1980 in South Africa

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1980
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The following lists events that happened during 1980 in South Africa.

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Incumbents

Events

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March
April
May
June
August
September
October
November

Births

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Railways

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Class 36-200 (GM-EMD SW1002)
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Class 7E1

Locomotives

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

Sports

Athletics

Motorsport

Rugby

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1990 in South Africa saw the official start of the process of ending Apartheid. President of South Africa, eid. President De Klerk unbanned organisations that were banned by the government including the African National Congress, the South African Communist Party and the Pan Africanist Congress. The African National Congress, Umkhonto we Sizwe, suspends its armed activity within South Africa. Political prisoners including Nelson Mandela were released. Nelson Mandela met ANC leader Oliver Tambo for the first time in 28 years at a meeting in Sweden. Mandela also traveled to England to thank the people for their support in the campaign to free him. South Africa withdrew its troops from Namibia, which was granted independence. 1990 also saw marches in support and against the formation of a new post-Apartheid South Africa.

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The following lists events that happened during 1981 in South Africa.

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References

  1. Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. "South African History Online - Silverton Siege 1980". Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  3. 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. 38, 44, 46.
  4. 1 2 3 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
  5. 1 2 3 Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 129–131, 140–143. ISBN   0869772112.