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{{Year in South Africa|1977}}
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The following lists events that happened during '''1977 in South Africa'''.

==Incumbents==
* [[State President of South Africa|State President]]: [[Nico Diederichs]].<ref name="RSA">[http://www.archontology.org/nations/south_africa/sa_pres1/ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994] (Accessed on 14 April 2017)</ref>
* [[Prime Minister of South Africa|Prime Minister]]: [[B. J. Vorster|John Vorster]].
* [[Chief Justice of South Africa|Chief Justice]]: [[Frans Lourens Herman Rumpff]].

==Events==

;January
* 8 &ndash; The railway line near [[Soweto]] is maliciously damaged.

;February
* 1 &ndash; [[KwaZulu]] is granted self-governance.
* 24 &ndash; A bomb explodes at the [[Daveyton, Gauteng|Daveyton]] Police Station, causing only superficial damage.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=197702240007|title=GTD ID:197702240007|work=Global Terrorism Database|accessdate=2023-07-05}}</ref>

;March
* 5 &ndash; British [[Formula One]] driver [[Tom Pryce]] dies during the [[South African Grand Prix]] at [[Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit|Kyalami]] when his car strikes and kills marshal Frederik Jansen van Vuuren.
* 7 &ndash; A [[Pretoria]] restaurant is destroyed by a bomb.

;April
* 1 &ndash; [[Pik Botha]], South Africa's ambassador in the United States of America, is appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

;June
* 4 &ndash; Father [[Smangaliso Mkhatshwa]] is served a 5-year restriction order.
* 15 &ndash; Monty Motlaung and [[Solomon Mahlangu]], two [[Umkhonto we Sizwe]] cadres, kill two civilians and are arrested.
* 29 &ndash; The [[United Party (South Africa)|United Party]] is renamed the [[New Republic Party (South Africa)|New Republic Party]].

;July
* 15 &ndash; The railway line at [[Umlazi]] in [[Durban]] is maliciously damaged.
* 29 &ndash; The ''Antipolis'', a Greek oil tanker, runs aground on the rocks near Victoria Road in Oudekraal, [[Cape Town]].

;August
* A [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] surveillance satellite detects South Africa's [[nuclear weapon|nuclear]] [[Vastrap|test preparations]] and alerts the United States.
* Black Consciousness leader [[Steve Biko]] is detained for breaking a banning order.<ref name="Jeffery">{{Jeffery-People's War|pages=18-19}}</ref>

;September
* 23 &ndash; The Netherlands suspends its cultural agreement with South Africa.

;November
* 4 &ndash; [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 418]] places a mandatory [[arms embargo]] against South Africa.<ref name="Jeffery"/>
* 25 &ndash; Fourteen people are injured when a bomb explodes at the Carlton Centre.
* 30 &ndash; A bomb explodes on a Pretoria-bound train.
* 30 &ndash; A whites only [[South African general election, 1977|general election]] is held. The [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] wins.
* The railway at Dunswart ([[Boksburg]]) and Apex ([[Benoni, Gauteng|Benoni]]) is maliciously damaged and a train driver is slightly injured.

;December
* 12 &ndash; Guerrillas attack the [[Germiston, Gauteng|Germiston]] police station.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=197712120006|title=GTD ID:197712120006|work=Global Terrorism Database|accessdate=2023-07-05}}</ref>
* 14 &ndash; A bomb explodes at the [[Benoni, Gauteng|Benoni]] railway station.
* 16 &ndash; The [[Venpet-Venoil collision|''Venpet''-''Venoil'' collision]] between two supertankers occurs off the coast of [[Cape St. Francis]].
* 22 &ndash; An unexploded bomb is found in OK Bazaars in [[Roodepoort]].

;Unknown date
* Former members of the [[United Party (South Africa)|United Party]] join the [[Progressive Reform Party (South Africa)|Progressive Reform Party]], which is renamed the [[Progressive Federal Party]].
* Cedric Mayson, a [[Methodist]] minister, is banned for 5 years.

==Births==
* 20 January &ndash; [[Paul Adams (cricketer)]], cricketer
* 21 January &ndash; [[Bradley Carnell]], football player
* 30 January &ndash; [[Khumbudzo Ntshavheni]], national minister
* 31 January &ndash; [[David Terbrugge]], cricketer
* 14 February &ndash; [[Elmer Symons]], motorcycle enduro racer (d. [[2007]])
* 6 March &ndash; [[Khoto Sesinyi]], Mosotho footballer<ref>{{NFT player|pid=3797|name=Khoto Sesinyi}}</ref>
* 14 March &ndash; [[Matthew Booth (soccer)]], soccer player
* 24 April &ndash; [[Zola (musician)]], musician, poet, actor and presenter.
* 11 May &ndash; [[Victor Matfield]], Springbok rugby player
* 21 May &ndash; [[Quinton Fortune]], soccer player & coach
* 13 June &ndash; [[Stanton Fredericks]], soccer player
* 18 June &ndash; [[Riaad Moosa]], comedian, actor and doctor
* 6 July &ndash; [[Makhaya Ntini]], cricketer
* 12 August &ndash; [[Zanne Stapelberg]], soprano singer
* 26 August &ndash; [[Gareth Cliff]], radio host, television personality and businessman
* 2 October &ndash; [[Justin Kemp]], cricketer
* 21 October &ndash; [[Brett Goldin]], actor (d. [[2006]])
* 12 November &ndash; [[Benni McCarthy]], soccer striker & coach
* 12 November &ndash; [[Susan Wessels-Webber]], hockey player
* 17 November &ndash; [[Ryk Neethling]], swimmer
* 25 November &ndash; [[MacBeth Sibaya]], soccer player
* 2 December &ndash; [[Siyabonga Nomvethe]], soccer player
* 7 December &ndash; [[Delron Buckley]], footballer

==Deaths==
* 29 January &ndash; [[Buster Nupen]] 75, cricketer. (b. 1902)
* 20 February &ndash; [[Christoffel Venter]] 84, [[South African Air Force]] general. (b. 1892)
* 5 March &ndash; [[Tom Pryce]] 27, a Welsh racing driver, (b. 1949) killed during the [[1977 South African Grand Prix]] in Midrand
* 8 March &ndash; [[Moses Kottler]], sculptor. (b. 1896)
* 12 September &ndash; [[Steve Biko]] 30, black consciousness activist. (b. 1946) <ref name="Jeffery"/>

==Railways==
[[File:SAR Class 6E1 Series 7 E1798.JPG|thumb|[[South African Class 6E1, Series 7|Class 6E1, Series 7]]]]

===Locomotives===
* The South African Railways places the first of 150 [[South African Class 6E1, Series 7|Class 6E1, Series 7]] electric locomotives in mainline service.<ref name="E&D diagram-book">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</ref><ref name="Paxton-Bourne">{{Paxton-Bourne|pages=128-129}}</ref>

==Sports==

===Motorsport===
* 5 March &ndash; The [[1977 South African Grand Prix|South African Grand Prix]] takes place at [[Kyalami]].

==References==
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{{South Africa year nav}}
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[[Category:Years in South Africa]]
[[Category:History of South Africa]]
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