1988 in South Africa

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See also: 1987 in South Africa, other events of 1988, 1989 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

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[edit] Events

[edit] January

[edit] February

[edit] March

  • An electrical sub-station in Fort Jackson is damaged when three limpet mines explode
  • 1 March - An explosion in Benoni causes extensive damage to bus transporting South African Air Force personnel
  • 7 March - A guerrilla and a civilian is killed by police during a raid in Queenstown, six policemen are wounded in the raid
  • 8 March - An attack by guerrillas on Phiri Hall police mess kills one policemen and wounds 10 others
  • 12 March - A church-led opposition group headed by Desmond Tutu is banned
  • 14 March - A bomb explodes at Johannesburg City Hall with no injuries
  • 17 March - Mohammed Ichbahl and Aboobaker Ismail set up two bombs at the Krugersdorp magistrate’s court adjacent to the local police station, the first to serve as a decoy and the second, a car bomb, directed at security force personnel but, "unfortunately the decoy failed to explode, due to some malfunction". The car bomb explodes killing two South African Defence Force personnel and a civilian. Twenty other people were injured. South African police accused Hein Grosskopf of the attack, and acknowledged later that he had not been responsible.
  • 18 March - Guerrillas attack a tavern in Atteridgeville frequented by policemen; three policemen are killed in the attack
  • 25 March - Three guerrillas are killed at Batavia in the far northern Transvaal, by the South African Army
  • 27 March - The Antheas Club in Polokwane (previously known as Pietersburg) is slightly damaged by a limpet mine which exploded in the back garden
  • 28 March - Four guerrillas are killed and one injured by the South African Army on an island on Mutale river

[edit] April

[edit] May

[edit] June

  • A bomb explodes near Soweto's Inhlanzani station with no injuries
  • A mini-limpet mine explodes at a Pretoria snack bar injuring 18 people
  • 3 June - An explosion occurs at the South African Irish Regiment HQ in Anderson Street, Johannesburg
    • A bomb explodes during lunch hour outside Standard Bank in Roodepoort, killing four and injuring eighteen civilians. According to an African National Congress guerrilla the target had not been civilians but a police station nearby and refuses to give details on what operational difficulties caused this incident.
  • 5 June - A bomb is detonated while a train was standing at Saulsville railway station
  • 20 June - A Ciskei policeman, W/O Swelindawo is injured in explosion at his home in Mdanstane
  • 22 June - Ten people are killed when a limpet mine explodes at an amusement arcade in Winning Side Arcade in Johannesburg
  • 26 June - A limpet mine is discovered and defused at Papagallo Restaurant in East London
  • 27 June - Cuban MiG 23 jet fighters attack the Calueque Water Scheme - twelve South African soldiers die after a direct hit by bomb.
  • 29 June - A bomb kills two South African Defence Force, two Prisons personnel and 13 civilians when it explodes at a cafe in Poynton building

[edit] July

[edit] August

  • A mini-limpet mine explodes at the Westville Post Office near Durban
  • 3 August - A car bomb explodes outside the Wits Command, Johannesburg with no injuries
    • Five guerrillas are killed in two incidents in the Bridgewater area
  • 4 August - A guerrilla is killed and one escapes in a police raid near the Wild Coast Sun hotel in Transkei
  • 5 August - A limpet mine is discovered and safely detonated at the Morula Sun Casino
  • 13 August - An explosion at the Hyde Park Shopping Centre, Johannesburg injures three people
  • 19 August - A mini-limpet mine explodes within the Castle grounds in Cape Town
  • 20 August - A grenade is thrown at the home of mayor, Eddie Makeba in Duncan Village
  • 23 August - An explosion at lunch hour injures 23 people at the Wimpy (restaurant) on Oxford Street, East London
  • 24 August - A limpet mine is discovered outside the Wimpy in Standerton and safely detonated

[edit] September

  • Trevor Manuel is detained for the third time and this time he is released only in 1989
  • A bomb goes off at the Laudium home of a Pretoria municipal election candidate
  • Three limpet mines in Lenasia explode at the offices of the Lenasia bus service, at the home of the Lenasia Management Committee and the offices of the House of Delegates
  • A bomb explodes at the King Williamstown Magistrates Court
  • A mini-limpet mine explodes at the Woodstock Police Station
  • A child is injured when the home of a municipal policeman attacked in Soweto
  • A bomb explodes at a discotheque in Hillbrow injuring 19 people
  • A limpet mine explosion at Vinderbijl Square bus terminus in Johannesburg injures 19 people
  • A hand grenade is thrown from a moving car at home of Allan Hendrickse, leader of the Labour Party
  • A bomb under a car in parking lot of an East London hotel explodes after area cleared
  • 2 September - Limpet mines are discovered and defused at the Standerton post office
    • Two people are injured when a limpet mine explodes at 17h30 outside a shop on the corner of Smith and Fenton Streets in Durban
  • 3 September - A guerrilla is killed and four policemen are injured in Molweni, Durban
  • 7 September - An explosion in the basement of North Park Plaza Shopping Centre kills one person
  • 8 September - A grenade is thrown into the home of couple who did not join a strike (Mr and Mrs Modiko) and injures a child
  • 10 September - An explosion at the Moroka Police Station barracks
    • A mini-limpet placed under basin next to back door of a Lenasia HOD candidate, Mrs Ebrahim; explodes
  • 19 September - A car bomb explodes outside flats in Benoni, 100 m from the Police station; two civilians are injured
  • 21 September - An explosion after 17h00 injures 14 people at the Vanderbijlpark bus terminal
  • 22 September - An explosion at the home of a municipal election candidate SD Goolam injures four policemen, two guards and a civilian

[edit] October

  • A bomb explodes at the Redhill Post Office in Durban with no injuries
  • A bomb damages the campaign HQ of a Wentworth municipal candidate in Durban
  • Municipal councillor and assistant escape injury when hand grenades are thrown at them in Thokoza
  • An explosion at KwaThema civic centre which is used as polling point in municipal elections kills a baby killed and injures four people
  • Explosions occur at three magistrates courts, Wynberg (Johannesburg), Bishop Lavis, and Stellenbosch with no injuries reported at all three
  • A bomb causes damage to Woodstock Police Station
  • Four policemen are injured when a limpet mine explodes at Tembisa police barracks
  • A limpet mine which explodes near the Alexandra Municipal Police offices in Johannesburg causes extensive damage
  • The homes of municipal candidates in Wattville and Thokoza are attacked with hand grenades
  • A mini-limpet mine explodes at the Katlehong Municipal Police barracks
  • A bomb explodes in a building housing the Police Security Branch in Potchefstroom
  • A limpet mine explodes at a Sandton sub-station belonging to Eskom
  • A mini-limpet mine damages offices in Diepmeadow
  • A limpet mine explodes at central Johannesburg bus terminus injuring four people
  • A car bomb explosion outside a Witbank shopping centre kills two people and injures 42

[edit] November

[edit] December

[edit] Unknown date

[edit] Sport

[edit] Athletics

  • April 30 – Willie Mtolo wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:10:18 in Cape Town.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths