injures four people. Explosions occur at three magistrates courts, Wynberg (Johannesburg), Bishop Lavis, and Stellenbosch, with no injuries reported at all three. A bomb causes damage to Woodstock Police Station. Four policemen are injured when a limpet mine explodes at Tembisa police barracks. A limpet mine which explodes near the Alexandra Municipal Police offices in Johannesburg causes extensive damage. The homes of municipal candidates in Wattville and Thokoza are attacked with hand grenades. A mini-limpet mine explodes at the Katlehong Municipal Police barracks. A bomb explodes in a building housing the Police Security Branch in Potchefstroom. A limpet mine explodes at a Sandton sub-station belonging to Eskom. A mini-limpet mine damages offices in Deepmeadow. A limpet mine explodes at a central Johannesburg bus terminus, injuring four people. A car bomb explosion outside a Witbank shopping centre kills two civilians and injures 42. November 15 – "Wit Wolf" Barend Strydom kills eight black passers-by around Strijdom Square in Pretoria. A limpet mine explodes at the Port Elizabeth Post Office. An explosion at Lenasia civic centre causes no injuries. An explosion damages a section of railway line on the outskirts of Durban. December 7 – Nelson Mandela is moved to Victor Verster Prison. 13 – Pik Botha, Foreign Minister, and Magnus Malan, Defence Minister, sign a peace protocol with Denis Sassou-Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo, and with Angolan and Cuban signatories in Brazzaville. The protocol ends South Africa's 73-year-old administration of South West Africa. 22 – South Africa, Angola and Cuba sign a tripartite agreement at UN headquarters in New York requiring the withdrawal of Cuban forces from Angola and the granting of independence to Namibia by South Africa. A limpet mine explodes at the Receiver of Revenue offices in Boksburg. A limpet mine explodes at the Department of Home Affairs offices in Brakpan. Bombs explode at the magistrates court in Paarl. Two explosions in Bisho result in damage to a garage and shop. Unknown date The Progressive Federal Party merges with the newly founded National Democratic Movement and the Independent Party into the Democratic Party. Bulelani Ngcuka is elected onto the panel of the Independent Mediation Service of South Africa. PJ Powers is banned from radio and TV for a year. Rhodes University in Grahamstown establishes South Africa's first e-mail link to the Internet. Births 19 January – Jackson Mabokgwane, football player 21 January – Samthing Soweto, singer