The following lists events that happened during 1993 in South Africa.

1993
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South Africa

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Events

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March
April
May
June
July
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
  • 2 – National Peace Day is observed in response to political violence, largely concentrated in black townships, that has claimed thousands of lives.[4][5]
  • 23 – The United States Senate approves legislation lifting economic sanctions against South Africa.
October
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

Births

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Deaths

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Railways

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Class 17E

Locomotives

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Sports

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Athletics

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. ^ a b c d e Jeffery, Anthea (2009). People's War - New Light on the Struggle for South Africa (1st ed.). Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. ISBN 978-1-86842-357-6.
  3. ^ "TRC Reports on St James Church Massacre". South African History Online. Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Retrieved 31 January 2015. A terrorist attack on St. James Church in Cape Town, South Africa left 11 people dead and 58 wounded.
  4. ^ "IN S. AFRICA, A DAY OF HOPE". Chicago Tribune. 3 September 1993.
  5. ^ "National Peace Accord and Secretariat - The O'Malley Archives". omalley.nelsonmandela.org.
  6. ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony 1993". NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB. June 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  7. ^ a b Middleton, John N. (2002). Railways of Southern Africa Locomotive Guide - 2002 (as amended by Combined Amendment List 4, January 2009) (2nd, Dec 2002 ed.). Herts, England: Beyer-Garratt Publications. pp. 49–51, 63, 57.