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E-0092882event South African author J.M. Coetzee wins England’s prestige book prize, the Booker prize for fiction, for the second time, this t28 Aug 2012✓
E-0089478event International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women of South Africa and Namibia was observed for the first time.31 Jul 2012✓
E-0088907event The SA rugby team plays for the first time against a team of the British Isles, and lose 0-4 in Port Elizabeth.20 Jul 2012✓
E-0085778event For the second time René de Villiers, member of parliament for Parktown, draws the attention of Deputy Minister of Bantu8 Jun 2012✓
E-0076749event Henning J. Klopper, Speaker of the Volksraad at the time of South Africa becoming a Republic, joins the Railways. He is later a12 Mar 2012✓
E-0076734event ANC president Oliver Tambo and vice-president Nelson Mandela meet for the first time in twenty-eight years in Sweden.12 Mar 2012✓
E-0092748event The Voortrekkers decide to call the first planned town in Natal, up to that time called “Bosjesmansrand” (Bushmen Rand) because28 Aug 2012✓
E-0092503event The Delmas Treason Trial, up to that time the longest in SA history, starts. All the accused plead not guilty.27 Aug 2012✓
E-0091775event Azapo (Azanian People’s Organisation) is established in Roodepoort for the second time, after the first founding in 1977 did no23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091688event A group of Whites at the Cape ascends Table Mountain for the first time, with Khoi-Khoi chief Herry as guide.23 Aug 2012✓
E-0081768event After the abolition of the triumvirate, Paul Kruger is elected president of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek for the first time.13 Apr 2012✓
E-0082498event William C. Oswell, White scout who saw the Victorian Falls for the first time with Livingstone, dies in Turnbridge Wells, Engla30 Apr 2012✓
E-0082487event Sir Gilbraith Lowry Cole, governor of the Cape, is born. Sir Lowry’s Pass was built during his time of office.30 Apr 2012✓
E-0070941event The United Nations Security Council reaffirms the mandatory arms embargo, and, for the first time requests that all states refr9 Dec 2011–
E-0072735event The Cape becomes British territory for the second time, when conditions of surrender at Blaauberg (11 days previously), is conf16 Jan 2012✓
B-0008012biography Christopher Ndodebandla Dlamini1944-2009✓
E-0148858event The 104mm field-gun known as 'Long Cecil' is test fired for the first time 22 Aug 2019–
B-0068105biography Dr James Sebe Moroka1892-1985–
B-0141689biography Mhlabunzima Joseph Maphumulo1949-1991✓
B-0008291biography Alex la Guma1925-1985✓
R-0153224archive AWB 'hunts' Grosskopf, by Chris Steyn, The Cape Times, 21 March 19889 Jan 2026–
R-0153113archive Public offers to up Grosskopf reward, The Cape Times, 22 March 1988 30 Nov 2025–
E-0088833event The government of President Obote of Uganda is overthrown for the second time and replaced by a military council under Gen. Tit20 Jul 2012✓
E-0084789event South African Airways is given permission to fly over the bulge of Africa for the first time in twenty-eight years.1 Jun 2012✓
E-0074396event Daniel Sefundi (Dan) Rakgoathe, SA artist, is born in Randfontein, Transvaal.   He was the first full-time student in the fin17 Feb 2012✓
E-0074326event The Orange Free State Vierkleur is hoisted for the first time and the coat of arms of the republic is unveiled.17 Feb 2012✓
E-0074318event President F.W. de Klerk and ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela share a public platform for the first time as they jointly rece17 Feb 2012✓
E-0079696event The Mozambique-South Africa Joint Security Commission meets for the first time in Maputo, as further raids are carried out agai16 Mar 2012✓
E-0074751event Cape Town’s Hely-Hutchinson Reservoir, named after Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson, at one time governor of Natal and of the24 Feb 2012✓
E-0092422event Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate and a critic of the Nigerian government, returns to his homeland for the first time in four years27 Aug 2012✓

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