1992 in South Africa

1992 in South Africa

"See also:"
1991 in South Africa,
other events of 1992,
1992 in South African sport,
1993 in South Africa and the
Timeline of South African history.

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Events

February

* 3 February - 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
* About the 25 February South Africa and Bulgaria sign a diplomatic agreement
* 28 February - The ownership of the port town of Walvis Bay is transferred from South Africa to Namibia
** South Africa and Russia establish full diplomatic ties

March

* The Skweyiya Commission finds the African National Congress guilty of having a systematic policy of abuse and to violate human rights in some camps of exile
* 12 March - Citrusdal in the Cape Province becomes South Africa's first officially-recognised non-racial local authority.
* 17 March - The government holds a referendum around changing the constitution, paving the way to end apartheid (main article: 1992 South African Referendum)

April

* 13 April - Nelson Mandela announces his separation from his wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at a press conference in Johannesburg

June

* The legal system of apartheid is repealed
* 4 June - The co.za internet domain is created
* 17 June - Violence breaks between the African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party in Boipatong leaving 46 dead

eptember

* 7 September - 29 people are killed in the Bisho massacre when the Ciskei Defence Force open fire on about 100,000 protesters in Bisho, Ciskei

November

* 28 November - The Azanian People's Liberation Army, the military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress, attack civilians at the King William's Town Golf Club killing four people

Unknown date

* Trevor Manuel becomes head of the African National Congress' Department of Economic Planning

port

Athletics

* March 28 – Abel Mokibe wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:11:07 in Cape Town.

Births

Deaths

* 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 and killed 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


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