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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2012}}{{Use South African English|date=November 2013}}{{Year in South Africa|1993}}The following lists events that happened during 1993 in South Africa. Incumbents- State President: F.W. de Klerk.[1]
- Chief Justice: Michael Corbett.
Events- March
- 24 – State President F.W. de Klerk informs Parliament that South Africa constructed six nuclear fission devices that had been dismantled by the end of 1989.
- April
- 8 – South Africa and India sign a memorandum of understanding on bilateral air services.
- 10 – Chris Hani is assassinated by Polish immigrant Janusz Waluś.[2]
- May
- 1 – Members of the Azanian People's Liberation Army, armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress, attack civilians at the Highgate Hotel in East London, killing five.[2]
- 4 – At their annual meeting in Sweden, Nordic development ministers decide to continue support to the African National Congress.
- 5 – Nelson Mandela addresses a joint sitting of two houses of the United Kingdom Parliament.
- 5 – Members of the Azanian People's Liberation Army kill four police officers at Dobsonville, Soweto.
- An Indian diplomatic Cultural Centre is opened in Johannesburg
- June
- 4 – Eleven people are killed in clashes between African National Congress and Inkatha Freedom Party members in Estcourt.
- 4 – South Africa signs the Convention on Biological Diversity.
- July
- 25 – In a terrorist attack members of the Azanian People's Liberation Army open fire on a congregation inside St James Church in Kenilworth, Cape Town, killing eleven and injuring fifty.[2][3]
- August
- 19 – An RPG is fired at the East London petrol depot, but does not explode and results in a shootout with the South African Police (SAP).
- 23 – The Motsuenyane Commission finds the African National Congress guilty of abuse in some camps in exile, thereby confirming the findings of the Skweyiya Commission.
- September
- 23 – The United States Senate approves legislation lifting economic sanctions against South Africa.
- October
- Five school children are killed in the Mthatha Massacre when the South African Defence Force opens fire on the house of a member of the Pan Africanist Congress.[2]
- November
- 18 – Twenty-one political parties approve a new interim constitution of South Africa.
- 22 – India re-establishes full diplomatic relations with South Africa.
- A South African diplomatic mission is opened in New Delhi, India
- December
- 7 – The 32-member Transitional Executive Committee holds its first meeting in Cape Town, the first meeting of an official government body in South Africa with black members.
- 10 – State President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 22 – The interim South African constitution is approved by Parliament.
- 30 – Six members of the Azanian People's Liberation Army, armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress, open fire on patrons of the Heidelberg Tavern in Observatory, Cape Town, killing four and injuring several others.[2]
- The Indian Cultural Centre in Johannesburg is upgraded to a Consulate-General.
Births- 20 April – Brandon Stone, golfer
- 5 July – Sandra le Grange, badminton player
Deaths- 20 March – Gerard Sekoto, artist. (b. 1913)
- 10 April – Chris Hani, activist. (b. 1942)
- 22 April – Andries Treurnicht, politician. (b. 1921)
- 24 April – Oliver Tambo, ANC President. (b. 1917)
- 14 July – Harold Willmott, military commander. (b. 1899)
- 10 November – Wensley Pithey, South African-born English actor. (b. 1914)
RailwaysLocomotives- Spoornet begins to modify Class 6E1, Series 7, Series 8 and Series 9 locomotives to improve their braking and traction reliability on the Natal mainline and reclassify them to Class 17E.[4]
- Amcoal, a subsidiary of Anglo American, places three Class E38 electric locomotives in service at its Kromdraai Colliery near Witbank.[4]
SportsAthletics- 20 March – Josia Thugwane wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:14:25 in Cape Town.
See also- List of terrorist incidents, 1993
References1. ^Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
2. ^1 2 3 4 {{Jeffery-People's War}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=TRC Reports on St James Church Massacre|url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/archive/trc-reports-st-james-church-massacre-video|website=South African History Online|publisher=Truth and Reconciliation Commission|accessdate=31 January 2015|quote=A terrorist attack on St. James Church in Cape Town, South Africa left 11 people dead and 58 wounded.}}
4. ^1 {{Middleton-SA Loco Guide|pages=49–51, 63, 57}}
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