1976 in South Africa

1976
in
South Africa

Decades:
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The following lists events that happened during 1976 in South Africa.

Incumbents

Events

January
March
May
June
August
September
  • 13 – The Cillié Commission of Inquiry into the 16 June riots in Soweto begins.
  • 30 – Michael Lapsley, Anglican priest and social activist, arrives in Lesotho after his visa was not renewed in South Africa.
October
Unknown date
  • Umkhonto we Sizwe's central operations headquarters is established and the process of establishing training camps in Angola begins with the establishment of Gabela Training Camp.

Births

Deaths

Railways

Locomotives

Three new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways:

  • March – The first of one hundred Class 35-400 General Electric type U15C diesel-electric locomotives.
  • September – The first of one hundred Class 35-600 General Motors Electro-Motive Division type GT18MC diesel-electric locomotives.
  • The first of one hundred Class 6E1, Series 6 electric locomotives.

See also


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