Kuwait breaks off diplomatic relations with South Africa and all Kuwaiti air and seaports are closed to South African aircraft

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

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01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2012, August 27). Kuwait breaks off diplomatic relations with South Africa and all Kuwaiti air and seaports are closed to South African aircraft. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091903

South African History Online (2012) 'Kuwait breaks off diplomatic relations with South Africa and all Kuwaiti air and seaports are closed to South African aircraft', South African History Online, 27 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091903 (Accessed: 8 November 2026).

South African History Online, Kuwait breaks off diplomatic relations with South Africa and all Kuwaiti air and seaports are closed to South African aircraft [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091903, (accessed 8 November 2026).

"Kuwait breaks off diplomatic relations with South Africa and all Kuwaiti air and seaports are closed to South African aircraft." South African History Online, 27 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091903. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

South African History Online. "Kuwait breaks off diplomatic relations with South Africa and all Kuwaiti air and seaports are closed to South African aircraft." South African History Online. August 27, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091903.