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The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… against apartheid through underground organisations. In 1990 the government unbanned the league. Since then, the … sought to accomplish. After the unbanning…
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…
EventBonnie Ntshalintshali, SA artist, is born
… Award in 1988 and the Standard Bank Young Artist Award in 1990.Her work is represented in collections locally and …
EventSouth West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… the country's leading party following independence in 1990. SWAPO, led by one of its co-founders Sam Nujoma, began …
EventTrade Unionists convicted of kidnapping and assault
… Trade Unions (COSATU) offices for five hours on 28 August 1990. A fine of R2 000 each or one year in prison with a year …
EventANC government tension continues
… Records of World Events, News Digest for September 1990, p 37698. …
EventGoldstone report on police shootings in Sebokeng is released
… protesters in the township of Sebokeng on 26 March, 1990, was made public. On 26 March police had opened fire on … Nelson mandela center of memory," 1…
EventANC denies responsibilities for the unrest in homelands
… On this day in 1990, the African National Congress (ANC) veteran leader, … Keesing's Records of World Events , New Digest for March 1990, p 37306 | O'Malley…
EventLindiwe Sisulu is detained
… military training, specialising in intelligence. In 1990 she returned to South Africa just after the unbanning of …
EventPieter Willem Botha resigns as state President of SA
… President pending the results of the general elections. In 1990 Botha resigned from the National Party (NP) in protest …
EventA British Sports Council team begins a three-week fact-finding tour of South Africa to probe racial discrimination in sport
In May 1962 Dennis Brutus, Secretary of the South African Sports Association, wrote to Otto Mayer, the then Chancellor of the International Olympic Committee …
EventNelson Mandela announces his separation from his wife, Winnie Mandela.
… on Robben Island. The couple were re-united in 1990 after Mandela's release, however, they eventually …
EventTalks between the government and ANC on negotiations proceed
… National Congress (ANC) were held on 2, 3 and 4 May 1990. These talks took place at the most delicate stage of …
PlaceRepublic of Griqualand West or the Digger's Republic
… but was retained as the Magistrate’s Court until May 1990 when the staff moved into their new premises on Knight … building itself, a National Monument …
EventBruce Fordyce is born
… eight years in succession (1981-1988) and again in 1990. No other runner has achieved this record in the history …
EventFormer premier of Mpumalanga, Afrikaans poet and lawyer, Mathews Phosa is born
… in South Africa. He returned from exile to South Africa in 1990 as part of the ANC contingent that was to being the …
EventNic Cruse, who worked for PC Plus, which was started by people within the Mass Democratic Movement is assassinated.
… On 2 October 1990 Nic Cruse, an employee at PC Plus, opened a parcel …
EventMxenge murder accused Dirk Coetzee found guilty
… was assassinated in 1985 outside her home in Umlazi. In 1990, Dirk Coetzee and his Security Police 'hit squad' was …
EventOmar Bongo, former president of Gabon is born
… of the longest serving non-monarch rulers in the world. In 1990, under intense pressure from its citizens, Gabon …
EventUranium enrichment programme gets a boost from B.J. Vorster
… under the auspices of the Atomic Energy Board (AEB). In 1990 South African President, F. W. de Klerk terminated the …
EventNatasha Kate Sutherland, actress in the SA soap opera Egoli, is born.
… Natasha Sutherland began her career in the early 1990’s as presenter of children’s show Kideo. She then joined …
EventMuntu Myeza, SA anti-apartheid activist, is born.
… leaders, including Myeza. Myeza died in car accident in 1990. In 2012 AZAPO declared the month of July “Muntu Myeza …
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… de Klerk delivered his historic speech on the 2 February 1990. More than thirty antiapartheid organisations were … events. The Groote Schuur Minute which was…
EventBilateral talks to continue
… settlement regarding the state of affairs. On 27 November, 1990, a joint ANC-government statement was issued after a …
EventProposal for a new constitution
… of Constitutional Development, Gerrit Viljoen on 27 August 1990 said that negotiations for a new South African …
EventSkipper Bertie Reed passes away
… a submerged iceberg in the Southern Ocean during the 1990/91 BOC Challenge. For this heroic deed and example of …
EventHelen Zille, former leader of the Democratic Alliance, is born in Johannesburg
Helen Zille studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) where she obtained a BA Degree. She went on to become a…
EventSA government threatens to pull out of the UN peace plan for Namibia
… bringing 31 years of German rule to an end. On 21 March 1990, Namibia was granted its independence by South Africa. …
EventThe prolonged hearing of the dispute over the constitutional position of South West Africa is resumed
… evidence was led on behalf of South Africa. On 21 March 1990, Namibia officially gained its independence from South …
ArticleANC January 8th Statements
… for the Transfer of Power to the People January 8th, 1990 - The Year of people's action for a democratic South …