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E-0091087event F.W. de Klerk is appointed and inaugurated as acting state president after the resignation of Pres. Botha the previous day. S14 Aug 2012–
E-0091085event Joshua Mqabuko Nyangolo Nkomo, considered by many to be the true hero of the Zimbabwean independence struggle, returns to Harar14 Aug 2012–
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-0091053event Dr M.S. (Tinie) Louw, (d. 1 March 1979) SA businessman and entrepreneur who was co-founder and president of the Afrikaanse Hand14 Aug 2012–
E-0091049event Christiaan Afrikaner, son of Jonker Afrikaner and Nama chief, is killed in battle at Otjimbingue, German West Africa.   He wa14 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-0090991event An agreement is signed by several role-players, including the Minister of Land Affairs, Derek Hanekom, to redevelop District Si14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090976event Six political refugees, including the President of the United Democratic Front (UDF) seek refuge in the British consulate in Du14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090970event Speaking to the Transvaal Congress of the ruling National Party in Pretoria, the Prime Minister again rejects major changes in14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090910event Anglo-Boer War 2:  The governor of Portuguese East Africa, J.J. Machado, invites Pres. Kruger to stay in the official residenc14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090886event The government is empowered to set up a Publications Board, which would endeavour to present and uphold the Christian view of l14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090882event The Natal Indian Congress (NIC) declines an invitation by the Durban Mayor’s office to enable members of the Indian community t14 Aug 2012–
E-0090845event Jomo Kenyatta returns to Kenya from exile, during which he has been elected president of the Kenya National African Union.14 Aug 2012–
E-0090843event Jomo Kenyatta returns to Kenya from exile, during which he has been elected president of the Kenya National African Union.14 Aug 2012✓
E-0090825event Anglo-Boer War 2:  Representatives of the ZAR and the Free State governments meet in Nelspruit and decide to allow President K14 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-0090739event The bitter debate over the power of central government in relation to the provinces is reopened when the Constitutional Court r14 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-0090729event The Minister of Cooperation and Development, Piet Koornhof, says that Blacks in urban areas will not have political rights in t14 Aug 2012–
E-0090706event Schalk Willem Botha, vice-president of the ZAR and later acting state president upon President Paul Kruger’s departure for Euro14 Aug 2012–
E-0092835event The historical manor Leeuwenhof in Cape Town, which later became the official home of the Cape Province administrator, is bough28 Aug 2012✓
E-0092832event Nqetho, Qwabe chief, forces the Rev. J.W. Shepstone to abandon the Morley mission station. Nqetho was murdered in December of t28 Aug 2012✓
E-0092823event The United Nations celebrates its 50th anniversary. The celebration is the largest gathering of world leaders in history, with28 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-0092816event National Union of Mineworkers’ leader Cyril Ramaphosa is awarded the Olof Palme prize for “courage and wisdom in the solidarity28 Aug 2012✓
E-0092810event Further trouble erupts at a funeral in Soweto when a crowd of 4,000 attacks police. Retaliatory fire causes deaths and injuries28 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-0084080event Rhodesia formally ends nearly ninety years of White minority rule and declares it will now be known as Zimbabwe-Rhodesia.25 May 2012✓
E-0084073event The government announces in a White Paper plans to re-organise the administration of South-West Africa, which will give Pretori25 May 2012✓

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