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EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
… Inkatha Freedom Party support bases. In August 1990, the death of a hostel resident sparked a series of …
EventAdelaide Tambo returns to South Africa after 30 years
… with her husband, returned to South Africa on 6 August 1990. She took up the position of national treasurer in the …
EventBishop Tutu receives Martin Luther King Award
Bishop Desmond Tutu received the Martin Luther King Jr Award for Non-Violence for his commitment and role during the struggle against apartheid in 1986. …
EventLocal government elections thrown in disarray
… without disrupting the elections. References: Fraser, R. (1990). Keesing's Records of World Events, Longman: London, p. …
EventThe cornerstone of Cape Town City Hall is laid
… of many a military and political gathering. On 11 February 1990, only hours after his release from prison, Nelson …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …