6 – A policeman is killed in an attack atEast London.
10 –Rocky Malebane-Metsing leads a group of dissatisfied members of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force and the National Executive Committee of the People's Progressive Party to stage a coup d'état inBophuthatswana.
12 – Two municipal policemen guarding an installation are injured when they are attacked by cadres.
12 – A cadre opens fire on a car driven by an ex-Rhodesian soldier, now a private security firm official, in Johannesburg.
7 – A cadre and a civilian are killed by police during a raid inQueenstown, and six policemen are wounded in the raid.
8 – An attack by cadres on the Phiri Hall police mess kills one policeman and wounds 10 others.
12 – A church-led opposition group headed byDesmond Tutu is banned.
14 – A bomb explodes atJohannesburg City Hall, with no injuries.
17 – Mohammed Ichbahl and Aboobaker Ismail set up two bombs at theKrugersdorp magistrate's court adjacent to the local police station. One explodes and kills twoSouth African Defence Force personnel and a civilian while twenty other people are injured.
18 – Insurgents attack a tavern inAtteridgeville frequented by policemen. Three policemen are killed in the attack.
12 – In aMpumalanga township, police corner a cadre who then kills himself and two policemen with a grenade. Police later kill a second cadre and a policeman is killed and three civilians wounded in the crossfire.
15 – A limpet mine explodes at the Atteridgeville Municipal offices.
15 – A bomb explodes prematurely outsidePretoria's Sterland cinema, killing the terrorist and injuring a bystander. According to theAfrican National Congress the intended target was a nearby government building. There are no government buildings nearby.
19 – An explosion at a private office block less than 100 m from Parliament damages a branch of Santam bank.
22 – A cadre ambushes a municipal police vehicle in Soweto and wounds four policemen and one civilian.
25 – Police Sergeant J.M. Mazibuku is killed by cadres at a bus stop inNewcastle.
1 – A special guard unit vehicle is attacked inCape Town, with no injuries.
3–6 – An ILO Tripartite Conference on Action AgainstApartheid is held inHarare, Zimbabwe.
4 – Alimpet mine explodes against a wall of theKagiso Police single quarters.
4 – Representatives of South Africa, United States of America,Angola andCuba meet in London to search for a solution to the Angolan war and independence forNamibia.
10 – A child is killed when insurgents throw agrenade at a policeman's home inMamelodi.
14 – A cadre is killed when police raids his home inNewcastle.
24 – At theGermiston railway station, an insurgent opens fire on policemen and is killed when the police returns fire. Three civilians are injured in the crossfire.
25 – Two people are killed and 38 injured when a Sofasonke Party rally inSoweto comes under a grenade attack. TheAfrican National Congress denies knowledge and blames "armed political renegades".
26 – A limpet mine detonates outside African Eagle Building inPretoria during lunch hour, injuring four people from the Ruth Arndt Early Learning Centre.
28 – A device explodes at the bottom of a platform staircase at theJohannesburg railway station and injures one person.
June
3 – An explosion occurs at the South African Irish Regiment HQ in Anderson Street,Johannesburg.
3 – A bomb explodes during lunch hour outside Standard Bank inRoodepoort, killing four and injuring eighteen civilians.
5 – A bomb is detonated while a train is standing at Saulsville railway station.
20 – ACiskei policeman, Warrant Officer Swelindawo, is injured in an explosion at his home inMdantsane.
22 – Ten civilians are killed when a limpet mine explodes at an amusement arcade in Winning Side Arcade in Johannesburg.
26 – A limpet mine is discovered and defused at Papagallo Restaurant inEast London.
27 – CubanMiG-23 Flogger jet fighters attack theCalueque Water Scheme and twelve South African soldiers are killed by a direct hit by a bomb. During the raid, a SADF 20mmYstervark AAA system shoots down one MiG-23 Flogger and the Cuban/FAPLA pilot is killed.
29 – A bomb kills twoSouth African Defence Force members, two Prisons personnel and 13 civilians when it explodes at a cafe in Poynton building.
Abomb explodes nearSoweto's Inhlanzani station, with no injuries.
2 – Acar bomb, set by Harold Matshididi and Billy Agie Shoke, explodes near the gate ofEllis Park stadium inJohannesburg, killing two civilians and injuring thirty-seven.[2]
5 – A cadre is killed by police in a raid inGugulethu.
7 –Trevor Manuel,Ebrahim Rasool, Mountrain Qumbela, Hilda Ndude and Mzonke Jacobsis are released from detention.
12 – ALand mine incident occurs – no details available.
2 – Limpet mines are discovered and defused at theStanderton post office.
2 – Two people are injured when a limpet mine explodes at 17h30 outside a shop on the corner of Smith and Fenton Streets inDurban.
3 – A cadre is killed and four policemen are injured in Molweni, Durban.
7 – An explosion in the basement of North Park Plaza Shopping Centre kills one person.
8 – A grenade is thrown into the home of a couple who did not join a strike, Mr and Mrs Modiko, and injures a child.
10 – An explosion occurs at the Moroka Police Station barracks.
10 – A mini-limpet explodes under a basin next to a back door of a Lenasia HOD candidate, Mrs Ebrahim.
19 – Acar bomb explodes outside flats inBenoni, 100 m from the Police station, and two civilians are injured.
21 – An explosion after 17h00 injures 14 people at theVanderbijlpark bus terminal.
22 – An explosion at the home of municipal election candidate S.D. Goolam injures four policemen, two guards and a civilian.
Trevor Manuel is detained for the third time, only to be released in1989.
Abomb explodes at theLaudium home of aPretoria municipal election candidate.
Threelimpet mines explode inLenasia at the offices of the Lenasia bus service, at the home of the Lenasia Management Committee and the offices of the House of Delegates.
22 – South Africa,Angola andCuba sign a tripartite agreement at UN headquarters in New York requiring the withdrawal of Cuban forces from Angola and the granting of independence toNamibia by South Africa.[7]
