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1992 in South Africa

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1992
in
South Africa

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The following lists events that happened during 1992 in South Africa.

Incumbents

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Events

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January
  • 11 – Singer Paul Simon is the first major artist to tour South Africa after the end of the cultural boycott.
February
March
April
June
July
  • 9 – Chief Julius Matatu, former Transkei minister and prominent traditional leader, is shot dead at his home in Mqanduli, Transkei.
August
September
November
December
  • 1 – South Korea re-establishes diplomatic relations with South Africa.[4] South Korea first established diplomatic relations with South Africa in 1961, but withdrew its recognition in 1978 in protest of apartheid.[4][5]
  • 19 – State President F.W. de Klerk dismisses 23 senior military officers, including 6 generals, on unfounded suspicion of unauthorized activities designed to disrupt negotiations with the African National Congress.[6][7]
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Births

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Deaths

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  • 20 January – Geoffrey Cronjé founder of Apartheid
  • 27 August – Alina Lekgetha, nurse, chairman of South African Nursing Association and politician. (b. 1918)
  • 18 October – Abraham Manie Adelstein, South African-born United Kingdom's Chief Medical Statistician. (b. 1916)
  • 25 December – Helen Joseph, activist. (b. 1905)

Railways

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Class 38-000

Locomotives

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  • 10 September – Spoornet places the first of fifty Class 38-000 dual mode locomotives in service, the first locomotives in South Africa capable of running either on 3 kV DC electricity off the catenary or on diesel fuel alone.[8][9]

Sports

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Athletics

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  • 28 March – Abel Mokibe wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:11:07 in Cape Town.

References

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  1. ^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. ^ "1992: South Africa votes for change". BBC News. 18 March 1992.
  3. ^ BBC On This Day – 7 September (Accessed on 28 May 2017)
  4. ^ a b "Countries and Regions > Middle East and Africa > List of the Countries". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea. Archived from the original on 17 November 2014.
  5. ^ "South Korea-South Africa Relations". The Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Republic of South Africa. 6 April 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  6. ^ South African History Online - Top army officers purged
  7. ^ Interview with Major General Chris Thirion on 15 June 2009
  8. ^ South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended
  9. ^ "UCW - Electric locomotives" (PDF). The UCW Partnership. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2010.