The following lists events that happened during 1977 in South Africa.

1977
in
South Africa

Decades:
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Incumbents

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Events

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January
  • 8 – The railway line near Soweto is maliciously damaged.
February
  • 1 – KwaZulu is granted self-governance.
  • 24 – A bomb explodes at the Daveyton Police Station, causing only superficial damage.[2]
March
April
  • 1 – Pik Botha, South Africa's ambassador in the United States of America, is appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
June
July
  • 15 – The railway line at Umlazi in Durban is maliciously damaged.
  • 29 – The Antipolis, a Greek oil tanker, runs aground on the rocks near Victoria Road in Oudekraal, Cape Town.
August
September
  • 23 – The Netherlands suspends its cultural agreement with South Africa.
November
December
Unknown date

Births

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Deaths

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Railways

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Class 6E1, Series 7

Locomotives

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Sports

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Motorsport

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References

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  1. ^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. ^ "GTD ID:197702240007". Global Terrorism Database. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Jeffery, Anthea (2009). People's War - New Light on the Struggle for South Africa (1st ed.). Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-1-86842-357-6.
  4. ^ "GTD ID:197712120006". Global Terrorism Database. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  5. ^ Khoto Sesinyi at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 128–129. ISBN 0869772112.