1991 in South Africa explained

The following lists events that happened during 1991 in South Africa.

Incumbents

9 - Black children are admitted to schools previously reserved for whites only.
9 - In Sebokeng gunmen fire on mourners attending the funeral of a leader of the African National Congress, killing 13.
12 - 45 mourners are killed during an attack on a funeral vigil for an African National Congress member.
13 - 45 football fans die in the Orkney Stadium Disaster in the Oppenheimer Stadium in Orkney.
29 - State President F.W. de Klerk, deputy-president of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela and Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet for peace talks.

1 - At the signing of a national peace accord State President F.W. de Klerk promises to end all apartheid legislation and to create a new multi-racial constitution.
25 - Chief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo is shot dead by an alleged hit-squad outside his home in Pietermaritzburg.

11 March - A curfew is imposed on black townships after fighting between rival political gangs kills 49.
12 - The government tables a white paper to end racial discrimination in land ownership and occupation.
24 - Twelve people, including a police officer and two children, are killed when police opens fire on a crowd of African National Congress supporters attacking the police in Daveyton.

14 - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, dubbed the "Mugger of the Nation", is found guilty and sentenced to 6 years imprisonment for her involvement in the death of 14-year-old Stompie Moeketsi. The sentence will never be carried out.

28 - The Population Registration Act in terms of which South Africans were classified into racial groups is repealed.
30 - The laws enforcing geographical segregation, including the Group Areas Act, the Native Land Act, the Native Trust and Land Act and the Asiatic Land Tenure Act, are repealed.

2–6 - The 48th National Conference of the African National Congress takes place in Durban, the first to be held in South Africa since 1959.
9 - The suspension of South Africa from the International Olympic Committee is lifted.
10 - President Bush announces the United States is ending its 1986-enacted sanctions on South Africa.

4 - The Greek-owned cruise ship Oceanos sinks off Coffee Bay and all 571 passengers on board are safely evacuated by SAAF helicopters.
9 - Right-wingers of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging clash with the police in the Battle of Ventersdorp.

4 - State President F.W. de Klerk announces a new constitution that will provide suffrage for black people.

2 - Minister of Foreign Affairs Pik Botha visits Beijing to strengthen South Africa's relations with China.
3 - Nadine Gordimer is awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature.

4–5 - The African National Congress leads a general strike to demand a role in governing and an end to value-added tax.

1 January - Jacob Maliekal, badminton player
7 January
- Bongi Mbonambi, rugby player
- Caster Semenya, middle-distance runner, Olympic champion
9 February - Lyle Peters, footballer
14 February - Alberto Mazzoncini, cricketer
16 February - Marilyn Ramos, Miss South Africa 2012
5 March - Kate Christowitz, rower
11 March - Kamohelo Mokotjo, football player
14 March - Frans Malherbe, rugby player
28 April - Liesl Laurie, model
14 June - Kyle Jacobs, footballer
16 June - Siya Kolisi, South Africa national rugby union team captain
30 June - Kevin Paul, Paralympic swimmer
3 July - Josiah De Disciple, DJ & record producer
8 July - Thuso Mbedu, actress
30 July - Heinrich Klaasen, cricketer
17 August - Zakir Kathrada, cricketer
26 August - Chris Pappas, politician, mayor of uMngeni Local Municipality
28 September - Michael van Vuuren, rugby player
19 October - Faf de Klerk, rugby player
29 October - Eben Etzebeth, rugby player
25 November - Thandeka Zulu, actress & singer
25 November - Damian de Allende, rugby player
7 December - JP Jonck, rugby player
10 December - Gugu Gumede, actress

24 February - John Charles Daly, South African-born journalist and game show host. (b. 1914)
11 June - Cromwell Everson, composer. (b. 1925)

Spoornet places three prototype Class 14E dual voltage electric mainline locomotives in stock service, following intensive testing. They are the first dual voltage 3 kV DC and 25 kV AC locomotives to see service in South Africa.^[2]

http://www.archontology.org/nations/south_africa/sa_pres1/ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994
South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended