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EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
… struggle, the first democratic election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This election changed the history of South Africa. It ……
PlaceSouth African National Art Gallery
… South African National Art Gallery. Source: www.sa-venues.com This Gallery is located in Cape Town. It was started in 1872 with the donation of Sir Thomas…
EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
… and the invasion of Czechoslovakia - culminated in the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. This … is generally held to be the starting date of…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
… did Australian government policies and legislation succeed in perpetuating racism and the dehumanization of the … Nature of the Nazi State, 1993-1937."…
EventAdelaide Tambo returns to South Africa after 30 years
… where she met Oliver Tambo. The Tambos' were married in December 1956, and in 1960, they were asked by the ANC to continue their work … served as a member in…
Chapter 6 -The making of a black Bolshevik: Gumede and the League Against Imperialism, 1927
… ‘The CPSA are the only people who are with us in spirit’, Gumede in Brussels, 1927. INTRODUCTION The focus … right through the historic nonracial elections…
PlaceSomalia
… vying for power. The arrival of European Colonists in the late 19th Century led to the division of Somalia … creating a short-lived ‘Italian African Empire’…
EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
… of the Transvaal University College (T.U.C.), situated in Johannesburg , started its classes in Kya Rosa, a house in Skinner Street, Pretoria . This ……
EventDe Klerk resigns as NP leader
… led to South Africa’s first non-racial polls on 27 April 1994. His announcement came at the time when the party … experiencing difficulty due to infighting…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… open spaces and with separate access roads” (Christopher, 1994: 38) The Black (Native) Affairs Act is Passed. The … for the SANNC. His duties include touring…
EventSouth African Parliament repeals The Separate Amenities Act of 1953
… formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. The Act enforced segregation of all public facilities, including buildings, and…
A Helots’ Bill of Rights
… 1923 A Helots’ Bill of Rights First Published: Editorial in The International, June 1, 1923. Transcribed: by Dominic … descent, must associate himself with…
De Klerk pays tribute to Mandela’s ‘unique contribution’
… to do business with one another." At their next meeting in February of 1990, the two discussed Mandela's imminent … constitution and our first democratic…
Post-Election Political Violence
… Max Coleman As South Africa went to the polls on 27 April 1994, many voters must have wondered what the future would hold. After 4 years of unremitting…
EventThe Organisation of African Unity is formed and Africa Day is declared
… the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was formed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The organisation was founded by … with South Africa becoming the 53rd member on…
EventAdoption of the Orange Free State constitution
… the Boers (Voortrekkers) who came from the Cape Colony in the Great Trek settled just north of the Orange River, … declared the area the Orange Free State, a…
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 … President after Nelson…
EventJaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan independence leader dies
… Jaramogi Oginga Odinga was born in Bondo, Nyanza Province in Kenya in 1912. Odinga was a member of the second largest … to allow for opposition parties…
Isitwalandwe / Seaparankoe the Highest Award of Honour, 1955 - 2014
… of the people, on those who distinguished themselves in the eyes of all the people for exceptional qualities of … Isithwalandwe / Seaparankoe, at the…
EventAmerican troops withdraw from Somalia
… The civil war in Somalia during 1980-1990 resulted in an enormous humanitarian crisis with more than 300 000 … they had suffered, withdrew their troops on…
PlaceShell House, Johannesburg
… The ANC’s iconic Shell House in downtown Johannesburg, where Nelson Mandela planned the … House was the ANC’s first Headquarters after its Unbanning in 1990,…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… Fall (#RhodesMustFall, #RMF) garnered much media attention in March of 2015, after Chumani Maxwele of the movement … In London hundreds of South Africans…
EventHolomisa on corruption
… Holomisa's charge of accepting payments from Sol Kerzner. In May 1996, Bantu Holomisa, former ruler of Transkei and … rand to the African National Congress …
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) , and had offices in Botswana, England, the United States, Canada, France, … Belgium and Germany. The aftermath of…
EventJacob Zuma, Former President of South Africa and of the ANC, is born.
… Zuma was born on the 12 April 1942, at Inkandla, in KwaZulu Natal. At the age of 17, he joined the African … active member of its military wing, uMkhonto…
Liberation
… apartheid, of forced removals from our homes, of poverty in rural areas, of oppression on the farms and of starvation … Charter adopted during the Community…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… began two days after the first ever democratic elections in South Africa. Nearly 20 million people participated in South Africa’s first democratic elections…
EventCyril Ramaphosa is born
… former political and trade union activist was born in Johannesburg. He was one of the chief negotiators at the … path for the first democratic elections on…
EventUniversity of Pretoria's 100th anniversary
… of the Transvaal University College (TUC), situated in Johannesburg, started its classes in Kya Rosa, a house in Skinner Street, Pretoria . This … the…
ArchiveWhy should I vote for the ANC?
… produced by the ANC Cape Town Central Branch, for the 1994 elections. …