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1978 in South Africa

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1978
in
South Africa

Decades:
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The following lists events that happened during 1978 in South Africa.

Incumbents

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Events

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January
February
  • 2 – Guerrillas attack the Daveyton police station.
  • 2 – Kaiser Matanzima breaks all diplomatic ties with South Africa and announces that all South African Defence Force members seconded to the Transkei Army will leave Transkei by 31 March.
  • 2 – The Eastern Cape Attorney-General refuses to prosecute policemen involved in the arrest and detention of Steve Biko.
  • A bomb capable of destroying a 22-storey building is found in a Johannesburg office block and defused.
March
  • 10 – A bomb explodes outside the offices of the Bantu Affairs building in Port Elizabeth, killing one civilian.
April
  • 14 – Abel Mthembu, former deputy president of the ANC in the Transvaal, turns state witness at the Pretoria ANC trial.
May
August
September
  • The African National Congress attempts to kill about 500 of its own cadres by poisoning their food because an infiltrated enemy agent could not be identified.[2]
October
December
  • A bomb explodes at the Soweto Community Council offices.
Unknown date

Births

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Deaths

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Railways

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Class 7E
Class 9E, Series 1

Locomotives

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Sports

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Motorsport

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. ^ "AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS - The ANC's second submission to the TRC: Operations Report - 2.2. June 1976 - Kabwe, 1985". Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  3. ^ Jeffery, Anthea (2009). People's War - New Light on the Struggle for South Africa (1st ed.). Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-86842-357-6.
  4. ^ a b c d e Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 128–131, 136. ISBN 0869772112.
  5. ^ a b c 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. 38–39, 41, 46, 56–57.
  6. ^ Korea, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of. "Countries and Regions > Middle East and Africa > List of the Countries". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "South Korea-South Africa Relations". The Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Republic of South Africa. 6 April 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  8. ^ "DuPreez Strauss". tvsa.co.za.
  9. ^ a b 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