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Events relating to south africa
UNITA revives the Angolan civil war after the MPLA wins a decisive election victory
Apartheid ends in South Africa, after two thirds of white voters vote for its abolition in a referendum
Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their partnership in South Africa
A new constitution in South Africa guarantees equal rights to all citizens
South Africa's first non-racial election is won by the ANC with 63% of the vote
Nelson Mandela is sworn in as the first president of the new democratic South Africa
Hastings Banda, president since independence in 1964, is defeated in Malawi's first multiparty elections
With apartheid ended, South Africa rejoins the Commonwealth of Nations
Mozambique joins the Commonwealth, as the first member not to have emerged from the British empire
Archbishop Desmond Tutu chairs South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Violent gangs, calling themselves the Mugabe War Veterans Association, start to 'liberate' more than 100,000 sq km of white-owned farmland in Zimbabwe
UNITA's widespread advance in Angola's long civil war brings terror and starvation
Nelson Mandela retires from active politics and is succeeded by Thabo Mbeki as South Africa's president
The death of Jonas Savimbi is soon followed by the disbanding of UNITA and the end of 27 years of Angolan civil war
Jacob Zuma is elected president of the African National Congress in South Africa, in place of Thabo Mbeki
Thabo Mbeki resigns as President of South Africa, after losing the support of his party, the African National Congress
Kgalema Motlanthe is elected temporary President of the Republic of South Africa after the resignation of Mbeki
Spain beats the Netherlands 1-0 in the final of the FIFA World Cup in the Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg
Double-amputee Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius is charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp
Scientists announce the discovery in South Africa of Homo naledi, a previously unknown species of early human
