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EventSA signs Nuclear Treaty
Foreign Minister R.F. (Pik) Botha signed accession to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) on behalf of South Africa. This opened South Africa's nuclear…
EventPolitical activist Mziwonke ‘Pro’ Jack is assassinated.
The African National Congress (ANC) activist, Mziwonke 'Pro' Jack was gunned down next to his home in Cape Town. Jack was a taxi conflict mediator in Cape Town…
EventSouth African Parliament votes to repeal the legal framework of Apartheid
For almost 350 years, Black people in South Africa had been subject to exceedingly unjust laws designed, firstly to subjugate them and incorporate their lands…
EventThe Population Registration Act of 1950 is repealed
The Population registration Act (Act No 30 of 1950 ) was repealed by the South African parliament. The Act was a pillar of the Apartheid system. It required…
EventNico Basson says that SADF had supplied weapons and covert assistance to IFP in order to weaken the ANC
Speaking before journalists, a retired army major, Mr. Nico Basson, said that the South African Defence Force (SADF) had supplied weapons (such as AK-47…
EventAbolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act is adopted
The South African parliament under President F.W. de Klerk adopted the Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act 108 of 1991, which scrapped the…
EventThe ANC threatens to suspend constitutional talks
The African National Congress (ANC) threatened in an open letter to President F. W. de Klerk to suspend constitutional negotiations until the government meets…
EventWinnie Mandela is found guilty
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, former African National Congress Women League president and Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture, was found guilty on four charges of…
EventThe Declaration of Windhoek
World Press Freedom Day is observed on 3 May. This day was the culmination of a UNESCO seminar held in Windhoek, Namibia from 29 April 1991 to the 3 May 1991…
EventMilitary coup is executed in Lesotho
On 30 April 1991, the head of the Lesotho military, Maj.Gen Justin Lekhanya was ousted by rebel junior officers. The reasons for this coup was a long standing…
EventAdriaan Vlok, Minister of Law and Order, announces a ban on the carrying of pangas, bush knives and axes weapons in “conflict situations”
The ongoing violence between African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters during the negotiations that led up to the first…
EventSouth Africa deports Donald “Dolan” Acheson
Donald "Dolan" Acheson is purported to have been deported from South Africa on the 31 March 1991, having being fingered as the triggerman in the assassination…
EventTwelve people are killed in Daveyton
Twelve people, including a police officer and two children, were killed in the eastern Rand township of Daveyton, near Benoni. The incident, which was followed…
EventUNHRC service is enlisted in repatriation process
The SA government announced that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) would be requested to help in repatriating about 40,000 political…
EventANC members meet with Adriaan Vlok and Gen. Magnus Malan
An African National Congress (ANC) delegation headed by Walter Sisulu, met with two government officials, Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok and Defence…
EventAgreement to reincorporate Ciskei into South Africa is reached
The Ciskei government under the military ruler Brig. Oupa Gqozo signed an agreement with the South African government, represented by Foreign Minister Roelof …
EventChief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo is shot dead
The president of the traditional leaders organisation CONTRALESA and African National Congress (ANC) stalwart, Chief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, was gunned down in…
EventAllan Boesak marries Elna Botha
Dr Allan Aubrey Boesak, theologian and political activist wed journalist and television personality Elna Botha in the St. Stephens church in Cape Town. Prior…
EventGovernment announces end to prosecutions under Group Areas Act
The government announced that prosecutions for offences under the Group Areas Act would cease immediately. Read more about the Group Areas Act.
EventOver 17 million arrested under pass laws
Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok said that between 1921 and 1986 more than 17 million people had been arrested under influx control laws in South Africa.
EventOupa Gqozo, military leader of the Ciskei, quells a second coup attempt
Oupa Gqozo, the military leader of Ciskei foiled several coup attempts during his rule. In the early 1990's Colonel Onward Guzana, a former member of the…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk promises repeal of apartheid laws
The circumstances that led to the repealing and ultimate dismantling of the Apartheid structure was similar to those that led to the earlier proclamation made…
EventButhelezi and Mandela meet and call for cease-fire
On 29 January 1991 a summit meeting was held in Durban between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). The meeting was…
EventDictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending his 22 year rule
Siad Barre shared the fate of many post liberation leaders in Africa. Having started out as policemen in the Italian governed part of Somalia prior to World…
EventMthunzi Njakazi, ANC member, is killed in shooting after returning from exile
On this day, Mthunzi Velemseni Njakazi an African National Congress (ANC) member was shot in the legs and chest at Warwick Junction taxi rank near the Berea…
EventRebels overrun the Somalian capital of Mogadishu
In 1969 Somalian president Abd-i-rashid Ali Shermarke was assassinated in a military Coup. Major General Mohammad Siyad Barre took control of the country's…
EventScores of soccer fans die in a friendly match between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates
Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates met in a pre-season friendly at the 23,000 seater Oppenheimer Stadium, near Orkney, Western Transvaal (now North West…
EventANC celebrates its 79th anniversary in Durban
The African National Congress (ANC) celebrated its 79th anniversary in Durban on 8 January 1991 for the first time as a legal organisation. At the time of the…
EventANC Consultative Conference comes to an end
The African National Congress (ANC) Consultative Conference, which was held in Johannesburg following the Organisation's unbanning, came to conclusion. It was…
EventFirst ANC Conference in SA in three decades
The African National Congress (ANC) held its first Consultative Conference in South Africa after thirty-one years from 14-16 December 1990. It was considered…