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''See also:''
1992 in South Africa,
other events of 1993,
1993 in South African sport,
1994 in South Africa and the
Timeline of South African history.
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Contents

Events

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

November

December

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Sport

Athletics

Births

Deaths

Events

March

★ 24 March - The President FW de Klerk informs Parliament that South Africa constructed six nuclear fission devices. He adds that these had been dismantled by the end of 1989

April

★ 8 April - South Africa and India sign a memorandum of understanding on bilateral air services

May

★ An Indian diplomatic Cultural Centre is opened in Johannesburg

★ 4 May - Nordic development ministers, at their annual meeting in Sweden, decide to continue supporting to the African National Congress

★ 5 May - Nelson Mandela addresses a joint sitting of two houses of the United Kingdom Parliament

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★ Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) members kill four police officers at Dobsonville, Soweto

June

★ 4 June - 11 people are killed in clashes between the African National Congress and Inkatha Freedom Party members in Estcourt

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★ South Africa signs the Convention on Biological Diversity

July

★ 26 July - Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) members open fire on a congregation in St James Church in Kenilworth, Cape Town, killing eleven people and injuring fifty others

August

★ 24 August - The Motsuenyane Commission finds the African National Congress guilty of abuse in some camps in exile thereby confirming the findings of the Skweyiya Commission

September

★ 23 September - The United States Senate approves legislation lifting economic sanctions against South Africa

November

★ A South African diplomatic mission is opened in New Delhi, India

★ 18 November - 21 political parties approved a new constitution for the nation

★ 22 November - India re-establishes full diplomatic relations with South Africa

December

★ The Indian Cultural Centre in Johannesburg is upgraded to a Consulate-General

★ 30 December - Six Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) members open fire on patrons of the Heidelberg Tavern, killing four people (Jose Cerqueira, Lindy-Anne Fourie, Bernadette Langford, and Rolande Palm) and injuring several others

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★ President FW de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

★ Trade sanctions which were imposed in 1986 are lifted

Sport

Athletics

★ March 20 – Josia Thugwane wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:14:25 in Cape Town.

Births

Deaths

★ 20 March - Gerard Sekoto, artist, who went into exile in 1947, dies in Paris, France at the age of 80

★ 24 April - Oliver Tambo dies from a stroke