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E-0081604event Anglo-Boer War 2: Emily Hobhouse witnesses the clearing of Warrenton and the dispatch of people in open coal trucks. The people5 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-0083662event The government in Kinshasa lifts the quarantine on the region affected by the killer Ebola virus, allowing free travel for the18 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-0083484event Capt. Smith attacks Andries Pretorius at Congella in Natal.  Smith is defeated, seventeen men are killed and thirty-one are wo18 May 2012✓
E-0083479event Troops loyal to Congo’s new president, Laurent Kabila, break up protests in Kinshasa just a week after his forces enter the cap18 May 2012✓
E-0083477event Seven French Trappist monks have been killed in Algeria two months after their kidnap by Islamic extremists of the Armed Islami18 May 2012✓
E-0083472event President Nelson Mandela opens his State of the Nation Address to Parliament in Cape Town by quoting from Ingrid Jonker’s poem18 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-0083398event Dr Carel de Wet, grandson of Gen. C.R. de Wet, former minister of health and diplomat, is born in Memel, OFS.18 May 2012✓
E-0083392event In an attempt to unite the two Boer republics, the commandoes of the Free State and Transvaal (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek) con18 May 2012✓
E-0083319event Two White men are killed and twelve Africans injured in a clash between mine officials and miners outside the number one shaft14 May 2012✓
E-0083281event Britain, France, and Spain sign the Pact of Cartagena – an agreement to maintain the status quo in the Mediterranean and West14 May 2012✓
E-0083256event Flights between the UK and Kenya are suspended amid fears of an attack by al-Qaeda on targets in East Africa.14 May 2012✓
E-0083221event A Nigerian freighter with 3 500 Liberian war refugees is allowed to dock in Ghana after being turned away from African ports fo11 May 2012✓
E-0083207event The government grants an amnesty in celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Republic. Over 30,000 prisoners stand to benefi11 May 2012✓
E-0083203event Matome Maponya, chair/owner of several food companies in his name and deputy chair of the Agricultural and Rural Development Co11 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-0083110event Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Roberts enters Kroonstad. President M.T. Steyn proclaims Heilbron in the Orange Free State as his new ca11 May 2012✓
E-0082908event The Australian Government announces that it would give an extra 8 million Australian Dollars in aid to South Africa over the ne7 May 2012–
E-0082887event In preparation for the next general election, two anti-Malan parties are formed: the Federal Union Party and the Liberals (led7 May 2012✓
E-0082856event A Second Defence Amendment Bill passes its final stages in the House of Assembly, with the support of the entire opposition. Th7 May 2012✓
E-0082753event Presidents Joaquim Chissano and Nelson Mandela sign an agreement to allow South African farmers to settle and farm land in Moza7 May 2012✓
E-0082743event The General Election results in 123 seats for the National Party, 22 for the Conservative Party, 19 for the Progressive Federal7 May 2012✓
E-0082677event The Bulls convincingly beat the Reds 92-3 in a Super 14 match played on Loftus, Pretoria, following a 38-3 lead at half time. T3 May 2012✓
E-0082660event Over 7,000 people attend a rally in Pretoria to mark the foundation on 4 May 1984 of the Afrikaner Volkswag (People’s Guard), a3 May 2012✓
E-0082625event ’Die Stem van Suid-Afrika’ (The Call of South Africa) is unanimously accepted as only official anthem in Parliament. The Englis3 May 2012✓
E-0082586event In reply to a letter by the Rev. John Ayliff, missionary amongst the Fingos (Mfengu), on behalf of this landless society, Sir B3 May 2012✓

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