General South African History Timeline: 1980s
… on a central fingerprint register. A uniform identity document will be issued to all races. 1981 19 January, In a … lifted and passes to be replaced by a uniform identity document for all population groups. 1986 1 July, Abolition of … prisoner exchange takes place in Maputo, involving 133 Angolan soldiers, anti-apartheid activists, Klaas de …