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South African Government of National Unity (GNU) – 1994 – 1999
… Government of National Unity (GNU) under the leadership of African National Congress (ANC). Clause 88 of the interim … were counted and 193,081 were rejected…
BiographyFezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo (Khwezi)
… of the trial that she was named Kwhezi or Accuser X. Her family spent much of her early life in exile. Her father, … Judson Khuzwayo , was the Chief…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
… the international working classes. Historically, the South African Communist Party (SACP) has organised protests, … Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) …
BiographyMichael Guthrie Scott
… off, the moderate pension his father received allowed the family to lead a lifestyle radically different from that of … him to return.In South Africa he was…
BiographyDezso Koenig
… During the Second World War Koenig served in the South African Army Medical Corps. He started the first art therapy … figure studies, still life, landscape…
BiographyDaniel Kunene
… On 27 May 2016, surrounded by his beloved family, Kunene died peacefully at his home in Madison, … of short stories and poetry, Kunene also transcribed South…
Daniel Francois (D. F.) Malan, Minister of the Interior, introduces the Areas Reservation and Immigration and Registration (Fur
… (D. F.) Malan, Minister of the Interior, introduces the Areas Reservation and Immigration and Registration (Fur …
The Group Areas Act, Act No. 41, 1950, Parliament of Republic of South Africa (Original Document)
… The Group Areas Act, Act No. 41, 1950, Parliament of Republic of South …
Fietas, Johannesburg: The Johannesburg City Council meets and approves a detailed report regarding the ‘Western Areas Scheme’.
… and approves a detailed report regarding the ‘Western Areas Scheme’. …
President F. W. de Klerk announces the opening of four hitherto Whites-only residential areas to mixed settlement.
… the opening of four hitherto Whites-only residential areas to mixed settlement. …
The South African History Online (SAHO) Graduate Internship Programme
… in the Western Cape will: Undertake research into South African history and build an online archive of documents, … structured Masters of History, with…
BiographyNise Bulelwa Malange
… moved to Howick, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal ), to live with family. There she immediately became involved in cultural … for the complaints services of the…
Madiba The African Opera
… Madiba the African Opera is the biographical opera in the life of Nelson … Mtirara’s wish to document the history of the Thembu Royal Family and Nation. He…
ArticleWhen, why and where the first African farmers settled in Southern Africa
… and ways of communicating between groups. Who were the African farmers? The African farmers who moved to southern Africa were … to look after herds of…
BiographyMakhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi
… about. From 1941-1944, he was assistant secretary for the African Commercial and Distributive Workers Union, which had … 1944, he was one of the delegates…
John Alfons Pandeni
… appointment as Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rehabilitation in March 2005. Pandeni died … Union and Minister of Regional and Local…
ArchiveNew Nat gives aparthied land back to family 1993 - 1994
… New Nat gives aparthied land back to family 1993 - 1994 … New Nat gives aparthied land back to family 1993 - 1994 …
The Minister for Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces that relevant urban Black leaders will be consulted
… J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political … Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces…
Miloon Kothari, the UN special rapporteur on adequate housing, says most of those displaced by President Robert Mugabe’s May 20
… Miloon Kothari, the UN special rapporteur on adequate housing, says most of those displaced by President Robert …
Two bomb blasts in central Pretoria injure three women. The bombs were placed under a car outside a police housing project. htt
… women. The bombs were placed under a car outside a police housing project. htt …
Benjamin Johnson Langa
… were seven children, five brothers and two sisters, in the family. From very early, the parents placed great emphasis on … Cape (now Eastern Province) was…
Peter Schütz, S.A artist, is born in Glogau, East Germany. His family emigrated to SA in the early fifties.
… Schütz, S.A artist, is born in Glogau, East Germany. His family emigrated to SA in the early fifties. …
BiographyJoyce Sikhakhane-Rankin
… where she grew up as a child. Her father was a lecturer in African languages at the University of the Witwatersrand who … removed from their ancestral homes…
BiographyGertrude Hope (nee Posthumus) Cooper
… up Worcester where her father, an engineer for the South African Railways, was stationed. She attended Girls High … Dudley who they got to know. In 1961 in…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister JG Strijdom dies
… Charter, which embraced the ideological principles of the African National Congress (ANC), was endorsed. A year later, … Pretoria to protest against the…
PlaceSouth African Royal Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town
… Town, within a Conservation Area known as; the Two Rivers Urban Park. Its location was originally chosen to be within … South African Royal Astronomical…
BiographyThozamile Richard (Thozi) Gqweta
… opened his eyes to the poverty and insecurity of black urban workers.He was asked by the Black Allied Worker's Union … and 1985,Gqweta was harassed by both…
BiographyWendy Heather Woods
… contracted meningitis and died at 11 months old. The family moved to East London , Eastern Cape, where Donald … period of great political upheaval in the…
BiographySimon van der Stel
… governorship in Mauritius only lasted five years, the family remained in Mauritius for a total of seven years. … died in battle in the service of the Company…
BiographyJames Randolph Vigne
… of the Liberal Party. Later, the NCL was renamed the African Resistance Movement (ARM). The organization focused … writer and editor for journals such as…