In the early hours of the morning of 18 November 1993, while most South Africans were sleeping, the old apartheid South Africa was officially signed away. What does this mean?
Archive record
Welcome to the new SA

- Origin date
- August 1992
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Welcome to the new SA. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0110534
South African History Online (2016) 'Welcome to the new SA', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0110534 (Accessed: 24 September 2026).
South African History Online, Welcome to the new SA [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0110534, (accessed 24 September 2026).
"Welcome to the new SA." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0110534. Accessed 24 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Welcome to the new SA." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0110534.
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