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E-0082065event A mass meeting is held in Cape Town to petition Queen Victoria to grant the Cape responsible government.23 Apr 2012–
E-0082050event AWB (Afrikaner Resistance Movement) leader Eugene TerreBlanche is convicted of attempted murder and assault in the Magistrates23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082037event The White-led South African government commits itself to scrapping dozens of laws restricting movements of Blacks.23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082011event A mass meeting is held in Cape Town to petition Queen Victoria to grant the Cape responsible government.23 Apr 2012✓
E-0081972event Martha Helena Cillié, teacher and headmistress whose greatest achievement was her contribution to the education of girls23 Apr 2012–
E-0081914event Pharmaceutical companies drop a lawsuit against South Africa ending an international battle over patent rights and profit. The13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081905event Brigadier Riekert, minister of defence of Bophuthatswana, resigns with immediate effect. Some commentators argue that the resig13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081896event Portuguese forces are reinforced for continuing conflict against the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA, Popular13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081840event Angry crowds protest outside American embassies throughout the world as backlash continues against US attack on Libya.13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081715event Johanna Hendrina (Joey) Scheepers, trade union leader active in the Garment Workers’ Union (GWU), dies in Johannesburg.13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081668event Commission of Cooperation. In a letter to Chief Buthelezi, Deputy President Mbeki rejects the IFP’s international mediation pro5 Apr 2012✓
E-0081656event The Chief Minister of Transkei, Paramount Chief Kaiser Matanzima, demands full control of all departments of state.5 Apr 2012✓
E-0081654event Biafra, a Nigerian province that has recently declared independence, is recognised by Tanzania – the first nation to recognis5 Apr 2012✓
E-0083522event Henry Bathurst, statesman and creator of the British Colonial Office, is born in Gloucestershire, England.   Bathurst, founde18 May 2012✓
E-0083493event Rejoice Thizwilondi Mabudafhazi , Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism of the Republic of South Africa since 118 May 2012✓
E-0083465event Asian Regional Conference for Action against Apartheid, Manila, organised by the Special Committee against Apartheid in coopera18 May 2012✓
E-0083450event British premier Winston Churchill says the Suez Canal will be in danger if Britain withdraws from Egypt.18 May 2012✓
E-0083411event At the Crossroads squatter camp near Cape Town, 30,000 Blacks are forcibly removed from their homes.18 May 2012✓
E-0083408event S. le Roux Marais (82), one of the pioneers of Afrikaans lieder (art songs), dies in Graaff-Reinet.18 May 2012✓
E-0083334event Striking security guards go on the rampage in Cape Town, causing millions of rands worth of damage.14 May 2012✓
E-0083330event Egyptian president Muhammad Hosni Mubarak orders direct-dial communications to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and the Sudan14 May 2012✓
E-0083294event Prof. Maarten Christiaan Roode, first music professor of the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education and compil14 May 2012✓
E-0083213event The United Nations General Assembly publishes a roster of sixty-five multi-national companies supposedly in ‘criminal collabora11 May 2012✓
E-0083089event Former Transkeian President Kaiser Matanzima is served with a banning order by his brother George, the Prime Minister.11 May 2012✓
E-0082916event South African economists express shock at a report showing the country dropping twelve places in global competitiveness ranking7 May 2012✓
E-0082849event British Togoland (a UN trust, once part of the German colony of Togo) votes for annexation by Ghana.7 May 2012✓
E-0082823event Relations between Zimbabwe and South Africa deteriorate further when the Minister of Police, L. le Grange, threatens retaliator7 May 2012✓
E-0082811event Gen. Douglas MacArthur is appointed commander of the United Nations (UN) forces in Korea, including South Africans.7 May 2012✓
E-0082667event Following a personal apology from President P.W. Botha to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher over the "blowpipe affa3 May 2012✓
E-0082574event Violence in KwaZulu-Natal spills over into the streets of central Durban and running gun battles ensue.3 May 2012✓

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