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E-0089342event Locust swarms ravaging crops in parts of North Africa invade the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott stripping trees bare.31 Jul 2012✓
E-0089282event Anglo-Boer War 2:   Lord Methuen, British general, destroys the village of Schweizer-Reneke, burning every building, leaving31 Jul 2012✓
E-0089253event University of Cape Town students disrupt an annual campus dinner, forcing guest speaker Dennis Worrall to leave.27 Jul 2012✓
E-0089227event The first 1 700 Rwandan refugees begin returning home, despite fear of reprisals from the new Tutsi government.27 Jul 2012–
E-0089226event The first 1 700 Rwandan refugees begin returning home, despite fear of reprisals from the new Tutsi government.27 Jul 2012✓
E-0089217event A defiance campaign by the Mass Democratic Movement against apartheid laws starts by challenging the segregation of hospitals a27 Jul 2012✓
E-0089147event Reginald Rooseveldt MacIntyre Ndumiso Cingo, evangelist and educationist who was headmaster of the first secondary day school f27 Jul 2012–
E-0086440event British forces capture Cairo and the French begin withdrawing from Egypt in one of the Napoleonic Wars.22 Jun 2012✓
E-0086306event The Cotonou Agreement, a trade and aid framework, of which SA is a member, is signed in Cotonou, Benin.22 Jun 2012✓
E-0086301event The General Assembly approves the credentials of the South African delegation, after decades as an international outcast.22 Jun 2012✓
E-0086294event The Chief Executive Officer of the KaNgwane Territorial Authority, Chief M. Dhlamini, is removed from office following a vote o22 Jun 2012✓
E-0086273event Hermanus Stephanus Bosman, minister of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk and champion for Christian National Schools (CNO –skol22 Jun 2012✓
E-0086139event Sir Christoffel Joseph Brand, advocate, journalist and first Speaker of the Cape Parliament, is born in Simonstown.15 Jun 2012✓
E-0086066event Stephanus Schoeman (80), commandant-general in the Soutpansberg area and later of the ZAR, dies in Pretoria.15 Jun 2012✓
E-0086037event Dr Louis Luyt, SA businessman, politician and former president of the SA Rugby Football Union, is born.15 Jun 2012✓
R-0089092archive ”Urban Native Legislation”. Address by R. H. Godlo, President, Location Advisory Boards’ Congress of South Africa, December 19, 192920 Jul 2012–
E-0088912event Anton (Anthony) Muziwakhe Lembede (born in January 1914), teacher, lawyer, politician and principal architect of African nation20 Jul 2012✓
E-0088910event The SA Communist Party is founded at a conference of socialist parties in Cape Town (27 July 3 August).20 Jul 2012✓
E-0088896event The official launch of the South African Communist Party (SACP) as an above-ground organisation takes place.20 Jul 2012✓
E-0088874event Professor Maarten Christiaan Roode, first music professor of the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education and co20 Jul 2012✓
E-0088790event President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt creates a crisis by nationalising the British and French-owned Suez Canal.20 Jul 2012✓
E-0088767event The Queen opens the Commonwealth Games in Manchester with a spectacular ceremony in front of 38,000 people.20 Jul 2012✓
E-0088763event Prof. Johan Combrink (60), Afrikaans lecturer and linguist, dies in Stellenbosch of complications following an asthma attack.20 Jul 2012✓
E-0088759event St James Church massacre. Azanian Peoples’ Liberation Army (APLA the armed wing of the Pan-Africanist Congress)20 Jul 2012✓
E-0088750event Congresses of both the Progressive and the Reform parties, held simultaneously in Johannesburg, unanimously approve the merger20 Jul 2012–
E-0088712event Dissatisfaction with the Coloured Persons Representative Council (CPRC) climaxes with a motion of no confidence in separate dev20 Jul 2012✓
E-0088709event Fietas, Johannesburg: Mr. Mahomed Suliman Bhana is released and given a remission of ten days for good behaviour.20 Jul 2012–
E-0085951event Federale Volksbeleggings Bpk. (F.V.B.) and Bonus Investment Corporation of South Africa Ltd. (Bonuscor) establish the mining an15 Jun 2012✓
E-0085920event Nigeria’s new military leadership releases nine of the country’s most prominent political prisoners, including Gen. Olusegun Ob8 Jun 2012–
E-0085919event Nigeria’s new military leadership releases nine of the country’s most prominent political prisoners, including Gen. Olusegun Ob8 Jun 2012✓

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