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Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress
… back on a meeting held in Lusaka, Zambia, in February 1990 regarding F W de Klerk's speech of 2nd February 1990. Welcomes the suspension of the death penalty…
EventNelson and Winnie Mandela travel to Canada.
… On 17 June 1990, Nelson Mandela visited Ottawa, Canada escorted by his … Africa, Europe and North America that began on the 6 June 1990. As he stepped onto…
EventNelson Mandela was issued with his first passport after being released from prison
… with his first South African passport on 19 February 1990, 8 days after he was released from prison. It was this … the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College in…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… 13 December, First meeting between Mandela and De Klerk 1990 Namibia gains independence January, Harms Commission appointed to look into state-sponsored…
ArticlePeople involved in Rivonia Trial 1963-1964
… the banning orders against me were lifted in February 1990, the day after Mandela’s release. By then it seemed to …
ArticleA history of Kwaito music
This genre of music started emerging in the 1990s. It is a mixture of a number of different rhythms from marabi of the 1920s, kwela of the 1950s, mbaqanga…
Journals
… it tended to be associated with Nationalist ideologies. By 1990, the editorial committee had persuaded the Bureau that …
EventDr Ali Bacher, director of the SACU, announces the shortening of the ‘rebel cricket tour ‘as a gesture of support for the country’s dramatic political changes
… Nations. They took place between the period of 1982 and 1990, a time when South Africa was banned from International Cricket. In 1990, when South Africa went…
EventHundreds of political prisoners began a hunger strike at Robben Island
… The release of Nelson Mandela on 11 February 1990 was a catalyst that sped up the change in the political dispensation in South Africa. On 4 March 1990 343…
EventNamibia’s constitution is ratified
… The acceptance of the Namibian constitution on 9 February 1990 established the Republic of Namibia. The independence … Namibia was a protectorate of South…
ArchivePostscript Ante by Howard Barrell
… In July 1990, five months after the South African government had … been joined inside the country by Ronnie Kasrils in early 1990, a few weeks before the ANC…
EventClarence Makwetu announces the PAC’s suspension of its armed struggle
The Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) president Clarence Makwetu announced the PAC's suspension of its armed struggle, thus opening the way for election…
EventTrevor Manuel, Minister in The Presidency: National Planning Commission, is born
… UDF and was banned from attending meetings until 31 August 1990. Following the unbanning of the ANC in 1990, Manuel was appointed as its deputy co-ordinator…
Grade 12 - Topic 4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… South African Communist Party within the ANC Alliance. By 1990 classic socialism had been thoroughly discredited … of state for Africa, stated that 'If we…
ArticleConstitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
… pass laws in Sharpeville , Vereeniging. On 2 February 1990 the National Party (NP) government unbanned political …
Work and education
Primary and Secondary Education Rhulani crèche and classroom. Northern Province. © Omar Badsha The biggest challenge the first post-apartheid government was…
EventPresentation of South African National budget of 1991
… Domestic Products (GDP), which had fallen by 1 per cent in 1990, with a further fall expected in 1991. Du Plesis further … responsible for combating an…
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
… Africa, following the release of Mandela on 11 February 1990. One of the reasons advanced for this violence is that … The release of Nelson Mandela on 11 of…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… violence" in the Kwa-Zulu Natal in the 1980's and early 1990's. While the focus on certain ethnic groups such as the … with photographs similar to those…
Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
… a Pulitzer Prize for his work in South Africa in the early 1990’s, wrote, "In South Africa the violence of the … the apartheid government’s brutal repression…
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… Her career skyrocketed in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Things seemed to all go downhill in the mid 1990’s when rumours of drug abuse began to surface…
ArchiveBibliography by Howard Barrell
… on The Legacy of Bantu Stephen Biko, Harare, June17-22, 1990, unpublished. *Tambo, O.R., `Statement by the African … Target Selection. Period: 1 January 1976…
Albie Sachs: From freedom fighter to justice on South Africa’s Constitutional Court by Morris Arvoy
… him without his right arm and blind in one eye. In early 1990, Nelson Mandela and other ANC leaders were released from … fascinated to be shown footage he…
In Conclusion: The Decline and Fall of the Tricameral Parliament
… be in place for the duration of White rule until June 1990. Out of step with the sentiments of the majority, …
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… This leads to speculation that he will soon be released 1990 The ANC is unbanned Mandela was released after spending …
The Ideology of the Black Consciousness Movement
The emergence of the Black Consciousness movement that swept across the country in the 1970s can best be explained in the context of the events from 1960…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Opening Address by President Jacob Zuma, Midrand, 26 June 2012
… of 1955. The South African Constitution was adopted on 08 May 1996 by an overwhelming 87 percent of the members of …
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… of La Guma's work was available in South Africa until 1990, when the liberation movements were unbanned. Mongane … prison poetry was published in English in…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… homelands abolished. The unbanning of the ANC in February 1990 opened up a new era in the country and in the region. … A senior delegation of the ANC held…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… ANC or sympathetic to it. With the unbanning of the ANC in 1990 many of the prominent UDF members joined the ANC. Soon … food and moral support. The…