The following lists events that happened during 1978 in South Africa. State President: Nico Diederichs (until 21 August). Marais Viljoen (acting from 21...

The 1978 South African Grand Prix (formally the XXIV Citizen and Asseng Grand Prix of South Africa) was a Formula One motor race held on 4 March 1978 at...

interim period between 1978 and 1985, South Africa gradually granted South West Africa a limited form of home rule, culminating in the formation of a Transitional...

system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. It was characterised...

mean American intervention to seek an end to the conflict in Angola. In 1978, the South African Defense Force Chief of Staff for Planning Army Brigadier...

The Union of South Africa (Dutch: Unie van Zuid-Afrika; Afrikaans: Unie van Suid-Afrika; pronunciation) was the historical predecessor to the present-day...

Crime in South Africa includes all violent and non-violent crimes that take place in the country of South Africa, or otherwise within its jurisdiction...

White South Africans are South Africans of European descent. In linguistic, cultural, and historical terms, they are generally divided into the Afrikaans-speaking...

The prime minister of South Africa (Afrikaans: Eerste Minister van Suid-Afrika) was the head of government in South Africa between 1910 and 1984. The position...

Television in South Africa was introduced in 1976. The country is notable for the late introduction of widespread television broadcasting. Opposition...