List of terrorist attacks in South Africa

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This is a list of terrorist attacks in South Africa since the end of apartheid in 1994.

Explanation

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The political or ideological classification of the perpetrators is given in the Political Orientation column : Fascist , racist , nationalist , National Socialist , socialist , communist , anti-imperialist , Islamist ( Shiite , Sunni , Deobandic , Salafist , Wahhabi ), Hindu . If the focus is primarily on state independence or autonomy , the prefix is autonomous , followed by the region or ethnic group and, if applicable, further characteristics of the perpetrators: Armenian , Irish ( Catholic ), Kurdish , Tyrolean , Chechen , Dagestan , Punjab ( Sikhist ), Palestinian .

The number of victims of the attacks are shown in color:

  • unknown number of dead or injured
  • 0 dead or injured
  • 1–19 dead or injured
  • 20–49 dead or injured
  • 50–99 dead or injured
  • 100 and more dead or injured

    • 1994

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    March 27, 1994 South Africa Attack in Natal Inkatha Freedom Party federalist, conservative, Zulu nationalist, anti-communist Pistol (noun) ANC -Unterstützer 26th 0
    March 28, 1994 South Africa Attack in Johannesburg ANC security men nationalistic, social democratic Pistol (s), automatic firearm (s) Inkatha Freedom Party members 53 173
    April 24, 1994 South Africa Attack in Johannesburg White extremists explosive City center 7th 92
    April 25, 1994 South Africa Attack in Pretoria White extremists explosive restaurant 2 29
    April 26, 1994 South Africa Attack in Germiston explosive Taxi rank 10 41
    August 26, 1994 South Africa Attack in Umlazi grenade Local in migrant workers hostel 2 38
    October 16, 1994 South Africa Attack in Khayelitsha Automatic firearms taxi driver 10 23

    1995

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    January 28, 1995 South Africa Stop in Daveyton grenade bar 2 35
    December 25, 1995 South Africa Attack in Izingolweni presumably IFP federalist, conservative, anti-communist, nationalist Firearms and stabbing weapons Village, civilians 14th 20th

    1996

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    December 24, 1996 South Africa Worcester attack Nicolaas Clifton Barnard, Abraham Liebrecht Myburgh, Johannes Benjamin Van der Westhuizen ( Afrikaner Resistance Movement ) right-wing extremist, neo-Nazi, nationalist 2 explosives Supermarket and pharmacy in shopping mall 4th 67

    1998

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    August 26, 1998 South Africa Attack in Cape Town MAGO explosive restaurant 1 27

    2015

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    15th September 2015 South Africa Attack in the Western Cape Molotov cocktails bus 2 32

    Individual evidence

    1. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
    2. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
    3. ^ Shell House Counter attack that was deadly
    4. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
    5. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
    6. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
    7. ↑ BBB sê hy het bom planned in 20 Germiston
    8. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
    9. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
    10. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
    11. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 199512250155 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on November 6, 2018 .
    12. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
    13. ↑ Worcester victim forgives bomber. In: IOL News . November 21, 2012, accessed May 21, 2019 .
    14. ↑ Worcester bombing victims meet youngest bomber
    15. ^ Meet the youngest Worcester Bomber - now a poster boy for Reconciliation
    16. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 199808260002 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed December 8, 2018 .
    17. ^ SA's Planet Hollywood for sale after bombs. In: IOL News . August 14, 2000, accessed May 20, 2019 .
    18. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201509150045 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on December 21, 2018 .
    19. ↑ Two die as bus bombed in Strand