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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✓
E-0082562event Police arrest the Azanian People’s Organisation’s (AZAPO) two principal leaders, Ishmael Mkhabela and Lybon Mabasa in Soweto.3 May 2012–
E-0082561event Police arrest the Azanian People’s Organisation’s (AZAPO) two principal leaders, Ishmael Mkhabela and Lybon Mabasa in Soweto.3 May 2012✓
E-0082520event Londoners celebrate ten years of democracy with the first South African International film Festival (1-9 May), starting with ‘T30 Apr 2012–
E-0082334event Judge Frederick Edward Traugott Krause, prosecutor in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR), who later defended Gen. Christiaan23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082256event William Cotton Oswell, scout who saw the Victoria Falls with David Livingstone, is born in Worthing, England.23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082104event AWB (Afrikaner Resistance Movement) leader Eugene TerreBlanche is convicted of attempted murder and assault in the Magistrates23 Apr 2012–
E-0082091event The White-led South African government commits itself to scrapping dozens of laws restricting movements of Blacks.23 Apr 2012–
E-0081445event Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) leader Yasser Arafat survives a plane crash in the Sahara desert during a sand storm. T5 Apr 2012✓
E-0081191event Twelve people are killed when their bus leaves the road in Van Rhyn’s Pass near Vanrhynsdorp, Namaqualand.30 Mar 2012✓
E-0079842event South Africa signs treaty with Denmark, Norway and Sweden on the temporary amendment of 1958 air agreements.19 Mar 2012✓
E-0079808event Foreign Minister ‘Pik’ Botha, whose portfolio now includes the South African Information Services, promises to give opposition19 Mar 2012✓
E-0079753event ARMSCOR’s Chairman announces that South Africa has produced a world-beating 155-millimetre artillery system the G5 gun.19 Mar 2012✓
E-0079725event Minister of Defence P.W. Botha presents a White Paper outlining defence policy and justifying the increased expenditure which n16 Mar 2012✓
R-0084628archive The Mandela document: A document presented by Nelson Mandela to P.W. Botha before their meeting on 5 July 19891 Jun 2012–
R-0084619archive Truth & Reconciliation Commission Amnesty Application for the kidnap of security policeman Monge Maleka on 16 October 19911 Jun 2012–
E-0070150event Laurie Wilmot, former EP cricket captain, appears in the Grahamstown court on charges of rape of minors.25 Nov 2011✓
E-0070029event Sir Ernest Oppenheimer (77), financier, mining and industrial magnate who founded the Anglo American Corporation and politician21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069996event General Joseph-Désiré Mobutu ousts President Kasavubu in his second military coup in the Congo (Now Zaire).21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069990event Vuminkosi Zulu, S.A. sculptor is born in Kranskop, KwaZulu, Natal. Johannesburg Art Gallery: The Neglected Tradition, p. 134 g21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069975event Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu, delivering the second annual Nelson Mandela Lecture in Johannesburg issues a stern warning th21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069972event Somali villagers, isolated for weeks by flooding, finally receive aid from boats travelling down the Juba river.21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069931event Helen Suzman, member of Parliament for Houghton, is elected as national president of the Progressive Federal Party.21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069898event Leaders of the four ‘independent’ homelands meet central government representatives in Pretoria, chaired by President P.W. Both21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069890event The Transvaal National Party leadership election produces a decisive win for Dr. Andries Treurnicht, Deputy Minister of Plural21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069877event Daniël Francois du Toit, founder member of the Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners, is born in Daljosafat, CC.21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069863event The Bophuthatswana Legislative Assembly concludes a two-day Special Session during which it formally votes to open negotiations21 Nov 2011✓
E-0069586event Dr Jurgens van Olselen, a clinical psychologist testifying in the Pretoria High Court, describes Pretoria’s high security C-Max11 Nov 2011✓

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