3 – Three people are injured when a limpet mine explodes at the corner of Jeppe and Delvers Streets in Johannesburg.
8 – At the AECI plant, a police officer is shot at and in the skirmish that follows, two policemen and one civilian are injured.
9 – A bomb explodes at the OK Bazaars, a national supermarket chain, in Eloff Street, Johannesburg during a protracted strike.
9 – A riot squad policeman is killed and two injured when a grenade is thrown into their vehicle.
9 – Police raid English-language newspapers, seizing documents related to an advertisement calling for the legalising of the African National Congress.
20 – The Margo Commission, which is set up to investigate the air disaster in which Samora Machel, Mozambiqian President, was killed, commences.[2]
21 – Twelve people are killed, including seven 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.
30 – Three soldiers and one police officer are killed in an attack in Alexandra, Johannesburg.
31 – The home of town councillor Senokoane in Diepmeadow, Soweto is attacked and six people are injured, including two police officers.
February
2 – The single quarters of the Bokomo Police Station is attacked twice with grenades and one policeman is injured.
5 – An Explosion at a bus shelter outside the Groote Schuur Hospital injures one person.
18 – A number of people are killed in a grenade attack on Tladi Secondary School.
19 – Chief Lushaba and Samuel Jamile of the Inkatha Freedom Party are injured when a grenade is thrown at them.
A limpet mine explosion causes damage to a shop in Matatiele.
March
3 – A cadre/terrorist is shot and killed by police in Gugulethu after he fired on their patrol with an AK-47.
9 – One police officer and two municipal police officers are killed in Gugulethu. One cadre//terrorists is also possibly killed but this is unconfirmed.
11 – Police confirms a skirmish at Zone 13 Mdantsane in Ciskei, but gives no details.
11 – A cadre/terrorist is shot and killed in a house in New Crossroads.
12 – Sweden announces a total boycott on trade with South Africa, effective from October.
13 – Four municipal police officers are killed and one injured in Atteridgeville.
16 – A grenade is thrown at the home of a police officer in Kagiso but causes no injuries.
17 – During a police raid in Inanda, a cadre and a woman are killed. Another man and a baby are injured in the raid.
17 – Three explosions damage the railway line between Newcastle and Johannesburg.
28 – An anti-tank landmine kills four people and injures one in the Josefsdal area near the Swaziland border.
April
1 – Three soldiers are killed and two injured when a grenade is thrown into their Hippo armoured personnel carrier in either Mabopane or Mamelodi.
1 – A grenade is thrown at the home of Councillor Radebe in Dobsonville, with no injuries.
2 – Three policemen are injured in Nyanga when a grenade is thrown at them.
8 – Two cadres/terrorists and a police officer are killed in a shootout at Ventersdorp.
9 – Three police officers come under attack in Meadowlands Zone 10.
10 – Ciskei, South Africa and Transkei sign a security pact in Cape Town, prohibiting cross-border violence between the three states.
14 – The home of a police officer in Chesterfield, Durban, comes under grenade attack with no injuries.
15 – A special branch police officer is killed by a sniper and another injured south of Durban in Umbumbulu.
16 – An explosion in the parking area of a Newcastle supermarket injures two people.
20 – A grenade is thrown at group of soldiers at the Dube train station in Soweto. No casualties are reported.
23 – The home of a police officer in Bonteheuwel comes under grenade attack.
24 – During a riot police raid in Umlazi, Durban, two cadres/terrorists are killed and three riot police officers are injured.
9 – A police officer, three soldiers and a cadre are killed in a skirmish in Mamelodi.
16 – An explosion occurs at Newcastle train station's waiting room and while police are investigating the blast, a second bomb explodes, injuring a police officer.
19 – An explosion occurs at the Carlton Centre in central Johannesburg.
20 – Two bombs explode at the Johannesburg magistrate's court. The first minor explosion acts as a decoy and is followed by a second more powerful charge minutes later, which kills three police officers and injure four others and six bystanders.
9 – Mozambique and the Soviet Union reject the findings of the Margo Commission on the air disaster in which Samora Machel, Mozambiqian President, was killed.
12 – During a police raid in Athlone, Johannesburg, a cadre/terrorist is killed and four arrested.
18 – A police officer and his wife are injured in attack on their home in Mamelodi East.
23 – South Africa and Malawi sign an agreement for the training of Malawian nurses in South Africa.
24 – Ten people, including two police officers, are injured in grenade attack on a police patrol in Soweto.
28 – Two bombs explode at the Standard Bank arena in Johannesburg.
The South African Army kills four and captures two terrorists near the Zimbabwe border. After the two cadres are handed over to police, they escape killing two police officers. The army later tracks them down and kills them in a fire-fight.
The Commander of KwaNdebele National Guard Unit in Marble Hall and his son, a police officer, is shot and killed by AK-47 fire.
October
1 – A bomb placed outside the door of Amichand Rajbansi's NPP office in Lenasia explodes hours after official opening, with no injuries.
28 – Near the Swaziland border a soldier is killed and a terrorist wounded in a skirmish.
November
5 – Govan Mbeki is released from custody of Apartheid government after serving 24 years in the Robben Island prison.
6 – A special constable and two civilians are killed by sniper fire in Khayelitsha.
12 – Two limpet mines explode and a third one is safely detonated by police at the Zola Municipal offices in Soweto.
18 – A Limpet mine is found and defused at the Johannesburg post office.
23 – During a police raid on a house in Umlazi, Durban two guerillas and an alleged collaborator are killed. Two police officers are injured in the raid.
30 – Three explosions occur at the Dube municipal training centre in Soweto, with no injuries.
December
10 – During a police raid on a shack in the Port Elizabeth area, they meet heavy resistance from the residents. The police drive a Casspir over the shack, killing four.
12 – A group of police officers are fired upon by cadres//terrorists from a moving car in Soweto. Two police officers are killed and four injured.
