The following lists events that happened during 1988 in South Africa. Incumbents State President: P.W. Botha. Chief Justice: Pieter Jacobus Rabie. Events January 1 – Nordic countries implement comprehensive sanctions against South Africa and South West Africa which are intended to counteract apartheid. 8 – Jacob Molokwane, activist, is shot dead in his car in Francistown, Botswana. 10 – Six African National Congress cadres are injured in a car bomb explosion in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. 25 – Cadres wound a policeman when they open fire at a police roadblock set up at Ugie. 25 – A Limpet mine explodes at the Kokstad Men's Club opposite the police station. 27 – Cadres open fire on a police vehicle in Soweto and injure three policemen and a civilian. 29 – Linda Brakvis, a United Democratic Front member, is found stabbed 3 days after her release from detention. February 1 – Three cadres are killed and one injured at a police roadblock in Transkei. 2 – A cadre is killed in a skirmish with police near Mount Fletcher. 3 – The Congress of South African Trade Unions offices in Pietermaritzburg come unter attack by a mob armed with pangas and Assegais. 6 – A policeman is killed in an attack at East 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 in Bophuthatswana. 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. 14 – The South African Defence Force launches Operation Hooper. Twelve people are injured in a bomb blast at Wits Medical Command administration building in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. March 1 – An explosion in Benoni causes extensive damage to a bus transporting South African Air Force personnel. 7 – A cadre and a civilian are killed by police during a raid in Queenstown, 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 by Desmond Tutu is banned. 14 – A bomb explodes at Johannesburg City Hall, with no injuries. 17 – Mohammed Ichbahl and Aboobaker Ismail set