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E-0081069event Cape Governor Lord Charles Somerset concludes a treaty with the Xhosa chief, Gaika. Gaika thus received British help when his u30 Mar 2012✓
E-0079849event Johan Papenfus, a SA Defence Force rifleman captured in Angola nearly a year previously, returns to South Africa from Cuba. His19 Mar 2012✓
E-0069986event Egyptian premier Saad Zaghloel (Zaghlol) Pasja resigns after his refusal to apologise to Britain for the assassination of Gener21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069908event Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s former financial adviser, Addy Moolman, is to finally start serving his four-year jail sentence, Pr21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069725event A suicide bomber blasts his way into the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, setting off a powerful explosion that kills sixteen peo11 Nov 2011✓
E-0069647event Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts an invitation to visit Israel. The Egyptian foreign minister and his deputy resign ov11 Nov 2011✓
E-0070470event Sir Otto John Beit (65), financier, philanthropist and younger brother of Alfred Beit, dies on his birthday in London.5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070461event In German South West Africa Captain Kurt von François moves his administrative headquarters to Windhoek, seven months after er5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070239event J.G. Strijdom, in his first public appearance as Prime Minister, tells a National Party gathering in Pretoria that nothing will25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070977event Clarence Mlokoti, a founder member of Kaizer Chiefs, is shot dead by hijackers when they try to take his car.9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070858event J.F. Wenzel presents his credentials to President Banda as South Africa’s first Chargé d’Affaires and head of legation i9 Dec 2011–
E-0069071event President Thabo Mbeki congratulates President George W. Bush on his election for a second term as president of the United State1 Nov 2011✓
E-0073457event Sir Gordon Sprigg forms his first ministry in the Cape at the request of the governor, Sir Bartle Frere.31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073452event Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel apologises for his country’s role in the 1961 assassination of then-Congolese leader Patr31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073775event Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Buller starts his fourth attempt to relieve Ladysmith, Natal. The British withdraw from their positions31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073768event Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff assumes governorship at the Cape. Graaff-Reinet is named after him and his wife.31 Jan 2012✓
E-0072783event Bishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Martin Luther King, Jr, Non-Violent Peace Prize for his anti-apartheid activities.16 Jan 2012✓
E-0072434event Paedophile Gert van Rooyen and his mistress, Joey Haarhoff, commit suicide in Pretoria while being pursued by the police.16 Jan 2012✓
E-0072420event General Louis Botha, as chairman of the Boer committee, announces his intention of convening public meetings in Transvaal distr16 Jan 2012✓
E-0073152event William Anderson Bloomfield, Victoria Cross winner during WW1, is born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His parents came to South Africa27 Jan 2012✓
E-0071760event Adam Faith suspends his concert tour of South Africa, because the government prohibits him to perform before mixed audiences.6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071534event Voortrekker leaders Andries Hendrik Potgieter and Gerrit (Gert) Maritz, each with his own men, leave for Western Transvaal to p14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071417event Commodore Dieter Gerhardt, former commanding officer of the Simonstown naval base, and his wife Ruth Gerhardt, are sentenced to14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071370event Dr Joosub Hajee Suliman Ebrahim, recipient of the “Order for Meritorious Service Class 1: Gold” for his contribution as busines14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071344event Jan van Riebeeck writes in his diary that the first two pounds of butter was churned at the Cape.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071369event The first airmail in SA, consisting of 730 post cards, is flown eight kilometres by Evelyn Driver in his Bleriot plane from Ken14 Dec 2011✓
B-0149677biography Sadecque Variava 1949✓
B-0150270biography Simon Gqubule1928-2016✓
B-0122626biography Frank Alexander Landman1918-1990–
B-0070720biography Sefako Mapogo Makgatho1861-1951✓

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