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E-0091057event Hendrik Lodewyk (Hennie) Roux, Afrikaans cultural leader and co-founder of the Rapportryersbeweging, is born on the farm La Mot14 Aug 2012–
E-0091050event Comdt Louw Wepener (53) is killed in combat during an attack on Moshesh at Thaba Bosigo in the Free State.14 Aug 2012–
E-0091021event F.W. de Klerk is elected president of South Africa by the electoral college and is officially installed on 20 September.14 Aug 2012✓
E-0091013event Louis Washkansky, first heart transplant patient in the world on 3 December 1967, is admitted to Groote Schuur hospital in Cape14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090987event South Africa signs protocol on consultations between the Department of Foreign Affairs of South Africa and the Ministry of Fore14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090870event The school order of Jacob Abraham (Uitenhage) de Mist eliminates the influence of the church on education and places education14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090815event Frans Bresler, landdros of Graaff-Reinet, confers with Lieutenant-Governor Francis Dundas in Algoa Bay on the withdrawal of Bri14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090806event A two-day follow-up conference on Educational Assistance to disadvantaged South Africans is organised in New York by the United14 Aug 2012–
E-0090797event Prime Minister B.J. Vorster announces the arrest of a fully trained KGB agent, Yuri N. Loginov, in Johannesburg. He is on a spe14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090754event The German Consulate in Cape Town packs up after South Africa’s official declaration of war on Germany the previous day.14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090733event Twenty-nine (numbers differ, according to the police nineteen) people are killed in an attack by police on election protestors14 Aug 2012–
E-0090730event Former American Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger, lectures South Africans on the need for racial reform and a new Constit14 Aug 2012–
E-0092821event In a joint statement, Government and the PAC say they agreed on the urgent need for the establishment of a more representative28 Aug 2012–
E-0084101event Miloon Kothari, the UN special rapporteur on adequate housing, says most of those displaced by President Robert Mugabe’s May 2025 May 2012✓
E-0084058event The so-called Adendorff trek to Banjailand (Southern Rhodesia) would have started on this day, but Pres. Paul Kruger imposed a25 May 2012✓
E-0083983event Natal, annexed by Britain on 12 May 1843, becomes a district of the Cape Colony under a lieutenant-governor. (Muller (ed): 50025 May 2012✓
E-0083956event The Afrikaans language festival, “Die Wonder van Afrikaans” which started on April 6 in Cape Town, ends at the Voortrekker monu25 May 2012✓
E-0083949event Anglo-Boer War 2: Lady Edward (Violet) Cecil writes to Lord Salisbury on the conditions in Bloemfontein: “Far more people have25 May 2012✓
E-0082054event An earthquake, registering 4,8 on the Richter Scale hits Welkom, trapping 969 miners sixteen hours underground. All but two are23 Apr 2012✓
E-0082039event The Natal Supreme Court declares the ban on campaigns for the release of detainees invalid. (2004). Today in History, Pretoria23 Apr 2012–
E-0081990event Thirteen leading officials of the ousted government in Liberia are publicly executed on the orders of the new military regime.23 Apr 2012✓
E-0081727event Two Libyan suspects are charged officially in Kamp Zest, the Netherlands, of causing the bomb explosion on board a Boeing 747 t13 Apr 2012✓
E-0081699event Maggie Laubser, SA painter and receiver of several awards, is born on the farm Bloublommetjieskloof in the district of Malmesbu13 Apr 2012✓
E-0083696event The World Health Organisation adopts a diluted proposal on wider international access to cheap HIV/Aids drugs. The WHO urges ta18 May 2012✓
E-0083659event The President’s Council says 3.3 million workers in the country are unemployed and urges the government to embark on a developm18 May 2012✓
E-0083643event The newly founded Northern Transvaal Rugby Union plays its first Currie Cup match on the new Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.18 May 2012✓
E-0083621event The Government and the ANC receive the report on procedures for releasing political prisoners, which were drafted by the joint18 May 2012–
E-0083620event The Government and the ANC receive the report on procedures for releasing political prisoners, which were drafted by the joint18 May 2012✓
E-0083547event Minister of Defence Jim Fouché announces that R12m. has been spent on the defence radar screen in the Transvaal.18 May 2012–
E-0083546event Minister of Defence Jim Fouché announces that R12m. has been spent on the defence radar screen in the Transvaal.18 May 2012✓

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