17 March - Mohammed Ichbahl and Aboobaker Ismail set up two bombs at the Krugersdorp magistrate’s court adjacent to the local police station, the first to serve as a decoy and the second, a car bomb, directed at security force personnel but, "unfortunately the decoy failed to explode, due to some malfunction". The car bomb explodes killing two South African Defence Force personnel and a civilian. Twenty other people were injured. Hein Grosskopf was tried and convicted for the incident.
18 March - Guerrillas attack a tavern in Atteridgeville frequented by policemen; three policemen are killed in the attack
9 April - A limpet mine explodes near the Atteridgeville Development Board's canteen
12 April - In a Mpumalanga township, police corner a guerrilla who then killed himself and two policemen with a grenade. Police later kill a second guerrilla, a policeman is killed and three civilians wounded in the crossfire
15 April - A limpet mine explodes at the Atteridgeville Municipal offices
- A bomb explodes prematurely outside Pretoria's Sterland cinema killing the carrier and injuring a bystander. According to an African National Congress official, the intended target was a nearby government building
19 April An explosion at a private office block less than 100m from Parliament damages a branch of Santam bank
22 April - A guerrilla ambushes a municipal police vehicle and wounds four policemen and one civilian in Soweto
25 April A policeman, Sgt JM Mazibuku, is killed at bus stop in Newcastle
May
1 May - A special guard unit vehicle is attacked in Cape Town with no injuries
4 May - A limpet mine explodes against wall of the Kagiso Police single quarters
10 May - A child is killed when a grenade is thrown at a policeman's home in Mamelodi
14 May - A guerrilla is killed when police raids his home in Newcastle
24 May - At the Germistonrailway station, a guerrilla opens fire policemen and is killed when the police returned fire; three civilians were injured in crossfire
25 May - Two people are killed and 38 injured when a Sofasonke Party rally in Soweto comes under a grenade attack. The African National Congress denies knowledge and blames "armed political renegades"
26 May - A limpet mine detonates during lunch hour outside African Eagle Building in Pretoria, injuring four people from the Ruth Arndt Early Learning Centre
28 May - A Explosive device explodes at the bottom of platform staircase at the Johannesburg railway station and injures 1 person
June
A bomb explodes near Soweto's Inhlanzani station with no injuries
A mini-limpet mine explodes at a Pretoria snack bar injuring 18 people
3 June - An explosion occurs at the South African Irish Regiment HQ in Anderson Street, Johannesburg
- A bomb explodes during lunch hour outside Standard Bank in Roodepoort, killing four and injuring eighteen civilians. According to an African National Congress official the target had not been civilians but an police station nearby and have no details on what operational difficulties caused this incident.
5 June - A bomb is detonated while a train was standing at Saulsville railway station
20 June - A Ciskei policeman, W/O Swelindawo is injured in explosion at his home in
Mdanstane
22 June - Ten people are killed when a limet mine explodes at an amusement arcade in Winning Side Arcade in Johannesburg
26 June - A limpet mine is discovered and defused at Papagallo Restaurant in East London
29 June - A bomb kills two South African Defence Force , two Prisons personnel and 13 civilians when it explodes at a cafe in Poynton building
An explosion outside home of member of Presidents Council, Dr Ismail Jajbhay in Lenasia occurs with no injuries
2 July - A car bomb, set by Harold Matshididi and Billy Agie Shoke, explodes near the gate of Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg and two people are killed and thirty-seven injured
5 July - A guerrilla is killed by police in a raid in Gugulethu
26 July - Three grenade attacks on homes of Administration Board employees( P. Legare, Naledi and Gumede) in Soweto
29 July - One person is injured when a limpet mine explodes at a Bus stop on the corner of Victoria and Odendaal Streets in Germiston
30 July - One person is killed and 57 injured when a limet mine explodes at lunch time at Wimpy (resturant) in Benoni
August
A mini-limpet mine explodes at the Westville Post Office
3 August - A car bomb explodes outside the Wits Command, Johannesburg with no injuries
- Five guerrillas are killed in two incidents in the Bridgewater area
4 August - A guerrilla is killed and one escapes in a police raid near the Wild Coast Sun hotel in Transkei
5 August - A limpet mine is discovered and safely detonated at the Morula Sun Casino
13 August - An explosion at the Hyde Park Shopping Centre, Johannesburg injures three people
19 August - A mini-limpet mine explodes within the Castle grounds in Cape Town
20 August - A grenade is thrown at the home of mayor, Eddie Makeba in Duncan Village
23 August - An explosion at lunch hour injures 23 people at the Wimpy (resturant) on Oxford Street, East London
24 August - A limpet mine is discovered outside the Wimpy in Standerton and safely detonated
September
Trevor Manuel is detained for the third time and this time he is released only in 1989
A bomb goes off at the Laudium home of a Pretoria municipal election candidate
Three limpet mines in Lenasia explode at the offices of the Lenasia bus service, at the home of the Lenasia Management Committee and the offices of the House of Delegates
A bomb explodes at the King Williamstown Magistrates Court
A mini-limpet mine explodes at the Woodstock Police Station
A child is injured when the home of a municipal policeman attacked in Soweto
A bomb explodes at a discotheque in Hillbrow injuring 19 people
A limpet mine explosion at Vinderbijl Square bus terminus in Johannesburg injures 19 people
A hand grenade is thrown from a moving car at home of Allan Hendrickse, leader of the Labour Party
A bomb under a car in parking lot of a East London hotel explodes after area cleared
