23 – Dorothy Nyembe is released from
Kroonstad Prison after serving 15 years.
April
3 – The
African National Congress denies responsibility after a car bomb explodes on the Victoria Embankment, Durban, killing three and injuring twenty.
13 – The
Mobil Oil Refinery in Durban comes under
RPG-7 attack by Umkhonto we Sizwe insurgents who are all killed afterwards in a running battle with police.
16 – Outside the Jabulani Police station in
Soweto an explosion destroys two private vehicles belonging to policemen.
18 – The railway line near
Lenasia is damaged by an explosion.
29 – Prime Minister
P.W. Botha and minister of foreign affairs
Pik Botha visit Austria, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland and West Germany.
Mutineers systematically kill most camp administration members at
Umkhonto we Sizwe's Pango training camp in
Angola.
June
21 – An explosion damages a sub-station in Berea, Durban and disrupts electricity supply.
28 – Jeannette Schoon and her six-year-old daughter Katryn are killed by a letter bomb at
Lubango, Angola.
7 – Tshabalala Dry Cleaners in Soweto is extensively damaged by Umkhonto we Sizwe.
7 – An
Escom sub-station is destroyed in Glenmore, Durban.
12 – The Department of Internal Affairs of
Johannesburg is hit by an explosion that causes minor damage.
16 – Two Limpet mines destroy two floors of the South African Police HQ,
Soweto East in
Roodepoort, injuring the District Commander, four policemen and two civilians.
17 – A guerrilla is killed while resisting arrest in Mapetla.
23 – Explosions destroy 4th floor offices of the government in a building in Booysens, Johannesburg.
24 – A bomb explodes in Anchor Life Building in Johannesburg, destroying the South African Railways Police regional offices and the Department of Internal Affairs offices.
31 March – Ernest Seleke wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:09:41 in
Port Elizabeth.
11 August – Barefoot runner
Zola Budd and
Mary Decker of the United States collide in the Olympic 3,000 meters final and neither finish as medallist.[9]
^
abSouth African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended
^Middleton, John N. (2002). Railways of Southern Africa Locomotive Guide - 2002 (as amended by Combined Amendment List 4, January 2009) (2nd, Dec 2002 ed.). Herts, England: Beyer-Garratt Publications. pp. 50, 61.
^Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 129–131.
ISBN0869772112.
23 – Dorothy Nyembe is released from
Kroonstad Prison after serving 15 years.
April
3 – The
African National Congress denies responsibility after a car bomb explodes on the Victoria Embankment, Durban, killing three and injuring twenty.
13 – The
Mobil Oil Refinery in Durban comes under
RPG-7 attack by Umkhonto we Sizwe insurgents who are all killed afterwards in a running battle with police.
16 – Outside the Jabulani Police station in
Soweto an explosion destroys two private vehicles belonging to policemen.
18 – The railway line near
Lenasia is damaged by an explosion.
29 – Prime Minister
P.W. Botha and minister of foreign affairs
Pik Botha visit Austria, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland and West Germany.
Mutineers systematically kill most camp administration members at
Umkhonto we Sizwe's Pango training camp in
Angola.
June
21 – An explosion damages a sub-station in Berea, Durban and disrupts electricity supply.
28 – Jeannette Schoon and her six-year-old daughter Katryn are killed by a letter bomb at
Lubango, Angola.
7 – Tshabalala Dry Cleaners in Soweto is extensively damaged by Umkhonto we Sizwe.
7 – An
Escom sub-station is destroyed in Glenmore, Durban.
12 – The Department of Internal Affairs of
Johannesburg is hit by an explosion that causes minor damage.
16 – Two Limpet mines destroy two floors of the South African Police HQ,
Soweto East in
Roodepoort, injuring the District Commander, four policemen and two civilians.
17 – A guerrilla is killed while resisting arrest in Mapetla.
23 – Explosions destroy 4th floor offices of the government in a building in Booysens, Johannesburg.
24 – A bomb explodes in Anchor Life Building in Johannesburg, destroying the South African Railways Police regional offices and the Department of Internal Affairs offices.
31 March – Ernest Seleke wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:09:41 in
Port Elizabeth.
11 August – Barefoot runner
Zola Budd and
Mary Decker of the United States collide in the Olympic 3,000 meters final and neither finish as medallist.[9]
^
abSouth African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended
^Middleton, John N. (2002). Railways of Southern Africa Locomotive Guide - 2002 (as amended by Combined Amendment List 4, January 2009) (2nd, Dec 2002 ed.). Herts, England: Beyer-Garratt Publications. pp. 50, 61.
^Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 129–131.
ISBN0869772112.