1986 in South Africa

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See also: 1985 in South Africa, other events of 1986, 1987 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

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Events

January

  • A Soweto man throws a grenade at 3 policemen, police retailiate and kill the man
  • 4 January - Two people are killed and two others injured when their vehicle hit an anti-tank mine at Stockpoort in the Ellisras area not far from the Botswana border
  • 5 January - A policeman and a terrorist or freedom fighter are killed at a police roadblock on East London / King Williamstown road
  • 7 January - A grenade is thrown at a Railways policeman in Soweto
  • 8 January - A Pretoria sub-station is damaged by an explosion
  • 9 January - A Limpet explodes at 21h15 and damages substation in Jacobs, Durban, later a second limpet explodes kills a policeman and injures other policemen and two electrical workers who arrive at the scene of the first explosion
  • 18 January - Two limpets damage a sub-station in Westville, Durban
  • 20 January - Four limpets damage a electrical pylon near Durban at 20h45. A fifth mine probably aimed at the police and repair crew explodes later with no injuries

February

  • An explosion at a Durban sub-station
  • At De Deur, a Limpet mine causes structural damage to sub-station
  • A hand grenade explodes in a Transkei minister's official car
  • 2 February - A soldier and a are killed near Alldays
  • 4 February - Four South African Army soldiers are injured when a man throws a grenade into their military vehicle at Gugulethu
  • 9 February - A Limpet mine destroys two police vehicles at Umlazi Police station near Durban when parked after returning from riot patrol
  • 10 February - A large bomb is defused by police in Amanzimtoti, 200m from where the December 1985 blast (for which Andrew Zondo was hanged) took place
  • 12 February - A pick-up detonates an anti-tank mine near Messina with no injuries
  • 16 February - A police Casspir detonates a anti-tank landmine in Mamelodi
  • 17 February - Two policemen and two terrorist or freedom fighter are killed while one is arrested in Zwide
  • 19 February - Explosion in toilet block near Radio Control room at the Cambridge East Police station causes no injures

March

  • Police come under fire at funeral in Dobsonville
  • 3 March - Seven terrorists or freedom fighters who were arrested after skirmishes in Gugulethu are executed by police
  • 4 March - An explosion on 3rd floor of the John Vorster Square injures two policemen and two civilians
  • 7 March - A limpet mine is found at the Hillbrow Police Station and is safely detonated by police
  • 12 March - Esther Masuku, mother of youth activist and SACC member Oupa Masuku, is killed in a hand grenade attack on their house in Atteridgeville
- The Eminent Persons Group meets imprisoned African National Congress leader, Nelson Mandela.
  • 15 March - A limpet mine explodes in front of the Springs railway station, one person is seriously injured
  • 17 March - A mini-limpet is discovered at the Afrikaans high school at Elsburg, Germiston and is safely detonated
  • 19 March - A car belonging to a special branch policeman is destroyed by a limpet mine
- A bomb blast inside the property of the Springs New Apostolic Church

April

- A terrorist or freedom fighter is seriously injured when he and others attack the police in Alexandra, Gauteng

May

  • Police find a 15kg bomb under a car in downtown Durban and defuse it
  • 1 May - Two grenades are thrown at the home of Mr Klein, principal of Wentworth Primary School. Klein and his are wife both injured.
  • 7 May - A bomb explosion causes extensive damage to Benmore Gardens Shopping Centre, Sandton
  • 25 May - A vehicle hits an anti-tank mine on the farm of Colonel Koos Durr, near Davel. Two people are killed and eight injured
  • 26 May - A tractor detonates a second anti-tank mine on the farm of Colonel Koos Durr, this time no injuries

June

- On another farm, Blomhof, also near Volksrust, an anti-tank mine injures two farmworkers
  • 14 June - A car bomb explode outside the Magoos and Why Not bars on the Durban beachfront. The bomb kills three, injures 69. Robert McBride is later sentenced to death for the bombing
  • 16 June - A probable anti-tank mine explosion kills three Bophuthatswana Defence Force troops in troop carrier in the Winterveldt region
  • 22 June - Limpet mines damage fuel storage tanks and a liquid fuel pipeline at the Mobil Refinery near Durban
- A limpet mine explodes at 01h45 outside a Copper Shop on West Street, Durban
  • 24 June - An explosion at 14h00 injures 16 people at a Wimpy Bar (fast-food resturant) on Rissik Street, Johannesburg
  • 27 June - At a police roadblock near the Botswana border four terrorists or freedom fighters are killed and one policeman injured
  • 28 June - An explosion just before 12h00 injures two people in a Queenstown shopping centre
  • 29 June - An explosion at the Alice post office
  • 30 June - A Limpet mine explodes at 03h15 on pedestrian bridge in Westville, Durban and a second limpet aimed at responding policemen explodes 15 minutes later

July

August

  • 3 August - An explosion at the Lakeside post office
  • 15 August - Trevor Manuel is detained for the second time, this time he is only released in 1988
  • 16 August - Four terrorists or freedom fighters are killed and one injured in the eastern Transvaal, near the Swaziland border
  • 17 August - A vehicle detonates an anti-tank landmine on the farm Stellen Rust near Nelspruit killing five and injuring two people
  • 22 August - Inkatha Freedom Party member Winnington Sabelo comes under grenade attack and Umkhonto we Sizwe fire at car of his wife as she entered the driveway, killing her and injuring 3 children
  • 24 August - In Imbali, the home of town councillor Austin Kwejama comes under grenade attack. One child is killed and another is injured

September

  • A mini-limpet mine explodes in bar of Devonshire Hotel injuring three people (this was a popular venue for Wits students)
  • A grenade is thrown into crowded night club in Edenpark, Alberton
  • 1 September - A bomb explodes at the Pick and Pay supermarket in Montclair, Durban and injures 1 person
  • 7 September - A car bomb explodes not far from The Star's Seaside Home in Durban which is a holiday home for underprivileged children
  • 24 September - The home of Soweto Housing Director, Del Kevin, extensively damaged by a limpet mine
  • 30 September - Northern Natal policeman is injured in an attack

October

  • The police station in Newcastle is attacked
  • 6 October - Six soldiers are injured when their military vehicle detonates an anti-tank mine at Mbuzini, near the Mozambique
  • 20 October - A Limpet mine explodes outside the Lamontville Police station
  • 22 October - Two anti-tank landmine explosions

November

  • Two offices of PUTCO is bombed in Soweto after fare increase of 17,5% announced
  • 2 or 4 November - An anti-tank landmine explosion kills one woman and injures a child near Nelspruit
  • 4 November - A landmine kills a soldier on horseback in the eastern Transvaal
  • 10 November - Two bombs explode at the Newcastle Magistrates Court injuring 24 people including the Magistrate and Public Prosecutor
  • 14 November - A landmine injures a farmer and his son in the Alldays district
  • 23 November - A Limpet mine explode at Fordsburg flats, new housing for Sowto town councillors

December

- A grenade attack on home of Soweto councillor; two policemen injured
  • 27 December - Three terrorists or freedom fighters and two policemen are killed near Messina

Births

Deaths

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