24 – State President F.W. de Klerk informs Parliament that South Africa constructed six nuclear fission devices that had been dismantled by the end of 1989.
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.
22 – India re-establishes full diplomatic relations with South Africa.
A South African diplomatic mission is opened in New Delhi, India
December
7 – The 32-member Transitional Executive Council holds its first meeting in Cape Town, the first meeting of an official government body in South Africa with black members.
Spoornet begins to modify Class 6E1, Series 7, Series 8 and Series 9 locomotives to improve their braking and traction reliability on the Natal mainline and reclassify them to Class 17E.[7]
Amcoal, a subsidiary of Anglo American, places three Class E38 electric locomotives in service at its Kromdraai Colliery near Witbank.[7]
Sports
Athletics
20 March – Josia Thugwane wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:14:25 in Cape Town.
^ abcdeJeffery, Anthea (2009). People's War - New Light on the Struggle for South Africa (1st ed.). Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. ISBN978-1-86842-357-6.
^"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.
^ abMiddleton, 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.
