Mandela and De Klerk receive the Nobel Peace Prize

In a nationally televised appeal, Mandela called for unity, discipline and rejection of racial revenge.

More than 150,000 mourners gathered at FNB Stadium, demonstrating Hani's popularity and public determination to complete the transition.

The long-serving ANC leader died after returning from exile, leaving a major legacy of international organization and movement unity.

Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging supporters invaded the negotiation venue in an attempt to intimidate delegates and derail the transition.

Members of APLA attacked a Cape Town congregation, killing eleven people. The attack showed that political violence continued during negotiations.

Twenty parties approved the constitutional framework, electoral law and Transitional Executive Council for the democratic election.

The RDP connected political democracy with housing, services, jobs, land reform and social transformation.

A civil-service strike and popular uprising defeated Lucas Mangope's attempt to keep the territory out of the election; armed AWB intervention ended disastrously.

The manifesto presented the RDP and promised democratic government, equality and reconstruction after apartheid.

ANC security guards fired during an IFP march near ANC headquarters, killing marchers amid intense pre-election violence and disputed accounts.