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EventKenya lifts ban on sports links with South Africa
… On 20 June 1991 the Kenya National Sports Council sent a letter to its … 15 year ban on sports links with South Africa. The year 1991 saw many of South…
EventNigerian author Ben Okri wins the Booker Prize for his novel The Famished Road
… His third novel, The Famished Road, was published in 1991 and announced as the winner of the Booker Prize on 22 October 1991. The book addresses the co…
EventThe ANC unveils its proposed constitutional principles
… On 12 April 1991, the African National Congress (ANC) made public its … South Africa (CODESA), which began on 21 December 1991 at the World Trade Centre,…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1970 - 1978 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… the West Street Masjid began in 1988 and was completed in 1990 at a cost of Rand two million. Durban's 'Palace of … 204 11 06 1987 208 08 OS 1988 212 11 06…
EventANC Consultative Conference comes to an end
… unless all the obstacles are removed on or before 30 April 1991, the ANC shall consider the suspension of the whole negotiation process" and announced that…
ArticleGrade 12 - The impact of the Cold War in forming the world as it was in the 1960s
The Cold War was the period of conflict and competition between the capitalist United States and the communist Soviet Union, and their respective allies. From…
Event18 political prisoners are released from Bophuthatswana
… On 17 October 1991, 18 political prisoners were released from … for the release of Johannes Simelane. On 15 October 1991, Rabusang Mannana, a political…
Student Politics in the Era of Democracy
… During the 1990-1994 period of political liberalisation and negotiations … have operated under dangerous and harsh conditions before 1990, politics was also…
ArticleEnd Conscription Campaign (ECC)
… to six years in 1988. He was released on appeal in 1990. Saul Batzofin served nine months of a 21-month … conscription, was cut from two years to one and…
EventThe Declaration of Windhoek
… a UNESCO seminar held in Windhoek, Namibia from 29 April 1991 to the 3 May 1991. This declaration is a statement of press freedom … available at: https://www…
EventThe Sebokeng Massacre of mourners leaves more than 30 dead and 40 more injured
… On the night of 12 January, 1991, more than 30 people were killed while attending an … National Congress (ANC). Nangalembe died on 5 January 1991 after he…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… stations, reducing staff (from 66,000 in 1985 to 46,000 in 1991) and closing old power stations. [57] ESKOM chose … and the status of public organisations…
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 … Russian and Malagasy. He returned to South…
Federation of South African Cultural Organisations (FOSACO)
… African Cultural Organisations (FOSACO) was initiated in 1990 at a consultative conference held in Johannesburg. The …
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
… amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). 1990 Ben Mclennan 's book, Apartheid: The Lighter Side , is … published by Chameleon Press…
ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… moved to normalise the political climate. On 7 June 1990, President FW de Klerk announced at a joint sitting of … except Natal. The Emergency was duly lifted…
A Political Reflection By John Fikile Block
… discipline. I have served with many PEC- collectives since 1991, and I can confidently say that as a leadership we are … Luthuli from 1952-1967, Oliver…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Bibliography
… (ed.), Women and Gender in South Africa . London, Zed, 1991. Bundy, Colin. Remaking the Past: New Perspectives on … T.R.H. South Africa: A Modern History …
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
… an area and community in dire need of rehabilitation. 1990's Waves of informal settlers start setting up homes in … Programme (RDP) and receives R130 million…
EventDate is set for constitutional talks
… that the first meeting would take place on 20-21 December 1991. Every party or government would be represented by … session of CODESA took take place on 20…
Dr. Nelson Mandela’s acceptance address at the Clark University Investiture Atlanta, Georgia, 10 July 1993
… Draft Bill of Rights was published by the ANC in November 1990. That bill of rights was contextualised by a further … for a Democratic South Africa,…
ArticleJohn Maxwell Coetzee timeline 1940-2003
… in Afrikaans and South African English literature 1990 Publishes Age of Iron 1992 Publishes A Land Apart 1994 …
ArticleA tribute to a great struggle stalwart Paul David by Siva Naidoo
… at the Congress for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) in 1991. He served on the Task Group which examined the future …
Chapter 5 -The Character, Role and Significance of SASO
… the post-1976 political terrain and resistance (Price, 1991; Marx, 1992), analyses of the Soweto uprising (Brooks … evolution of the struggle" (quoted in…
Historical Background of the Constitutional Court
… organised by the Constitutional Committee of the ANC in 1991. What emerged was a commitment to a Constitutional Court …
ArticleCradle of Humankind
… Ron Clarke (1966 to present) and Mr Alun Hughes (1966 to 1991) have found about 500 more hominids and about 9 000 …
Chapter 4: Public Response to Vigilantism and Political Violence in Kwazulu-Natal
… with regard to the release of Nelson Mandela in February 1990. The media (mostly press) stated that Mandela's release … 113 An editorial report by the Natal…
Liberation organisations
… to one year. During the negotiations to end apartheid from 1990, conscription was less rigorously enforced, and in 1993 … the South African National Students…
EventGen. Jannie Geldenhuys announces that CCB will be disbanded
… In February 1990, President F.W. de Klerk appointed Mr Justice Louis … to investigate into alleged hit-squads. On 11 February 1990, the SA Defence Force …
ArchiveLanguage, power and emancipation: a South African perspective
… Richard Turner Memorial Lecture delivered on 19 September 1991, University of Natal, Durban. …