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2012 in South Africa

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2012
in
South Africa

Decades:
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The following lists events that happened during 2012 in South Africa.

Incumbents

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The Cabinet, together with the President and the Deputy President, forms part of the Executive.

Events

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May
August
  • 10 – Marikana miners initiate a Wildcat strike.
  • 13 – Striking miners hack to death two security guards and two policemen and remove body parts from the corpses to make muti that would make them "invincible against police bullets".
  • 16 – Police open fire on a group of striking Marikana miners, killing 34 and injuring approximately 78.
September
October
November

Births

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Deaths

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Railways

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "OpenForum 2012 | Home". Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  2. ^ 8 South Africans killed in Afghanistan
  3. ^ South African peacekeeper killed, three wounded in Sudan
  4. ^ "Johannesburg prison van blast in South Africa: Three dead". BBC News. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Jeffrey Ntuka stabbed to death in South Africa". BBC Sport. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Roy Padayachie". SA History. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Padayachie talking tough « Telecoms « MyBroadband Tech and IT News". Mybroadband.co.za. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2012.

Further reading

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  • Sanusha Naidu (2013). "South Africa". In Andreas Mehler; et al. (eds.). Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2012. Vol. 9. Koninklijke Brill. pp. 507+. ISBN 978-90-04-25600-2.