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List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1979 in South Africa.
Incumbents
Events
- January
- February
- Sergeant Benjamin Letlako, a Police Special Branch member, is shot dead in
Katlehong.
- April
- Explosives are discovered and defused on a railway line near
Soweto.
- May
- June
- September
- 22 – A
Vela satellite detects a flash in the southern Atlantic Ocean, believed to be a South African-
Israeli nuclear test.
- November
- Guerrillas open fire and hurl grenades in the Orlando Police Station charge office, killing two policemen and wounding two.
- Grenades are thrown into the home of Special Branch policeman Lt Magezi Ngobeni and five children are wounded.
- December
- A bomb explodes and damages the railway line near
Alice.
- A bomb explodes at the
Sasol Oil Refineries and cause massive structural damage.
- Unknown date
Births
- 8 January –
Butch James, rugby player
- 10 January –
Louise Carver, singer-songwriter, pianist
- 29 January –
Mfuneko Ngam, cricketer
- 5 February –
Steve Lekoelea, soccer player
- 14 February –
Wesley Moodie, tennis player
- 23 February –
Jaco van Zyl, golfer
- 25 February –
Wikus van Heerden, rugby player
- 18 March –
Bonnie Mbuli, actress
- 25 March –
Kgomotso Christopher, actress and voice over artist best known for her time in
Isidingo as Katlego Sibeko
- 6 April –
Manaka Ranaka, actress
- 9 April –
Ryan Cox, professional road racing cyclist. (d. 2007)
- 3 June –
Deon Carstens, rugby player
- 23 June –
Marilyn Agliotti, field hockey player
- 6 July –
Zandile Msutwana, actress
- 10 July –
Marius Joubert, rugby player
- 4 August –
Robin Peterson, cricketer
- 12 September –
Gcobani Bobo, rugby player
- 17 September –
Neill Blomkamp, film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator.
- 22 September –
Bakkies Botha, rugby player
- 9 October –
Hendrik Odendaal, swimmer
- 11 October –
Zonke, singer
- 21 November –
Jason Hartman, singer-songwriter
- 16 December –
Trevor Immelman, golfer
- 24 December –
DJ Cleo, recording artist, DJ and record producer
- 28 December –
Elvis Blue, singer, musician
Deaths
Railways
Locomotives
Sports
Motorsport
References
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