1992 in South Africa

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	1992 in South African sport
Years in South Africa

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

• 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

August

• 15 August, – South Africa plays their first test since the abolishment of the apartheid.

September

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

November

• 28 November, – The Azanian People's Liberation Army, the military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress, attack civilians at the King William's Town Golf Club killing four people

Unknown date

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

Sport

Athletics

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

Births

• 12 April, – Chad le Clos, swimmer
• 17 January, – Enrico Adolph, footballer (soccer) player

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