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E-0079851event The ANC decides not to hold talks with the South African government scheduled for 11 April, due to the killing of defenceless d19 Mar 2012✓
E-0079775event Justice Rumpff finds Sisulu and other accused not guilty on a charge of High Treason, in the special court in Pretoria They are19 Mar 2012✓
E-0079765event Anglo-Boer War 2: Jan (alias George) Malhombe is executed by the British under Baden-Powell because he was found guilty of stea19 Mar 2012✓
E-0079745event About 50 000 people are present at the burial of Johannes van der Walt, well-known wrestler and hero, in Melville, Johannesburg19 Mar 2012✓
E-0070157event The first report of giraffes in South Africa by a European is made by Jonas de la Guerre, whose expedition to Namaqualand finds25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070130event Nick du Toit, found guilty of the failed coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea, is jailed for thirty-four years. Four other South A25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070111event A week of violence in Ciskei continues in which it is officially estimated that 200 huts have been burned. The Botha Sigcau Hig25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070045event At least three high school students have been shot dead by police in Guinea during a protest against a lack of teachers at thei21 Nov 2011✓
E-0070022event Anglo-Boer War 2:  The Battle of Enslin or Graspan takes place, with the burghers under General De la Rey and Commandant Lubbe21 Nov 2011✓
E-0070011event Sara van Rooyen, 25, the woman suspected of swindling her friend’s R23.7m Lotto winnings is being held in police custody after21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069989event The great tank battle of Sidi Rezegh in North Africa rages unabated in World War 2. The South Africans, outnumbered by their Ge21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069983event Philip Alan Moore, politician, soldier, educator and financier who emigrated to SA in 1913, is born in Peel, Isle of Man, UK.21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069959event Britain starts military withdrawal from Suez war zone and petrol is rationed because of fear that the Suez crisis may lead to f21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069954event Dr Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, SA industrialist who laid the foundation for the establishment of Escom and Iscor, is born in21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069599event Abraham Jacobus (Kootjie) van den Heever, journalist and author and younger brother of C.M. van den Heever, is born on the farm11 Nov 2011✓
E-0070650event World Food Program warns the UN Security Council that a record 38 million people were at risk of starvation in Africa. The sout5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070639event Eleven residents are killed in an attack on an all-night funeral vigil aimed at remedying lack of support for Inkatha chairman,5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070629event Dr Chris Barnard performs the first heart transplant in the world on Louis Washkansky, who survived until the 21st of December5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070609event Laban Nkete (36), member of the SA marathon team that competed in the IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada in 2001, is5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070557event The United States withdraws the last of three C-130 transport planes sent to Congo in July to help the Kinshasa government airl5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070532event The suspected killer of two young women in Knysna is arrested in Hornlee. Nineteen year old Jessica Wheeler’s body was found in5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070488event The SA Communist Party, in alliance with the African National Congress and the Congress of Trade Unions will use mass action in5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070452event Nine staff members of a training company and a pilot are killed when their plane crashes near the N17 freeway minutes after tak5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070451event Swapo wins the third general election in Namibia and President Sam Nujoma is elected for his third term of office as president.5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070385event Schalk Willem Burger, vice-president and acting president of the ZAR after President Kruger left for Europe in 1900, dies at Go5 Dec 2011✓
E-0070330event Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Goede Hoop takes place. Chief Commandant De Wet engages Col. Herbert at Goede Hoop, between Smi25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070266event De Beers SA, the world’s largest producer of diamonds, agrees to pay $250m to settle four US class-action lawsuits that accused25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070222event The reigning Tri-Nations champions, the Springboks, beats out France for the team-of-the year award. Jake White is named coach25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070198event Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Kitchener succeeds Lord Roberts as commander-in-chief of the British forces in SA and Lord Roberts succe25 Nov 2011✓
E-0071231event Thomas Mokopu Mofolo, Basuto author who tried to capture the customs and spirit of the African people, is born in Khojane, Basu14 Dec 2011✓

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