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EventFormer premier of Mpumalanga, Afrikaans poet and lawyer, Mathews Phosa is born
… Nakedi Mathews Phosa, former premier of Mpumalanga (1994-1999), Afrikaans poet and lawyer was born in Mbombela …
EventCelebrated nurse, Constance Nothard, is born
… Library in her honour. References: Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) (1999). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.2, …
EventSouth Africa’s first multiracial elections start
… system of government lasted until the general elections in 1999. References: Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en …
EventFormer National Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, is born
… and Tourism of the Republic of South Africa from 1996 to 1999. After 2004 national elections, Jordan was appointed the …
EventThe Chernobyl computer virus damages hundreds of thousands of computers around the world
… On 26 April 1999, the CIH computer virus infected a large number of …
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… S., (2002), “British Military and Criminal History- 1900- 1999” from Stephen Stratford [online] Available at … [Accessed: 23 February 2015]. MKGhandi, (1999)…
ArticleANC January 8th Statements
… The Year of the Dawn of the African Century January 8th, 1999 - Year of Mass Mobilisation for the Renewal of the …
EventThe Immigration Regulation Act is passed in South Africa
… Act, from Newcastle to the Transvaal. References: Anon, (1999), ‘Beyond Control: Immigration and human rights In a …
EventZola Skweyiya is born
… Development of the Republic of South Africa since 17 June 1999, Dr Zola Sidney Themba Skweyiya, was born in Simonstown. …
EventDr Louis Luyt is born
Dr Louis Luyt , SA entrepreneur and self-made millionaire, former president of the SA Rugby Football Union and politician, was born in Britstown, Cape Province…
EventThe Bantu Labour Regulations Amendment Bill becomes operative
… Source: Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of …
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
… References: Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of …
EventJudge Edwin Cameron of SA reveals that he has been HIV positive since 1987
… the Constitutional Court, Edwin Cameron made headlines in 1999 when he announced that he had been living with HIV for …
EventDavid Malebane, a student at the Tompi Seleka Agricultural College in the Limpopo, shoots three lecturers before shooting himself
… that he had failed again he was enraged. On 15 January 1999, he stormed into the school with a gun and accused … Nkosi P. and Hangwani M. (1999)…
ArchiveInterview with Julius Nyerere
… Oral interview with Julius K. Nyerere (1922-1999), the first president of Tanzania (known as Tanganyika …
EventDavid Phaswane Mogano, SA artist, is born in Pietersburg , Northern Transvaal
… was held at the Standard Bank Gallery in Johannesburg in 1999. …
EventDr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.
… where he was elected as president of the ANC.In June 1999 he passed away in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, from … & Rousseau|Moyo, N.E., (2012), Dr…
EventAllan Boesak is born
… which he was responsible for disbursing to children. In 1999 he was convicted of fraud and imprisoned. He was …
EventAbdullah Abdurahman, medical doctor and Cape community leader, dies in Cape Town
… General J.B.M. Hertzog and General J.C. Smuts . In June 1999, President Nelson Mandela posthumously honoured …
EventSchool boycott in Port Elizabeth ends
… Books: Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of …
EventMozambique and Soviet Union reject Margo Commission’s finding
… & Rousseau. Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of …
EventNP holds federal congress
… References: Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of …
EventTogolese football player, Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor is born
… spotted him playing, he was taken to Metz, France, in 1999. He later moved to Monaco. In 2006 he signed up with …
EventZelda la Grange was born on this day
… a job in the office of the first Democratic Presidency. In 1999 President Mandela hand-picked her from his personal …
EventNational Party unveils its policy plan focusing on anti-poverty strategies
… rejection of a proposal to have the NGU extended beyond 1999. This meant the NP was declaring itself an official …
EventNP set to withdraw from GNU
… that the coalition government agreement be extended beyond 1999. This meant the NP was declaring itself an official …
EventAhmed Helmy, Egyptian actor, is born
… the leading role in the comedy film Aboud ala el hedoud in 1999. The role would make Helmy a household name and he was …
Artscape: Legacy Exhibition
… African Nobel Peace Laureates; Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, FW De Klerk and Albert Luthuli. He feels that these …
EventIsmael Mahomed became first black judge appointed to the Supreme Court of South Africa
… Pretoria Bar because only whites were allowed. In August 1999 he wrote judgement on Patricia de Lille’s case, where … African History Online , ‘Liberation…
EventCheryl Carolus is born
… oor 1000 jaar, Cape Town: Human & Rousseau. Joyce, P. (1999). A Concise Dictionary of South African Biography, Cape …