1993 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1993 in South Africa.

Incumbents

;March

24 – State President F.W. de Klerk informs Parliament that South Africa constructed six nuclear fission devices that had been dismantled by the end of 1989.

;April

8 – South Africa and India sign a memorandum of understanding on bilateral air services.
10 – Chris Hani is assassinated by Polish immigrant Janusz Waluś.

;May

1 – Members of the Azanian People's Liberation Army, armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress, attack civilians at the Highgate Hotel in East London, killing five.

;August

19 – An RPG is fired at the East London petrol depot, but does not explode and results in a shootout with the South African Police (SAP).
23 – The Motsuenyane Commission finds the African National Congress guilty of abuse in some camps in exile, thereby confirming the findings of the Skweyiya Commission.

;September

2 – National Peace Day is observed in response to political violence, largely concentrated in black townships, that has claimed thousands of lives.
23 – The United States Senate approves legislation lifting economic sanctions against South Africa.

;October

18 – Five school children are killed in the Mthatha Massacre when the South African Defence Force opens fire on the house of a member of the Pan Africanist Congress.
22 – The interim South African constitution is approved by Parliament.
30 – Six members of the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA), armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress, open fire on patrons of the Heidelberg Tavern in Observatory, Cape Town, killing four and injuring several others.
Amcoal, a subsidiary of Anglo American, places three Class E38 electric locomotives in service at its Kromdraai Colliery near Witbank.