1989 in South Africa

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1 Events

Events

A Eskom sub-station in Glenwood, Durban is damaged by explosion, later police defuse a second bomb found nearby
Explosion at a Eskom sub-station in Sandhurst, Johannesburg
A limpit mine explodes at home of the chair of the Ministers Council in the House of Delegates in Benoni
An explosion at aircraft factory in Ciskei
Two municipal police are killed in grenade attack on Katlehong's Municipal Police Station

Trevor Manuel is released from detention under stringent restriction orders
An explosion at a municipal police barracks in Soweto, injures four policemen
An explosion next to a police parade in Katlehong kills a municipal constable and injures nine others
A limpet explodes at the home of the commander of Katlehong Police Station, Col. D. Dlamini

An explosion outside the Natal Command HQ on Durban's beachfront
15 - 21 March - A conference of African National Congress' chief representatives and regional treasurers is held in Gran, Norway

An explosion at the Police HQ's single quarters in Durban
A bomb explodes at the Yeoville Police Station in Johannesburg
Five special constables are injured in a attack on a police outpost in Katlehong
Two municipal policemen are injured when grenades are thrown at Councillor Abram Mzizi home in Thokoza
An explosion at Nigel's post office
8 April - The Progressive Federal Party, Independent Democrats and the National Democratic Movement merge to form the Democratic Party

The South African Air Force's Klippan Radar Station in the Western Transvaal comes under mortar attack

Four bystanders are injured when a limpet explodes under police vehicle in Duduza
A limpet place under a vehicle parked outside a policman's home in Tsakane explodes
A grenade is thrown at a police patrol in Tsakane
A limpet mine explodes in rubbish bin outside the home of policeman in Soweto
A bomb shatters the windows of KwaThema Police station's dining hall
A limpet mine explodes at the Police single quarters in Ratanda
A limpet mine explodes at the home of Boetie Abramjee, a Labour Party MP

A grenade is thrown into a Labour Party polling station in Bishop Lavis
The Brixton Flying Squad HQ is attacked with hand grenades and AK-47s
Lt-Col. Frank Zwane, a former liaison officer for the police and his two sons are injured in a grenade attack in Soweto
An explosion at the Athlone Police Station

Bomb explodes outside the BP centre in Cape Town and at a Woodstock garage a few minutes later

The Hluhluwe and Umfolozi Game Reserves are joined through the Corridor Reserve as the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve
The government starts dismantling six nuclear fission devices that were built during the apartheid era