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E-0087799event A group of about 150 women occupy the Chevron Texaco Corp oil pipeline terminal in Escravos, Nigeria, trapping some 700 workers6 Jul 2012✓
E-0087767event The largest organised trek to East Africa, under Jan van Rensburg, consisting of seventy families with forty-seven wagons and s6 Jul 2012✓
E-0087760event The expedition of August Friedrich Beutler reaches Tembuland, which he enters on his map as “Tamboegies Land”. From there they6 Jul 2012✓
E-0087542event Arab horsemen led by British officer T.E. Lawrence also known as Lawrence of Arabia capture the heavily garrisoned Turkish fort28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087489event Sam Mabe, PAC member and deputy editor of the Sowetan, is shot dead in a car by two gunmen in Soweto.28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087472event Susanna Helena Kok, medical missionary of the Dutch Reformed Church and authority on leprosy who worked mainly in Nigeria, is b28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087427event William Rantoa and Kgosimang Mafora, members of the pro-Bophuthatswana faction, are killed when gunmen open fire on them at a b28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087356event Burundi and Rwanda achieve independence from Germany. They had been part of the German colony Deutsche Ostafrika and then held28 Jun 2012✓
E-0087347event Jacob Daniël du Toit (Totius) (76), SA theologian, poet and co-translator of the Bible into Afrikaans, dies in Pretoria.28 Jun 2012✓
R-0087244archive Speech BY President Nelson Mandela at the State Banquet in Honour of King Juan Carlos Cape Town, 15 February 199927 Jun 2012–
R-0087235archive Speech BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA at the State Banquet in Honour of King Juan Carlos Cape Town, 15 February 199927 Jun 2012–
E-0089603event The Commission of Inquiry into Certain Organisations submits its final report on NUSAS to Parliament. It finds that its leaders31 Jul 2012✓
E-0089591event African mineworkers’ strike, led by J.B. Marks, leader of the African Mineworkers’ Union, starts. About 60 000 miners went on s31 Jul 2012–
E-0089422event IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi reveals at the funeral of his daughter, Princess Mandisi Sibukakonke, that she died from HIV/Ai31 Jul 2012✓
E-0089390event Anglo-Boer War 2:   Lord Kitchener publishes his most famous of what the Boers call his ‘paper bombs’, proclaiming that all o31 Jul 2012✓
E-0089353event Anglo-Boer War 2: Remnants of the notorious Steinaecker’s Horse, led by Capt. Francis and fighting on British side, are surroun31 Jul 2012✓
E-0089271event The Military Council for Justice and Democracy overthrows President Taya of Mauritania in a coup, while he is in Saudi Ara27 Jul 2012✓
E-0089178event Hundreds of KwaNdebele women flee their homes to seek legal assistance to stop the tribal authority from assaulting or arrestin27 Jul 2012✓
E-0089173event SA closes its consulate in Wellington after the New Zealand prime minister cuts diplomatic ties because of SA’s racial segregat27 Jul 2012✓
E-0086480event Willem Eduard Bok, government commissioner and sub-editor of De Volksstem is born in the Netherlands.   Boksburg was later na22 Jun 2012✓
E-0086476event Germany rejects Britain’s call to effectively double aid for some of the world’s poorest countries, an adviser to Chancellor Ge22 Jun 2012✓
E-0086460event The Chairman of Armscor announces that under an agreement with a French aviation company, Mirage III and F jet fighters will be22 Jun 2012✓
E-0086293event Prime Minister Vorster holds talks with the United States Secretary of State, Dr. Kissinger, in West Germany (23-24 June).22 Jun 2012✓
E-0086232event The UN resumes food distribution in Mogadishu, Somalia, ten days after fighting between UN troops and those of warlord Mohammed15 Jun 2012✓
E-0086120event The Swaziland government welcomes South Africa’s offer to hand over parts of KaNgwane and KwaZulu to Swaziland, since, it claim15 Jun 2012✓
E-0086117event The Minister of Defence denies that South African troops are supporting Portuguese armed forces in Mozambique, as alleged by FR15 Jun 2012✓
E-0086020event United Nations (UN) troops storm the headquarters of Somali warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid in Mogadishu, but he is not there.15 Jun 2012✓
E-0088805event A White House statement, issued at the end of a visit by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, states that a tentative agreement has be20 Jul 2012✓
E-0088797event The showrooms of two car companies are wrecked in Durban by bombs, believed to have been planted by ANC guerrillas.20 Jul 2012✓
E-0088738event A meeting in Johannesburg, called by the South African Native National Congress is attended by a large number of people from th20 Jul 2012✓

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