Coloured voters largely boycott tricameral elections

The attack on houses in Lesotho killed ANC members and Basotho civilians, provoking international condemnation of apartheid's cross-border warfare.

Explosives damaged the unfinished plant near Cape Town shortly before fuel was to be loaded, delaying the project without causing deaths.

An MK car bomb outside the South African Air Force headquarters killed military personnel and civilians and wounded many others.

Delegates from hundreds of civic, youth, religious, women's and labour organizations formed a national front against the tricameral constitution and apartheid.

The referendum created separate parliamentary chambers for white, Coloured and Indian representatives while excluding the African majority.

The boycott of the House of Delegates election weakened the legitimacy of the apartheid government's constitutional reform.

Township residents protested rent increases and illegitimate Black local authorities. Police violence helped turn the revolt into a national period of insurrection.

Workers and students launched a two-day stay-away against repression, unequal education and apartheid local government, demonstrating growing coordination between workplace and township struggles.

The award recognized nonviolent opposition to apartheid and amplified international support for sanctions and democratic change.

At a Soweto rally she read Nelson Mandela's refusal to accept release in exchange for renouncing resistance while the government continued violence against the people.