1991 in South Africa
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Contents
Incumbents
Events
- January
- 9 – Black children are admitted to schools previously reserved for whites only.
- 12 – 45 mourners are killed during an attack on a funeral vigil for an African National Congress member.
- 13 – 45 football fans die in the Orkney Stadium Disaster in the Oppenheimer Stadium in Orkney.
- 29 – F. W. 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 – At the signing of a national peace accord F. W. de Klerk, State President of South Africa, promises to end all apartheid legislation and to create a new multi-racial constitution.
- March
- 12 – The government tables a white paper to end racial discrimination in landownership and occupation.
- 24 – Twelve people, including a police officer and two children, are killed when police opens fire on a crowd of African National Congress supporters when they attack the police in Daveyton, Gauteng.
- April
- 30 – A coup d'état is executed in Lesotho.
- May
- 14 – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, dubbed the "Mugger of the Nation", is found guilty and sentenced to 6 years imprisonment for her involvement in the death of 14-year-old Stompie Moeketsi. The sentence will never be carried out.
- June
- 28 – The Population Registration Act, in terms of which South Africans were classified into racial groups, is repealed.
- 30 – The laws enforcing geographical segregation, including the Group Areas Act, the Native Land Act, the Native Trust and Land Act and the Asiatic Land Tenure Act, are repealed.
- July
- 2–6 – The 48th National Conference of the African National Congress takes place in Durban, the first to be held inside South Africa since 1959.
- 9 – The suspension of South Africa from the International Olympic Committee is lifted.
- August
- 4 – The Oceanos, a Greek owned cruise ship, sinks off Coffee Bay, Eastern Cape.
- 9 – Right-wingers of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging clash with the police in the Battle of Ventersdorp.
- September
- 4 – F. W. de Klerk, State President of South Africa, announces a new constitution that will provide suffrage for black people.
- October
- 2 – Pik Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, visits Beijing to strengthen South Africa's relations with China.
- December
- 8 – Chris Hani became leader of the South African Communist Party
- Unknown date
- The Phinda Resource Reserve is formed.
- The great white shark is given full protection under South African law
Births
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Deaths
- 25 February – Chief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo is shot dead by an alleged hit-squad outside his home in Pietermaritzburg.
Railways
Locomotives
- Spoornet places three prototype Class 14E dual voltage electric mainline locomotives in stock service, following intensive testing. They are the first dual voltage 3 kV DC and 25 kV AC locomotives to see service in South Africa.[1][2]:134
Sports
Athletics
- 20 July – Joseph Skosana wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:10:29 in Durban.
