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EventKhotso House is bombed
… by police led by Colonel Eugene de Kock. During the 1996 Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearings, …
EventWorld Aids Day
… Effort'. In South Africa, this day was first venerated in 1996 when the Department of Health organised a special event …
EventBafana Bafana loses to Germany
… while Bafana Bafana had won the Africa Cup of Nations in 1996. However, Germany had the upper hand over Bafana Bafana …
EventHelen Suzman is born
… Island. When Nelson Mandela signed the new constitution in 1996, Suzman was along side him. In the course of her career …
EventElsa, the lioness made famous by Joy Adamson’s book Born Free, dies in Kenya
… with Elsa in a book titled Born Free, published in 1996. The book was later made into a Hollywood film of the …
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
… 1992-1997: Ds. G. van Staden 1998-2000: Ds. P. de Kock 1996-2003: Ds. M.J. Slabbert 1996-2004: Ds. A. Thomas 2003-2007: Ds. W. Mans 2008- : Ds. …
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… The Journal of African History Volume 37, Issue 3 (1996): 365 ↵ [200] Ibid, 361 ↵ [201] Ibid, 363 ↵ [202] S.E.K. …
PlaceAgtersuurberg, Eastern Cape
… name was officially changed to Gariep Dam on the 4 October 1996. Gariep is Khoekhoe for 'river' and was the original …
EventAdvocate Anton Lubowski secretary-general of the SWAPO is assassinated
… Lubowski's family members. Website: doj.gov.za. 24 April 1996. The assassination of Anton Lubowski. Searchlight … fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human &…
EventAnglo American announces switching of main listing to London
… empowerment deals in South African corporate history in 1996 through the sale of interests in Johnnic and JCI to the … Times ,[Online] available at: www.ft…
EventAWB leader, Eugene TerreBlanche, is convicted of attempted murder and assault
… Motshabi, whom he beat over the head and neck in March 1996. Mr Motshabi suffered brain damage in this attack. The …
EventDe Kock is convicted of six killings
… and he was sentenced to life imprisonment on 30 October 1996. In his testimony, De Kock admitted to numerous …
EventTrevor Manuel unveils GEAR
… Keesing's Record of World Events, News Digest for June 1996, P41126. …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister, P.W Botha, dies
… Commission subpoena in 1998. The TRC was set up in 1996 to probe the Apartheid atrocities. Botha was implicated …
EventIOC extends South Africa's ban from Olympic games
… exclusion from the 1972 games in Munich, Germany until the 1996 Atlanta games. …
PlaceKings Park Stadium, Durban
… semifinals and went on to win their first ever trophy. In 1996, the Stadium was one of the venues for the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations. It hosted three group…
EventMazizi Maqekeza, ANC member, is shot dead whilst in hospital in Maseru, Lesotho
… TRC human rights violations submissions: 19 June 1996, Dugard Zwelidinge Maqekeza [online ], Available at: …
EventAn application to the Pretoria Supreme Court, to declare the Freedom of Choice to Terminate Pregnancy Law unconstitutional, fails.
… groups were responding to an act passed on 11 December 1996. The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act, gave women … Abortion Reform in South Africa: A…
A Brief History of Niger - Part 1 by US Department of State
… Republic and its President, Mahamane Ousmane, in January 1996. While leading a military authority that ran the … a new constitution for a Fourth Republic…
A tireless campaigner by Jaspreet Kindra, 29 October 2003, South Africa
… t was in 1996 that a court challenge led to the first government … have claimed ownership of the policy. But it all began in 1996, when a Newlands East…
PlaceDie Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerkgebou in Du Toit Street, Pretoria
… 1992-1997: Ds. G. van Staden 1998-2000: Ds. P. de Kock 1996-2003: Ds. M.J. Slabbert 1996-2004: Ds. A. Thomas 2003-2007: Ds. W. Mans 2008- : Ds. …
ArticleHeritage day, Braai Day or Shaka Day: Whose Heritage is it Anyway?
… cultural heritage. In an address marking Heritage Day in 1996, former President Nelson Mandela stated: "When our first …
PlaceQueenstown, now known as Komani.
Queenstown was founded in 1853. It was intended to be a Military Outpost designed to protect the British subjects from attack during the time of the Frontier…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… [xl] During his time in South Africa from 1991 to 1996, Klug also lectured at the University of Witwatersrand … of Wisconsin School of Law where he has been…
Ethnicity in Post-Apartheid Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative by Joshua Richman
… to this ethnic hyperreality. Beginning with Mbeki’s 1996 “I am an African” speech, Brubaker emphasises the role … to the Khoi and the San who ... haunt the…
EventBafana Bafana, SA’s National soccer team, wins the Africa Cup of Nations Final
… were the host of the Africa Cup of Nations Tournament in 1996. It was the national team, Bafana Bafana’s second …
Apartheid stakeholders - where are they now?
… local government elections in November 1995 and May 1996 indicate declining support for the NP, while almost … months following the elections from May 1994…
EventSouth Africa's TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
… On 15 April 1996, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), under …
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… Party (NP). The NP withdrew from the GNU in June 1996 and Mbeki became the only deputy president. Mbeki was …
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… was rebuilt to accommodate the political offenders. In 1996 women offenders were moved into this building. The women … base, 1939-1959 and (v) use as an…