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E-0083936event New clues in the Dr Robert and Jean-Cora Smith murder investigation are discovered after twenty years.   The letters RAU TEM25 May 2012✓
E-0083887event The editor-in-chief of TV News, Joe Thloloe, resigns because of differences with Zwelakhe Sisulu, executive group head of the S25 May 2012✓
E-0083865event The Hertzog Prize is instituted by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and Ar25 May 2012✓
E-0083845event The Transkei Minister of Justice orders the Methodist Church of South Africa to cease all activities, and cede its property wit25 May 2012✓
R-0083730archive Memorandum, On Behalf Of The South African Indian Congress, To The United Nations Group Of Experts On South Africa, March 6, 196422 May 2012–
E-0082021event Bram Fischer, son of a Judge President of the Orange Free State, grandson of a Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony, lawye23 Apr 2012✓
E-0081918event Birth of Jan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck in Culemborg, the Netherlands. Van Riebeeck landed at the southern tip of Africa on 6 Ap13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081818event The first school is founded six years after Van Riebeeck’s arrival at the Cape, with sick-comforter Willem Wijland as religious13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081734event Jozua Francois (Tom) Naudé, first president of the senate of the Republic of South Africa in 1961 and acting state presi13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081703event S.G. Sekano Ntoane, church moderator and pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), is born in Hebron, Pretoria. The13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081633event Thousands of Blacks take to the streets in South Africa to protest the assassination of There are calls amongst protesters for5 Apr 2012–
E-0081582event Dr Canaan Sodindo Banana is selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe. He is officially ina5 Apr 2012–
E-0081552event August Friedrich Beutler, official of the Dutch East Indies Company and scout of the interior of SA, is born in Dinkelsbühl, G5 Apr 2012–
E-0081549event Thousands of Blacks take to the streets in South Africa to protest the assassination of There are calls amongst protesters for5 Apr 2012✓
E-0083692event Kamuzu Banda of Malawi, Africa’s longest ruling dictator with thirty years at the helm, concedes defeat to Bakili Muluzi in the18 May 2012✓
E-0083670event About 5 000 people gather on the Parade in Cape town to protest against the decision of Lord Grey, British colonial minister, t18 May 2012✓
E-0083627event In East Africa’s worst marine disaster, a Tanzanian ferry capsizes on Lake Victoria near the western town of Mwanza. Of the est18 May 2012✓
E-0083557event In a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament it is unanimously agreed to re-entrench the language rights in the constitution18 May 2012✓
E-0083509event A bomb blast damages Melrose House in Pretoria, where the peace treaty between the two Boer Republics and Britain was signed in18 May 2012✓
E-0083469event A three-day Seminar on the Future Role of the United Nations in Helping Address South Africa’s Socio-economic Problems is held18 May 2012✓
E-0083456event Dr Victorio Carpio of the Philippines falls ill after his visit, together with Dr Salvadore Martinez de Alva, to the Transkei.18 May 2012✓
E-0083372event Rebels led by Laurent Kabila take control of Kinshasa, capital of Zaire now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after overrun14 May 2012–
E-0083369event An historic four hour meeting is held between the Council of Mining Unions, representing White miners; the NUM; Mr Adriaan Vlok14 May 2012–
E-0083273event Anglo-Boer War 2:  The first ‘Mafeking night”. In an unprecedented display of public emotions, life in the great cities in Bri14 May 2012✓
E-0083271event Anglo-Boer War 2:  After 216 days Boer forces abandon the siege of Mafeking and Colonel Mahon’s relief column enters the town.14 May 2012✓
E-0083141event A powerful bomb damages the office of the West Rand Administration Board in Meadowlands, Soweto, at 7:00 pm. No one is injured.11 May 2012–
E-0083102event Florence Nightingale, British nurse in the Crimean War, is born. Nurses in SA undertake to honour the oath of Florence Nighting11 May 2012✓
E-0083063event Rebels led by Laurent Kabila take control of Kinshasa, capital of Zaire now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after overrun11 May 2012✓
E-0083060event An historic four hour meeting is held between the Council of Mining Unions, representing White miners; the NUM; Mr Adriaan Vlok11 May 2012✓
E-0082911event Deputy President F.W. de Klerk announces that the National Party is to withdraw from the Government of National Unity on June 37 May 2012✓

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