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E-0069901event Ten people die in an attack by the IFP on the launching of an ANC branch in Appelbosch, Natal North Coast.21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069875event Zacharias Wagenaer, successor of Jan van Riebeeck, writes to the Lords 17 suggesting that sixty-seven families be sent back to21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069668event It is announced that French doctors have made a major break-through, which may lead to the invention of a HIV/Aids vaccine.11 Nov 2011✓
E-0069646event The P.K. le Roux Dam (now Vanderkloof Dam), an integral part of the Orange River development project to provide electric power,11 Nov 2011✓
E-0069633event Governor Bruno von Schuckmann of German South-West Africa is succeeded by Dr Theodor Zeits, who occupied the post until 1915.11 Nov 2011✓
E-0069575event In line with the Record of Understanding reached between the SAG and ANC, forty-two political prisoners are released. The Natio11 Nov 2011✓
E-0070612event Sir Andrew Smith, explorer and founder of the museum now known as the South African Museum, is born in Roxburgshire, England.5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070551event WWII: South African armoured cars take part in the pursuit of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps as it retreats towards5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070527event The World Health Organisation announces that a new case of the Ebola virus has been confirmed in the Ivory Coast. Ebola killed5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070497event Giriyondo border post opens. Tourists can now travel through the Kruger National Park to Mozambique. The border post is part of5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070426event Gé Korsten, popular SA singer, is born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He came to SA at the age of nine years.5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070398event It is announced that White, Coloured and Asian workers affiliated to the Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) have voted5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070394event Walter Sisulu, John Mavuso, Moses Kotane, Marks Ramitloa and Betty du Toit attend a Christmas party in aid of the high treason5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070388event The United South African National Party, also known as the United Party, is officially formed with the fusion of the National P5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070365event The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) celebrates its 18th anniversary with a goal to become the first union forma25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070354event Afrikaans poet, Breyten Breytenbach, is released from prison after serving seven of the nine years to which he was sentenced in25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070339event Vic Toweel, of South Africa, sets a record for knockdowns in a title fight in Johannesburg, South Africa. He floors Danny O’Sul25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070312event South Africa officially starts celebrating World Aids Day, to be marked on the first of December each year, when the Department25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070274event Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi, Xhosa poet and prose writer, and a member of the Xhosa Bible revision board, is born in Gqumahashe25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070212event The NP retains three House of Assembly seats in by-elections, with reduced majorities, losing ground to right-wing parties oppo25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070182event Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi says he will not surrender two Libyans accused of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotl25 Nov 2011✓
E-0071183event A re-organisation of the South African Defence Force replaces the General Staff with a body to be known as the ‘Supreme Command14 Dec 2011–
E-0071153event Bertie Reed (63), for many years a Springbok and international sailing legend and one of the most-popular skippers in single-ha14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071131event Former President F.W. de Klerk, speaking on Robben Island off Cape Town at a commemoration of the role played by Mahatma Gandhi14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071062event Sir Laurens van der Post (90), SA born explorer, author and mentor of Britain’s Prince Charles, dies in Chelsea, England. The d9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070986event Anglo-Boer War 2: The British under General Redvers Buller make a frontal attack in the Battle of Colenso aimed at relieving th9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070943event Angola, Cuba, and South Africa end eight months of negotiations under US mediation for a settlement in South West Africa by sig9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070871event The first Regional Dispute Resolution Committee was established in Natal in terms of the National Peace Accord signed on 14 Sep9 Dec 2011–
E-0070838event The Mozambique Convention, an agreement between the ZAR and Portugal, paves the way for the construction of the Delagoa Bay rai9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070820event Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Bishop Desmond Tutu in Oslo. The ceremony is delayed for twenty minutes because of a bomb threat.9 Dec 2011✓

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