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This is a list of the heads of state of South Africa from the foundation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 to the present day. From 1910 to 1961 the head of state under the South Africa Act 1909 was the Monarch, who was the same person as the Monarch of the United Kingdom and of the other Dominions/Commonwealth realms.
3 – Zimbabwe breaks diplomatic and consular relations with South Africa but maintains a commercial mission in Johannesburg. October. 14 – The Soweto community calls for a stayaway to protest against rent increases. 15 – A bomb damages a railway line in Dube, Soweto and Minister Piet Koornhof visits the scene.
South Africa and Swaziland sign a non-aggression pact. March. 6 – F.W. de Klerk replaces Andries Treurnicht as leader of the National Party in the Transvaal. 9-14 – The South African Defence Force's Operation Super takes place. 14 – A bomb explodes at the African National Congress headquarters in London.
The history of the United States from 1980 until 1991 includes the last year of the Jimmy Carter presidency, eight years of the Ronald Reagan administration, and the first three years of the George H. W. Bush presidency, up to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
4 – Representatives of South Africa, United States of America, Angola and Cuba meet in London to search for a solution to the Angolan war and independence for Namibia. 10 – A child is killed when insurgents throw a grenade at a policeman's home in Mamelodi. 14 – A cadre is killed when police raids his home in Newcastle.
15 – South Africa ends the ban on interracial marriages. 30 – The Rand Daily Mail, a leading anti-apartheid newspaper, ceases publication. May. 2 – An explosion rocks the building housing the gold mining companies of Anglo American and Anglovaal in Johannesburg and causes R170,000 in structural damage. Both companies are engaged in mass ...
The campaign to divest from South Africa gained prominence on university campuses in the United States in the mid-1980s; the debate headlined the October 1985 issue of Vassar College's student newspaper. The man pictured with his index finger raised is then-South African president P.W. Botha. [1]
14 – The United Nations General Assembly publishes a blacklist of 65 multi-national companies and some 270 sports persons who have links with South Africa. 21 – A bomb explodes and damages the Port Elizabeth rail link to Johannesburg and Cape Town. 25 – A pamphlet bomb explodes in Durban. 25 – The Fort Jackson Police station is attacked.