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E-0073232event South African Airways is inaugurated and takes over the passenger and goods air services hitherto operated by Union Airways.31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073224event S. le Roux Marais (Stephanus), organist, teacher, pioneer of the art song (lieder) and composer of numerous songs in Afrikaans31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073215event Nineteen people die and six are injured in a head on collision on the road between Standerton and Embalenhle, Mpumalanga.31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073167event Dr. Nicolaas Diederichs, minister of finance, is elected as the National Party’s candidate to succeed State President Jim Fouch27 Jan 2012✓
E-0073121event In the bloodiest day so far in Egypt’s Islamic insurgency, police shoot to death fourteen suspected militants, and extremists k27 Jan 2012✓
E-0073054event Old Mutual announces its intention to note shares on the London stock exchange and four stock exchanges in Africa.20 Jan 2012✓
E-0073026event Arriving at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel says economic growth would top20 Jan 2012✓
E-0073005event The first Oscar nomination for a South African film, Yesterday, a drama about a woman in a rural village who discovers she is H20 Jan 2012✓
E-0072932event Colonel Arthur Alfred Lynch is found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death for leading the "Irish Commando" a20 Jan 2012✓
E-0071803event In an historic victory, government troops capture the headquarters of UNITA rebel leader Jonas Savimbi in central Angola. Savim6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071783event A United States military gunship launches air raids against hideouts of prominent members of the al-Qaeda network in southern S6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071779event A new State-owned Information Technology (IT) company, arivia.kom, becomes fully operational as a merger of the IT divisions of6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071760event Adam Faith suspends his concert tour of South Africa, because the government prohibits him to perform before mixed audiences.6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071753event Esther Susanna Mentz, soprano, actress and pioneer in various cultural fields, including the first Afrikaans films, is born in6 Jan 2012✓
E-0071661event The SA rugby team beats England on Twickenham 5-0. Doug Hopwood scores a tri, which is converted by Frik du Preez.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071643event Twenty people drown when a strong north-westerly gale breaks the Frances Spaight loose from her anchors in Table Bay.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071631event Joan Hoskyn Davies, archivist and the first woman to become head of an archives depot, dies in Cape Town.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071604event The British Foreign Minister, James Callaghan, arrives in Port Elizabeth for a three-hour meeting with Prime Minister John Vors14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071599event Former State President Marais Viljoen, the country’s last ceremonial state president  (1979-1984) dies as a result of heart fa14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071592event At its annual conference in Eshowe, Natal, the Labour Party overwhelmingly adopts a resolution stating that it seeks to represe14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071564event Frank Chikane, former secretary-general of the South African Council of Churches and current politician, is born in Johannesbur14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071563event Winston Churchill Masakeng Saoli, SA artist, is born in Acornhoek, Eastern Transvaal.   He was detained during the 1970s. Dur14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071558event English archaeologist Howard Carter discovers the grave of Tutankamen, Egyptian king who died 3 276 years ago. In some sources14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071516event President David Dacko of the Central African Republic is ousted in a military coup by army commander Jean-Bédel Bokassa.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071497event C. Lindenberg Letty, botanical artist who was commemorated in the botanical names Aloe lettae and Crassula lettae, is born in S14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071492event Johann Franz (Hans) Endler, composer, director and co-founder of the Stellenbosch music conservatory, is born in Mohrau, Austri14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071491event President Thabo Mbeki joins several African leaders in Nairobi, Kenya, to witness the final signing of a peace accord between t14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071478event The Nigerian civil government of President Shehu Shagari is overthrown in a fourth, bloodless, military coup led by Major-Gener14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071432event The International Monetary Fund announces that it will agree to purchase gold from South Africa, subject to certain conditions.14 Dec 2011–
E-0071417event Commodore Dieter Gerhardt, former commanding officer of the Simonstown naval base, and his wife Ruth Gerhardt, are sentenced to14 Dec 2011✓

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