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23 – South Africa and Malawi sign an agreement for the training of Malawian nurses in South Africa. 24 – Ten people, including two police officers, are injured in grenade attack on a police patrol in Soweto. 28 – Two bombs explode at the Standard Bank arena in Johannesburg.
General elections were held in South Africa on 6 May 1987. The State of Emergency cast a cloud over the elections, which were again won by the National Party (NP) under the leadership of P. W. Botha, although for the first time it faced serious opposition from the right of the South African political spectrum.
South African Airways Flight 295 (SA295/SAA295) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, Taipei, Taiwan, to Jan Smuts International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa, with a stopover in Plaisance Airport, Plaine Magnien, Mauritius.
Floods in September 1987 became the deadliest natural disaster in the history of South Africa, with 506 fatalities. A cut-off low moved across South Africa, fueled by moisture from the southeast. [1] Over a five-day period beginning on September 25, parts of Natal province in
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.
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 attack occurred on 31 October 1987. The PLAN base, set in a densely wooded area, was attacked from the west by special forces ("recce's") and paratroopers ("Parabats") of the SADF, while 101 Battalion covered the base from north, east and south, the direction PLAN forces were expected to flee.
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. ...