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The following lists events that happened during 1980 in South Africa .
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Events
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January
12 – The British Sports Council begins a fact-finding tour to investigate racial discrimination in South African sport.
14 – The local community at Soekmekaar resists forced removal and damages the police station.
25 – Four Umkhonto we Sizwe fighters kill two civilians and hold bank staff and customers hostage in Silverton.[2]
March
12 – The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk and its three sister churches announce that they have no objection to reconsideration of the Immorality- and Mixed Marriages Acts.
12 – Nine people are sentenced to imprisonment for training as guerrillas and recruiting others.
26 – A mine lift cage at the Vaal Reefs gold mine falls 1.9 kilometres (1.2 miles), killing 23.
Two insurgents are killed by police in Bophuthatswana while another escapes.
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August
Special Branch policeman Detective-Sergeant T.G. Zondi is shot at in Sobantu Village.
September
3 – Zimbabwe breaks diplomatic and consular relations with South Africa but maintains a commercial mission in Johannesburg .
October
14 – The Soweto community calls for a stayaway to protest against rent increases.
15 – A bomb damages a railway line in Dube, Soweto and Minister Piet Koornhof visits the scene.
29 – Umkhonto we Sizwe insurgents throw grenades into the West Rand Administration Board buildings, injuring two.
30 – A bomb explodes at the Transkei consul's residence in Port Elizabeth , with no injuries.
November
21 – A terrorist is killed in Chiawelo and a child is injured by police in the process.
Births
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1 January – Megan McKenzie , model, voted South Africa's sexiest woman by readers of FHM in 2003, ranking behind only Halle Berry , sister of cricketer, Neil McKenzie .
4 January – Justin Ontong , cricketer
4 January – BJ Botha , rugby player
10 February – Gabriel Temudzani , actor
5 March – Brent Russell , rugby player
20 March – Surprise Moriri , football player
24 March – Conrad Jantjes , rugby player
14 May – Joe Van Niekerk , rugby player
19 May – Moeneeb Josephs , football player
6 June – Mmusi Maimane , politician and former Democratic Alliance leader
20 June – Kim Engelbrecht , actress best known for her portrayal of Lolly de Klerk on the SABC 3 soap opera; Isidingo
27 June – Kevin Pietersen , cricketer
3 July – Roland Schoeman , swimmer
11 July – Jabu Mahlangu , football player
27 August – CJ van der Linde , rugby player
8 September – Mbulaeni Mulaudzi , olympics middle distance runner silver medalist (d. 2014)
14 September – Hip Hop Pantsula , motswako rapper (d. 2018)
16 September – Mbulelo Mabizela , football player
24 September – Tanit Phoenix , model, actress, and makeup artist
12 August – Karin Kortje , singer
8 October – Cristina Boshoff , folk pop singer & pianist
9 October – Thami Tsolekile , cricketer
3 November – René Kalmer , long-distance runner
9 November– Benson Mhlongo , football player
11 November – Shashi Naidoo , TV presenter & actress
15 November – Kabamba Floors , rugby player
25 November – Aaron Mokoena , football player
25 November – Alviro Petersen , cricketer
Deaths
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Railways
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Class 36-200 (GM-EMD SW1002)
Class 7E1
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Three new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways :
Sports
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11 October – Thompson Magawana wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:12:50 in Faure .
Motorsport
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Rugby
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References
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^ "South African History Online - Silverton Siege 1980" . Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014 .
^ 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.
^ a b c 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
^ a b c Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 129–131, 140–143. ISBN 0869772112 .
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