List of terrorist activities according to the ANC’s own records. FOLK POWER NEWS will do this in a sequential series as it is a very long list and cannot be summarized in one post

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Terorism during 1983

1983 Economical: line near Phomolong station Damage to railway

1983 SADF Building: offices on Marshall Street Structural damage

1983 Economical: High Voltage Pole in Pine Tree, Structural Damage

1983 SAP personnel: Soweto grenade attack on patrol; no injuries

26/01/83 Government buildings: New Brighton Community Council offices Building largely damaged; one dead, five injured

30/01/83 Government buildings: Pietermaritzburg High Court explosion; no details

10/02/83 Economical: Richards Bay area 500 hectares burned in arson attack

11/02/83 Government Buildings: Drakensberg Admin. Board Offices Explosion, no details

08/02/83 Skirmish with SAW: Paulpietersburg No details

20/02/83 Economic: Pelindaba Nuclear Research Station On Fire; no details

21/03/83 Government buildings: High Court, Pietermaritzburg Explosion, no details

21/04/83 Government buildings: High Court, Pietermaritzburg Second explosion; no details

May 1983 skirmish with SAW: Botswana border Four cadres, one SAW dead

May 1983 Government buildings: Roodepoort; Offices of Dept. of Home Affairs damaged in two explosions: R250 000 damage

20/05/83 SADF personnel and building: Nineteen killed (2 MK, 11 SAAF officers) in car bomb at entrance to SAAF headquarters, opposite building housing military intelligence personnel; 217 injured (number of military/civilian injuries unclear

17/06/83 Economical: High voltage pole at New Canada station SAP defuses bomb

28/06/83 Government Buildings: Dept. of Home Affairs, Roodepoort Explosion; no details July 1983 Economical: Sasol plant, Secunda Minor damage

07/07/83 Government buildings: Durban High Court Two bombs defused

07/07/83 Government buildings: Dept. of Home Affairs, Roodepoort; SAP Building: Roodepoort bombs explode at 00h40, causing structural damage

06/08/83 Armed propaganda: Bomb explodes at Temple Israel, Hillbrow, in front of Marais Steyn to speak there; no injuries

20/08/83 Economic: substation near Mamelodi Explosion causes damage of R100 000 26/08/83 Government buildings: Ciskei consular generals offices, Carlton Centre Limpet mines explode at 18h50; one injured

08/09/83 Economical: electrical substations, Johannesburg area two (Randburg and Sandton) bombed

11/09/83 Economical: substations at Bryanston North and Fairland Limpet mines cause structural damage

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12/09/83 Government buildings: Ciskei offices in Pretoria Limpet mine planted after hours cause structural damage

13/09/83 Economic/support of industrial action: Rowntree factory, Umbilo Bomb explosion at 19h45; Structural damage

29/09/83 Economic: High voltage pole in Vereeniging Police defuse explosives

11/10/83 Economic/SAW staff: Hot tub; Mines exploded at 02h20; large fuel storage tanks, three rail tankers, one road tanker damaged; two devices about to explode 1 hour later, found at the door of the Civil Defense Office; no injuries. PW Botha should speak in Hot Tub.

14/10/83 Economical: two electricity masts, Pietermaritzburg mines explode at 02h00, 03h00

01/11/83 Economical: Durban Buses at municipal bus depot damaged by bomb at midnight Economical: Germiston Railway bomb Economical: Springs SAP defuses bomb on railway SAP built/staff: Durban SAP workshop Bombed; no details

02/11/83 SAP vehicles: Wentworth; Explosion at 02h55 damages vehicles in SAP mobile shop and adjoining student residence (Alan Taylor Residence)

03/11/83 Economical: Bosmont railway station Damaged by bomb Economical: bus depot near Durban SAP buildings: SAP shop near Durban 22/11/83 Economical: Durban pylons damaged by two explosions

03/11/83 Economical: railway, Bosmont/Newclare railway damaged in blast railway near Germiston damaged by blast railway near Springs; defusing explosives

03 or 07/12/83 Government Building: Office of Department of Community Development, Bree Street., Johannesburg Explosion; no injuries

08/12/83 Economical: railway line 1 km from Bloemfontein Locomotive and two trucks derail

12/12/83 Government buildings: offices of Dept of Community Development and Commissioners Court, Johannesburg Serious damage in limpet mine explosion; seven injured

15/12/83 Government buildings: offices of Dept Foreign Affairs, Johannesburg Seven injured in explosion SAW buildings: Natal command headquarters Three bombs explode on beachfront nearby; no harm

19/12/83 Government buildings: KwaMashu township offices Explosion causes R60 thousand damage

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Terorism during 1984

According to the Institute for Strategic Studies, Pretoria, there were 44 MK attacks during this year.

1984 Skirmish with SAP: Mapetla One cadre killed; no SAP injuries

1984 Skirmish with SAP: SAP ambush, Jabulani One cadre killed, one injured

04/01/84 Skirmish with SAP: Mamelodi One cadre killed

03/02/84 Government buildings: Ciskei Consulate, Durban offices destroyed in explosion

23/02/84 Economical: Escom installation, Georgetown Gering damaged by explosion

29/02/84 Economical: Mandini Power Station Bomb Explodes; no information SAP Building: Mandini SAP Station Bombed; no details

11/03/84 Economical: Mobil fuel depot, Ermelo; Four explosions, heavy damage, five storage tanks destroyed; no injuries

12/03/84 Skirmish with SAP: area unknown Two SAP seriously injured

April 1984 Skirmish with SAP: De Deur Een kader killed

05/04/84 Government buildings: Transkei Consulate in Botshabelo Explosion destroys offices

12/05/84 Government Buildings: Durban, Trust Bank; Explosion causes extensive damage to offices of the Department of Home Affairs and Durban headquarters of SA. Railways Police injured

13/05/84 Economic: Mobil Oil Refinery, Durban; Cadres set fire to refinery in RPG.7 attack; running skirmish that ends for several hours when car in which cadres were driving is followed by police to the construction site; All were killed along with three labourers who burned to death when paint shop caught fire in battle. 4 SAP also injured.

16/05/84 SAP staff: Jabulani; Explosion destroys two private vehicles belonging to SAP members outside Jabulani SAP station

18/05/84 Economical: railway line near Lenasia Damaged by explosion

06/06/84 Economical: petrol rail tankers, Merewent, Durban Four mines damaged railway / defuse (unclear)

08/06/84 Skirmish with SAP: Ndwedwe Two cadres killed in a shootout with SAP

21/06/84 Economical: substation, Berea (Durban) Explosion damages substation, disrupts supply

12/07/84 SAP staff: Jabulani SAP vehicle attacked; one SAP killed, one injured

28/07/84 Government buildings: SA Railways Police charge office, KwaMashu Attacked with hand grenades

03/08/84 Skirmish with SAP: Ellisras area; one cadre killed Details unclear

7/08/84 Property of government personnel: Major damage to Tshabalala Dry cleaners, Soweto Economic: Glenmore, Durban Escom substation destroyed

12/08/84 Government buildings: Department of Home Affairs, Johannesburg Explosion causes minor damage

16/08/84 SAP buildings/staff: SAP HQ Soweto East; Roodepoort Centre building Two mines destroyed the second and third floors of building, injured district commander, four SAP, two civilians; R260 000 damages\

17/08/84 Skirmish with SAP: Mapetla Kader opposing arrest killed

23/08/84 Government Departments: DET, Booysens Explosions destroy 4th floor at 18h30

24/08/84 Government buildings: SA Railways Police Regional Offices, Dept of Home Affairs offices in Anchor Life building Bomb explodes at 17h30; two civilians and four Railroad Police injured

03/09/84 Government buildings: Dept. of Home Affairs, Johannesburg Explosion at 16h07; four injured

05/09/84 Economic: Escom substation, Rustenburg; Explosion destroys installations, disrupts power to Rustenburg and vast area of Bophuthatswana.

13/09/84 Economical: Escom substation, Durban Limpet mines cause damage

14/09/84 Government buildings: Department of Community Development, Krugersdorp Bomb at 17h00 cause damage

11/12/84 Economical: railway line near Durban Explosion damaged line, goods train damaged

14/12/84 Skirmish with SAP: Ingwavuma One cadre killed, one SAP injured

25/12/84 Skirmish with SAP: Ingwavuma Kader killed