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1987 in South Africa - January. 1 January - South African Defence Force servicemen are attacked in Alexandra, Johannesburg and at least one injured 3 January - Three people are injured when a limet mine explodes at the corner of Jeppe and Delvers Streets in Johannesburg 8 January - At the AECI plant, a policeman is shot at and in the skirmish that followed, two policemen and one civilian is injured 9 January - A bomb explodes at the OK Bazaars, a national supermarket chain, in Elo ...

1987 in South Africa: Encyclopedia II - 1987 in South Africa - Events

1987 in South Africa - Events

1987 in South Africa - January

1 January - South African Defence Force servicemen are attacked in Alexandra, Johannesburg and at least one injured
3 January - Three people are injured when a limet mine explodes at the corner of Jeppe and Delvers Streets in Johannesburg
8 January - At the AECI plant, a policeman is shot at and in the skirmish that followed, two policemen and one civilian is injured
9 January - A bomb explodes at the OK Bazaars, a national supermarket chain, in Eloff Street, Johannesburg during a protrated strike
- A riot squad policeman is killed and two injured when a grenade is thrown into their vehicle
- Police raid english-language newspapers seizing documents related to an advertisement calling for the legalising of the African National Congress
21 January - KwaMakhuta massacre, 12 people are killed including 7 children, in KwaMakutha near Amanzimtoti, when the home of the United Democratic Front activist Bheki Ntuli is attacked by a group of men armed with AK-47 rifles
23 January - Two terrorists or freedom fighters are killed in Soweto
24 January - One Transkei soldier or policeman is injured in an Umkhonto we Sizwe attack in Mendu, Willowvale
30 January - Three solders and one policeman is killed in attack in Alexandra, Johannesburg
31 January - The home of town councillor Senokoane in Diepmeadow, Soweto is attacked and six people are injured including two policemen

1987 in South Africa - February

A limpet mine explosion causes damage to a shop in Matatiele
2 February - The single quarters of the Bokomo Police Station is attacked twice with grenades and one policeman is injured
5 February - An Explosion at bus shelter outside the Groote Schuur Hospital injures 1 person
18 February - A number of people are killed in a grenade attack on Tladi Secondary School
19 February - Chief Lushaba and Samuel Jamile of the Inkatha Freedom Party are injured when a grenade is thrown at them

1987 in South Africa - March

3 March - A terrorist or freedom fighter is shot dead by police in Gugulethu after he allegedly fired on their patrol with an AK-47
9 March - One policeman, two municipal policemen are killed in Gugulethu. One terrorist or freedom fighter is also possibly killed but this is unconfirmed
11 March - Police confirm a skirmish at Zone 13 Mdantsane in Ciskei but gave no details
- A terrorist or freedom fighter is shot dead in a house in New Crossroads
12 March - Sweden announces a total boycott on trade with South Africa effective from October
13 March - Four municipal policemen are killed, one injured in Atteridgeville
16 March - A grenade is thrown at the home of a policeman in Kagiso but no injuries
17 March - During a police raid in Inanda, a terrorist or freedom fighter and a woman are killed. Another man and a baby are injured in the raid
- Three explosions damage the railway line between Newcastle and Johannesburg
28 March An anti-tank landmine kills four and injures one person in the Josefsdal area near the Swaziland border

1987 in South Africa - April

1 April - Three soldiers are killed and two injured when a grenade is thrown into their Hippo armoured personnel carrier in either Mabopane or Mamelodi
- A grenade is thrown at home of Councillor Radebe in Dobsonville with no injuries
2 April - Three policemen are injured in Nyanga when a grenade is thrown at them
8 April - Two terrorists or freedom fighters and a policeman is killed in a shootout at Ventersdorp
9 April - Three policemen come under attack in Meadowlands Zone 10 (casualties unknown)
10 April - Ciskei, South Africa and Transkei sign a security pact in Cape Town prohibiting cross-border violence between the three states
14 April - The home of a policeman in Chesterfield, Durban comes under grenade attack with no injuries
15 April - A special branch policeman is killed by a sniper and another injured south of Durban in Umbumbulu
16 April - An explosion in the parking area of a Newcastle supermarket injures two people
20 April - A grenade is thrown at group of soldiers at the Dube train station in Soweto (no casualties reported)
23 April - The home of a policeman in Bonteheuwel comes under grenade attack
24 April - During a riot police raid in Umlazi, Durban, two terrorists or freedom fighters are killed and three riot policemen are injured
30 April - Four policemen are injured in a grenade attack on their barracks in Osizweni, Newcastle

1987 in South Africa - May

5 May - Two people are killed and twenty injured in a landmine explosion on a road close to Messina near the Zimbabwe border
- Two mini-limpets explode at the Johannesburg Civic Centre with no injuries
6 May - The National Party wins the General Elections
9 May - A policeman, three soldiers and a terrorist or freedom fighter are killed in a skirmish in Mamelodi
16 May - A explosion at Newcastle train station's waiting room occurs and while police are investigating the blast, a second bomb explodes injuring a policeman
19 May - An explosion at the Carlton Centre in central Johannesburg
20 May - Two bombs exploded at the Johannesburg magistrate’s court, the first a minor explosion that acted as a decoy is followed by a second more powerful charge minutes later which killed three policemen and injuring four others, six bystanders are also injured

1987 in South Africa - June

4 June - State President of South Africa Pieter Willem Botha visits Sharpeville
11 June - During a police raid in Emdeni, Soweto, police were ambushed. A terrorist/freedom-fighter and a policeman are killed
12 June - Two policeman are found dead in Witbank
- A Limpet mine explodes at the Athlone Magistrates Court in Johannesburg
15 June - The home of a councillor in Gugulethu comes under grenade attack and four people are injured, two of them special constables
21 June - A police patrol is attacked with grenades in which seven policemen are injured

1987 in South Africa - July

6 July - Umkhonto we Sizwe ambush the police in Mdantsane, two policemen are killed and three injured. A cadre is also shot dead
- Milestone meeting is held in Dakar, Senegal between 52 mainly Afrikaans-speaking intellectuals led by Dr Federik van Zyl Slabbert and the banned African National Congress led by Thabo Mbeki
8 July - Police crush an alleged terrorist/freedom-fighter and his sister to death in shack in Motherwell after they allegedly were fired on
- A limpet mine explodes at 11h12 in the bar of Village Main Hotel, Johannesburg
9 July - Mozambique and the Soviet Union reject the findings of the Margo Commission on the air disaster in which Samora Machel, Mozambiqian President, was killed
9-12 July - 61 White South Africans, mainly from the Afrikaans community, meet the African National Congress in Dakar, Senegal in search of a democratic alternative for South Africa
12 July - During a police raid in Athlone, Johannesburg, a terrorist/freedom-fighter is killed and four arrested
18 July - A policeman and wife are injured in attack on their home in Mamelodi East
20 July - A car bomb explodes outside a block of flats in District Six, Cape Town with no injuries
25 July - A grenade is thrown at home in Pimville but harmlessly explodes outside the house
30 July - An anti-tank landmine injures three people on the farm Bodena which is owned by Danie Hough
- A car bomb explodes outside the Witwatersrand Command which kills one soldier and injures 68 people

1987 in South Africa - August

The South African Defence Force launch Operation Modular
5 August - A terrorist or freedom fighter is killed in shootout with police on Ntsekisa Road in New Brighton, Johannesburg
13 August - An Emdeni police Sargeant is injured when a grenade is thrown at his vehicle
23 August - A shop in Emdeni which is frequented by soldiers is attacked with grenades
24 August - A grenade is thrown at a police vehicle in Emdeni. Two policemen and eight bystanders are injured
27 August - The home of the former Mayor of Soweto, Kunene is attacked and two council policemen are killed
30 August - A grenade is thrown at five soldiers outside barracks; estimated eight SADF members killed or injured

1987 in South Africa - September

The South African Army kill four and capture two terrorists or freedom fighters near the Zimbabwe border. After the two terrorists or freedom fighters were handed over to police, they escaped killing two policemen. The army later tracked them down and they were killed in fire-fight
The Commander of KwaNdebele National Guard Unit in Marble Hall and his son (a policeman) is shot dead by AK-47 fire
2 September - Police in Sandton kill a terrorist or freedom fighter after he allegedly threw a grenade at a roadblock
17 September - Religious leaders including Desmond Tutu hold talks with the African National Congress in Zambia
24 September - Ten people including two policemen are injured in grenade attack on a police patrol in Soweto
28 September - Two bombs explode at the Standard Bank arena in Johannesburg

1987 in South Africa - October

1 October - A bomb placed outside door of Amichand Rajbansi's NPP office in Lenasia explodes hours after official opening with no injuries
28 October - Near the Swaziland border soldier is killed and a terrorist or freedom fighter wounded in an skirmish

1987 in South Africa - November

6 November - A special constable and two civilians are killed by sniper fire in Khayelitsha
12 November - Two limpet mines explode and a third one is safely detonated by police at the Zola Municipal offices in Soweto
14 November - During a South African Defence Force commemoration march in Cape Town, a limpet mine explodes in bin injuring a soldier
18 November - A Limpet mine is found and defused at the Johannesburg post office
23 November - During a police raid on house in Umlazi, Durban two terrorists or freedom fighters and alleged collaborator are killed. Two policemen are injured in the raid
30 November - Three explosions occur at the Dube municipal training centre in Soweto with no injuries

1987 in South Africa - December

10 December - During a police raid on shack in the Port Elizabeth area, they meet heavy resistance from the terrorists or freedom fighters. The police simply drive a Casspir over the shack, killing four
12 December - A group of policemen are fired upon by terrorists or freedom fighters from a moving car in Soweto; two policemen are killed and four injured