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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.
12 June – Billy Butlin, South African–born Canadian holiday camp entrepreneur. (b. 1899) 7 July – Johannes Meintjes, artist and writer. (b. 1923) 23 September – Jim Fouché, second State President. (b. 1898)
This is a list of presidents of South Africa by age, including state presidents (1961 to 1994) ... 23 September 1980: 82 years, 109 days: 30,059 days 9: Kgalema ...
1980s in South African sport (13 C) T. 1980s in South African television (9 C) Pages in category "1980s in South Africa" The following 4 pages are in this category ...
14 – A bomb explodes at the African National Congress headquarters in London. 20 – A bomb explodes at the Langa Commissioners Court. April. 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
General Magnus Malan (1930–2011), Chief of South African Defence Force 1976–80; Minister of Defence, 1980–91; Wynand Malan (born 1943); co-founder of Independent Party and Democratic Party Nelson Mandela (1918–2013); leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe 1961–90; President of South Africa 1994–99
General elections were held in South Africa on 29 April 1981. The National Party, under the leadership of P. W. Botha since 1978, lost some support, but achieved another landslide victory, winning 131 of 165 directly elected seats in the House of Assembly.
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 ...