1972 in South Africa
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2009) |
 |
1972 in South Africa | |
| 1969 1970 1971 « 1972 » 1973 1974 1975 | ||
|
|
||
[edit] Events
- A South African recce team carry out a submarine-borne raid (using the SAS Emily Hobhouse, a Daphne class submarine) on the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam placing limpet mines on power lines, a bridge and the Rolls-Royce car belonging to the British High Commissioner
- The South African Police deploy to South West Africa
- Conscription for all white males is extended from 9 to 12 months and followed by a 19-day annual call-up for five years
- Operation Plathond, a joint South African Defence Force and South African Bureau of State Security operation is launched to train dissident Zambians in the Caprivi Strip, South West Africa
- 3 May - Onkgopotse Abram Tiro is expelled from University of the North and students protest the expulsion
- 4 May - South Africa and Lesotho decided to establish reciprocal consular representation
- 12 Auguest - the Oswego-Guardian/Texanita collision between two oil tankers near Stilbaai.
- 1 October - 1 Reconnaissance Commando is created at Oudtshoorn
[edit] Births
- 12 March — Arno Carstens, lead singer of the rock group Springbok Nude Girls, is born in Worcester
- 25 August — Elmarie Gerryts, pole vaulter
- 8 September — Os du Randt, Springboks rugby player
[edit] Deaths
- 14 May - Lawrence George Green, author, dies in Cape Town at the age of 72
- 11 August - Max Theiler, a virologist and the first South African to receive a Nobel Prize (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine), dies in New Haven, Connecticut at the age of 73
- 7 September - Cyprian Shilakoe, artist and sculpturer, is killed in a vehicle accident in Krugersdorp, Transvaal
