1982 in South Africa
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The following lists events that happened during 1982 in South Africa.
Incumbents[edit]
- State President: Marais Viljoen.[1]
- Prime Minister: P.W. Botha.
- Chief Justice: Frans Lourens Herman Rumpff then Pieter Jacobus Rabie.
Events[edit]
- 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 SAS President Kruger sinks with the loss of 16 lives after colliding with SAS 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.[2][3]
- 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.[4][5]
- 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.[6]
- 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.[7]
- 20-21 – Umkhonto we Sizwe uses RPG-7s to attack a rural police station and temporary South African Army garrison at Tonga.[8]
- December
- 10 – The South African Defence Force stages a pre-dawn raid on houses inhabited by African National Congress in Maseru, Lesotho.[9]
- 16 – The United Freedom Front bombs offices of South African Airways in Elmont, NY and IBM in Harrison, NY.[10][11]
- 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.
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- South Africa adopts a brighter version of the 1928 flag.
Births[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 5 February – Neil Aggett, trade unionist and activist. (b. 1953)[9]
- 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[edit]
Locomotives[edit]
Three new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways:
- The first of fifty-five Class 6E1, Series 10 electric locomotives.[12]
- Twenty-five 25 kV AC Class 7E2, Series 1 electric locomotives.[12][13]
- The first of six Class 9E, Series 2 General Electric Company 50 kV AC electric locomotives on the Sishen-Saldanha iron ore line.[12][14]
Sports[edit]
Athletics[edit]
- 16 October – Gabashane Rakabaele wins his third national title in the men's marathon in Durban.
Motorsport[edit]
- 23 January – The South African Grand Prix takes place at Kyalami.
References[edit]
- ^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
- ^ "BOMBS KILL THREE IN SOUTH AFRICA AND SWAZILAND". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Bomb Kills One In South African Violent Upsurge". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "GTD ID:198206280004". Global Terrorism Database. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "GTD ID:198206280005". Global Terrorism Database. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "GTD ID:198210260022". Global Terrorism Database. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "GTD ID:198210150009". Global Terrorism Database. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "GTD ID:198211130004". Global Terrorism Database. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ a b Jeffery, Anthea (2009). People's War - New Light on the Struggle for South Africa (1st ed.). Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. ISBN 978-1-86842-357-6.
- ^ "Bombs Rock I.B.M. Building And Airline Office". The New York Times. 17 December 1982.
- ^ "Schenectady Gazette – Google News Archive Search". google.com.
- ^ a b c 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
- ^ Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 129–131. ISBN 0869772112.
- ^ "UCW - Electric locomotives" (PDF). The UCW Partnership. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
