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EventMbhazima Shilowa, former premier of Gauteng, is born
… as a guard for a security company provided good cover. In 1990 Shilowa was elected the Vice Chairperson of the United …
A chronology of meetings between South Africans and the ANC in exile 1983-2000 by Michael Savage
… Preface In the decade preceding the dramatic February 1990 unbanning of South Africa’s black liberatory movements, … meetings involving the ANC alliance,…
The Legal Veneer
… this Act, its history, application and status as at July 1990 appears in the HRC document, entitled Internal Security Act , published in July 1990. There…
PlaceUniversity of Cape Town
… nickname "Moscow on the Hill" during the period 1960 to 1990 for its sustained Opposition to Apartheid, particularly …
James Stewart - the ANC fighter who spoke truth to power by Martin Plaut, 1 February 2016
… at the Kabwe conference and remained a member until 1990. In 1986 he participated alongside Tambo, Thabo Mbeki … A documentary History of South African…
ArchiveThe Final Prize - Contents and Preface
… and 60s), extending into each decade of the century until 1990. The unintended consequence of the miners’ strike was …
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
SOUTH AFRICA NEEDS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY ON 16 NOVEMBER TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITS INDENTURED LABOUR HERITAGEBy Brij Maharajhttps://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista…
EventWestern countries, including South Africa, implement an airlift to supply provisions to the inhabitants of the eastern section of Berlin
On 28 June 1948, Soviet forces had cut off all land access to the British, American and French zones of Berlin, a city which was located deep within Soviet…
EventHugh Masekela, South African musician, is born
On 4 April 1939 Hugh Ramopolo Masekela, South African musician, was born in Witbank, South Africa. Masekela grew up playing the piano and at a young age was…
EventSWAPO attacks SAP
… warfare, Namibia eventually attained independence in March 1990 under a SWAPO government with Sam Nujoma as president. …
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
… Assembly, which would drew up a constitution. On 21 March 1990 the country gained independence from South Africa as the … pp. 533-540.|South African…
EventANC stalwart and Rivonia Trialist, Govan Mbeki, is released from Robben Island Prison
… of Port Elizabeth until November 1989. In February 1990, when the ANC and other liberation movements were …
EventPolice head admits to Khotso House bombing
… South African Police Services(SAPS) National Commissioner (1990-1995), admitted that he gave the order in 1988 for the …
EventA few days after deciding to establish a Dutch newspaper in South Africa, the name De Burger is chosen
… Piet Cilliers clashed with Prime Minister HF Verwoerd. In 1990, the National Party was officially informed by then …
Event19 die at Shell House massacre
… HOUSE MASSACRE , from South African Government Online, 08 April [online], Available at www.gov.za [Accessed: 19 …
EventAmerican troops withdraw from Somalia
… The civil war in Somalia during 1980-1990 resulted in an enormous humanitarian crisis with more …
EventJ.J. Hadebe replies to Thabo Mbeki’s plea
This Day in History, African National Congress (ANC) executive member in charge of youth affairs, J.J. Hadebe replied to Thabo Mbeki’s request to complete his…
EventEugene Terre Blanche, controversial leader of the AWB ( Afrikaner Resistance Movement), is born in Ventersdorp.
… public. Terre'Blanche viewed the end of Apartheid in 1990 as the beginning of communism and threatened then …
PlaceShell House, Johannesburg
… was the ANC’s first Headquarters after its Unbanning in 1990, and was the site of a 1994 Massacre that threatened to …
PlaceHammarsdale, KZN
… them the bitter political feuding of the 1980's and early 1990's, that claimed the lives of so many of their loved ones … between the two parties ensued…
PlaceYMCA-Cape Town and later Athlone, as well
… Street. Then finally relocating to Observatory, in 1990. The move to Observatory was the result of a merger …
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
… Political prisoners like the release of Nelson Mandela in 1990, and the African National Congress ’ lift on the armed … Political prisoners like the release…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… in South Africa , (Calgary: Detselig Enterprisers Ltd., 1990), 135-137. ↵ [5] See Jonathan Paton (1973), A.J.Coetzee … Alex Hepple (1960), Gerald Sperling…
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
… exiled from South Africa. She was not able to return until 1990 as the apartheid system started to collapse. She is … of this community (Makeba, ‘Sophiatown…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… leaders in 1989 or with the organisation’s unbanning in 1990. In 1991, Nontsikelelo Albertina was elected to serve on … veteran Rose Mbele in January.When…
ArchiveSechaba as mondstuk in die ANC se stryd teen blanke oorheersig, 1967-1989
… Congress (ANC) en ander organisasies op 2 Februarie 1990 het bekende implikasies op politieke terrein vir …
EventPeter Scott, South African alpine skier is born
… Peter Scott was born on 27 November 1990 in Cape Town . [i] Peter is a South African alpine …
PlaceOrkney, North West Province
… South African Afrikaans Sitcom during the 1980’s and 1990’s, Orkney Snork Nie, which roughly to translates to …
EventJacob Zuma, Former President of South Africa and of the ANC, is born.
… of the ANC in exile. Following the unbanning of the ANC in 1990, he was among the first ANC leaders to return from …
EventThe apartheid government agrees to eliminate racial segregation in theatres but not in cinemas
… a few months before the unbanning of political parties in 1990 and the beginning of conciliatory negotiations. …