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Events on Friday 10 December 1993 1
1993Mandela and de Klerk awarded Nobel Peace PrizeJoint honor for negotiating South Africa's transition from apartheidNelson Mandela and South African President F.W. de Klerk jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize for their work ending apartheid and negotiating a peaceful transition to multiracial democracy. The award came months before South Africa's first democratic elections in April 1994. Both men had led rival sides through years of negotiation despite ongoing political violence.