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Pages in category "Historical events in South Africa" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. +
Historical events in South Africa (48 C, 2 P) J. Events in Johannesburg (3 C, 6 P) O. Observances in South Africa (2 C, 3 P) P. Public holidays in South Africa (2 C ...
Pages in category "Lists of events in South Africa" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The white people of South Africa approve of De Klerk's reforms in a referendum. 45 people are killed in the Boipatong Massacre, an attack committed by supporters of the Inkatha Freedom Party. 28 protestors demanding Ciskei be reincorporated into South Africa (and 1 soldier) are killed in the Bisho massacre.
South Africa in the 1980s also provided logistical and other covert support to Resistência Nacional Moçambicana rebels, in neighbouring Mozambique fighting the FRELIMO-run government during the Mozambique Civil War, and it launched cross-border raids into Lesotho, Swaziland and Botswana, killing or capturing a number of South African exiles.
30 – Prime Minister P.W. Botha and President of Zambia Kenneth Kaunda meet on the Botswana border to discuss the political situation in South West Africa and South Africa. May. 12 – A bomb damages the office of the West Rand Administration Board in Soweto for the second time.
February. 1 – The South African government severs diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union as a result of its support for the South African Communist Party. [1]March. 16 – The Riotous Assemblies Act no. 17 is passed, prohibiting any outside gathering that the Minister of Justice deems a threat to public peace.
17 – The Federation of South African Women is launched in Johannesburg. 23 – The Afrikaans-German Culture Union (Afrikaanse-Deutsche Kultuurgemeinschaft - ADK) is founded in Pretoria. June. 23 – The Trust Bank of South Africa is founded by Jan S. Marais. September. 14 – Sasolburg is established near the Sasol plant in the northern ...