1982 in South Africa

none April 2020 December 2013 1982 The following lists events that happened during 1982 in South Africa. Incumbents State President: Marais Viljoen.Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994 (Accessed on 14 April 2017) Prime Minister: P.W. Botha. Chief Justice: Frans Lourens Herman Rumpff then Pieter Jacobus Rabie. Events January 7 – A bomb damages the office of the West Rand Administration Board in Soweto. 8 – Umkhonto we Sizwe guerrillas attack Koeberg nuclear power plant in Cape Town. 11 – The United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid launches the International Year of Mobilisation for Sanctions against South Africa. February 15 – Four COSAS-Members are bombed by the Security Branch under orders of Brigadier Schoon at a mine dump outside Kagiso. Three die and one is injured. 18 – The South African Navy frigate President Kruger sinks with the loss of 16 lives after colliding with Tafelberg. 24 – Andries Treurnicht and another 22 National Party MPs vote for no confidence in Prime Minister P.W. Botha. 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. 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 12 – A bomb damages the office of the West Rand Administration Board in Soweto for the second time. 21 – A bomb explodes at the offices of the Department of Coloured Affairs in Pinetown near Durban. 28 – A fuel depot and power transformer in Hectorspruit is damaged by a limpet mine. June 3 – A bomb damages the railway near Dube in Soweto. 4 – One person is killed when a bomb explodes in a lift at the offices of the Presidents Council in Cape Town.https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/05/world/bombs-kill-three-in-south-africa-and-swaziland.html BOMBS KILL THREE IN SOUTH AFRICA AND SWAZILAND The New York Times 5 June 1982 2024-02-16 Lelyveld Joseph https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/06/05/bomb-kills-one-in-south-african-violent-upsurge/cecda8cf-0519-41e3-addd-8999d1739ace/ Bomb Kills One In South African Violent Upsurge The Washington Post 2024-02-16 28 – The railway depot at Vryheid is damaged in an explosion. 28 – In Scheepersnek, two bombs cause extensive damage to the railway depot, pump station, stores and vehicles.https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=198206280004 GTD ID:198206280004 Global Terrorism Database 2024-02-16https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=198206280005 GTD ID:198206280005 Global Terrorism Database 2024-02-16 28 – The Durban-Witwatersrand oil pipeline is damaged by a bomb. July In Port Elizabeth the police station commander's office and New Law Courts are damaged in an attack. August 28 – The Umvoti Mounted Rifles base in Red Hill, Durban is attacked. September 24 – Umkhonto we Sizwe places explosives on a railway bridge near Upington that fails to detonate. Two insurgents are killed by police in Boksburg. October 26 – Three bombs explode at the Drakensberg Administration offices in Pietermaritzburg.https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=198210260022 GTD ID:198210260022 Global Terrorism Database 2024-02-16 A special branch policeman and an insurgent are killed in a skirmish in KwaZulu-Natal. November 8 – A bomb causes severe damage at the Mobil fuel storage depot in Mkuze.https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=198211080009 GTD ID:198210150009 Global Terrorism Database 2024-02-16 20-21 – Umkhonto we Sizwe uses RPG-7s to attack a rural police station and temporary South African Army garrison at Tonga.https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=198211130004 GTD ID:198211130004 Global Terrorism Database 2024-02-16 December 10 – The South African Defence Force stages a pre-dawn raid on houses inhabited by African National Congress in Maseru, Lesotho.54 16 – The United Freedom Front bombs offices of South African Airways in Elmont, NY and IBM in Harrison, NY.https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/17/nyregion/bombs-rock-ibm-building-and-airline-office.html Bombs Rock I.B.M. Building And Airline Office 17 December 1982 The New York Timeshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iREhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KHQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3707%2C1069528 Schenectady Gazette – Google News Archive Search google.com 18-19 – Four explosions cause massive damage at the Koeberg nuclear power station just north of Cape Town. 31 – A bomb damages the Johannesburg Magistrates court 200m from John Vorster Square. One person is killed and 70 injured in a bomb blast at the Southern Free State Administration Board in Bloemfontein. Unknown date Bulelani Ngcuka is jailed for three years for refusing to give evidence in the political trial of Patrick Maqubele and others. thumb|Brighter version of the 1928 South African flag used from 1982 to 1994 South Africa adopts a brighter version of the 1928 flag. Births 2 January – Ricky Januarie, rugby player. 8 March – Brett Evans, football player. 17 March – Steven Pienaar, football player. 18 March – Sisanda Henna, producer, director, and actor. 24 March – Fourie du Preez, rugby player. 2 May – Johan Botha (cricketer), cricketer. 18 May – Katlego Mashego, football player. 11 June – Chere Burger, dressage rider. 9 June – Reneilwe Letsholonyane, football player. 25 July – Monde Zondeki, cricketer 27 August – Khuli Chana, Motswako rapper. 6 October – Gio Aplon, rugby player. 19 October – Louis Oosthuizen, golfer. 21 October – Thapelo Mokoena, actor. 16 November Anke Pietrangeli, singer. Jannie du Plessis, rugby player. 9 December – Lee-Ann Liebenberg, model. She is notable as 2005 FHM-South Africa's Sexiest Woman In the World. 22 December – Teko Modise, football player. Deaths 5 February – Neil Aggett, trade unionist and activist. (b. 1953) 29 March – H. Selby Msimang, journalist and activist. (b. 1886) 16 July – Charles Robberts Swart, last Governor-General and first State President. (b. 1894) 17 August – Ruth First, anti-apartheid activist and scholar. (b. 1925) 20 August – Walter Battiss, artist. (b. 1906) Railways thumb|Class 6E1, Series 10 Locomotives Three new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways: The first of fifty-five Class 6E1, Series 10 electric locomotives.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 Twenty-five 25 kV AC Class 7E2, Series 1 electric locomotives.129-131 The first of six Class 9E, Series 2 General Electric Company 50 kV AC electric locomotives on the Sishen-Saldanha iron ore line.UCW - Electric locomotives http://www.ucw.co.za/pdf/electric_loco.pdf The UCW Partnership 30 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20071012023401/http://www.ucw.co.za/pdf/electric_loco.pdf 12 October 2007 Sports Athletics 16 October – Gabashane Rakabaele wins his third national title in the men's marathon in Durban. Motorsport 23 January – The South African Grand Prix takes place at Kyalami. 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