1981 in South Africa

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See also: 1980 in South Africa, other events of 1981, 1982 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

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[edit] Events

[edit] January

[edit] February

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

[edit] April

[edit] May

- A pamphlet bomb explodes in Durban
- 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 power lines are cut in Vrede

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] August

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] November

[edit] 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 provincial buildings in Duncan Village is damaged in an Umkhonto we Sizwe attack
  • 26 December The Wonderboompoort Police station is attacked

[edit] 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
  • Due to urbanisation of the national railways, the South African Railways and Harbours changed its name to the South African Transport Services

[edit] Sport

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Rugby Union

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths