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E-0069498event The Namibian election ends, following five days of voting. Three days after the five-day polling period (7-11 November) ended,11 Nov 2011–
E-0069447event The Battle of Kapain ends a nine-day campaign that started at Mezeg, Enzelberg, with the Voortrekkers under Andries Hendrik Pot11 Nov 2011✓
E-0069358event Sir John Coode, SA harbour engineer who designed the seaward defences of Table Bay, is born in Bodmin, Cornwallis, England.7 Nov 2011✓
E-0069345event Three White members of the African National Congress (ANC), Damian de Lange, Ian Robertson and Susan Donelly, are sentenced to7 Nov 2011✓
E-0069328event The Cape Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church decides that Afrikaans may be used alongside with Dutch in the church.7 Nov 2011✓
E-0069318event In Abidjan, Ivory Coast, French forces open fire as thousands of angry government supporters press around the barb wire-ringed7 Nov 2011✓
E-0069259event The military government in the Transkei lifts the state of emergency and banning orders on fifteen organisations in the territo7 Nov 2011–
E-0069250event A meeting convened by Chief Lucas Mangope, Chief Minister of Bophuthatswana, held in Umtata in camera and attended by eight ‘ho7 Nov 2011✓
E-0069203event Anglo-Boer War 2: From his conning tower in the besieged Kimberley Colonel Kekewich sees a “living mass” of men approaching and7 Nov 2011✓
E-0069202event The British flag is officially hoisted in the diggers camps after the annexation of the Griqua territory ten days earlier.7 Nov 2011✓
E-0069174event Diamonds are first discovered at Kimberley, South Africa, leading to the construction of the world’s largest open mine, the Big7 Nov 2011✓
E-0069156event On the 20th anniversary of the General Assembly resolution on sanctions against South Africa, the United Nations presents award7 Nov 2011–
E-0069111event More than forty African heads of state and government, including President Thabo Mbeki, meet with the Chinese top leadership in1 Nov 2011✓
E-0069096event Susanna Helena Kok, medical missionary of the Dutch Reformed Church and authority on leprosy who worked mainly in Nigeria, dies1 Nov 2011✓
E-0069088event President Houphouet-Boigny of the Ivory Coast announces he is planning an African Summit Conference to urge a dialogue with Sou1 Nov 2011✓
R-0093183archive Speech of Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, at the National Assembly During the Debate on Budget Vote No. 2 10 JUNE 1997.4 Sep 2012–
E-0093107event The National Assembly passes legislation providing for abortion on demand within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy and for te28 Aug 2012–
E-0093105event Professor Sibusiso Bhengu, Education Minister, says that Government will cut funding for White schools as part of a plan to ach28 Aug 2012–
E-0093054event A Nigerian passenger jet crashes shortly after takeoff from the capital Abuja, killing 99 people including the leader of the na28 Aug 2012–
E-0093053event A Nigerian passenger jet crashes shortly after takeoff from the capital Abuja, killing 99 people including the leader of the na28 Aug 2012✓
E-0093052event Mr. James Arnold (Jimmy) La Guma, former President of the S.A. Coloured People’s Congress, dies at the Groote Schuur Hospital f28 Aug 2012✓
E-0093017event Hendrik Witbooi, leader of the Nama tribe in German South West Africa, dies in a skirmish with the Germans near Keetmanshoop, S28 Aug 2012✓
E-0092995event It is officially confirmed that one of nineteen Indians detained, Ahmed Timol, a Muslim teacher, has jumped to his death from t28 Aug 2012✓
E-0092991event Israeli troops invade Sinai Peninsula, later to be joined by British and French forces, following Egypt’s seizure of the Suez C28 Aug 2012✓
E-0092972event Fourteen people die when a group of over 100 armed men, allegedly IFP members, attack residents, vehicles and houses in Gcilima28 Aug 2012–
E-0092969event On the same day the Patriotic Front tables its demand for i.a. an interim government, the minister of constitutional developmen28 Aug 2012✓
E-0092961event President Carter announces that the United States government will support the decision against the sale of arms to South Africa28 Aug 2012–
E-0092932event Supporters of Ivory Coast’s president-elect and his political rival fight bloody clashes in Abidjan over a demand for new presi28 Aug 2012✓
E-0092920event All-race municipal elections are held to elect segregated local authorities. The Black majority follow the call of anti-aparthe28 Aug 2012✓
E-0092909event The Attorney General of the Transvaal, Jacobus E. Nothling, announces that an inquest into Biko’s death will be held, but that28 Aug 2012–

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