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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
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 ...
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 ...
Cry Freedom is a 1987 epic biographical drama film directed and produced by Richard Attenborough, set in late-1970s apartheid-era South Africa.The screenplay was written by John Briley based on a pair of books by journalist Donald Woods.
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 ...
The Johannesburg Magistrate's Court Bombing took place on 20 May 1987 in Johannesburg, in the former Transvaal Province, now in Gauteng.The bombing is often referred to as a massacre [citation needed] in which 4 South African Police members died and a further 15 civilians were injured.
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