State President: F. W. de Klerk
February
3 – President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela, the African National Congress leader, are jointly awarded the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize at the Unesco headquarters in Paris.
25 (about) – South Africa and Bulgaria sign a diplomatic agreement.
28 – The ownership of the port town of Walvis Bay is transferred from South Africa to Namibia.
28 – South Africa and Russia establish full diplomatic ties.
March
12 – Citrusdal in the Cape Province becomes South Africa's first officially recognised non-racial local authority.
17 – The government holds a referendum about changing the constitution, paving the way to end apartheid.
The Skweyiya Commission finds the African National Congress guilty of having a systematic policy of abuse and violation of human rights in some camps of exile.
April
13 – Nelson Mandela announces his separation from his wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at a press conference in Johannesburg.
June
4 – The co.za internet domain is created.
17 – Violence breaks out between the African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party in Boipatong, leaving 46 dead.
August
15 – South Africa plays its first rugby test since the abolishment of apartheid.
September
7 – 29 people are killed in the Bisho massacre when the Ciskei Defence Force opens fire on about 100,000 protesters in Bisho, Ciskei.
November
28 – The Azanian People's Liberation Army, the military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress, massacres civilians at the King William's Town Golf Club, killing four people.
December
19 – President F.W. de Klerk dismisses 23 senior military officers, including 6 generals, on unfounded suspicion of unauthorized activities designed to disrupt negotiations with the African National Congress.
Unknown date
Trevor Manuel becomes head of the African National Congress Department of Economic Planning.
17 January – Enrico Adolph, soccer player.
29 January – Eben Barnard, rugby player.
12 April – Chad le Clos, swimmer.
13 August – Jenny-Lyn Anderson, swimmer.
Julayi Hlekiso, chairperson of the Transport and General Workers Union, is shot dead in Transkei.
9 July – Chief Julius Matatu, former Transkei minister and prominent traditional leader, is shot dead at his home in Mqanduli, Transkei.
18 October – Abraham Manie Adelstein, United Kingdom's Chief Medical Statistician, dies at the age of 76.
25 December – Helen Joseph, activist, dies at the age of 87.
10 September – Spoornet places the first of fifty Class 38-000 dual mode locomotives in service, the first locomotives in South Africa capable of running either on 3 kV DC electricity off the catenary or on diesel fuel alone.
28 March – Abel Mokibe wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:11:07 in Cape Town.
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