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See also: 1991 in South Africa, other events of 1992, 1992 in South African sport, 1993 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

Events

February

• 3 February - President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela, the African National Congress leader are jointly awarded the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize at the Unesco headquarters in Paris
• About the 25 February South Africa and Bulgaria sign a diplomatic agreement
• 28 February - The ownership of the port town of Walvis Bay is transferred from South Africa to Namibia
  • South Africa and Russia establish full diplomatic ties

March

• The Skweyiya Commission finds the African National Congress guilty of having a systematic policy of abuse and to violate human rights in some camps of exile
• 12 March - Citrusdal in the Cape Province becomes South Africa's first officially-recognised non-racial local authority.
• 17 March - The government holds a referendum around changing the constitution, paving the way to end apartheid (main article: 1992 South African Referendum)

April

• 13 April - Nelson Mandela announces his separation from his wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at a press conference in Johannesburg

June

• The legal system of apartheid is repealed
• 4 June - The co.za internet domain is created
• 17 June - Violence breaks between the African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party in Boipatong leaving 46 dead

September

• 7 September - 29 people are killed in the Bisho massacre when the Ciskei Defence Force open fire on about 100,000 protesters in Bisho, Ciskei

Unknown date

• Trevor Manuel becomes head of the African National Congress' Department of Economic Planning

Sport

Athletics

• March 28 – Abel Mokibe wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:11:07 in Cape Town.

Births

Deaths

• Julayi Hlekiso, chairperson of the Transport and General Workers Union, is shot dead in Transkei
• 9 July - Chief Julius Matatu, former Transkei minister and prominent traditional leader, is shot and killed at his home in Mqanduli, Transkei
• 18 October - Abraham Manie Adelstein, United Kingdom's Chief Medical Statistician, dies at the age of 76

• 25 December - Helen Joseph, activist, dies at the age of 87