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BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… Missouri. Following the unbanning of the ANC in February 1990, at its first legal conference in Durban, South Africa, …
BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… with his family and church colleagues, he accepted, and on 11 July 1976 he underwent his consecration. During his visit … 11 …
BiographyMattheus Uys Krige
… at university, his interest in literature only increased. [11] During this time, he was strongly influenced by J. M. L. … Krige, vyf studies oor die skrywer…
ArticleThe 52nd ANC National Conference - Polokwane 2007
The 52nd African National Congress (ANC) National Conference took place from 16 – 20 December 2007 at the University of Limpopo in Polokwane. This conference…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… Rivonia and the repression of opposition forces On July 11 1963 the police raided Arthur Goldreich’s farm in Rivonia … guilty of sabotage and sentenced to…
EventSan involvement in the Battle of Chrissiesmeer
… on the San's knowledge of the terrain and attacked at 02:50 in pitch darkness. The burgers achieved initial …
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… 28 May, A swarm of locust descended upon Johannesburg. 11 June, The first telephone line linking Johannesburg to … months later on 12 June 1986, this time to…
BiographyDorothy Adams
… 1963, Adams refused to testify in court against her 11 co-prisoners who were also members of the TLSA. … C, (2011), Dorothy Williams obituary, from the…
EventMartin Luther King is arrested for his role in a bus boycott
Reverend Martin Luther King leads a public bus boycott by Black people in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, for which he is arrested and spends six months in prison. …
EventEleven African demonstrators are shot dead by Rhodesian police in Salisbury
… ‘The Text Content on Page 1 of Star News, June 2, 1975’, 02 June, [online], available …
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
… South Africa is eliminated after losing to Australia, 11-9, in the quarter-finals. New Zealand defeats France 8-7 …
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
… became heavily restricted as German control grew and on 11 January 1904 the leader of the Herero, Samuel Maharero … was determined to suppress the revolt…
BiographyKgalema Petrus Motlanthe
… a funeral parlour and a general dealership. When he was 11, his parents were forced to move from Alexander to … under the Terrorism Act for MK activities…
EventViolence erupts in Paarl
Violence erupted when Poqo members from Mbekweni, Paarl, met and resolved to attack the White town of Paarl. Over 200 men armed with axes, pangas, sticks,…
EventThe consortium Midi Television is awarded the first privately owned free
… Burger, D. (ed)(2002). South African Yearbook 2001/02, Pretoria: GCIS, p. 125. 'Communications'. In the …
BiographyTimothy Peter Jenkin
… bombs, the text of which is reproduced in Jenkin's memoir.[11] After the success of their first mission, Jenkin worked …
BiographyChristiaan Rudolf De Wet
… where he commanded a great following. In total, more than 11,400 poorly equipped men rebelled. They were doomed to …
BiographyReverend Allan Aubrey Boesak
… granted in the thirty-year liberation struggle. In 1990, he resigned from his ecumenical offices after … 11 …
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 …
EventThe SA Constitutional Court abolishes the death penalty
… the use of the death penalty was suspended in February 1990, South Africa had one of the highest rates of judicial … [online] Available at www.sahistory.org…
EventLindiwe Sisulu is detained
… banned African National Congress (ANC) funds. She spent 11 months in detention. Thereafter she joined Umkhonto we … military training, specialising in…
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…
ArticleThe Empire of Mali (1230-1600)
… of Social Sciences MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy Vol 4 No 11 October 2013. Page 697. ↵ [xvi] Ibid. Page 698. ↵ [xvii] … School of Oriental and African Studies…
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi
… colonial rule. Angola became an independent nation on 11 November 1975. Following independence in 1975, the … 2023. Available at https://africasacountry.com…
BiographyWendy Heather Woods
… youngest son Lindsay contracted meningitis and died at 11 months old. The family moved to East London , Eastern … . (Accessed on 11 August 2020) Express. …
BiographySimon Nkoli
… Nelson Mandela . First Pride March and Other Projects In 1990, together with GLOW member Beverly (Bev) Ditsie, Nkoli … 11 … 2016. Available: https:/…
EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
… Israeli diplomacy, dies at 87' from The Facts of Israel , 02 November 2002 [online] Available at www.factsofisrael.com …
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… On his opening speech to parliament on 2 February 1990 De Klerk announced the unbanning of political … another announcement at a press conference on 10…
EventEleven people are killed at Donnybrook, Kwazulu
… a greater action to destabilise the region. Gunmen killed 11 people including a women and a baby in an overnight attack …
EventThe SA government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill
… National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela. On 2 February 1990, de Klerk lifted the ban on the ANC, the South African … Party (SACP) and the Pan Africanist…