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South Africa in 1992

Historical records for South Africa in 1992, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

8Records
7Events
2Named people
3Places
2Categories

Historical records

June

17 June 1992Constitution of South AfricaNelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Bipatong · Politics / ANC

The Bipatong massacre causes the ANC to withdraw from constitutional talks

17 June 1992MassacreNelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Bipatong · Politics / ANC

The Bipatong massacre causes the ANC to withdraw from constitutional talks

June 1992ApartheidNelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Politics / ANC

The legal system of Apartheid is repealed

June 1992Reform of Legal SystemNelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Politics / ANC

The legal system of Apartheid is repealed

September

7 September 1992ANCFrederik Willem de Klerk

Bisho · Government / Government of South Africa

Troops open fire on 70,000 ANC demonstrators, 28 are killed

7 September 1992DemonstrationsFrederik Willem de Klerk

Bisho · Government / Government of South Africa

Troops open fire on 70,000 ANC demonstrators, 28 are killed

Other Events

1992ApartheidFrederik Willem de Klerk

Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

A white referendum gives a mandate to end white minority rule

1992ReferendumFrederik Willem de Klerk

Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

A white referendum gives a mandate to end white minority rule & begin power sharing. A white referendum gives a mandate to end white minority rule

Names involved

Frederik Willem de KlerkNelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Places involved

BipatongBishoPretoria

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.