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- the general election: the ANC got nearly 70% of votes. Thabo Mbeki's second term as president.
- The country's first universal suffrage election was held; Mandela became president. Commonwealth membership was restored and South Africa took seat in UN General Assembly after a 20-year absence.
- the Population Registrations Act (people classified by race); the Group Areas Act passed to segregate blacks and whites; the Immorality Act. The Communist Party was banned.
- the Truth and Reconciliation Commission chaired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu began hearings on human rights crimes committed by former government and liberation movements during Apartheid era
- the EFF (Economic Freedom Fighters) was started by Julius Malema
- the unemployment rate was 34.4% ; July : unrest and worst violence since the end of apartheid. The Economist defines South Africa as "an upper-middle-income economy
- President Mbeki's resignation ; replaced by ANC deputy leader Kgalema Motlanthe
- reformist FW de Klerk replaced PW Botha as president and met Mandela. Public facilities desegregated. Many ANC activists released.
- President Zuma, who was faced with corruption charges, was compelled to resign and Cyril Ramaphosa was chosen as his successor by the ANC.
- the ANC and other opposition groups adopted the Freedom Charter
- South Africa became a republic and left the Commonwealth
- ANC was unbanned. Mandela was released after 27 years in prison.
- the Group Areas Act and the Populations Registrations Act were repealed; US economic sanctions were lifted.
- the ANC won the general election with 57% of the vote, hence a reduced majority.
- Jacob Zuma elected president after the landslide victory of the ANC in the general election. Economy went into recession for first time in 17 years.
- GEAR (Growth, Employment and Redistribution) was set up; South Africa won rugby's World Cup
- Ruling ANC party won the majority in general elections. ANC: 62.1%; the Democratic Alliance: 22.2%; the EFF : 6.4%
- the conservative Afrikaner-dominated National Party won parliamentary elections and gained control of the South-African government. It began taking steps aimed at implementing apartheid.
- Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama landed on Natal coast.
- when voters cast their ballots in presidential race they are actually electing special representatives called_______________