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BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… trade unions, churches and civic organisations. Mokone (1991: 25) described the coming together of the organisations … was issued - ‘The Clarion Call – A…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… ANC or sympathetic to it. With the unbanning of the ANC in 1990 many of the prominent UDF members joined the ANC. Soon … food and moral support. The…
ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
… autonomous women’s organization. Recalling this time, in 1991 Ottilie Abrahams spoke about the virulent, even violent … High) Picture credit: Raymond…
BiographyJudge Jan Hendrik Steyn
… remembered that F.W. de Klerk's speech of 2 February 1990, announcing the release of Mandela and the lifting of …
Biography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
… veto. After Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in 1990, many countries wanted to lessen (or withdraw) their … [45] However, these sanctions were later…
EventOver 400 Kikuyu suspected to be part of the Mau Mau movement are arrested in Kenya
… a border dispute broke out with Burkino Faso. By the mid-1990's ethnic conflict broke out between the Tuareg people … locals, in which the Tuareg were…
EventThe Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is approved by Parliament
… that led to its approval was not an easy one. It began in 1990 with the unbanning of political parties and the release … Africa (CODESA) I and II were held…
ArchiveBibliography by Howard Barrell
… on The Legacy of Bantu Stephen Biko, Harare, June17-22, 1990, unpublished. *Tambo, O.R., `Statement by the African … Target Selection. Period: 1 January 1976…
PAC office bearers
… Mangaliso Sobukwe 1959 - 1962 Zephania Mothopeng 1986 - 1990 Clarence Mlamli Makwetu 1990 - 1996 Rev Stanely Mogoba 1996 - 2003 Dr. Motsoko Pheko … Deputy…
ArticleChanging Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
… when he was jailed.” When Mandela emerged from prison in 1990, he emerged as a largely messianic figure for the South … reported that, from the start of the…
ArticleDespite the 1994 political victory against apartheid, its economic legacy persists by Haydn Cornish-Jenkins
… a change for apartheid (Glad & Blanton, 1997, p.567). In 1990, he shocked the world by announcing the release of … Amenities Act (Glad & Blanton, 1997, p.567…
PlaceGannahoek Farm
… 1894, the McFie family took possession of the farm until 1990. Evictions View Larger Map The labour tenants who … on another commercial farm owned by the…
EventVanessa Brereton, former human rights lawyer, admits that she was an Apartheid spy
… When the African National Congress (ANC) was unbanned in 1990, she was unanimously elected as the treasurer for the … she acted as an informant for the…
BiographyCecyl Esau
… meeting Nelson Mandela . Esau was released from prison in 1991. After his release, he took part in the Truth and … Memories of a political prisoner on…
BiographySimon Nkoli
… Nelson Mandela . First Pride March and Other Projects In 1990, together with GLOW member Beverly (Bev) Ditsie, Nkoli …
EventSA national soccer team, Bafana Bafana, win the SA’s first ever FIFA sanctioned match.
… unified South African Football Association form (December 1991), and FIFA readmitted the country just days before the … celebrated side, the Indomitable…
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 … Street – opened officially by Kobie…
BiographyMadi Gray
… of the ANC and other political organisations on 2 February 1990, Gray was called upon by newspapers to write something …
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… In 1990, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), … differences between the federation and the party. In 1991, COSATU held a congress where it…
BiographyDr. Abu Baker Asvat
… brother would not have supported the death sentence. In 1991, after reforms in the South African legal system, Mbatha … (which Winnie Mandela was convicted…
Albie Sachs: From freedom fighter to justice on South Africa’s Constitutional Court by Morris Arvoy
… him without his right arm and blind in one eye. In early 1990, Nelson Mandela and other ANC leaders were released from … fascinated to be shown footage he…
ArticleThe Ottoman Empire
… From Understanding History 1, John Child et al, Heinemann, 1991 Source D One reason for the Ottoman success was the … From Understanding History 1, John…
ArticleAfrapix
… based photographers and in total, between 1981 and 1991, 40 photographers who, collectively produced some of the … From its inception in 1982 to its…
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…
Umbrella Contemporary Dance Festival
… Waterman, Carly Dibakwane, Gerard Bester and Eric Bouvron. 1990: 40 choreographers entered. Format established of … Bank took over and who funded the…
PlaceGriqualand West
… It was retained as the Magistrate’s Court until May 1990, when the staff moved into their new premises on Knight … Street – opened officially by Kobie…
Conflict among civic organisations
… the Independent Development Trust (IDT) and CPA. In 1991 open conflict for the political control of informal …
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications
… formed in 1989 (Phahle, Frontline Worker, April-May 1990). Although not formally tied to any political … Workers Organisation of South Africa, launched in…
EventVergelegen Wine Estate Owner Samuel Kerr Dies
… whose remains were discovered and unearthed in October 1990 after excavations at the estate took place. Her remains … from a tropical region. Her reburial…
ArticleAllison Drew Collection
… Capitalism in South Africa, 1928- 1960, Los Angeles, 1991 by Allison Drew Between Empire and Revolution, A Life of …