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EventSAIC Executive meets in Cape Town
… South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Executive met in Cape Town and …
EventAllan Boesak is born
… Front in 1983. In 1991 he was elected chairperson of African National Congress (ANC) in Western Cape. His …
EventAbdullah Abdurahman, medical doctor and Cape community leader, dies in Cape Town
… at the age of 69. Founder and leader of the anti-apartheid African People's Organisation (APO) , he was the first … February 2009]|SAHO, Dr Abdullah…
EventUDF organises boycott of Coloured and Indian parliamentry elections
… parliament in 1984. The UDF was against the exclusion of African people from the Tricameral parliament and saw this as …
EventGang leader Andre Stander is shot dead in the United States of America
… Andre Stander, former police officer, South African fugitive and leader of the Stander Gang consisting of … Marsh, R., The Stander Gang , from Famous South…
EventUDF is launched
… The South African anti-apartheid umbrella organization, United … SAHO, United Democratic Front , from South African History Online , [online], Available at ……
EventSchool boycott in Port Elizabeth ends
… J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political …
EventBlack People Convention is formed
… Twelve years after the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress …
EventInternational Olympic Committee re-admit South Africa
… this decision elicited sharp protests from various Black African states which threatened to stay away from Mexico if … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)…
EventLesotho addresses political exiles in the country
… The Lesotho government invited all South African political refugees to make formal application to … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern…
EventMangope calls out troops as unrest flares in Bophuthatswana
… decided against registering for the election and the African National Congress (ANC) called for a blockade of the …
EventThe Rev. Allan Hendrickse steps down as a leader of the Labour Party
… years as leader of the Labour Party. He later joined the African National Congress (ANC) and was appointed as an ANC …
Event26 parties meet to discuss future negotiations
… parties - the most representative gathering of South African political groups ever assembled for negotiations - … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999…
EventNOCSA announces SA participation in Olympic games
… in June, 1992. He further announced that the South African team would not be singing the country's national …
EventSA writer, Nadine Gordimer, wins Nobel Prize for Literature
… South African writer Nadine Gordimer won the 1991 Nobel Prize for … [accessed 27 September 2013]| africanhistory, This week in African History, 03 October …
EventAbolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act is adopted
… The South African parliament under President F.W. de Klerk adopted the … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a…
EventANC Consultative Conference comes to an end
… The African National Congress (ANC) Consultative Conference, … The Codesa file . Durban: Madiba Publishers, p. 288.|South African History Online, (2013), …
EventANC and IFP to meet over violence
… The African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party … ifp,' African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party …
EventNamibia’s constitution is ratified
… South Africa from 1920 until 1990. This meant that South African laws applied to Namibia. These included the laws … 2014]|SAHO, The Battle of Cuito…
EventMalebane Metsing stages a coup in Bophuthatswana
… the failed coup Malebane fled the country and joined the African National Congress (ANC). He successfully applied to … South African History Online, Rocky…
EventMozambique and Soviet Union reject Margo Commission’s finding
… J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political …
EventA police mob attacks big SWAPO rally
… riot police disrupted a rally organised by the South West African Political Organisation (SWAPO). The meeting was held …
EventGeneral Motors fails to leave RSA quietly
… and were forcibly removed from GM premises by the South African Defence Force and riot police. Reference: Niekerk, P. …
EventState of Emergency enters 100th day
… in black townships where large contingents of South African Defence Force troops had been deployed to enforce …
EventSoweto High School under siege
… South African Defence Force soldiers, travelling in a convoy of …
EventSA TV Producer reported killed in Air crash
… Adele Lorenzo, South African TV producer, was reported killed in a plane crash in …
EventEvidence found at Barberton confirms theory of life on earth as early as about 3.4 billion years ago
… University in the United States, assisted locally by South African geologist Nicolas Beukes, found evidence of life on …
EventSecond biggest archaeological discovery of the century at Sterkfontein
… of the 20th century was documented in the South African Journal of Science on this date. Dr Ron Clark of the …
EventSA military integration is disputed
… The transition in the South African Defence Force (later SANDF) was not achieved without …
EventDesmond Tutu is appointed TRC chairperson
… about the realisation of a fully integrated South African society and it was he that coined the term 'Rainbow …