the time line Historical Events Events 1 - 100 of 320 1652-04-06 - Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established by Dutch East India Company under John of Riebeeck 1652-04-07 - Dutch establish settlement at Cape Town, South Africa 1795-09-16 - British capture Capetown South Africa 1829-10-01 - South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; later to separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools. 1838-12-16 - Boers beat Zulu chieftain Dingaan in South Africa 1843-08-08 - Natal (in South Africa) is made a British colony 1852-01-17 - British recognize independence of Transvaal (in South Africa) 1852-02-26 - British troopship Birkenhead sinks off South Africa-458 die, 193 survive 1854-02-17 - Britain recognises independence of Orange Free State (South Africa) 1871-10-17 - Great Britain annexes Griqualand South Africa 1877-04-12 - British annex Transvaal, in South Africa 1879-01-11 - Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins 1879-01-22 - Zulu warriors attack British Army camp in Isandhlwana South Africa 1879-11-28 - Battle at Lydenburg South Africa: Gen Wolseley beats Sekhukhenes Pedi-Zulu 1880-12-16 - Transvaal region declares itself as the Republic of South Africa 1881-03-04 - South African president Kruger accepts ceasefire 1889-03-12 - Start of South Africas 1st Test, v England, Port Elizabeth 1889-03-26 - Bernard Tancred carries bat for 26* out of 47! South Africa v England 1889-03-26 - Johnny Briggs took 15-26 (7-17 & 8-11) v South Africa at Newlands 1889-03-26 - South Africa all out 47, then follow-on all out 43 v England 1896-01-02 - Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr Jamesons troops) 1896-02-14 - George Lohmann takes a hat-trick v South Africa, 8-7 for inning 1896-02-14 - South Africa all out for 30 v England - their lowest ever 1896-03-02 - George Lohmann takes 9-28 v South Africa at Johannesburg 1899-04-04 - South Africa all out 35 vs England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11) 1899-09-08 - British government sends an additional 10,000 troops to Natal South Africa 1899-09-17 - 1st British troops leave Bombay for South Africa 1899-10-09 - 1st British troops reaches Durban, South Africa 1899-10-09 - South Africa President Kruger routes British authorities ultimatum 1899-10-11 - South African Boers declare war on Great Britain 1899-10-12 - South Africa Boer Republic declares war on Britain 1899-10-13 - 7000 lay-offs black mine workers of South Africa reach Natal Soldier, Author and British Prime Minister Winston ChurchillSoldier, Author and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill 1899-10-14 - Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill departs to South Africa 1899-10-22 - British troops flee Dundee, Natal South Africa 1899-10-24 - Battle at Rietfontein, South Africa: Boers vs British army 1899-12-10 - -15] British Black Week due to defeats in South Africa 1899-12-10 - Battle at Storm Berge South Africa - Boers vs British army 1899-12-15 - Battle at Colenso, South Africa (Boers-British army) 1899-12-18 - Field Marshal Lord Roberts appointed British supreme commander in South Africa 1899-12-23 - British Field Marshall Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa for the 2nd Boer War 1900-01-24 - Battle of Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army) 1900-02-06 - The Battle of Vaal Krantz, South Africa (Boers vs British army) 1900-03-07 - Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, Pres Kruger flees 1900-05-26 - British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa 1900-05-27 - Lord Roberts army fights the Vaal in South Africa 1900-08-30 - Last 2,000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt, South Africa, freed 1900-09-03 - With a proclamation by General Lord Roberts, Britain annexes the Boer Republic of South Africa 1900-09-06 - British General Buller occupies Lydenburg, South Africa 1900-10-19 - South African President Paul Kruger departs for Europe 1900-12-01 - Exiled South African president Paul Kruger visits Flanders and on the same day is declined a visit from the German Kaiser 1900-12-02 - Exiled South African president Paul Kruger arrives in Germany, though the Kaiser refuses the meet him 1902-10-11 - Commencement of 1st Test Cricket between South Africa & Australia 1905-04-25 - Whites win right to vote in South Africa 1906-01-04 - South Africa beat England by one wicket, their 1st Test win 1906-04-02 - South Africa complete a 4-1 series drubbing of England Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma GandhiPacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma Gandhi 1906-09-11 - Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa. 1909-06-15 - Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lords and form the Imperial Cricket Conference. 1909-09-02 - King Edward VII signs South Africa Act 1910-05-31 - Cape of Good Hope becomes part of Union of South Africa 1910-05-31 - Union of South Africa declares independence from UK 1910-07-01 - Union of South Africa becomes a dominion 1910-11-04 - Start of South Africas 1st F-C game in Aust (v S Aust). It rained 1911-01-10 - Trumper scored double cricket ton v South Africa, goes on to get 214 1911-01-13 - South Africas 1st win over Australia, at Adelaide 1912-05-28 - Jackie Matthews takes 2 cricket hat-tricks same day Aust v South Africa 1913-11-06 - Mohandas K Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa 1913-12-30 - Barnes takes 17 wickets vs South Africa (8-56 & 9-103) 1914-06-30 - Mahatma Gandhis 1st arrest after campaigning for Indian rights in South Africa 1914-09-18 - South African troops land in German South West Africa 1914-10-13 - Pro-German Boers begin opposition to British authority in South Africa 1915-07-09 - Germany surrenders South West Africa to Union of South Africa 1915-07-10 - British/South African troops march into German SW-Africa 1919-05-06 - Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; Ger E Africa is assigned to Britain & France, German SW Africa to South Africa 1919-08-28 - General John Smuts becomes premier of South Africa 1920-02-04 - 1st flight from London to South Africa takes-off (lasts 1½ months) 1920-03-20 - 1st flight from London to South Africa lands (took 1½ months) 1920-12-17 - South Africa receives League of Nations mandate over SW Africa 1922-03-10 - State of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg South Africa 1923-09-12 - Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co 1924-04-01 - Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co 1924-06-14 - Test Cricket debuts of Herbert Sutcliffe & Maurice Tate v South Africa 1924-06-16 - South Africa all out 30 v England in 48 minutes, Gilligan 6-7 1924-06-28 - Test cricket umpire debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lords 1924-06-30 - England score 2-503 in days play v South Africa at Lords 1925-05-05 - Afrikaans is established as an official language in South Africa. 1926-08-22 - Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa 1931-09-30 - Start of Die Voortrekkers youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Cricket Legend Donald BradmanCricket Legend Donald Bradman 1931-11-17 - Bradman scores 135 NSW v South Africa, 128 mins, 15 fours 1931-11-28 - Bradman scores 226, the 1st Test Cricket century at Gabba, v South Africa 1931-12-07 - Bradman scores 219 NSW v South Africa, 234 mins, 15 fours 1931-12-11 - Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland (Free State), and Newfoundland (which was not at that time part of Canada) 1931-12-19 - Bradman scores 112 Australia v South Africa at cricket SCG 1932-01-04 - Bradman scores 167 for Australia v South Africa at the MCG 1932-01-29 - Test debut of Bill OReilly, vs South Africa at Adelaide 1932-01-30 - Grimmett 7-116 in South Africa 1st innings at Adelaide Oval 1932-02-01 - Bradman makes 299* vs South Africa, runs out partner going for 300th 1932-02-02 - Grimmett takes 14 wickets v South Africa (7-116 & 7-83) 1932-02-14 - South Africa all out for 36 in 1st innings v Aust (Ironmonger 5-6) 1932-02-15 - Aust beat South Africa in cricket by an inn in 5 hrs 53 min playing time 1935-12-14 - Test Cricket debut of Chuck Fleetwood-Smith v South Africa, Durban 1936-01-04 - Grimmett becomes world record wicket taker with no 190 v South Africa 1936-03-03 - Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wkts in 5th Test v South Africa 1938-12-23 - Discovery of the first modern coelacanth in South Africa. 1938-12-26 - Tom Goddard takes a cricket hat-trick for England v South Africa 1938-12-28 - Paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut v South Africa 1939-03-14 - England draw with South Africa at Durban on the 10th day 1939-09-03 - WWII: Britain declares war on Germany after invasion of Poland. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa & Canada 1939-09-06 - South Africa declares war on Nazi-Germany 1947-06-23 - Compton & Bill Edrich make 370 stand for 3rd wkt v South Africa 1948-05-26 - South Africa elects a nationalist government under D.F. Malan with an apartheid policy 1949-01-14 - Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die 1949-03-09 - England beat South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes 1949-06-29 - South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages 1950-04-27 - South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races 1950-06-13 - South African parliament accept Groups Area Act 1951-05-31 - Netherlands & South Africa sign cultural accord 1952-03-24 - Great demonstrations against apartheid in South Africa Anti-apartheid activist and South African President Nelson MandelaAnti-apartheid activist and South African President Nelson Mandela 1952-06-26 - Nelson Mandela & 51 others infringe South Africa curfew 1953-04-15 - Malans National Party wins South African elections 1953-06-09 - South African premier Malan visits Netherlands 1954-11-30 - John Strydom succeeds Malan as premier of South Africa 1955-06-09 - Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, v South Africa at Trent Bridge 1955-11-09 - UN disapproves of South Africas apartheid politics 1956-08-09 - South African women demonstrate against pass laws 1957-05-22 - South Africa government approves race separation in universities 1957-12-23 - Test Cricket debut for Wally Grout & Bobby Simpson v South Africa 1958-01-03 - Lindsay Kline takes a hat-trick v South Africa at Cape Town 1958-03-14 - South Africa government prohibits the African National Congress 1958-09-02 - Hendrik Verwoerd appointed PM of South Africa 1959-08-12 - Progressive Party under John Steytler forms in South Africa 1959-11-17 - De Beers firm of South Africa announces synthetic diamond 1960-01-21 - Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook, South Africa; 417 die of methane poisoning 1960-03-21 - Sharpeville Massacre: Police kill 72 in South Africa & outlaws ANC 1960-04-09 - South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle 1960-06-06 - South Africa police kills 11 Pondos at Nqusa Hill 1960-06-24 - Geoff Griffin takes a hat-trick South Africa v England Lords 1961-03-15 - South Africa withdrews from British Commonwealth 1961-03-17 - South Africa leaves British Commonwealth 1961-05-31 - Union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaves Commonwealth 1961-08-24 - Former South African nazi leader Johannes Vorster becomes South Africas minister of justice 1961-12-08 - South Africa v NZ, Durban debuts for Eddie Barlow & Peter Pollock 1962-06-15 - South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes 1962-08-04 - Nelson Mandela captured by South African police 1962-11-06 - UN General Assembly adopts resolution condemning South Africa 1963-06-25 - South Africa workers union leader Curnick Ndlovu arrested 1963-07-06 - South African workers union leader Billy Nair arrested 1963-10-20 - South Africa begins trial of Nelson Mandela & 8 others on conspiracy 1963-12-07 - Ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans 1964-06-12 - Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa 1964-08-18 - South Africa banned from Olympic Games because of apartheid policies 1964-10-04 - 3 cars of a commuter train derails in South Africa killing 81 1964-11-17 - British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa 1965-01-06 - Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling 1965-04-01 - South Africa workers union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 years 1965-06-15 - South Africa begins economic boycott of Dutch products 1965-12-01 - South Africa government says children of white fathers are white 1966-03-17 - South Africa government bans Defense & Aid Fund 1966-05-01 - Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting 1966-08-03 - South African government bans Beatle records 1966-09-13 - Johannes Balthazar Vorster sworn in as premier of South Africa 1966-10-27 - UN deprives South Africa of Namibia 1967-05-23 - Government bans submarines near South Africa 1967-12-03 - 1st human heart transplant performed (Dr Christian Barnard, South Africa) 1968-07-29 - Gram Parsons refuses to play with the Byrds in South Africa 1970-01-22 - Test debut of Barry Richards, South Africa v Australia, Cape Town 1970-02-05 - Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa v Australia, Durban 1970-02-11 - John Lennon pays £1,344 fines for 96 protesting South African rugby team playing in Scotland 1970-03-10 - South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia 1971-03-03 - South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles 1971-03-03 - Winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa 1971-03-31 - South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion 1972-06-01 - Tswanaland becomes Bophuthatswana in South Africa 1972-09-30 - Passenger train derails killing 48 (Rust Stasie South Africa) 1974-11-07 - 63rd Davis Cup: South Africa beats India in (w/o) 1974-11-12 - South Africa suspended from UN General Assembly over racial policies 1975-10-23 - Battle between Cuba & South Africa troops in Angola 1976-03-12 - South African troops leave Angola 1976-06-11 - Anti-apartheid advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza arrested in South Africa 1976-08-11 - Race riot in Cape Town, South Africa; 17 die 1976-09-23 - South Africa decides to allow multi-racial teams to represent them 1976-10-26 - Transkei gains independence, not recognized outside of South Africa 1976-11-09 - UN General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa 1976-12-28 - Winnie Mandela banished in South Africa 1977-04-27 - Bloody riots in Soweto South Africa 1977-09-14 - Christmas Tinto sentenced to 7 years in Robben Island, South Africa 1977-10-21 - US recalls William Bowdler, ambassador to South Africa 1977-11-04 - UN Security council proclaims weapon embargo against South Africa 1977-12-06 - South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence 1977-12-31 - Donald Woods, a banned white editor flees South Africa 1978-05-06 - South Africa military goes into Angola 1978-07-24 - Margaret Gardiner, of South Africa, crowned 27th Miss Universe 1978-09-28 - Pieter Botha succeeds Vorster as premier of South Africa 1979-09-13 - South Africa grants Venda independence (Not recognized out of S Afr) 1980-05-02 - Pink Floyds Another Brick in Wall (Part II) is banned in South Africa 1980-06-01 - ANC sets fire to Sasol oil installations in South Africa 1980-06-13 - UN Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela 1980-06-18 - Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa 1981-06-19 - Heaviest known orange (2.5 kg) exhibited, Nelspruit, South Africa 1981-11-25 - Failed coup by South African mercenaries in Seychelles 1981-11-30 - South Africa anti-apartheid advocate Bulelani Ngcuka arrested 1981-12-04 - According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa 1982-03-20 - Rev A Treurnicht forms Conservative Party of South Africa 1983-08-06 - Supertanker Castillo de Bellvar crashes at South Africa 1983-09-27 - South Africa workers union leader Curnick Ndlovu freed after 19 years 1984-02-27 - Workers union leader Billy Nair freed in South Africa 1984-09-03 - South Africa adopts constitution US President & Actor Ronald ReaganUS President & Actor Ronald Reagan 1984-09-26 - President Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa 1984-12-10 - South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is presented with his Nobel Peace Prize 1985-01-31 - South African president PW Botha offers to free Mandela if he denounces violence 1985-04-30 - Last edition of Brink Daily Mail/Sunday Express in South Africa 1985-05-18 - 1st remote location for Nightline (South Africa) 1985-07-09 - South Africa police arrested Dutch ANCer Klaas de Jong 1985-08-23 - South African attorney/UDF leader Dulah Omar arrested 1985-09-09 - President Reagan orders sanctions against South Africa 1985-10-11 - President Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands 1985-12-01 - South Africas Cosatu union centre forms 1986-05-16 - South African Pres P W Botha sends Coetsee to visit Mandela 1986-05-18 - South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe & Zambia 1986-05-23 - US & West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa 1986-06-12 - P W Botha declares South African national emergency 1986-06-13 - Pres Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency 1986-06-16 - 1 day general strike in South Africa 1986-06-26 - South African journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu arrested 1986-09-16 - Fire in Kinross gold mine, Transvaal South Africa, 177 killed 1986-10-21 - IBM re-forms in South Africa 1986-10-25 - International Red Cross ousted from South Africa 1986-12-11 - South Africa censors press 1986-12-12 - South African journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu arrested 1987-07-12 - 50 white South Africans meets ANCers in Dakar 1987-08-31 - South Africa longest mine strike in history ends 1987-09-07 - South Africa frees Dutch anthropologist/Ancer Klaas de Young 1987-11-05 - South Africa ANC-leader Govan Mbeki freed 1987-11-28 - South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean, 159 die 1988-02-24 - South African apartheid regime bans the UDF 1988-07-28 - Winnie Mandellas home in Soweto, South Africa, destroyed by arson 1988-07-29 - South African government bans anti-apartheid film Cry Freedom 1988-08-08 - Angola, Cuba & South Africa sign cease fire treaty 1988-08-08 - South Africa declares cease-fire in Angola 1988-08-31 - Bomb attack on office of South Africa Council of Churches 1988-10-19 - South African anti-apartheid leader Sisulu wins $100,000 Human Rights prize 1988-12-22 - South Africa signs accord granting independence to South West Africa 1989-02-02 - FW de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africas National Party leader Anti-apartheid activist and South African President Nelson MandelaAnti-apartheid activist and South African President Nelson Mandela 1989-05-17 - Nelson Mandela receives a BA from University of South Africa 1989-06-07 - 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires 1989-08-14 - President Pieter W Botha of South Africa, resigns 1989-08-15 - Frederik de Klerk becomes president of South Africa 1989-09-13 - Archbishop Desmond Tutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa 1989-09-20 - FW De Klerk sworn in as president of South Africa 1989-10-15 - South Africa President FW de Klerk frees ANC Founder Walter Sisulu & 4 other political prisoners 1989-11-16 - South Africa president FW de Klerk announces scrapping of Separate Amenities Act 1990-01-18 - South Africa says its reconsidering ban on African Natl Congress 1990-02-02 - South Africas Pres FW de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela & legalizes ANC & 60 other political orgs 1990-02-10 - South African President de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on Feb 11th 1990-02-11 - Nelson Mandela released after 27 years imprisonment in South Africa 1990-02-13 - 50 killed at Inkatha-UDF battle in Natal, South Africa 1990-03-21 - Namibia becomes independent of South Africa, Sam Nujoma becomes president 1990-05-02 - South Africa & African National Congress open talks to end apartheid 1990-05-06 - Former president PW Botha quit South Africas ruling National Party 1990-06-05 - South African troops plunder Nelson Mandelas home 1990-06-07 - South Africa president F W de Klerk lifts 4 year olf state of emergency 1990-07-29 - South Africa Communist Party begins 1st legal conference 1990-09-13 - Commuter train at Johannesburg South Africa attacked, 36 die US President George H. W. BushUS President George H. W. Bush 1990-09-24 - South African President F W de Klerk meets US President Bush in Washington DC 1991-01-13 - 42 killed in exhibition soccer match in Johannesburg, South Africa 1991-01-13 - Soccer stadium riot in Orkney, South Africa, at least 40 die 1991-06-17 - South Africa abolishes last of its apartheid laws 1991-07-09 - South Africa readmitted to Olympics 1991-08-04 - The Greek cruise ship Oceanos sinks off the Wild Coast of South Africa. 1991-09-05 - Nelson Mandela chosen as president of African National Congress 1991-09-07 - 1st South African international competition in 25 years, gymnastics 1991-11-10 - South Africas 1st cricket international since 1970 - one-day v India 1992-01-11 - Paul Simon opens a tour in South Africa 1992-03-22 - England beat South Africa in rain-ruined cricket World Cup semi final 1992-04-18 - Start of South Africas 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown) 1992-06-17 - Slaughtering by Inkhata-followers at Boipatong, South Africa, kills 42 1993-03-21 - South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl 1993-05-07 - South Africa agrees to multi-racial elections 1993-07-25 - The St James Church massacre in Kenilworth, Cape Town by Azanian Peoples Liberation Army 1993-09-02 - Day of Peace in South Africa 1993-10-08 - UN lifts remaining economic sanctions against South Africa 1993-10-15 - Nelson Mandela & South Africa president F W de Klerk awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1993-11-18 - Black & white leaders in South Africa approve new democratic constitution 1994-01-07 - South Africa beat Australia in the Sydney Test by 5 runs 1994-01-25 - Australia beat South Africa 2-1 to win the World Series Cup 1994-03-05 - Largest milkshake (1,955 gallons of chocolate-Nelspruit South Africa) 1994-03-07 - ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa 1994-03-18 - South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police 1994-03-20 - Zulu-king Goodwill Zwelithini founds realm in South Africa 1994-03-22 - South African government/ANC take power in Ciskei homeland 1994-04-19 - Inkatha ends boycott of South African multi-racial election 1994-04-26 - 1st multi-racial election in South Africa begins [3 days] Dr Nomaza Paintin in NZ is 1st black South African to vote 1994-04-28 - 1st multi-racial election in South Africa ends [3 days] 1994-05-06 - Nelson Mandela and the ANC, finally confirmed winners in South Africas first post apartheid election 1994-05-10 - Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africas 1st black president 1994-05-11 - 6 white racists sentenced to death in South Africa 1994-06-23 - South Africa reclaims its seat in UN 1994-08-15 - South African President Nelson Mandela receives Anne Frank Penning 1994-10-01 - South African President Nelson Mandela visits US 1994-10-06 - Ben Mokoena becomes 1st black mayor of Middelburg South Africa 1995-01-14 - 10,000s South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo 1995-05-10 - In South Africa, 104 miners killed in an elevator accident 1995-10-16 - Allan Donald takes 8-71 as South Africa defeat Zimbabwe 1995-12-03 - Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket v South Africa, a record 1996-02-16 - Gary Kirsten scores 188* for South Africa v UAE at Rawalpindi 1996-04-19 - South Africa defeat Pakistan to win the Pepsi Cup in Sharjah 1997-02-24 - South Africa announces it is constructing largest modern day blimp 1998-10-29 - Apartheid: In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities. 2002-07-09 - The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The first chairman is Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa. 2002-08-26 - Earth Summit 2002 begins in Johannesburg, South Africa. 2008-09-21 - President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa resigns from office, effective September 25. 2010-07-11 - Spain beats Netherlands 1-0 for soccers 19th World Cup in South Africa (1st title) 2012-07-13 - 19-30 people are killed after a train collides with a truck in Malelane, South Africa 2012-08-04 - South African Oscar Pistorius becomes first amputee to compete at the Olympics 2012-08-16 - South African police open fire on striking mine workers and kill at least 34 people 2012-08-20 - South Africa become the top-ranked test cricket nation after defeating England 2012-09-10 - 10,000 miners demonstrate at Lonmin mines in Marikana, South Africa 2012-10-05 - Anglo Platinum Limited fires 12,000 striking workers in South Africa 2013-01-31 - 300 people are injured in a train collision in Pretoria, South Africa 2013-02-14 - Oscar Pistorius, a South African amputee sprint runner, is charged with the murder of Reeva Steenkamp 2013-03-15 - 24 people die after a double decker bus veers of a pass in Cape Town, South Africa
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