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E-0076786event Chief Matanzima calls upon the South African government to grant full independence to the Transkei within five years. The prime12 Mar 2012✓
E-0076728event The Nederduitse Gereformerde Kerk (NGK) together with its sister church for Blacks (the NGK in Afrika), Coloureds (the NG Sendi12 Mar 2012✓
E-0074731event The largest single construction work undertaken in South Africa, the Hendrik Verwoerd Dam (now Gariep Dam) on the Orange River,24 Feb 2012✓
E-0074658event Ladysmith Black Mambazo becomes the first South African group to win a Grammy award. The group wins the best traditional folk a24 Feb 2012✓
E-0092747event The Cheetahs (Free State rugby team) scores a surprising victory over the Blue Bulls on Loftus Versveld, beating the Bulls 29-228 Aug 2012✓
E-0092517event The Rev. Pierre Simond delivers the first sermon in French in the Cape when he addresses Huguenot refugees at Stellenbosch.27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092503event The Delmas Treason Trial, up to that time the longest in SA history, starts. All the accused plead not guilty.27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092310event The Constitutional Assembly approves final amendments to the new SA Constitution. The changes are approved by 369 votes to one,27 Aug 2012✓
E-0090671event The second rugby test in Kimberley between South Africa and the British Isles ends in a tie, like the first one.14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090606event Joint routine exercises are held between the British Royal Navy and the South African Navy, under the Simonstown Agreement, and14 Aug 2012✓
E-0091552event Anglo-Boer War 2 The British under Generals R. Pole-Carew and I.S.M. Hamilton occupy the deserted Komatipoort on the ZAR easter23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091361event Israeli tank shelling sinks three Egyptian troop-carrying boats in the Suez Canal. Israel claims the ships violated the Egyptia23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091259event The Paralympic Games open in Athens, with Amakrokokroko table tennis star Rosabelle Riese carrying the SA flag and leading the23 Aug 2012✓
E-0089938event Anglo-Boer War 2: The ZAR formally submits the proposals worked out between State Attorney Smuts and the British Agent Sir W. C10 Aug 2012✓
E-0083659event The President’s Council says 3.3 million workers in the country are unemployed and urges the government to embark on a developm18 May 2012✓
E-0083502event The Fort Klapperkop military museum, Pretoria, mainly illustrating the period from the Great Trek to 1902, is opened by Preside18 May 2012✓
E-0083486event Anglo-Boer War 2: British troops arrive at the Renoster River only to find that the Boers have destroyed the bridge.18 May 2012✓
E-0083345event An International peace conference is convened at The Hague in the Netherlands. It adopts conventions on warfare and creates the14 May 2012–
E-0083036event An International peace conference is convened at The Hague in the Netherlands. It adopts conventions on warfare and creates the11 May 2012✓
E-0082657event In the Parliamentary by-election in Durban North, the Progressive Reform Party’s candidate gains the party’s first seat in Nata3 May 2012✓
E-0082638event The Groote Schuur talks start (2-4 May) between the South African government and the ANC. They reach agreement on conditions fo3 May 2012✓
E-0069729event The BBC reports an animal airlift is planned for the Congo. The airlift will take chimpanzees to Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage11 Nov 2011✓
E-0070272event The British government officially abolishes slavery in the Cape Colony, but the slaves are apprenticed for four years to their25 Nov 2011✓
E-0071215event The first peace conference with Israel and her Arab neighbours opens in Geneva. Jordan, Israel, Egypt, the United States, the S14 Dec 2011✓
E-0070984event The Slagtersnek rebels are tried in the Uithenhage landdros court. One is reprieved by Lord Charles Somerset, the other, Cornel9 Dec 2011✓
E-0070941event The United Nations Security Council reaffirms the mandatory arms embargo, and, for the first time requests that all states refr9 Dec 2011–
E-0070856event Chief Albert Luthuli delivers his Nobel Lecture in Oslo after receiving the Peace Prize the previous day. The government issued9 Dec 2011✓
E-0071250event The Secretary-General submitted a report to the Security Council on the efforts to establish peace and to promote multi-party n14 Dec 2011–
E-0073596event In Cape Town the heaviest possible sentence in the South African Justice system is imposed on the Niewoudtville murder gang –31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073393event The Citizen reveals that Miss Olivia Forsyth who arrived at the British Embassy in Luanda, Angola, seeking sanctuary from the A31 Jan 2012✓

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