 2011✓
E-0069013event British forces enter Gaza, on the western Mediterranean seashore 32 km north of the Egyptian border.1 Nov 2011✓

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