1991 in South Africa

See also: 1990 in South Africa, other events of 1991, 1992 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

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Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 July 1.7 August 1.8 September 1.9 October 1.10 November 1.11 Unknown date 2 Sport 2.1 Athletics 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

January

• 9 January - Black children are admitted to schools previously reserved for Whites only.
• 12 January - 45 mourners are killed during an attack on a funeral vigil for an African National Congress member in Sebokeng.
• 29 January - Frederik Willem de Klerk, State President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, deputy-president of the African National Congress, and Mangosuthu Buthelezi, leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party, meet for peace talks.

February

• 1 February - At the signing of a national peace accord Frederik Willem de Klerk, State President of South Africa, promises to end all apartheid legislation and to create a new multi racial constitution.

March

• 12 March - The government tables a white paper to end racial discrimination in landownership and occupation.
• 24 March - 12 people, including a police officer and two children, are killed when police opened fire on a crowd of African National Congress supporters when they attacked the police in Daveyton, Gauteng.

April

• 30 April - A coup d'état is executed in Lesotho.

May

• 14 May - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is found guilty and sentenced to 6 years for her involvement in the death of 14-year old Stompie Sepei.

July

• 2 - 6 July - The 48th National Conference of the African National Congress is held in Durban, the first to be held inside South Africa since 1959.
• 9 July - Suspension of South Africa from the International Olympic Committee is lifted.

August

• 4 August - The Oceanos, a Greek owned cruise ship, sinks off Coffee Bay, Eastern Cape.
• 9 August - Right-wingers of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging clash with the police in the Battle of Ventersdorp.

September

• 4 September - Frederik Willem de Klerk, State President of South Africa, announces a new constitution that will provide suffrage for black people.

October

• 2 October - Pik Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, visits Beijing to strengthen the South Africa's relations with China.

November

• 4 November - Angelique Shekleton the first trans-racial adoptee is born in Randfontein

Unknown date

• The Phinda Resource Reserve is formed.

the great white shark is given full protection under south african law

Sport

Athletics

• 20 July – Joseph Skosana wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:10:29 in Durban.

Births

Deaths

• 25 February - Chief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo is shot dead outside his home in Pietermaritzburg by an alleged hit-squad.

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