1980 in South Africa
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The following lists events that happened during 1980 in South Africa .
Incumbents
Events
- January
- 12 – The British Sports Council begins a fact-finding tour to investigate racial discrimination in South African sport.
- 14 – The local community at Soekmekaar resists forced removal and damages the police station.
- 25 – Four Umkhonto we Sizwe fighters kill two civilians and hold bank staff and customers hostage in Silverton. [2]
- March
- 12 – The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk and its three sister churches announce that they have no objection to reconsideration of the Immorality- and Mixed Marriages Acts.
- 12 – Nine people are sentenced to imprisonment for training as guerrillas and recruiting others.
- 26 – A mine lift cage at the Vaal Reefs gold mine falls 1.9 kilometres (1.2 miles) , killing 23.
- Two insurgents are killed by police in Bophuthatswana while another escapes.
- April
- 4 – Umkhonto we Sizwe attacks the Booysens Police Station in Johannesburg with grenades, rocket launchers and AK47s .
- 21 – Over 60 coloured high schools, teacher training colleges and the University of the Western Cape begin class boycotts.
- 29 – In Johannesburg hundreds of coloured school children are arrested in terms of the Riotous Assemblies Act, 1956 .
- May
- 2 – Pink Floyd 's Another Brick in the Wall is banned for fear that it may become a song of liberty by black pupils.
- 6 – Thozamile Botha , a Port Elizabeth activist, breaks his banning order and escapes to Maseru , Lesotho.
- 25 – The South African Defence Force attacks the town of Chifufua in Angola during Operation Sceptic .
- June
- 1 – Bombs explode at Sasol One and Two and Natref Eight at Sasolburg and Secunda , with no injuries and RM58 damage.
- 4 – Patrick Makau, Umkhonto weSizwe member, and his child die in a bomb attack in Manzini, Swaziland .
- Expelled African National Congress official Tennyson Makiwane is shot dead.
- August
- Special Branch policeman Detective-Sergeant T.G. Zondi is shot at in Sobantu Village.
- September
- 3 – Zimbabwe breaks diplomatic and consular relations with South Africa but maintains a commercial mission in Johannesburg .
- October
- 14 – The Soweto community calls for a stayaway to protest against rent increases.
- 15 – A bomb damages a railway line in Dube, Soweto and Minister Piet Koornhof visits the scene.
- 29 – Umkhonto we Sizwe insurgents throw grenades into the West Rand Administration Board buildings, injuring two.
- 30 – A bomb explodes at the Transkei consul's residence in Port Elizabeth , with no injuries.
- November
- 21 – A terrorist is killed in Chiawelo and a child is injured by police in the process.
Births
- 1 January – Megan McKenzie , model, voted South Africa's sexiest woman by readers of FHM in 2003, ranking behind only Halle Berry , sister of cricketer, Neil McKenzie .
- 4 January – Justin Ontong , cricketer
- 4 January – BJ Botha , rugby player
- 10 February – Gabriel Temudzani , actor
- 5 March – Brent Russell , rugby player
- 20 March – Surprise Moriri , football player
- 24 March – Conrad Jantjes , rugby player
- 14 May – Joe Van Niekerk , rugby player
- 19 May – Moeneeb Josephs , football player
- 6 June – Mmusi Maimane , politician and former Democratic Alliance leader
- 20 June – Kim Engelbrecht , actress best known for her portrayal of Lolly de Klerk on the SABC 3 soap opera; Isidingo
- 27 June – Kevin Pietersen , cricketer
- 3 July – Roland Schoeman , swimmer
- 11 July – Jabu Mahlangu , football player
- 27 August – CJ van der Linde , rugby player
- 8 September – Mbulaeni Mulaudzi , olympics middle distance runner silver medalist (d. 2014)
- 14 September – Hip Hop Pantsula , motswako rapper (d. 2018)
- 16 September – Mbulelo Mabizela , football player
- 24 September – Tanit Phoenix , model, actress, and makeup artist
- 12 August – Karin Kortje , singer
- 9 October – Thami Tsolekile , cricketer
- 3 November – René Kalmer , long-distance runner
- 9 November – Benson Mhlongo , football player
- 11 November – Shashi Naidoo , TV presenter & actress
- 15 November – Kabamba Floors , rugby player
- 25 November – Aaron Mokoena , football player
- 25 November – Alviro Petersen , cricketer
Deaths
- 24 February – Clement Martyn Doke , linguist. (b. 1893)
- 13 March – Lilian Ngoyi (Mma Ngoyi), dressmaker, activist and trade unionist. (b. 1911)
- 9 May – Kate Molale , activist. (b. 1928)
- 12 June – Billy Butlin , South African–born Canadian holiday camp entrepreneur. (b. 1899)
- 7 July – Johannes Meintjes , artist and writer. (b. 1923)
- 23 September – Jim Fouché , second State President . (b. 1898)
Railways
Locomotives
Three new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways :
- August – The first of 101 Class 36-200 General Motors Electro-Motive Division SW1002 diesel-electric locomotives. [3] [4] [5]
- The first of thirty Class 34-900 General Electric type U26C diesel-electric locomotives. [4] [5]
- The first of fifty 25 kV AC Class 7E1 electric locomotives on the Richards Bay coal line. [4] [5]
Sports
Athletics
- 11 October – Thompson Magawana wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:12:50 in Faure .
Motorsport
- 1 March – The South African Grand Prix takes place at Kyalami .
Rugby
- 10 May – The British and Irish Lions begin an 18-match tour of South Africa despite protests from anti-apartheid groups. The tourists lose three of the four Tests.
References
- ↑ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
- ↑ "South African History Online - Silverton Siege 1980" . Archived from the original on 7 July 2014 . Retrieved 23 August 2014 .
- ↑ 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, 44, 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. 129–131, 140–143. ISBN 0869772112 .
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