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E-0085984event Maria van Riebeeck, daughter of Jan and his wife Maria, is born at the Cape.15 Jun 2012✓
E-0088788event King Farouk abdicates in favour of his infant son after a military coup a few days earlier.20 Jul 2012✓
E-0088699event Sir Christoffel (Joseph) Brand succeeds his brother, P.A. Brand, as editor of De Zuid-Afrikaan.20 Jul 2012✓
E-0085739event Nelson Mandela arrives on Robben Island to begin his life sentence, imposed the previous day.8 Jun 2012✓
E-0074538event Mr Zulu, ANC official of Estcourt, Natal, is shot and killed while driving his car.17 Feb 2012✓
E-0074483event Mr Madondo, Thokoza Civic Association, is killed in his house by a group of unknown men.17 Feb 2012✓
E-0074409event Chief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, CONTRALESA, ANC, is shot dead in Pietermaritzburg while getting into his car.17 Feb 2012✓
R-0094401archive A picture of the man whom little is known about outside his political life - Kgalema Motlanthe12 Dec 2012–
E-0094206event A Pretoria biker is caught doing 284km/h on his Suzuki motorcycle on the R5914 Nov 2012✓
E-0092289event Dr D.F. Malan, retired prime minister of SA, announces his decision to withdraw from politics.27 Aug 2012✓
E-0091697event Thomas Charles John Bain, road engineer and geologist, dies on his 63rd birthday anniversary.23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091470event The Constitutional Court rules that President Nelson Mandela exceeded his power by decreasing electoral boundaries.23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091444event Chief Sekwati, Pedi paramount chief, dies in Mosega and is succeeded by his son Sekhukhune I.23 Aug 2012✓
E-0091254event Breyten Breytenbach receives the Hertzog Prize for his two poetry volumes, ‘Oorblyfsels: ‘n roudig’ and ‘Papierblom’.23 Aug 2012✓
E-0090113event Caiphus Nyoka, student leader, is shot dead by police raiding his father’s home in Daveyton.10 Aug 2012✓
E-0081779event Nelson Mandela thanks the world in the Wembley Stadium, London, for support during his imprisonment.13 Apr 2012✓
E-0082313event The President of the Ivory Coast reiterates his initiative for opening a dialogue with South Africa.23 Apr 2012✓
E-0069704event Mpande, Zulu chief and half-brother of Dingane, dies at his kraal Nodwengu in Zululand. 11 Nov 2011✓
E-0071187event Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat is named by Colonel Gamal Abdul al-Nasser as his successor.14 Dec 2011✓
E-0071117event Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Ethiopia after being ousted by his son. africanhistory.about.com/14 Dec 2011–
E-0072973event Prof. Chris Barnard (65), South African heart specialist, marries his third wife, Karin Setzkorn (24).20 Jan 2012✓
E-0071764event Members of the S.A. security force murder Dr Richard Turner at his home in Durban.6 Jan 2012✓
B-0149905biography Norman “Billy Holiday” Pietersen 1966-1987✓
E-0093082event Two brothers are sentenced to death in Cairo, Egypt, after an attack on a bus in the city, killing nine Germans and one Egyptia28 Aug 2012✓
R-0099212archive Mandela’s Death Stirs Sense Of Loss Around The World by Nicholas Kulish, Lydia Polgreen and Alan Cowell (The New York Times), 6 December 20131 Apr 2015–
E-0087526event Former police officer Jack le Grange’s death verdict for the killing of two drug traders is put aside and he is released after28 Jun 2012✓
R-0086888archive Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the death of President Samora Machel Mbuzini, 17 October 199627 Jun 2012–
R-0086887archive Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the death of President Samora Machel Mbuzini, 17 October 199627 Jun 2012–
E-0089375event The Citizen reports that the film, Cry Freedom, based on the life and death of Steve Biko was banned by the Bophuthatswana and31 Jul 2012✓
E-0076835event A Durban magistrate rules that no one is to blame for the death of a young Indian dentist, Dr. Hoosen Haffejee, who died in pol12 Mar 2012✓

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