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

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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.

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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: 22 September 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 22 September 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 22 Sept. 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.