1993 in South Africa
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See also: 1992 in South Africa, other events of 1993, 1994 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.
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Events
January
- 10 January - The South Africa national football team beats the Botswana national football team 2-0 at National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana in a friendly match
- 16 January - The South Africa national football team draws with the Nigeria national football team 0-0 at Soccer City, Johannesburg in the World Cup qualifiers
- 31 January - The South Africa national football team beats the Congo national football team 1-0 at Municipal Stadium, Pointe Noire, Congo in the World Cup qualifiers
March
- 24 March - The President FW de Klerk informs Parliament that South Africa constructed six nuclear fission devices. He adds that these had been dismantled by the end of 1989
April
- 11 April - The South Africa national football team draws with the Mauritius national football team 0-0 at Rand Stadium, Johannesburg in the African Nations Cup qualifiers
- 24 April - The South Africa national football team draws with the Zimbabwe national football team 1-1 at Soccer City, Johannesburg in the African Nations Cup qualifiers
May
- 4 May - Nordic development ministers, at their annual meeting in Sweden, decide to continue supporting to the African National Congress
- 5 May - Nelson Mandela addresses a joint sitting of two houses of the United Kingdom Parliament
- Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) members kill four police officers at Dobsonville, Soweto
June
- 4 June - 11 people are killed in clashes between the African National Congress and Inkatha Freedom Party members in Estcourt
- South Africa signs the Convention on Biological Diversity
July
- 11 July - The South Africa national football team loses to the Zambia national football team 0-3 at Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia in the African Nations Cup qualifiers
- * 25 July - The South Africa national football team beats the Mauritius national football team 3-1 at Sir Anerood Jugnauth Stadium, Bellevue, Mauritius in the African Nations Cup qualifiers
- 26 July - Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) members open fire on a congregation in St James Church in Kenilworth, Cape Town, killing eleven people and injuring fifty others
October
- 6 October - The South Africa national football team loses to the Mexico national football team 0-4 at the Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States of America in a friendly match
November
- 18 November - 21 political parties approved a new constitution for the nation
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- President FW de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
- Trade sanctions which were imposed in 1986 are lifted
Births
Deaths
- 20 March - Gerard Sekoto, artist, who went into exile in 1947, dies in Paris, France at the age of 80
- 24 April - Oliver Tambo dies from a stroke
