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EventWorld War I begins
19th century Europe had a complex system of political and military alliances in place. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian…
EventJoe Slovo dies
… in the South African struggle. It was Slovo who in 1990 was credited with persuading Nelson Mandela and other …
EventuMkhoto weSizwe (MK) launches its first acts of sabotage
… installation at Klippan in Western Transvaal. On 1 August 1990, MK suspended the armed struggle after 29 years. In 1996 …
PlaceIziko South African Maritime Centre
… The Iziko South African (SA) Maritime Centre opened in 1990. It is based at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront (V&A …
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… destabilisation alongside talks during the year from July 1990 to June 1991. It took the ANC up until April 1991 to … A special report on two years of…
Umbrella Contemporary Dance Festival
… Waterman, Carly Dibakwane, Gerard Bester and Eric Bouvron. 1990: 40 choreographers entered. Format established of … in Cologne performed, and gave a…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… are sent to Dakawa, an MK camp, to calm the soldiers. 1990 Unbanning of the ANC and the SACP in South Africa 14 … Johannesburg after returning to South…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… African police in Cape Town while protesting election. 1990 22 July, 19 people are killed, allegedly by Inkatha …
PlaceWelkom
… of flats, about 75 minutes after the event. On 20 March 1990, Welkom was struck by a multi-vortex tornado which went … front and had a width of up to 1.7 km…
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
Present day Namibia was once a part of the imperial German empire. As was common during the scramble for Africa in the latter half of the nineteenth century,…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… and redeploying them back in the country. On 1 August 1990, MK suspended the armed struggle as negotiations for a …
ArticleSouth African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
… around them. Merger and Transition to SASCO In December 1990 both NUSASand SANSCO held their respective annual …
Conflict among civic organisations
Civic organisations in the Western Cape, particularly in Cape Town did not share the same ideological stance, interests and outcomes. One of the major…
ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
… High) Picture credit: Raymond van Diemel In 1990 Ottilie Abrahams was a significant player in the … Kinnahan), A History of Namibia. From the Beginning…
Artist. Activist. Historian. This man is preserving the past to protect the future (beautifulnews.co.za)
Art is an act of resistance. It asserts our agency. Omar Badsha has identified not only as an artist, but an activist for most of his life. Born in 1945, he…
PlaceWalter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Krugersdorp/Roodepoort
This Botanical Garden was founded in 1982, but has been a popular venue for outings since the 1800's. The Garden has been voted the best place to get back to…
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Indian Political Resistance in Durban, South Africa 1979 - 1996 - by Kumi Naidoo
… CHAPTER EIGHT: Indian Resistance Politics In Transition, 1990-1996 CONCLUSION Download Class, Consciousness and …
PlaceMelrose House, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… although extensive restoration work took place between 1990 and 1992 to reinstate the building to its former glory. …
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Bibliography
… in South Africa . New York, New Monthly Review Press, 1990. Omer-Cooper, John. History Of South Africa . London, …
PlaceRegina Mundi, Catholic Church, Soweto
Regina Mundi Catholic Church is located in the Township of Soweto, in the Suburb of Moroka. The Church forms part of the rich History of Soweto and is the…
The Colors of Resistance in Apartheid South Africa: Black Consciousness Poetry and the Racial Elusiveness of Wopko Jensma
… of the “rainbow nation” invoked in South Africa after 1990. …
ArchiveIntroduction by Howard Barrell
… no less so if they make peace. This was so on February 2 1990 when President F W de Klerk acknowledged that his … a concerted campaign to crush opposition…
PlaceNewlands Cricket Stadium
Newlands hosted its first test match in March 1889, only five years after test cricket was first played at Lords. Not even a Country at the time, South Africa…
PlaceGabon
On 17 August 1960, Gabon, a country in west central Africa, astride the Equator. The Country gained independence from France. It shares common borders with…
EventTatamkhulu Afrika South African poet, writer and struggle activist dies
… eight volumes of poetry and four prose works since 1990. He won prizes for poetry which included among others …
Don’t be misled by the PROPAGANDA OF THE KAJEE-PATHER GROUP
… group will aim to complete its work before 21st May 1990. It is understood that the South African government, in …
Countdown to the elections July 1993 – April 1994
… in one month far outstrips any other month since August 1990 when 709 deaths were recorded and it seemed the country … in other words, a re-run of the events…
PlaceLanseria International Airport, Roodepoort
… so that it could “focus on major passenger flights.” In 1990, Lanseria's co-owners, the Roodepoort and Krugersdorp … President, Nelson Mandela, was released…
PlaceSunset Beach, Cape Town
… Suburb of Sunset Beach being developed in the early/mid 1990’s (an estimation) it was appropriately renamed to Sunset …
EventQueen of Gospel Rebecca Malope is born
… doing well in pop music, she switched to gospel music. In 1990 she won the OKTV award as the Best Female artist. …