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E-0071163event Gen. Manie (Salomon Gerhardus) Maritz, member of the brave Danie Theron scout corps in Anglo-Boer War 2 and one of the leaders14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071032event WWII: Dan Pienaar gains distinction in an attack on the Italian outpost of El Wak and is awarded the Distinguished Service Orde9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070933event Edries Burton, Santos soccer player who was awarded Kick Off’s accolade for the Most Appearances of the Decade, is born in Heid9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070887event Anglo-Boer War 2: Winston Churchill climbs over the yard wall of the State Model School in Pretoria where he has been imprisone9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070881event On his last voyage of discovery in the Resolution and the Discovery, Capt. James Cook finds a group of islands, which he named9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070843event A further 2,147 mile section of the Cape-to-Cairo Railroad is completed when lines meet at the Sudan-Congo border. africanhisto9 Dec 2011–
E-0070837event James Dube, a minor Zulu chief converted by the Rev. Daniel Lindley, is ordained as minister. James was the father of John Lang9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070836event Robert Koch, German scientist who visited SA to investigate the causes of rinderpest, is born in Germany. He was awarded the No9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070807event Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, the first Black African to win the Nobel Peace Prize, collects his prize for 1960 in Oslo, Norway.9 Dec 2011✓
E-0073492event In a meeting between Pres. Mbeki and Pres. Hu Jintao of China in the Union Buildings, Pretoria, the two leaders agree to intens31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073474event Israelis sink a 700-ton Egyptian minelayer in the Gulf of Suez in reprisal for the sinking of two Israeli ships at Elath. 31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073458event William Ayliff is appointed minister of “Bantu Affairs” in the Cape Colony in the first cabinet of Sir John Gordon Sprigg. He h31 Jan 2012✓
E-0071257event Helen Elizabeth Martins, artist known for her queer sculptures at the Owl House in the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda, is born14 Dec 2011✓
E-0073769event Dingane, stripped of his kingship after he and his Zulu warriors are vanquished at the battle of Magongo at the Umkuzi River, f31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073642event The Citizen reports that an alleged member of the SADF, Isaiah Moyo, was convicted in Lusaka, Zambia, on three counts of espion31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073525event Top officials from the ANC, Azapo, the PAC and Inkatha appear at a joint rally to appeal for warring factions in Bekkersdal to31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073507event The British capture Benghazi in Libya for the first time; they hold it until April but are then forced to evacuate, recapturing31 Jan 2012✓
E-0072879event A large section of the Coalbrook mine near Sasolburg caves in and traps 435 miners, the worst mine disaster in South African hi20 Jan 2012✓
E-0071885event Comet  McNaught, reported to be the brightest comet visible from earth in the last thirty years, is seen at its brightest in d6 Jan 2012✓
E-0073439event As the rent boycott continues, The Star suggests that there are four categories of people not paying rent: those refusing to pa31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073411event Gabriel Adolf Ode is born in Schiedam, the Netherlands. Ode was the acting secretary of education in South Africa in 1891. He w31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073307event The two Libyan defendants charged in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, plead innocent at a pre-tr31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073284event The coastal city of Agadir, in southern Morocco, entirely rebuilt after an earthquake in 1731, is again razed to the ground. At31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073211event A Kenyan Airplanes plane crashes into the sea off Côte d’Ivoire, killing all but ten of the 179 people on board.  (Mail &31 Jan 2012–
E-0073109event The Security Police arrest Major A.M. Kozlov, a senior officer in the Soviet KGB, during his third visit to South Africa in 19827 Jan 2012✓
E-0073058event The trade union Solidarity is due to meet with Sasol management today to discuss the gas explosion at Sasol’s Natref plant in S20 Jan 2012✓
E-0073013event De Villiers Bester Lamprecht, the first South African to complete the mile in less than four minutes, is born in Prince Albert.20 Jan 2012✓
E-0072968event The rugby match between South Africa and Wales in Cardiff ends in a draw.   The South African team could not beat a single ho20 Jan 2012✓
E-0071820event The League of Nations dissolves after twenty-six years and is replaced by the United Nations, with its first meeting in London.6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071619event The Proteas became the first South African team in history to win a Test cricket series in Australia when they took an unassail14 Dec 2011✓

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