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EventNoble South Africans win Nobel Peace Prize
… attend the award ceremony in Oslo, Norway. Bishop Desmond Tutu, noted bishop of the Anglican Church and former general …
ArticlePeter Magubane Timeline 1932-
… Award Winner (Excellence for a Lifetime Achievement). 1999 Order for Meritorious Service Class II from former …
EventMandela signs a law into bill creating the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… was created. Mandela then appointed Archbishop Desmond Tutu as chair for the commission. The commission was tasked …
EventSouth Africa win the most medals at the 7th All African Games
… for the 7th All Africa Games, which opened on 9 September 1999. By 18 September South Africa had gained the most medals … The closing ceremony of the games…
EventMass Democratic Movement (MDM) begins their Defiance Campaign
… the leaders of the UDF were Rev. Alan Boesak, Desmond Tutu, Albertina Sisulu and Helen Joseph. The UDF was launched …
EventAppearance of former ministers before the TRC
… disappearing. Click here to read a statement by Archbishop Tutu, Chairman, TRC, Military and Political leaders to give …
EventSA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization
… 9 June 1994. In its three consecutive congresses in 1995, 1999 and 2003 South Africa was elected on to the Executive … Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L…
EventSouth African boxers,Zolile Mbityi and Peter Malinga both win world titles
… 22 October 1999 was a red-letter day in South African boxing history, as … six in 1997. In 1998, the number stood at eight, and in 1999 at five world title…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… boost when the Nobel Peace Committee announced that Bishop Tutu had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, joining Chief … second South African to receive this…
EventF.W. de Klerk announces the release of Nelson Mandela and unbans political parties
… turn for equalty. In Cape Town , Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu was at St George's Cathedral with his congregation ready …
A Brief History of Niger - Part 2 by US Department of State
… life. Military Coup Removes Baré, Permanently : In April 1999, Baré was overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by … Nigerien electorate approved the new…
ArticleSouth Africa’s electoral history timeline 1910-2009
… Africa with Nelson Mandela being elected as President. 1999 The second non racial democratic election in South …
ArticleHIV/Aids Origins
… deaths in South Africa were recorded in 1982. Source? In 1999, an international team of researchers reported that a …
EventBomb in Benoni Wimpy kills Mary
… of police officers. The four men were granted amnesty in 1999. Sources: Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en … http://www.doj.gov.za/trc/decisions/1999…
EventIan Woodall and Cathy O’Dowd becomethe first official South African team to conquer the Mount Everest
… O'Dowd went on to reach the summit of Everest again in 1999, this time from the Northern side. This made her the … both the southern (25 May 1996) and…
The Black Face of Apartheid
… and stoned by young Black Consciousness followers. Desmond Tutu advised the chief to leave. In the haste to usher the …
Timol Inquest: He was murdered but culprits are dead, court rules
… Mohammed Timol read a statement from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, paying tribute to the family. “It is sad that it took … many other TRC matters that haven’t…
EventJ.M. Coetzee wins the Booker Prize
… positions at the University of Cape Town. On 25 October 1999, Coetzee won the Booker Prize a second time for his novel Disgrace (1999). In 2003, he was also…
EventAnglo American announces switching of main listing to London
… in the corporation. Anglo American plc was formed in May 1999 through the combination of Anglo American Corporation of … listed in London, Johannesburg and…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… the divided loyalties felt by many whites in that period. 1999 Mongane (Wally) Serote's novel Gods of our Time (1999) was published, it reconstructs civil…
EventKader Asmal, political activist and future Member of Parliament, is born
… human rights lawyer, former Minister of Education (1999-2004) and of Water Affairs and Forestry (1994-1999); is born in Stanger, Natal (now Kwa-Dukuza). His …
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… the ‘Rainbow Nation’, made popular by Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 1994, is the most important symbols used to promote … [accessed on 17 March 2015]| South…
Why protect rights of gays and lesbians?
… of gays and lesbians include the Domestic Violence Act of 1999, the Rental Housing Act of 1999, the Employment Equity Act of 1998, the Medical Schemes …
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… Mbeki was elected President of South Africa on 14 June 1999 and was inaugurated as President on 16 June 1999. In 2005 Mbeki removed Jacob Zuma from his post…
EventNelson Mandela is born
… Mandela was elected president of South Africa in 1994. In 1999, at the end of his first term in office, he voluntarily … and the Nelson Mandela Foundation…
PlaceRegina Mundi, Catholic Church, Soweto
… role in the mid 1990s, when Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu presided over the Truth and Reconciliation Commission …
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… of labour. Mandela stepped down as president in 1999 but continued to promote peace around the world. He also …
References and links: Learning from Leaders
… America. London: Belitha Press. Electronic encyclopedia 1999 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Deluxe Edition. …
ArticleCradle of Humankind
… with them. Unesco declared it a World Heritage Site in 1999. It includes archaeological sites at Sterkfontein, …
EventOne-fifth of SA’s military infected with HIV virus, so HIV positive people are no longer accepted into their ranks
… programmes for blue helmets' by Roxanne Bazergan Back in 1999 the SANDF reportedly stopped donating blood because of … pandemic, and following an internal…