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10 – Ciskei, South Africa and Transkei sign a security pact in Cape Town, prohibiting cross-border violence between the three states. 14 – The home of a police officer in Chesterfield, Durban, comes under grenade attack with no injuries. 15 – A special branch police officer is killed by a sniper and another injured south of Durban in ...
December 1987 in South Africa (1 P) This page was last edited on 6 February 2025, at 17:02 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
South Africa was under an arms embargo at the time; the South African government therefore had to buy arms clandestinely. [43] Klatzow's theory postulates that the government placed a rocket system in the cargo hold, and that vibration caused the ignition of unstable ammonium perchlorate, which is a chemical compound used as a missile ...
December 1987 events in South Africa (1 P) This page was last edited on 24 October 2024, at 02:06 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
An underground methane explosion occurred at the Trans-Natal Colliery near Ermelo in South Africa on 9 April 1987, killing 35 miners. [1] [2] [3] References
South African Border War; Part of the Cold War and decolonisation of Africa: Clockwise from top left: South African Marines stage for an operation in the Caprivi Strip, 1984; an SADF patrol searches the "Cutline" for PLAN insurgents; FAPLA MiG-21bis seized by the SADF in 1988; SADF armoured cars prepare to cross into Angola during Operation Savannah; UNTAG peacekeepers deploy prior to the 1989 ...
A counter-coup staged in 1990 failed, [6] and Holomisa's military government stayed in power until the reunification of Transkei with South Africa in 1994, after the first post-apartheid general election. [7] The Military Rule Medal was instituted to commemorate the 1987 coup d'état. While the medal is known to have been instituted and awarded ...
Pages in category "1987 in South Africa" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...