The following lists events that happened during 1984 in South Africa.

1984
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South Africa

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Incumbents

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Events

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January
February
  • 3 – A bomb destroys the offices of the Ciskei consulate in Durban.
  • 23 – An Escom installation in Georgetown is slightly damaged by an explosion.
  • 29 – Two bombs explode at Mandini, one at a sub-station and the other at the police station.
March
  • 11 – The Mobil fuel depot in Ermelo is rocked by four explosions and five storage tanks are destroyed.
  • 12 – During a skirmish with insurgents, two policemen are seriously injured.
  • 16 – South Africa and Mozambique sign the Nkomati Accord, a non-aggression treaty, at Komatipoort.
  • 23 – Dorothy Nyembe is released from Kroonstad Prison after serving 15 years.
April
  • 3 – The African National Congress denies responsibility after a car bomb explodes on the Victoria Embankment, Durban, killing three and injuring twenty.
  • 5 – The Transkei consulate in Botshabelo is destroyed by a bomb.
  • An insurgent is killed at De Deur.
May
  • 2 – South Africa, Mozambique and Portugal sign an agreement on electricity supply from the Cahora Bassa dam.
  • 5 – Over 7,000 people attend an Afrikaner Volkswag rally in Pretoria.
  • 12 – A bomb explodes at the Trust Bank in Durban.
  • 13 – The Mobil Oil Refinery in Durban comes under RPG-7 attack by Umkhonto we Sizwe insurgents who are all killed afterwards in a running battle with police.
  • 16 – Outside the Jabulani Police station in Soweto an explosion destroys two private vehicles belonging to policemen.
  • 18 – The railway line near Lenasia is damaged by an explosion.
  • 29 – Prime Minister P.W. Botha and minister of foreign affairs Pik Botha visit Austria, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland and West Germany.
  • Mutineers systematically kill most camp administration members at Umkhonto we Sizwe's Pango training camp in Angola.
June
  • 21 – An explosion damages a sub-station in Berea, Durban and disrupts electricity supply.
  • 28 – Jeannette Schoon and her six-year-old daughter Katryn are killed by a letter bomb at Lubango, Angola.
July
August
  • 3 – A guerrilla is killed in the Ellisras area.
  • 7 – Tshabalala Dry Cleaners in Soweto is extensively damaged by Umkhonto we Sizwe.
  • 7 – An Escom sub-station is destroyed in Glenmore, Durban.
  • 12 – The Department of Internal Affairs of Johannesburg is hit by an explosion that causes minor damage.
  • 16 – Two Limpet mines destroy two floors of the South African Police HQ, Soweto East in Roodepoort, injuring the District Commander, four policemen and two civilians.
  • 17 – A guerrilla is killed while resisting arrest in Mapetla.
  • 22 – Elections to the new House of Representatives are held.
  • 23 – Explosions destroy 4th floor offices of the government in a building in Booysens, Johannesburg.
  • 24 – A bomb explodes in Anchor Life Building in Johannesburg, destroying the South African Railways Police regional offices and the Department of Internal Affairs offices.
  • 22 – Elections to the new House of Delegates are held.
September
October
December
  • 11 – A section of railway line near Durban and a goods train are damaged by an explosion.
  • 14 – A guerrilla is killed and a policeman is injured in a skirmish in Ingwavuma.
  • 18 – Foreign minister Pik Botha and President of Somalia Siad Barre hold talks in Mogadishu.
  • 25 – Another guerrilla is killed in Ingwavuma.

Births

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Deaths

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Railways

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Class 6E1, Series 11 no. E2185
 
Class 7E3, Series 2

Locomotives

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Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways:

Sports

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Athletics

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  • 31 March – Ernest Seleke wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:09:41 in Port Elizabeth.
  • 11 August – Barefoot runner Zola Budd and Mary Decker of the United States collide in the Olympic 3,000 meters final and neither finish as medallist.[9]

Motorsport

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. ^ Soul of A Railway, System 7, Western Transvaal, based in Johannesburg, Part 17: Northwards to just short of the home signal at Pretoria by Les Pivnic. Introduction, Captions 43-46. (Accessed on 27 April 2017)
  3. ^ Soul of A Railway, System 7, Western Transvaal, based in Johannesburg, Part 27: Braamfontein West to Klerksdorp (home signal) by Les Pivnic, Part 2. Introduction, Captions 33, 42, 53. (Accessed on 7 May 2017)
  4. ^ Die Vaderland, Donderdag 12 Januarie 1984, p. 3
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ "UCW - Electric locomotives" (PDF). The UCW Partnership. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  7. ^ 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. 50, 61.
  8. ^ Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 129–131. ISBN 0869772112.
  9. ^ "1984: Zola Budd in race trip controversy". On This Day. BBC. 11 August 1984. Archived from the original on 23 January 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2013.