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E-0073519event Dr. Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, leader of the opposition PFP, resigns from parliamentary politics because he said Parliament is31 Jan 2012✓
E-0072880event Dr Verwoerd announces the introduction of legislation for a referendum of White voters to decide whether South Africa would bec20 Jan 2012✓
E-0072783event Bishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Martin Luther King, Jr, Non-Violent Peace Prize for his anti-apartheid activities.16 Jan 2012✓
E-0072755event Police baton-charge and teargas protesters at Jan Smuts Airport in Johannesburg. The protesters had gathered to express their d16 Jan 2012✓
E-0072709event Bus drivers, members of the Transport and General Workers’ Union (TGWU) a COSATO affiliate, strike because of lack of protectio16 Jan 2012✓
E-0071927event The African National Congress (ANC) presents a united front with President Mbeki and ANC vice-president, Jacob Zuma, sharing th6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071907event President Nicolas Grunitzky of Togo is ousted in a military coup led by Lieutenant-Colonel Gnassingbe Eyadema on the anniversar6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071905event The South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (Sanroc), which later under Denis Brutus played an important role in isolating S6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071890event The village Roossenekal is proclaimed. It is named after Field-cornet Stephanus Johannes Roos and Comdt. Frederik Senekal, who6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071847event Sisulu attends a secret meeting at the house of George Xarile together with F. Van Rensburg (a shift boss from Vlakfontein mine6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071845event A devastating storm hits Pretoria – five inches of rain falls within four hours and the Apies River flows 100m wide.6 Jan 2012✓
E-0072438event Gert van der Linde (75), former chairman of the old Cape Provincial Council            and MP, dies in Port Elizabet16 Jan 2012✓
E-0072434event Paedophile Gert van Rooyen and his mistress, Joey Haarhoff, commit suicide in Pretoria while being pursued by the police.16 Jan 2012✓
E-0072420event General Louis Botha, as chairman of the Boer committee, announces his intention of convening public meetings in Transvaal distr16 Jan 2012✓
E-0073445event SA signs an agreement with Hungary on the abolition of visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and service passports.31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073373event Mattheus Uys Krige, author, dramatist, poet and five times winner of the “Akademieprys” award for translated literature, is bor31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073370event Anglo-Boer War 2:  Abraham Esau, Calvinia Coloured leader and martyr who aided the British Imperial cause, is brutally assault31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073356event President F.W. de Klerk and African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela jointly accept the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Pri31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073355event According to a study by the Human Sciences Research Council, violent attacks by Whites against Blacks have increased sharply in31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073321event Johannes Stephanus Marais Rabie, editor of “De Natalse Afrikaner”, is born on the farm Groenkloof, district of Fauresmith, Free31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073308event Riots between ethnic Hausa and Yoruba rocks Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, killing 100 people and forcing thousands31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073305event Dr Chris Albertyn (89), former chief executive of “Nasionale Pers” and editor of the Afrikaanse Kinderensiklopedie dies in Klei31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073303event The South African Government decides to proceed to appoint Ramesh Vassen as Consul General in Mumbai (previously Bombay), India31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073289event Chief Matanzima announces that all South Africans seconded to the Transkei Army will leave Transkei by 31 March 1978.31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073278event Patricia Nora Zenani Fakude-Nkuna, managing director of Bohlabela Wheels and member of the Rural Women’s Initiative (1994-1999)31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073276event Mluleleki Editor George, Deputy Minister of Defence of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004, is born.31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073275event Dr Abdullah Abdurahman, community leader, member of the Cape City Council (1904-1940) and Cape Provincial Council (1914-1940),31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073266event George William Stow, diamond trader and auctioneer in Kimberley and discoverer of the coalfields near Vereeniging, is born in W31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073261event Rovina Petronella Pienaar, wife of the Afrikaans author Sangiro (A.A. Pienaar), is found murdered in her home in Bloemhof.31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073243event Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is broken. Nyasaland (now Malawi) moves towards independence under the leadership of Dr Ha31 Jan 2012✓

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