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EventButhelezi boycotts first session of CODESA
Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), announced his intention not to attend the first session of CODESA. He considered the…
EventThe South African Football Association (SAFA) is founded
The South African Football Association (SAFA) was founded on 8 December 1991 after a long period of racial segregation. Mluleki George was elected to serve as…
EventChris Hani is elected SACP Secretary
Former UMkhonto we Sizwe commander, Chris Hani, was elected as secretary-general of the South African Communist Party (SACP) at its first legal congress in…
EventHeadman Tshabalala, founding member of the band Ladysmith Black Mambazo, is shot and killed
Headman Tshabalala was born in 1945 in Ladysmith, Kwa-Zulu Natal. In 1960, he joined the first incarnation of the band Ladysmith Black Mambazo and sang…
EventCODESA’s starting date set
Delegates from twenty groups agreed after preparatory talks in Johannesburg on a date for the start of substantive negotiations on South Africa's future…
Platinum strike ends in Bophuthatswana
EventThe SA Cricket team is re-admitted to international cricket
On 10 November 1991, the South African cricket team, now better known as the Proteas, played their debut on their return to international cricket against India…
Minister of Law and Order Hernus Kriel announced the formation of a new police unit
EventNOCSA announces SA participation in Olympic games
Sam Ramsamy, president of The National Olympic Committee of South Africa (NOCSA), announced South Africa's acceptance of an invitation to participate in the…
EventPik Botha visits Soviet Union
South African foreign minister, Pik Botha, visits the Soviet Union, where he re-established consular relations which had been severed in 1956. Though the visit…
EventCOSATU leads an anti-VAT strike
The Congress Of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) called a two-day nation-wide strike to demonstrate their opposition to the government's intention to impose…
EventDate is set for constitutional talks
Delegates from twenty groups (SA government, 'homeland' governments, political parties, political organisations and non-governmental organisations) agreed,…
EventPAC attends Patriotic Front Conference
After a long pursuit by the African National Congress (ANC) and other African countries, the Pan African Congress of Azania (PAC) acceded to meet with the ANC…
EventJapan lifts economic sanctions against SA
Japan lifts economic sanctions, including bans on the import of gold coins and steel, as well as direct investment loans. Japan's stated position is that it…
EventUnited Front launch in jeopardy
The proposed launch of the United Front was threatened when the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) denounced fourteen of the more than seventy-five…
EventTrade Unionists convicted of kidnapping and assault
Three leading trade unionists, Jay Naidoo, Fholisani Mufamadi and Moses Mayekiso were convicted of kidnapping and assault after the holding of security…
EventNelson Mandela announces intentions on nationalisation policy
The African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Nelson Mandela stated that his party was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of nationalisation if…
EventANC’s economic plans
African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Nelson Mandela stated that his party was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of nationalisation if the…
EventMourners are shot at Ntuli’s funeral in Thokoza
At least eighteen people were killed on the day of the funeral of Sam Ntuli, an African National Congress (ANC) member murdered on 29 September. During the…
EventSA writer, Nadine Gordimer, wins Nobel Prize for Literature
South African writer Nadine Gordimer won the 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature. She was the first woman in 25 years to be awarded the honour and the seventh…
Pik Botha visits Beijing to strengthen relations with China
EventSA signs Safeguards Agreement with the IAEA
Shortly after the signing of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1991, the South African government entered into a Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with…
Major political organisations sign the National Peace Accord calling for the laying down of arms to create an environment conducive for negotiations
EventThirteen residents of Mofolo die in IFP attack
Thirteen people were killed and eighteen injured in an attack on Soweto residents after an Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) rally at Jabulani Stadium. In the…
SA signs Memorandum of Understanding with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
EventANC rejects National Party proposal for a new constitution
In a strongly worded statement, the African National Congress rejected the constitutional proposals by the National Party calling it a 'recipe for disaster'…
EventThe United Democratic Front (UDF) is dissolved
The United Democratic Front (UDF) was formed in August 1983, and was one of the most prominent anti-apartheid movements, comprising of over 400 workers',…
EventANC calls for the dismissal of Adriaan Vlok and Magnus Malan
The African National Congress (ANC), in an emergency meeting, called for the dismissal of Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok and Defence Minister Magnus Malan…
EventSA Special Forces accused of train violence
In an interview with the New Nation, Felix Ndimene alleged that the Selous Scouts of Pietersburg and Five Reconnaissance Regiment (5RR), part of the SA Special…
EventSA accepted back in international cricket
The International Cricket Council (ICC) agreed to grant full membership to the United Cricket Board of South Africa (UCBSA), which would allow South African…