1984 in South Africa

1984
in
South Africa

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The following lists events that happened during 1984 in South Africa.

Incumbents

Events

January
February
  • 3 – A bomb destroys the offices of the Ciskei consulate in Durban.
  • 23 – An Escom installation in Georgetown is slightly damaged by an explosion.
  • 29 – Two bombs explode at Mandini, one at a sub-station and the other at the police station.
March
  • 11 – The Mobil fuel depot in Ermelo is rocked by four explosions and five storage tanks are destroyed.
  • 12 – During a skirmish with insurgents, two policemen are seriously injured.
  • 16 – South Africa and Mozambique sign the Nkomati Accord, a non-aggression treaty, at Komatipoort.
  • 23 – Dorothy Nyembe is released from Kroonstad Prison after serving 15 years.
April
  • 3 – The African National Congress denies responsibility after a car bomb explodes on the Victoria Embankment, Durban, killing three and injuring twenty.
  • 5 – The Transkei consulate in Botshabelo is destroyed by a bomb.
  • An insurgent is killed at De Deur.
May
  • 2 – South Africa, Mozambique and Portugal sign an agreement on electricity supply from the Cahora Bassa dam.
  • 5 – Over 7,000 people attend an Afrikaner Volkswag rally in Pretoria.
  • 12 – A bomb explodes at the Trust Bank in Durban.
  • 13 – The Mobil Oil Refinery in Durban comes under RPG-7 attack by Umkhonto we Sizwe insurgents who are all killed afterwards in a running battle with police.
  • 16 – Outside the Jabulani Police station in Soweto an explosion destroys two private vehicles belonging to policemen.
  • 18 – The railway line near Lenasia is damaged by an explosion.
  • 29 – Prime Minister P.W. Botha and minister of foreign affairs Pik Botha visit Austria, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland and West Germany.
  • Mutineers systematically kill most camp administration members at Umkhonto we Sizwe’s Pango training camp in Angola.
June
  • 21 – An explosion damages a sub-station in Berea, Durban and disrupts electricity supply.
  • 28 – Jeannette Schoon and her six-year-old daughter Katryn are killed by a letter bomb at Lubango, Angola.
July
August
  • 3 – A guerrilla is killed in the Ellisras area.
  • 7 – Tshabalala Dry Cleaners in Soweto is extensively damaged by Umkhonto we Sizwe.
  • 7 – An Escom sub-station is destroyed in Glenmore, Durban.
  • 12 – The Department of Internal Affairs of Johannesburg is hit by an explosion that causes minor damage.
  • 16 – Two Limpet mines destroy two floors of the South African Police HQ, Soweto East in Roodepoort, injuring the District Commander, four policemen and two civilians.
  • 17 – A guerrilla is killed while resisting arrest in Mapetla.
  • 23 – Explosions destroy 4th floor offices of the government in a building in Booysens, Johannesburg.
  • 24 – A bomb explodes in Anchor Life Building in Johannesburg, destroying the South African Railways Police regional offices and the Department of Internal Affairs offices.
September
  • 3 – A limpet mine placed by Mo Shaik explodes at the Department of Internal Affairs in Johannesburg.
  • 3 – During riots in the Vaal Triangle instigated by the Vaal Civic Association (VCA) supported by the UDF and COSAS, councillors Caesar Motjeane and Kuzwayo Dlamini are doused with petrol and burned alive and the police resort to sharp ammunition to restore order.[5]
  • 5 – An explosion destroys an Escom sub-station at Rustenburg and disrupts power to Rustenburg and a large area of Bophutatswana.
  • 7 – VCA vice-chairman Esau Raditsela admits to VCA chairman Lord McCamel and UDF leader Frank Chikane that he had started the riots four days before, but the UDF continues to blame the government and police.[5]
  • 13 – A Limpet mine causes damage to a Durban sub-station.
  • 14 – The position of Prime Minister is abolished.
  • 14 – P.W. Botha is inaugurated as the first executive State President of South Africa.[1]
  • 14 – A bomb explodes at the Department of Community Development in Krugersdorp.
October
December
  • 11 – A section of railway line near Durban and a goods train are damaged by an explosion.
  • 14 – A guerrilla is killed and a policeman is injured in a skirmish in Ingwavuma.
  • 18 – Foreign minister Pik Botha and President of Somalia Siad Barre hold talks in Mogadishu.
  • 25 – Another guerrilla is killed in Ingwavuma.
Unknown Date
  • The government imposes a state of emergency that would stay in place for six years.

Births

Deaths

Railways

Locomotives

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

Sports

Athletics

  • 31 March – Ernest Seleke wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:09:41 in Port Elizabeth.
  • 11 August – Barefoot runner Zola Budd and Mary Decker of the United States collide in the Olympic 3,000 meters final and neither finish as medallist.[10]

Motorsport

References

  1. ^ a b c Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. ^ Soul of A Railway, System 7, Western Transvaal, based in Johannesburg, Part 17: Northwards to just short of the home signal at Pretoria by Les Pivnic. Introduction, Captions 43-46. (Accessed on 27 April 2017)
  3. ^ Soul of A Railway, System 7, Western Transvaal, based in Johannesburg, Part 27: Braamfontein West to Klerksdorp (home signal) by Les Pivnic, Part 2. Introduction, Captions 33, 42, 53. (Accessed on 7 May 2017)
  4. ^ Die Vaderland, Donderdag 12 Januarie 1984, p. 3
  5. ^ a b Jeffery, Anthea (2009). People's War - New Light on the Struggle for South Africa (1st ed.). Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. pp. 70–73. ISBN 978-1-86842-357-6.
  6. ^ a b South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended
  7. ^ "UCW - Electric locomotives" (PDF). The UCW Partnership. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  8. ^ Middleton, John N. (2002). Railways of Southern Africa Locomotive Guide - 2002 (as amended by Combined Amendment List 4, January 2009) (2nd, Dec 2002 ed.). Herts, England: Beyer-Garratt Publications. pp. 50, 61.
  9. ^ Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 129–131. ISBN 0869772112.
  10. ^ "1984: Zola Budd in race trip controversy". On This Day. BBC. 11 August 1984. Archived from the original on 23 January 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2013.

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