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EventTripartite Alliance plans mass action
The Tripartite Alliance, consisting of the African National Congress (ANC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and Congress of South African Trade Union …
EventBafana Bafana play 2-2 draw with Cameroon
After being readmitted into the international fold, the newly formed South African soccer team, Bafana Bafana, came up against one of the African soccer giants…
EventSA’s Fifa membership reinstated
Thirty-one years after being expelled, South Africa had its membership of the Football International Federation Association (Fifa) reinstated on 3 July 1992…
EventANC leader Nelson Mandela meets Boutros Boutros
African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela met with the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali at Dakar. The two leaders…
EventAlgerian head of state Mohamed Boudiaf assassinated
Algerian head of state, Mohamed Boudiaf, was assassinated by military officers during a public speech at the opening of a cultural center in Annaba. The…
EventMandela suspends talks in the wake of Boipatong Massacre
African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela announced that he was suspending all talks with the Government in the wake of the killings in…
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
During the period of transition and negotiation in South Africa, the core area of the conflict in the late 1980s was in the KwaZulu-Natal area where battles…
Trade Union leader, Julayi Hlekiso is assassinated
EventCODESA II Talks end in deadlock
The second Convention for a Democratic South Africa, or CODESA II, ends in a deadlock. The negotiating parties ie. The South African Government and the country…
EventTurkish newspapers criticise of ANC leader Nelson Mandela for refusing to accept Turkey’s peace award
On 14 May 1992, Nelson Mandela, leader of the African National Congress, was subjected to harsh criticism and utterances verging on libel, due to the position…
EventMother of an ANC Youth League official, is killed by a hand grenade
On 29 April 1992, Mrs Alinah Smith (52) of Sebokeng, Gauteng, was killed when a hand grenade exploded in her house. Mrs Smith was the mother of an African…
EventThe Conservative Party decides on talks with National Party and expel a member
The Conservative Party (CP) caucus agreed to hold talks with the National Party (NP) on setting up a White state (volkstaat). The caucus expelled a Member of…
EventSanctions are applied on Libya over Lockerbie bombing
Governments across the world applied United Nations (UN) sanctions against Libya because of its alleged involvement in the destruction of a Pan Am airliner…
EventDjibouti and Cote d’ Ivore strengthen diplomatic ties with SA
Following a visit to Nigeria by the state president, F.W. de Klerk, and his foreign minister Roelof "Pik" Botha a number of other African countries announced…
EventNP presents its revised constitutional proposals
The National Party (NP) government put its revised constitutional proposals on the table during the Convention for Democratic South Africa (CODESA) discussions…
EventPresentation of South African National budget of 1991
Finance Minister Barend du Plesis presented in parliament a budget offering a large tax incentive to business, with emphasis directed to the Growth Domestic…
EventSA signs diplomatic relations with Russia
A few days after signing diplomatic agreements with Bulgaria, South African Foreign Minister Roelof "Pik" Botha signed an agreement with his Russian…
EventANC promulgates its constitutional proposals
The African National Congress (ANC) announced its constitutional proposals during the Convention for Democratic South Africa (CODESA) talks. The ANC's…
EventDe Klerk announces referendum date
Former South African president and leader of National Party (NP) F.W. De Klerk promulgated the date for the referendum on South African reform process, which…
EventDe Klerk announces a referendum to test his political reforms
President F.W. de Klerk announced a referendum for 17 March to establish the opinion of White voters towards his political reforms. He introduced sweeping…
EventAzanian People’s Liberation Army kills three policemen in Katlehong violence
Three South African Police members are killed and three wounded when their vehicle is attacked using AK-47 rifles and 9 mm pistols. These are actions taken by…
EventTwelve ANC supporters are killed in eSikhawini
Twelve ANC supporters are killed in an IFP attack on houses and hostels in eSikhawini. The political rivalry between the African National Congress (ANC) and…
Alina Molebogeng Nancy Lekgetha dies
EventDe Klerk and Mandela receive UNESCO peace prize
President F.W. de Klerk and African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela jointly accepted the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize at the UNESCO…
EventAWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche is arrested
The leader of the right-wing political organisation, Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), Eugene Terre'Blanche, and nine of his followers were arrested and…
EventThe European Community announces that it will lift economic sanctions against South Africa
On 27 January 1992, the European Community announced that it will lift economic sanctions against South Africa which imposed in September 1985. While some…
EventTwo South Africans are awarded the Unesco Peace Prize
Nelson Mandela, leader of the African National Congress (ANC) and President F.W. de Klerk were awarded the Unesco Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize for 1991. They…
EventThe UN orders Libya to hand over two suspects linked to the Lockerbie bombing
On 21 December 1988, the Pan Am Flight 103 was flying its transatlantic route from New York to London, when it was destroyed by a bomb. All passengers and crew…
EventHarry Gwala is awarded Isitwalandwe/Seaparakoe
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the African National Congress (ANC) on 8 January 1992, Harry Gwala was awarded the Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe, the…
EventCODESA 1 convenes in Johannesburg
Twenty years ago, one of the most significant events in the history of South Africa, described by many as tension-driven and known as the Convention for a…