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1979 in South Africa
Summary
The following lists events that happened during
1979 in South Africa
.
←
1978
1977
1976
1979
in
South Africa
→
1980
1981
1982
Decades:
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
See also:
List of years in South Africa
Incumbents
edit
State President
:
John Vorster
(until 4 June).
[1]
Marais Viljoen
(acting from 4 June, elected from 19 June).
[1]
Prime Minister
:
P.W. Botha
.
Chief Justice
:
Frans Lourens Herman Rumpff
.
Events
edit
January
8 – South Africa and
Lesotho
sign a monetary agreement.
14 – Police clash with
Umkhonto we Sizwe
guerrillas
near
Zeerust
and arrest one while six escape into
Botswana
.
23 – A bomb explodes near the New Canada railway station in
Soweto
.
24 – A large amount of explosives is found and defused on the railway line between
Fort Beaufort
and
King William's Town
.
February
Sergeant Benjamin Letlako, a Police Special Branch member, is shot dead in
Katlehong
.
April
Explosives are discovered and defused on a railway line near
Soweto
.
May
5 – Guerrillas open fire in the Moroka Police Station, killing one and wounding three more policemen and three civilians.
29 – Bishop
Abel Muzorewa
becomes the transitional
Prime Minister of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia
.
June
4 – Following the
Information Scandal
,
John Vorster
resigns as
State President of South Africa
.
[1]
4 –
Marais Viljoen
becomes acting
State President of South Africa
for the second time.
[1]
19 –
Marais Viljoen
becomes
State President of South Africa
.
[1]
Explosives are discovered and defused on a railway line in the Eastern
Transvaal
.
September
22 – A
Vela satellite
detects a flash in the southern Atlantic Ocean, believed to be a South African-
Israeli
nuclear test.
November
Guerrillas open fire and hurl grenades in the Orlando Police Station charge office, killing two policemen and wounding two.
Grenades are thrown into the home of Special Branch policeman Lt Magezi Ngobeni and five children are wounded.
December
A bomb explodes and damages the railway line near
Alice
.
A bomb explodes at the
Sasol
Oil Refineries and cause massive structural damage.
Unknown date
The National Council of Lawyers for Human Rights is established.
The
African National Congress
's Special Operations, reporting directly to
Oliver Tambo
, is established.
The African National Congress' Nova Catengue Training Camp is attacked and destroyed by the
South African Air Force
.
Births
edit
8 January –
Butch James
, rugby player
10 January –
Louise Carver
, singer-songwriter, pianist
29 January –
Mfuneko Ngam
, cricketer
5 February –
Steve Lekoelea
, soccer player
14 February –
Wesley Moodie
, tennis player
23 February –
Jaco van Zyl
, golfer
25 February –
Wikus van Heerden
, rugby player
18 March –
Bonnie Mbuli
, actress
25 March –
Kgomotso Christopher
, actress and voice over artist best known for her time in
Isidingo
as Katlego Sibeko
6 April –
Manaka Ranaka
, actress
9 April –
Ryan Cox
, professional road racing cyclist. (d. 2007)
3 June –
Deon Carstens
, rugby player
23 June –
Marilyn Agliotti
, field hockey player
6 July –
Zandile Msutwana
, actress
10 July –
Marius Joubert
, rugby player
4 August –
Robin Peterson
, cricketer
12 September –
Gcobani Bobo
, rugby player
17 September –
Neill Blomkamp
, film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator.
22 September –
Bakkies Botha
, rugby player
9 October –
Hendrik Odendaal
, swimmer
11 October –
Zonke
, singer
21 November –
Jason Hartman
, singer-songwriter
16 December –
Trevor Immelman
, golfer
24 December –
DJ Cleo
, recording artist, DJ and record producer
28 December –
Elvis Blue
, singer, musician
Deaths
edit
6 April –
Solomon Mahlangu
,
Umkhonto we Sizwe
operative hanged (b. 1956)
12 June –
David Sibeko
,
Pan Africanist Congress
representative to the United Nations. (b. 1938)
8 August –
Lionel Cooper
, mathematician. (b. 1915)
10 November –
Harry Hart
, athlete. (b. 1905)
Railways
edit
Class 6E1, Series 8
Locomotives
edit
The South African Railways places the first of 105
Class 6E1, Series 8
electric locomotives in mainline service.
[2]
[3]
Sports
edit
Motorsport
edit
3 March – The
South African Grand Prix
takes place at
Kyalami
.
Jody Scheckter
becomes
Formula One
World Champion.
References
edit
^
a
b
c
d
e
Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
^
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
^
Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985).
Locomotives of the South African Railways
(1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 128–129.
ISBN
0869772112
.