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E-0085025event Anglo-Boer War 2: British Prime Minister Arthur Balfour reads the terms of surrender to the House of Commons in London after th1 Jun 2012✓
E-0084935event Sybrandis Abbema (Sibrand), who visited the Cape in 1660 as V.O.C. commissioner and instructed Simon van der Stel to do all he1 Jun 2012–
E-0084932event Islamic militants with alleged links to al-Qaida seize control of Somalia’s capital, unifying the city for the first time in 161 Jun 2012✓
E-0084926event The first multiparty parliament elections are held in Algeria, but the Islamic party that was set to win the cancelled 1992 ele1 Jun 2012✓
E-0084908event The Cape Supreme Court, sitting in Port Elizabeth, sets aside the 1973 election of Lennox Sebe and three other members of the C1 Jun 2012✓
E-0084902event The Constitution Amendment Bill of South Africa provides for an increase in the number of members of Parliament from 160 to 1701 Jun 2012✓
E-0084871event At least 460 refugees, most of them women and children, are massacred in Liberia, allegedly by rebels led by faction leader Cha1 Jun 2012✓
E-0084810event The first copy of the FAK-volksangbundel is handed in Bloemfontein to the chairman of the FAK, Dr N.J. van der Merwe.1 Jun 2012✓
E-0084778event During a speech in the House of Assembly, the Prime Minister Dr H.F. Verwoerd says: “... what is our problem for the future? It1 Jun 2012✓
E-0074452event Anglo-Boer War 1: Boers defeat the British force at Majuba Hill, in the Anglo-Transvaal War. More than 200 British soldiers and17 Feb 2012✓
E-0074407event More than 100,000 persons attend a rally in Durban addressed by Nelson Mandela, who urges his followers to end the factional wa17 Feb 2012✓
E-0074400event Archbishop Owen McCann of Cape Town becomes South Africa’s first Cardinal when he is invested by Pope Paul in St Peter’s Basili17 Feb 2012✓
E-0074393event Anglo-Boer War 2:  At least fifty-three British soldiers die, 130 are wounded and 500 captured in a surprise attack by Boer tr17 Feb 2012✓
E-0074383event Nine army officers in Zaire declare that they will join the rebels under Laurent Kabila who seek to topple Mobuto Sese Seko.17 Feb 2012✓
E-0074377event According to figures in the Hansard, 918 people, of whom 722 were successful, applied to be reclassified from one race group to17 Feb 2012✓
E-0074344event The Prime Minister condemns, in the strongest terms, a gift of $450,000 announced by the World Council of Churches (WCC) to Sou17 Feb 2012✓
E-0074324event George Rex, allegedly the son of King George III and Hannah Lightfoot, auctions his house in Cape Town and settles at Melkhoutk17 Feb 2012✓
E-0074205event The minister of defence announces the re-establishment, as of 1 April 1963, of the ‘Cape Corps’ of Coloured to be employed in n17 Feb 2012✓
E-0074204event The first part of the South African Press Commission’s first report is tabled in parliament by the minister of the interior, Ja17 Feb 2012✓
E-0074198event The Star newspaper reports that travelling in a cab was falling out of favour very quickly. This trend was attributed to the ch17 Feb 2012✓
E-0074191event Jan de la Fontaine becomes governor of the Cape. (He sold the first church organ in South Africa to the Groote Kerk.)17 Feb 2012–
E-0074190event Jan de la Fontaine becomes governor of the Cape. (He sold the first church organ in South Africa to the Groote Kerk.)17 Feb 2012✓
E-0074158event President Leon M’ba is restored to power in Gabon by French troops, following an attempted coup led by Jean-Hilaire Aubume.17 Feb 2012✓
E-0074079event The Department of Bantu Development is planning for the consolidation of the ‘homelands’ by buying land in terms of the 1936 legislation10 Feb 2012✓
E-0074065event The Political Council decides to erect more churches in the Cape because most people have to travel three days to attend church10 Feb 2012✓
E-0074045event Nicolaas Johannes van der Merwe, author, leader of the NP in the Free State, first chairman of the FAK (Federasie van Afrikaans10 Feb 2012✓
E-0079674event Christiaan Willem Hendrik van der Post, member of the Volksraad in the Free State, consul of the Netherlands and poet, is born16 Mar 2012✓
E-0079629event Allan Boesak, former Director of the Foundation for Peace and Justice, is sentenced to eight years in gaol on charges of fraud16 Mar 2012✓
E-0079605event The Executive of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC), at its meeting in Cape Town, decides to instruct the Natal and the T16 Mar 2012✓
E-0079585event At a rally in the Tugela Ferry district of Kwazulu-Natal some 6,000 lnkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters come armed with figh16 Mar 2012✓

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