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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 …
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 …
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 , …
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…
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…
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,…
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 …