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E-0090371event Speaking at a ceremony to mark his tenth anniversary as Prime Minister, John Vorster admits that the country has problems, inte10 Aug 2012–
E-0090356event Tories accuse the Government of allowing UK troops to become victims as negotiations continue to free eleven soldiers held host10 Aug 2012✓
E-0090353event The United States denies Black nationalist leader Louis Farrakhan permission to accept a promised $1bn gift from Libya to help10 Aug 2012✓
E-0090344event Students at Ciskei’s Fort Hare University go on a six-day boycott of classes following the detention of a fellow student, Sicel10 Aug 2012✓
E-0090331event Eli Weinberg, trade unionist and photographer, co-founder of i.a.  The African Garment Workers’ Union in Cape Town, jailed and10 Aug 2012✓
E-0090314event The gold price falls to its lowest level in eighteen years when it is fixed on $278,50 in London.10 Aug 2012✓
E-0090268event Retired Royal Navy officer, Lieutenant Francis Farewell of Cape Town, hoists the Union Jack at Port Natal and takes possession10 Aug 2012✓
E-0090249event Eight people, including Sam Nywayo, are killed during a two-hour attack on the homes of ANC activists in Esikhaweni, Natal.10 Aug 2012✓
E-0090237event Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin wrap up a two-day summit in Alexandria with the return10 Aug 2012✓
E-0090185event Kenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections and will become the first president of an independent republic on 24 October 1964.10 Aug 2012✓
E-0091703event John Koenakeefe Mohl, SA artist and founder member of Artists under the Sun, is born in Dikonana, Zeerust, Western Transvaal. 23 Aug 2012–
E-0091702event John Koenakeefe Mohl, SA artist and founder member of Artists under the Sun, is born in Dikonana, Zeerust, Western Transvaal. 23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091633event The United Nations General Assembly votes by 114 votes to two (South Africa and Portugal), with three abstentions (Britain, Fra23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091621event Gen. Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, is born near Greytown, Natal. 23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091587event Margaret Mary Smith, artist and ichthyologist, is born in Indwe, Eastern Cape. She illustrated the book of her husband, Prof. J23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091582event Schabir Shaik’s appeal against his June 2005 Durban High Court fraud and corruption conviction starts in the Supreme Court of A23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091516event Dr Frans Geldenhuys, first editor of ‘Die Landbouweekblad’ and first head of the SA department of agricultural economics and ma23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091501event A force of about fifty armed dissidents infiltrate the Togolese capital of Lome in an attempt to topple President Gnassingbe Ey23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091483event Women protests take place in the Free State, led by Charlotte Maxeke resisting government attempts to impose passes on women.23 Aug 2012–
E-0091475event The UN and UNAIDS, its Aids programme, issues a progress report on how member nations were adhering to commitments made during23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091466event Odette Boucher disappears after school in Kempton Park. Later evidence points to the fact that she was abducted by paedophile G23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091454event Twenty non-White leaders are put on trial on charges under Suppression of Communism Act. The accused include Dr. J. S. Moroka,23 Aug 2012–
E-0091451event South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Executive, meeting in Cape Town, elects Sorabjee Rustomjee as a delegate of SAIC to the me23 Aug 2012–
E-0091417event United Nations deploys 4 000 troops to Katanga to prevent the massacre of Baluba tribesmen by provincial troops and police in C23 Aug 2012–
E-0091416event United Nations deploys 4 000 troops to Katanga to prevent the massacre of Baluba tribesmen by provincial troops and police in C23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091407event Kwame Nkrumah, premier and later president of Ghana, is born in Nkroful, British colony of the Gold Coast (later Ghana).23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091388event Natalie du Toit, South Africa’s star performer at the Athens Paralympic Games wins her second gold medal with a record victory23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091377event King Goodwill Zwelithini and the Zulu Royal Family severs all ties with Chief Buthelezi. This followed a stoning by Inkatha Fre23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091325event In the Athens Paralympic Games, field athlete Fanie Lombaard wins a gold medal (his sixth Paralympic medal, three gold and one23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091294event J.G.N. Strauss is elected leader of the United Party in succession to General Jan Smuts, who died a few days earlier.23 Aug 2012✓

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