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EventGideon Nieuwoudt dies
… fracturing his skull. Nieuwoudt was denied amnesty in 1999 for his role in the death of Steve Biko, the leader of …
EventScientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later
… spotted along the cost of South Africa between 1925 and 1999. None of them, however, proved to be that of the …
PlaceHout Bay East and West Forts
… since the advent of the National Heritage Resources Act of 1999 at which time the site became automatically graded as …
PlaceRoyal baFokeng Stadium
… the North West Province. This stadium was first built in 1999, but underwent renovations in preparation for the 2010 …
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… of his novels have been translated into other languages In 1999 he was one of only two living South African writers to …
EventThe trial of Dr Allan Boesak on charges of theft and fraud starts
… with and found guilty on two counts of fraud in March of 1999. He was jailed in 2000 but was released in 2001, having …
EventLinguist and educationist Sedumedi Moloto is born
… hero Ellen Khuzwayo. Source: Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) (1999). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.2 , …
EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
… an air embargo imposed on Libya by the United Nations. In 1999, Mandela successfully mediated in a long standing …
EventProVerb, the South Africa hip hop artist, television and radio presenter is born
… and a rap artist. ProVerb started his hip hop career in 1999, and has released four studio albums, namely his debut …
PlaceCote D’Ivoire or Ivory Coast
… from France. Before the first military coup of 1999, Ivory Coast was a model of stability and good economic …
PlaceNZASM Station, George Norton Street, Krugersdorp
… devolved to a Gauteng Provincial Heritage Resource in 1999. [SAHRIS] Construction also began in 1895 on two other …
EventMapungubwe is ‘discovered’
… in 1992 and control was transferred to SANParks in 1999. Mapungubwe was declared a World Heritage Site by the …
EventPenny Heyns, South African swimming star, is born.
… but her highlight was when she set four world records in 1999. As an international swimmer, Penny Heyns established …
EventThe UN orders Libya to hand over two suspects linked to the Lockerbie bombing
… territory though still under Scottish law. By April 1999, the suspects were taken into Dutch custody and the …
EventFormer Minister of Defence and others are charged with murder
… Events: Longman: London, p. 40809. Kalley, J. A. et al (1999). Southern African Political History: A Chronology of …
EventThe National Party (Transvaal) is founded
… New National Party, which acted as the opposition in the 1999 elections. In 2000, the NP and the Democratic Party …
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Bibliography
… Cape Characters . Cape Town, David Phillip, 1999. Shell, Robert. Children of Bondage: A Social History of …
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the interfaith commissioning service for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Cape Town, 13 February 1996
… The Right Honourable Rev. Desmond Tutu, Chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; …
Place!Khwa Nature Reserve, Yzerfontein
… This San culture and education centre, was founded in 1999 and is located 70km from Cape Town . It's a non-profit … Irene Staehelin for this. She agreed to…
Some of Gandhi’s Early Views on Africans Were Racist. But That Was Before He Became Mahatma by E.S Reddy (The Wire), 18 October 2016
… wrote in an article in Time magazine on December 31, 1999: “His awakening came on the hilly terrain of the … a South African citizen.” (Article in Time,…
Article2016 in Review
… once Thuli Madonsela’s term ends. - 7th: Desmond Tutu celebrates his 85th Birthday. He states that he believes …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… of South Africans, including Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, who made the following public statement in 2014: "I …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), King George Hotel, Athens, 24 February 2005.
… (P232, Published by Earthscan Publications Ltd, 1999) Michael Edwards wrote this book in 1999, obviously reflecting mainly on the developments of the … been…
EventThe SA Constitutional Court abolishes the death penalty
… 2011]| Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of …
EventJoaquim Chissano succeeds Samora Machel as president of Mozambique
… first multi-party elections. He was re-elected in 1999, but stepped down in 2005. Under his leadership, the …
EventThe South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS) is established
… W. Botha, New York & London: M. E. Sharpe Inc. Barron, C. (1999). 'The Judge was a pawn in PW's cover-up bid", Sunday …
EventNumber of banned persons in South Africa totals 936
… July 2009] Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999) Southern African Political History: a chronology of key …
EventRoman Catholic Bishop Augustin Misago, cleared of genocide charges
… of Law in Rwanda. Bishop Misago was arrested on 14 April 1999 and charged with helping orchestrate the 1994 Rwandan …
EventFormer Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere dies
… On 14 October 1999, the first president and father of Tanzanian … Anon (1999), Julius Nyerere , from the UK Guardian, 15 October 1999 [online] Available at:…
EventAllan Boesak’s plea for the acquittal on fraud charges is rejected and the case is postponed to the following year
… on four counts of fraud and was sentenced to prison in 1999. In 2005, he received a presidential pardon and his …