2012 in Zimbabwe
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The following lists events that happened in 2012 in Zimbabwe.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 31 January – The Meteorological Department of Zimbabwe reports that some regions of the country experienced their heaviest recorded rainfall in 30 years during January.[1]
March
- 8 March – Activist Jenni Williams is awarded the Ginetta Sagan Fund award by Amnesty International for her human and civil rights activism.[2][3]
June
- 19 June – One person is killed and at least fifteen are injured in a crash involving Robert Mugabe's motorcade.[4]
- 22 June – 20 members of parliament undergo circumcision to spread awareness of HIV/AIDS prevention.[5]
- 29 June – The one-hour documentary titled All the President's Elephants, featuring Sharon Pincott's decade of work with the Presidential Elephants of Zimbabwe and the Reaffirmation of the Presidential Decree, premiered at the 2012 Durban International Film Festival,[6] where it was considered among the best on show. It went on to win many international accolades, keeping Zimbabwe's flagship elephant herd in the international spotlight.
Deaths
- 5 June – Sam Levy, 82, businessman and property developer[7]
- 4 October – Stanislaus Mudenge, 70, politician[8]
- 10 October – Kevin Curran, 53, cricketer[9]
References
- ↑ "Heaviest rain in decades in Zimbabwe | NOAA Climate.gov". www.climate.gov. 31 January 2012. Archived from the original on 9 December 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- ↑ Hager, Sarah (26 March 2012). "Celebrating a Fearless Human Rights Defender, Jenni Williams". Amnesty International. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
- ↑ Gumbo, Tatenda (4 April 2012). "Zimbabwean Rights Defender Wins Prestigious Amnesty Int'l Award". Voice of America. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- ↑ "Zimbabwe official says 1 dead, 15 hurt in Mugabe motorcade accident | CNN". CNN. 19 June 2012. Archived from the original on 5 August 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- ↑ "Twenty Zimbabwe lawmakers circumcised to show "political will" to fight AIDS - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- ↑ Billy Suter, The Mercury newspaper (29 June 2012) http://www.iol.co.za/mercury/best-of-durban-international-film-fest-1330715 Archived 5 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine South Africa
- ↑ Matambanadzo, Peter; Razemba, Freeman (7 June 2012). "Zimbabwe: Tycoon Sam Levy Dies". allAfrica. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Stan Mudenge: An accomplished educationist, historian". The Herald. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- ↑ "Zimbabwean Curran dies aged 53". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2021.