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E-0089227event The first 1 700 Rwandan refugees begin returning home, despite fear of reprisals from the new Tutsi government.27 Jul 2012–
E-0089226event The first 1 700 Rwandan refugees begin returning home, despite fear of reprisals from the new Tutsi government.27 Jul 2012✓
E-0089217event A defiance campaign by the Mass Democratic Movement against apartheid laws starts by challenging the segregation of hospitals a27 Jul 2012✓
E-0086440event British forces capture Cairo and the French begin withdrawing from Egypt in one of the Napoleonic Wars.22 Jun 2012✓
E-0086294event The Chief Executive Officer of the KaNgwane Territorial Authority, Chief M. Dhlamini, is removed from office following a vote o22 Jun 2012✓
E-0086066event Stephanus Schoeman (80), commandant-general in the Soutpansberg area and later of the ZAR, dies in Pretoria.15 Jun 2012✓
E-0088896event The official launch of the South African Communist Party (SACP) as an above-ground organisation takes place.20 Jul 2012✓
E-0088767event The Queen opens the Commonwealth Games in Manchester with a spectacular ceremony in front of 38,000 people.20 Jul 2012✓
E-0088759event St James Church massacre. Azanian Peoples’ Liberation Army (APLA the armed wing of the Pan-Africanist Congress)20 Jul 2012✓
E-0085794event Zimbabwe’s high court dismisses the first of the opposition’s appeals against President Robert Mugabe’s 2002 re-election.8 Jun 2012✓
E-0085791event In Cape Town SA gains a victory of 27-9 against the English rugby team, thereby sharing the series.8 Jun 2012✓
E-0086544event The civil service strike, one of the biggest in SA history, is called off after 28 days.22 Jun 2012✓
E-0086490event SA signs an amendment to the air transport agreement of 23 May 1947 with the United States.22 Jun 2012✓
E-0088422event Mahatma Gandhi sends a telegram to Dr. Yusuf Dadoo suggesting the postponement of the intended Passive Resistance Campaign.13 Jul 2012✓
E-0088305event Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Methuen reoccupies Rustenburg. This is the 3rd British occupation of the town.13 Jul 2012✓
R-0093710archive Remarks by President Jacob Zuma to the 24th Congress of the Socialist International 31 August 201226 Sep 2012–
E-0084795event Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha dies suddenly of a heart attack, opening the way for democracy in the country.1 Jun 2012✓
E-0074523event The number of prisoners in custody stands at 170 168. The prisons can accommodate 102 048 prisoners.17 Feb 2012✓
E-0074493event Henri Edouard Prosper Breuli, archaeologist attached to the University of the Witwatersrand, is born in Mortain, France.17 Feb 2012✓
E-0074147event The Constitution of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (South African Republic, commonly known as Transvaal Republic) is finally r17 Feb 2012✓
E-0074037event Nelson Mandela announces constitutional concessions, which would strengthen the power of provinces under the country’s post-apa10 Feb 2012✓
E-0079618event The United Nations Security Council Commission of Inquiry, investigating the abortive Seychelles coup, fails to reach a definit16 Mar 2012✓
E-0079448event Diamonds to the worth of about £50,000 are stolen from the post office in Cape Town.16 Mar 2012✓
E-0074711event Marthinus Theunis Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State for the first time.24 Feb 2012✓
R-0097672archive Review Essay: Crisis, History and the Challenge of Reinvention in the Postcolonial by Laurence Piper, March 201428 May 2014–
E-0092760event The first General Meeting of the United Nations, attended also by SA delegates, starts in New York.28 Aug 2012✓
E-0092509event James A. Michener (90), American author of epic historical fiction i.a. The Covenant, dealing with the Voortrekkers, dies.27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092465event Interim constitution is approved by nineteen of the twenty-one parties participating in the Multi-Party Talks.27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092435event The Union government appoints Commissioner of the Transvaal Police, Colonel (later Sir) Theodore Truter, as Chief Commissioner27 Aug 2012✓
E-0092338event Fourteen people, including leading members of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and the Black People’s Convention27 Aug 2012✓

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