1976 in South Africa
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Incumbents
Events
- January
- 5 – The SABC begins the country's first television service.
- March
- 27 – The South African Defence Force withdraws from Angola and concludes Operation Savannah.
- May
- 29 – Eskom announces that it will order two nuclear power stations from France.
- June
- 16 – Student riots break out in Soweto and Hector Pieterson, Hastings Ndlovu and two white officials of the West Rand Board are some of the casualties.[2]
- 23 – Prime Minister John Vorster and United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger hold talks in West Germany over the Rhodesian issue.
- August
- 25–26 – Prime Minister John Vorster and President of Zambia Kenneth Kaunda meet at Victoria Falls.
- September
- 13 – The Cillié Commission of Inquiry into the 16 June riots in Soweto begins.
- 30 – Michael Lapsley, Anglican priest and social activist, arrives in Lesotho after his visa was not renewed in South Africa.
- October
- 26 – Transkei gains independence from South Africa.
- Unknown date
- Umkhonto we Sizwe's central operations headquarters is established and the process of establishing training camps in Angola begins with the establishment of Gabela Training Camp.
Births
- 20 January – Ian Syster, long-distance runner. (d. 2004)
- 5 March – Wayne Denne, field hockey player.
- 2 April – Rory Sabbatini, golfer.
- 5 April – David Staniforth, field hockey goalkeeper.
- 3 July – Bobby Skinstad, Springbok captain.
Deaths
- 19 March – Stuart Cloete, novelist, essayist and biographer. (b. 1897)
- 26 April – Sid James, South African-born British actor. (b. 1913)
- 16 June – Hastings Ndlovu, Soweto uprising casualty. (b. 1961)
- 16 June – Hector Pieterson, Soweto uprising casualty. (b. 1963)
- 9 September – Ivan Mitford-Barberton, sculptor, writer and heraldrist. (b. 1896)
Railways
Locomotives
Three new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways:
- March – The first of one hundred Class 35-400 General Electric type U15C diesel-electric locomotives.[3][4][5]
- September – The first of one hundred Class 35-600 General Motors Electro-Motive Division type GT18MC diesel-electric locomotives.[3][4][5]
- The first of one hundred Class 6E1, Series 6 electric locomotives.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
- ↑ Jeffery, Anthea (2009). People's War - New Light on the Struggle for South Africa (1st ed.). Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-86842-357-6.
- 1 2 Middleton, John N. (2002). Railways of Southern Africa Locomotive Guide - 2002 (as amended by Combined Amendment List 4, January 2009) (2nd, Dec 2002 ed.). Herts, England: Beyer-Garratt Publications. pp. 38, 42–43, 46.
- 1 2 3 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
- 1 2 3 Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 128–129, 141–142. ISBN 0869772112.
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