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E-0083090event The Anti-Apartheid Movement in London ends its seventeen-year boycott of Barclays Bank for its South African ties.11 May 2012✓
E-0083056event Peter Loubser Were Becker, writer of several popular historic books on African people and their customs, dies instantly after b11 May 2012–
R-0082923archive Dr James Moroka with Hendrik Verwoerd on the tour of the Native Trust - The Friend Bloemfontein, 12 September 19518 May 2012–
E-0082907event The Canadian Government announces the extension of a General Preferential Tariff (GPT) to South Africa, making it easier for So7 May 2012–
E-0082904event The Azanian People’s Organisation and the Pan Africanist Congress announce they are to work towards the formation of a patrioti7 May 2012✓
E-0082873event Governor Sir Benjamin D’Urban issues a proclamation extending the boundary of the Cape Colony eastwards from the Keiskamma to t7 May 2012✓
E-0082853event Opening the first Legislative session of the Transkei-Legislative Assembly, President Swart says that the Transkei now has an a7 May 2012✓
E-0082846event Five days after Italy captured the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, Mussolini annexes Ethiopia and announces that Abyssinia is7 May 2012✓
E-0082816event Chief Leabua Jonathan, leader of the Basutoland National Party, which is to form the Protectorate’s first government, tells pol7 May 2012✓
E-0082803event A combined force of British soldiers and armed Blacks attempts to surround General C.H. Muller’s commando, commanded in his abs7 May 2012✓
E-0082772event WWII: East Africa. Naval bases of Antsirañana and Diego Suarez, Madagascar are surrendered to the British by Vichy forces.7 May 2012✓
E-0082767event The ‘Volksraad’ of the ZAR gathers for the last time in Pretoria and is addressed by Pres. Paul Kruger.7 May 2012✓
E-0082757event Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille is elected with overwhelming majority as head of the country’s official opposition, the Democratic7 May 2012✓
E-0082733event The British Lions rugby team leaves London to begin a controversial twenty-two-match tour of South Africa and Rhodesia.7 May 2012✓
E-0082672event United States President Bill Clinton announces the doubling of $600 million United States assistance to South Africa over the n3 May 2012✓
E-0082658event Dr Eschel Rhoodie, SA secretary of Information, in a sensational statement reveals that payments made by him from a secret fund3 May 2012✓
E-0082655event P.W. Botha, the Minister of Defence, announces that an air-to-air projectile has been perfected by South Africa.3 May 2012✓
E-0082649event In an attempt to defuse the escalating tension in Morocco, France allows Germany to use the port of Casablanca.3 May 2012✓
E-0082587event Prof. François Ernst Johannes Malherbe, lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch and literary critic, is born in the distric3 May 2012✓
E-0082555event The court finds Abram Fischer guilty on all fifteen counts of the indictment, including alleged sabotage, Communist Party membe3 May 2012–
E-0082554event The court finds Abram Fischer guilty on all fifteen counts of the indictment, including alleged sabotage, Communist Party membe3 May 2012✓
E-0082454event The SA rugby team beats Scotland in Port Elizabeth 18-10 in the only test match of the series.30 Apr 2012–
E-0082453event Mbhazima Samuel Shilowa, premier of Gauteng since 15 June 1999, is born in Olifantshoek, a village in the Northern Province.30 Apr 2012–
E-0082445event Daniël Jacobus Erasmus (83), former acting state president of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Nov. 1871-July 1972), dies in B30 Apr 2012–
E-0082380event The SA rugby team beats Scotland in Port Elizabeth 18-10 in the only test match of the series.23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082379event Mbhazima Samuel Shilowa, premier of Gauteng since 15 June 1999, is born in Olifantshoek, a village in the Northern Province.23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082371event Daniël Jacobus Erasmus (83), former acting state president of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Nov. 1871-July 1972), dies in B23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082358event Alinah Smith (52), mother of an ANC Youth League Official, is killed when a hand grenade explodes in her house.23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082306event Louis-Herbert Lyautey is appointed as the first Resident-General of Morocco, with a particular instruction to suppress anti-Fre23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082298event Pandemonium breaks loose when Sepp Blatter, the chairperson of Fifa, the soccer world governing body, and his entourage enters23 Apr 2012✓

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