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BiographyYetta Barenblatt
Yetta Barenblatt was born on 24 September 1913, in Dublin, Ireland, to Basna and Solomon Malamed. In 1925, a friend encouraged her to come to South Africa…
BiographyHelen Joseph
Helen Beatrice May Fennell was born in Easebourne, United Kingdom, in 1905. She grew up in London, with her parents and brother, Frank. She graduated with a…
BiographyJimi Matthews
Jimi Matthews was born in 1955 in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape) and raised here. After school he enrolled at a university that was…
ArchiveEducation Technical & Vocational 1990 - 1992,1998 - 1999
ArchivePublic Sector Government Local Authority - Transvaal 1990 B
ArchivePublic Sector Government Local Authority - Transvaal 1990 A
ArchivePublic Sector Government Local Authority - Transvaal 1990 A
ArchivePublic Sector Government Coloured Affairs 1990 - 1992
BiographyEmsley Manne Dipico
Emsley Manne Dipico, activist, politician and former Premier of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature, was born in Greenpoint, Kimberley. Emsley Manne…
David Goldblatt, TJ, 1948-2010 - review by Claire Guillot, 25 January 2011
… make no difference. Since the end of apartheid in the 1990s no one has been spared by the violence. "You could say …
EventAndrew Charles Hudson, South African cricketer is born
… Day International cricket matches for South Africa in the 1990s. Hudson was a right-handed batsman and was most noted …
EventHumphrey Ndlovu, veteran IFP leader dies
… 1991 to 2000. Ndlovu was very active in Soweto during the 1990s. He was a strong proponent of tribalism and believed …
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… to interior cities as migrant mine labourers. By the late 1990s, Xhosa labourers made up a large percentage of the …
BiographyNyiko Floyd Shivambu
Nyiko Floyd Shivambu was born on 1 January 1983 in Malamulele, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). He studied at Mphambo High School in Malamulele. In 2001, he…
BiographyRamnie Dinat
Ramnie Naidoo, the daughter of Ama and Narainsamy Thambi Naidoo, worked in the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC) since her childhood. At the age of nine,…
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… risks’. Towards Reconciliation Towards the end of the 1990s, at the request of cabinet, Bishop Desmond Tutu led the …
BiographyKeorapetse William Kgositsile
Keorapetse William Kgositsile (popularly known as Bra Willie) was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He attended Matibane High School. Influenced…
BiographyRaphael Magwaza
He was born at Eshowe, KZN. He trained at Rorke’s Drift as a sculptor in 1972. He was a member of the Thupelo Art Workshop in 1990. At present he works mainly…
EventA British Sports Council team begins a three-week fact-finding tour of South Africa to probe racial discrimination in sport
… was readmitted to the international stage in the early 1990s. …
Speech of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the public rally in Maputo, Mozambique Maputo, 16 July 1990
Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the Prime Minister’s dinner Hotel de Matigon, Paris, 7 June 1990
The ANC announces that it is postponing its national conference, set for 15 December 1990, until June 1991, due to the slow pac
ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
… presidential guard and the police service units. In the 1990s, the government faced protest from veterans demanding …
BiographyVuyani “The Beast” Bungu
Vuyani Bungu was born on 26 February 1967 in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He attended the local primary and high school before dropping out at grade…
BiographyEric Molobi
Eric Molobi was born on June 5, 1947. Molobi was imprisoned on Robben Island during the apartheid era. While in prison he obtained a bachelor's degree from the…
ArticleThe co-optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s original ‘State Capture’, Sampie Terreblanche
… of papers and public lectures, with a focus since the 1990s on inequality and its underlying wealth problem. Among …
The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut
… and he later became a member of the AHI’s council. In the 1990s, according to Giliomee, the AHI continued to act as the …
BiographyGoolam H. Gool
Goolam H. Gool was born on 24 March 1905, in Cape Town, Western Cape. He was the son of Yusuf Gool, born in India, in 1864. He made his way to Cape Town in…
BiographyJayaseelen Naidoo
Jayaseelen “Jay” Naidoo was born on 20 December 1954 in Durban. He was the eighth child of Bakkium and Valatham Nadioo, a court interpreter. Naidoo…
BiographyEschel Mostert Rhoodie
Dr. Eschel Rhoodie was born in 1933 and was one of the key players in the 1978-79 ‘Information Scandal’. He served as the Secretary of the Department of…