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E-0081582event Dr Canaan Sodindo Banana is selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe. He is officially ina5 Apr 2012–
E-0081552event August Friedrich Beutler, official of the Dutch East Indies Company and scout of the interior of SA, is born in Dinkelsbühl, G5 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-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-0083557event In a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament it is unanimously agreed to re-entrench the language rights in the constitution18 May 2012✓
E-0083509event A bomb blast damages Melrose House in Pretoria, where the peace treaty between the two Boer Republics and Britain was signed in18 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-0083456event Dr Victorio Carpio of the Philippines falls ill after his visit, together with Dr Salvadore Martinez de Alva, to the Transkei.18 May 2012✓
E-0083372event Rebels led by Laurent Kabila take control of Kinshasa, capital of Zaire now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after overrun14 May 2012–
E-0083369event An historic four hour meeting is held between the Council of Mining Unions, representing White miners; the NUM; Mr Adriaan Vlok14 May 2012–
E-0083273event Anglo-Boer War 2:  The first ‘Mafeking night”. In an unprecedented display of public emotions, life in the great cities in Bri14 May 2012✓
E-0083271event Anglo-Boer War 2:  After 216 days Boer forces abandon the siege of Mafeking and Colonel Mahon’s relief column enters the town.14 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-0083102event Florence Nightingale, British nurse in the Crimean War, is born. Nurses in SA undertake to honour the oath of Florence Nighting11 May 2012✓
E-0083063event Rebels led by Laurent Kabila take control of Kinshasa, capital of Zaire now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after overrun11 May 2012✓
E-0083060event An historic four hour meeting is held between the Council of Mining Unions, representing White miners; the NUM; Mr Adriaan Vlok11 May 2012✓
E-0082911event Deputy President F.W. de Klerk announces that the National Party is to withdraw from the Government of National Unity on June 37 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-0082748event A White Paper of the Departments of Justice and of Correctional Services says South Africa has one of the highest prison popula7 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-0082651event WWII: A combined British military and naval force land on Madagascar and by the afternoon the town of Diego Suarez is captured.3 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✓
E-0082451event As part of the ten-year progress (begun in 1950) to independence under an Italian administered UN trusteeship, the first electe30 Apr 2012–
E-0082377event As part of the ten-year progress (begun in 1950) to independence under an Italian administered UN trusteeship, the first electe23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082320event Business Day reports that Dr Simon Brand, chief executive of the Development Bank of Southern Africa, has warned that the expen23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082312event Seven guerrillas are killed in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) at Sinoya in the first engagement of the armed struggle against White ru23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082292event Bafana Bafana, the SA soccer team, with Lucas Radebe replacing Neil Tovey as captain, wins 2-1 against the former Zaire in a Wo23 Apr 2012✓

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