1980 in South Africa

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See also: 1979 in South Africa, other events of 1980, 1981 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.


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[edit] Events

[edit] January

  • 14 January - Local community at Soekmekaar resist forced removal and damage police station
  • 25 January - Three Umkhonto we Sizwe operatives Stephen Mafoko, Humphrey Makhubo and Wilfred Madela held the staff and customers in a Silverton bank in Pretoria hostage. This was followed by a shoot-out with the police in which two civilians and the three operatives were killed

[edit] March

  • Two terrorists or freedom fighters are killed by police in Bophutatswana but one escapes
  • 12 March - The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) together with its sister church for Blacks (the NGK in Afrika), Coloureds (the NG Sendingkerk) and Indians (the Reformed Church in Africa) issue a statement stating that the Churches bring no objection in principle if the authorities judge that circumstances justify reconsideration of the Immorality Act and the Mixed Marriages Act.
    • Nine people are sentenced in Pretoria to five to seven years imprisonment for training as guerrillas outside South Africa and recruiting others to undergo training

[edit] April

[edit] May

[edit] June

[edit] August

  • Special Branch policeman Det-Sgt TG Zondi is shot at in Sobantu Village

[edit] October

  • 14 October - Soweto community calls for a stayaway to protest against rent increases
  • 15 October - Bomb explodes and damages railway line in Dube, Soweto and Piet Koornhof, minister of co-operation and development, visits the scene
  • 29 October - Umkhonto we Sizwe cadres throw two grenades into the government buildings of the West Rand Administration Board and injure a security guard and friend
  • 30 October - A bomb explodes at the Transkei consuls residence in Port Elizabeth; no injuries

[edit] November

  • 21 November - A terrorist or freedom fighter is killed in Chiawelo and a child is injured by police

[edit] Sport

  • 12 January - The British Sports Council begins a three-week fact-finding tour of South Africa to investigate racial discrimination in sport

[edit] Motorsport

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths