See also: 1992 in South Africa, other events of 1993, 1993 in South African sport, 1994 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

Events

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

• 8 April - South Africa and India sign a memorandum of understanding on bilateral air services

May

• An Indian diplomatic Cultural Centre is opened in Johannesburg
• 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

• 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

August

• 23 August - 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 September - The United States Senate approves legislation lifting economic sanctions against South Africa

November

• A South African diplomatic mission is opened in New Delhi, India
• 18 November - 21 political parties approved a new constitution for the nation
• 22 November - India re-establishes full diplomatic relations with South Africa

December

• The Indian Cultural Centre in Johannesburg is upgraded to a Consulate-General
• 30 December - Six Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) members open fire on patrons of the Heidelberg Tavern, killing four people (Jose Cerqueira, Lindy-Anne Fourie, Bernadette Langford, and Rolande Palm) and injuring several others

Unknown date

• President FW de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
• Trade sanctions which were imposed in 1986 are lifted

Sport

Athletics

• March 20 – Josia Thugwane wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:14:25 in Cape Town.

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