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E-0073746event The unofficial Dutch mission, under Professor W.G. de Gaay Fortman, coming to South Africa to discuss apartheid, is cancelled.31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073728event James Aubrey Polley (61), flamboyant former minister of the Methodist Church and anti-apartheid activist, dies. He was detained31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073724event Exchange of notes with Namibia takes place. It concerns formal school and technical college instructional programmes and the pe31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073717event The student activists Porta Shabangu, Thabo Mohale and Derrick Mashobane are ambushed and shot in Swaziland by a Vlakplaas divi31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073694event South Africa’s acclaimed Soweto Gospel Choir under direction of  David Mulovhedzi and Beverly Bryer win in the Best Traditiona31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073691event The Nelson Mandela Museum is opened. It is being developed as a single component comprising three elements, namely a museum in31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073557event ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela says the European Community should retain sanctions against South Africa and warns of mass31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073555event The Commonwealth Committee on Southern Africa, after a three-day meeting in Harare, decides to seek ways to strengthen financia31 Jan 2012✓
E-0073520event The South African Department of Home Affairs refuses to grant Breyten Breytenbach a visa to receive an honorary doctorate from31 Jan 2012✓
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-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✓

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