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A Soweto man throws a grenade at
3 policemen, police retaliate and kill the man
4 January - Two people are killed and two others injured when
their vehicle hit an anti-tankland mine at Stockpoort in
the Ellisras area not far from the Botswana border
7 January - A grenade is thrown at a Railways policeman in
Soweto
8 January - A Pretoria
sub-station is damaged by an explosion
9 January - A limpet
mine explodes at 21h15 and damages substation in Jacobs, Durban, later a second limpet
explodes kills a policeman and injures other policemen and two
electrical workers who arrive at the scene of the first
explosion
18 January - Two limpet mines damage a sub-station in Westville, Durban
20 January - Four limpet mines damage an electrical pylon near
Durban at 20h45. A fifth mine probably aimed at the police and
repair crew explodes later with no injuries
At De Deur, a limpet
mine causes structural damage to sub-station
A hand grenade explodes in a Transkei minister's official car
2 February - A soldier and a terrorist are killed near Alldays
4 February - Four South African Army soldiers are
injured when a man throws a grenade into their military vehicle at
Gugulethu
9 February - A limpet mine destroys two police vehicles at Umlazi police station near Durban
when parked after returning from riot patrol
10 February - A large bomb is defused by police in Amanzimtoti, 200 m from where the December
1985 blast (for which Andrew Zondo
was hanged) took place
12 February - A pick-up detonates an anti-tankmine near Messina with no injuries
16 February - A police Casspir detonates an anti-tank land mine in Mamelodi
17 February - Two policemen and two terrorists are killed while
one is arrested in Zwide
19 February - Explosion in toilet block near radio control room
at the Cambridge East police station causes no injures
26 March - A Volsloorus man is killed by police when he
allegedly threw grenade at them
April
8 April - The home of former Labour Party secretary in Natal, Kevin Leaf is attacked
10 April - A person is killed and four injured when a limpet mine explodes at
Braamfontein station in Johannesburg
18 April - Two people are killed and several others injured
when a bomb, set up by Phumzile Mayaphi, explodes at the Wild Coast
Casino at Bizana in the
Eastern Cape Province. Mayaphi is charged
and found guilty of murder and sabotage and sentenced to death on
12 May 1989. The African National Congress
denied responsibility for this attack.
21 April - In the Breyten/Chrissiesmeer district, two anti-tank
landmines detonate, injuring two people in taxi and one tractor
driver
- A terrorist is seriously injured when he and others attack
the police in Alexandra, Gauteng
23 April - An explosion at the Cala post office
24 April - An explosion at the Meyerspark post office
27 April - Gordon Webster, who was arrested by police is
rescued from Edendale hospital by Umkhonto we Sizwe cadres (Robert McBride was one
of the cadres). A bystander was killed and the two policemen who
were guarding Webster were injured
May
Police find a 15 kg bomb under a car in downtown Durban
and defuse it
1 May - Two grenades are thrown at the home of Mr Klein,
principal of Wentworth Primary School. Klein and his are wife both
injured.
7 May - A bomb explosion causes extensive damage to Benmore
Gardens Shopping Centre, Sandton
25 May - A vehicle hits an anti-tank mine on the farm of
Colonel Koos Durr, near Davel.
Two people are killed and eight injured
26 May - A tractor detonates a second anti-tank mine on the
farm of Colonel Koos Durr, this time no injuries
June
A bomb explodes at Jabulani Amphitheatre, Soweto with no injuries
Ten people are killed in explosion in minibus in Bophutatswana
5 June - Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa
and Zimbabwe agree to the
establishment of the Limpopo Basin Permanent Technical
Committee
10 June - A vehicle hits an anti-tank mine on the farm Boshoek,
5 km from Volksrust, and injures one person
- On another farm, Blomhof, also near Volksrust, an anti-tank
mine injures two farmworkers
14 June - A car bomb
explodes outside the Magoo's and Why Not bars on
the Durban beachfront. The
bomb kills three, injures 69. Robert McBride is later
sentenced to death for the bombing
16 June - A probable anti-tank mine explosion kills three Bophuthatswana
Defence Force troops in troop carrier in the Winterveldt
region
22 June - Limpet
mines damage fuel storage tanks and a liquid fuel pipeline at
the Mobil Refinery near
Durban
- A limpet mine
explodes at 01h45 outside a Copper Shop on West Street, Durban
24 June - An explosion at 14h00 injures 16 people at a Wimpy
Bar (fast-food restaurant) on Rissik Street, Johannesburg
27 June - At a police roadblock near the Botswana border four
terrorists are killed and one policeman injured
28 June - An explosion just before 12h00 injures two people in
a Queenstown shopping
centre
30 June - A limpet mine explodes at 03h15 on pedestrian bridge
in Westville, Durban and a second
limpet aimed at responding policemen explodes 15 minutes later
July
During a two-hour gun battle in Mdantsane, police kill a terrorist
1 July - An explosion outside Carlton Hotel in Johannesburg injures
8 people
4 July - A limpet
mine explodes outside Checkers supermarket in Silverton and
injures 20 people
5 July - An explosion at the Mowbray police station in Cape Town slightly injures
two policemen
One person is injured when their vehicle hits an anti-tank land
mine near Volksrust
In Vosloorus and Katlehong, five Development Board officials
are killed in two attacks on their vehicles and two terrorists are
killed in the return fire
6 July - Police kill three terrorists and arrest one in Empangeni
9 July - Piet Ntuli, Minister of Home Affairs of KwaNdebele, is killed by
a car bomb explosion in
KwaNdebele
10 July - Explosion injures seven people in Silverton
Police and members of the South Africa Defence Force ambushed
and kill 6 terrorists near Alldays
28 July - Two terrorists are killed near Nelspruit
30 July - The Umtata Police station comes under attack.
Three policemen and 4 bystanders are killed
A vehicle detonates an anti-tank landmine near Nelspruit
August
3 August - An explosion at the Lakeside post office
15 August - Trevor Manuel is detained for the second
time, this time he is only released in 1988
16 August - Four terrorists are killed and one injured in the
eastern Transvaal, near
the Swaziland
border
17 August - A vehicle detonates an anti-tank landmine on the
farm Stellen Rust near Nelspruit killing five and injuring two
people
22 August - Inkatha Freedom Party member
Winnington Sabelo comes under grenade attack and Umkhonto we
Sizwe fire at car of his wife as she entered the driveway,
killing her and injuring 3 children
24 August - In Imbali, the home of town councillor Austin
Kwejama comes under grenade attack. One child is killed and
another is injured
September
A mini-limpet mine explodes in bar of Devonshire Hotel injuring
three people (this was a popular venue for Wits students)
A grenade is thrown into crowded night club in Edenpark, Alberton
1 September - A bomb explodes at the Pick and Pay supermarket
in Montclair, Durban and
injures 1 person
7 September - A car bomb explodes not far from The
Star's Seaside Home in Durban which is a holiday home for
underprivileged children
24 September - The home of Soweto Housing Director, Del Kevin, extensively
damaged by a limpet
mine
30 September - Northern Natal policeman is injured in an
attack
3 May – Zithulele Sinqe wins his first national title in the
men's marathon, clocking 2:08:04 in Port Elizabeth.
Births
Deaths
24 January - Sgt Makhulu, a policeman is killed in grenade
attack on his home in Mamelodi
March - Moses
Mabhida dies of a heart attack following a stroke while in
exile in Maputo
18 March - Constable Sinki Vuma is shot dead at his home in
Mamelodi
11 April - Peter Nchabeleng, former president of United Democratic
Front, dies while in police custody in Schoonoord, Lebowa
6 June David Lukhele, former minister of KaNgwane and his sister-in-law are killed in
his home in Mamelodi, while watching television by African National Congress
members, Neo Griffith Potsane, Jabu Obed Masina and Frans "Ting
Ting" Masango
9 October - Lt Victor Raju, a policeman, is killed in a grenade
attack on his home in Durban
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