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EVENTS

January

9 January - Black children are admitted to schools previously reserved for Whites only

12 January - 45 mourners are killed during an attack on a Funeral vigil for an African National Congress member in Sebokeng

29 January - Nelson Mandela , deputy-president of the African National Congress , and Mangosuthu Buthelezi , leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party , meet for peace talks

March

12 March - The government tables a white paper to end racial discrimination in landownership and occupation

24 March - 12 people, including a police officer and two children, are killed when polive open fire on a crowd of African National Congress supporters when they attacked the police in Daveyton, Gauteng

April

30 April - A Coup D'état is executed in Lesotho

May

14 May - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is found guilty and sentenced to 6 years for her involvement in the death of 14-year old Stompie Sepei

July

2 - 6 July - The 48th National Conference of the African National Congress is held in Durban , the first to be held inside South Africa since 1959

9 July - Suspension of South Africa from the International Olympic Committee is lifted

October

2 October - Pik Botha , Minister of Foreign Affairs, visits Beijing to strengthen the South Africa's relations with China

Unknown date

The Phinda Resource Reserve is formed

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