1981 In South Africa

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Other Events Of 1981 ,
1982 In South Africa and the
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EVENTS

January

30 January - The South African Defence Force launch Operation Beanbag and raid a suspected Umkhonto We Sizwe safe area in the suburb of Matola, Maputo , Mozambique , killing 12 - 24 people (numbers reported killed vary)

February

Two people are injured when a bomb explodes in a Durban shopping centre

April

14 April - A section of Railway line between Richards Bay and Vryheid is destroyed by Umkhonto We Sizwe and Coal trucks derailed

16 April - Bishop Desmond Tutu is arrested and his passport is confiscated

21 April - Limpet Mine s explode and destroy two transformers at a sub-station in Durban

May

6 May - The railway in the Hoedspruit area is damaged

21 May - A bomb explodes and damages the Port Elizabeth rail link to Johannesburg and Cape Town

25 May - A series of actions in support of Republic Day protests are claimed by Umkhonto we Sizwe

:- The Fort Jackson Police station is attacked
:- The railway line near Soweto is damaged
:- The railway line on the Natal South Coast is damaged
:- The powerlines are cut in Vrede

27 May - A bomb explodes in Durban destroying a South African Defence Force recuiting building

June

1 June - Three offices of the Progressive Federal Party are firebombed in Johannesburg with no injuries

4 June - The police station in Meyerton is attacked by terrorists or freedom fighters

11 June - The railway line on the Natal North coast is maliciously damaged

16 June - The railway line near East London is maliciously damaged

26 June - Two bombs exploded at the Durban Cenotaph

28 June - The railway near Empangeni is maliciously damaged

30 June - Zwelakhe Sisulu , son of Walter Sisulu and President of the Black Media Workers Association Of South Africa , is arrested under the Internal Security Act

July

3 July - A Limpet Mine found at the fuel storage yard in Alberton is defused

21 July - Six bomb explosions at sub-stations in Pretoria , Middelburg , and Ermelo disrupt power supply

26 July - Two bombs exploded at 05:50 and 06:10 in central Durban. Three people are injured and extensive damage is caused to motor vehicle firms

August

6 August - A bomb explodes in a East London shopping complex minutes before rush hour

8 August - A bomb explodes in a Port Elizabeth shopping centre in similar manner to East London bomb

11 August - The Voortrekkerhoogte Military Base outside Pretoria is attacked with RPG-7 s. Two British citizens, Nicolas Heath and Bonnie Lou Muller, are identified as accomplices in the assault

19 August - The railway line near East London is maliciously damaged

23 August - South African Defence Force s attack South-West Africa People's Organisation bases in Xangongo and Ongiva , southern Angola during Operation Protea

September

2 September - Two policemen and two civilians (one a child) are killed during an attack on Mabopane Police station

12 September - Bomb damages main railway line at Delville Wood near Durban

October

10 October - Umkhonto we Sizwe attack government offices of the Department of Co-operation and Development, Four injuries

21 October - Umkhonto we Sizwe destroy a transformer in Evander and a water pipeline feeding Sasol III in Secunda

26 October - Two policemen are killed during an attack on Sibasa Police station

November

1 November - The Jeppes Reef House near the Swaziland border, which is occupied by the South African Defence Force , comes under RPG-7 attack

--- South African Defence Forces attack South-West Africa People's Organisation bases in Chitequeta , south-eastern Angola during Operation Daisy

9 November - A Bomb explodes at the Orlando Magistrates Court in Soweto

12 November - Rosslyn sub-station in Pretoria is damage by 4 Limpet Mine s

27 November - Cedric Mayson , a former Methodist minister, is arrested

December

9 December - The offices of Chief Commissioner of the Department of Co-operation and Development in Cape Town is attacked

14 December - A Pretoria sub-station is bombed

23 December - Eastern Cape provincal buildings in Duncan Village is damaged in a Umkhonto we Sizwe attack

26 December The Wonderboompoort Police station is attacked

Unknown date

Trevor Manuel becomes the General Secretary of the Cape Areas Housing Action Committee

Bulelani Ngcuka is detained by police for eight months

A Security Police Counter-insurgency unit is started by Dirk Coetzee , Jan Viktor and Jac Buchner at Vlakplaas with 16 police officers

SPORT

Football (Rugby Union)

30 May - The South Africa (Springboks) beat Ireland 23-15

6 June - The Springboks beat Ireland 12-10

BIRTHS

DEATHS

11 August - Sizwe Khondile , a student activist is killed at Komatipoort by the Vlakplaas Counter-insurgency unit

November - Durban Lawyer Griffiths Mxenge is killed by the Vlakplaas counter-insurgency unit

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