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ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… of Rights took effect on 27 April 1994. The system of “homelands” for the Black population was abolished. With the … resumed its seat in the General Assembly…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… Xhosa community The pre-1994 apartheid system of homelands or 'Bantusans' denied Xhosa people South African … attempted to confine them to the nominally self…
EventMultiparty negotiating forum meets for the first time since December 1993
… Despite the negative response from the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Chief … still be less than those enjoyed by the non-independent homelands. The IFP…
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
… the despotic rule of Shaka or Zulus returning to their old homelands after Shaka's Mfecane, which had begun in around … this myth as a justification for…
BiographyHorst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
… the lives of people who were neglected and remained un-served by the apartheid state. From 1992 to 1994, …
BiographySonja Schlesin
… of £6, which Kallenbach had suggested to Gandhi. Her response to her employer’s offer of more than £6 was, “I am …
EventThe recommendations of the Riekert Commission (to investigate the employment conditions of Black workers) are tabled
… The Riekert Commission was established in response to a crisis faced by the apartheid state, as South … which were to be established along the border of…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… had been the first international country to appeal to the UN on the basis of how South African Indians were being … segregated and treated unjustly. At that…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… of overtime hours that skilled workers could work in response to the challenges posed by the skilled labour … this Act by setting up Black ethnic governments…
ArticleLegacy: A Timeline of HIV/AIDS by Carlos Motta
… The U.S. FDA accelerates the drug approval process in response to demands by HIV/AIDS activists. American art … the virus. 1993 The CDC expands the…
BiographyDr. Abu Baker Asvat
… talked to White doctors during a visit to the hospital. In response, the hospital fired him with less than 24 hours’ … from the area when Asvat refused to…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
… Nujoma returned to Namibia in September 1989. In 1978 the UN recognized SWAPO as the sole representative of the people of Namibia. Both SWAPO and South…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… OF REPRESSION - HRC, December 1989 Repression is the response of the apartheid regime and its supporters to … at the present time. All the so-called …
Provincial government and symbols
… What are they called? 4. What happened to the homelands after 1993? Activity Do a project on your province. …
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… ANC conference of the executive committee to formulate a response to the victory of the National Party. 3 October: In … Call for Unity ’. 25 November: Xuma…
ArticleHeritage and identity of Provinces
… of the four provinces of the Union of South Africa. The Homelands After South Africa became a Union, the government … reserved areas were extended to be…
BiographyMotlotlehi – His Majesty King Constantine Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho
His Majesty, King Constantine Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II was born on 2 May 1938, in the Village of Salang in the Mountain District of Mokhotlong in the…
BiographyColine Williams
Coline Williams was born on 30 May 1967 and grew up in Bonteheuwel, a township in the Western Cape, South Africa. The eldest of three siblings, Coline, her…
BiographyDr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy was born in Durban on 1 September 1958. He was the youngest of four sons. The family resided in Sea Cow Lake and later…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)
… majority. The General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) passed Resolution 395(V) declaring that "a policy of … 1950. On 1 April 1960, The Security Council…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… as a part of the overall apartheid system including ‘homelands’, urban restrictions, pass laws and job … seizing weapons from police and using them to shoot…
BiographyChris Hani
… founded in 1921 but which had dissolved itself in response to the Suppression of Communism Act (1950). …
BiographyJames la Guma
… in 1947. Disillusioned with the SACP's apparently tame response to state repression and wanting to make up for years …
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
… Uganda begins promoting sexual behaviour change in response to AIDS. By the end of the year, 85 countries had … WHO AIDS programme, to protest against the…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… with banning the ANC and PAC. From this point on the UN decided to follow steps to try and ensure the following of the UN Charter inside South Africa. In…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Glossary
… and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education homelands ”” those territories reserved for black people and … change in position recrimination ””…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… Torrado denounced apartheid. Attending the United Nations (UN) Conference on Trade and Development in Geneva in 1961, … and he called for South Africa’s…
EventBishop Desmond Tutu leaves for the USA to meet with American President Ronald Reagan
… advocated a similar policy with regard to apartheid. In response to Ronald Reagan's actions, Desmond Tutu left for … policy of constructive engagement was …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… Congress (now known as African National Congress): In response to Union in 1910, young African leaders (Pixley ka … the creation of a national home for Jews…
ArticleProvincial histories
… Union in 1910 after its four provinces were united. Later ‘homelands’ were created for black people to be sent to live …