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EventNelson Mandela meets President P.W. Botha to begin negotiating the end of apartheid
… Island to Pollsmoor in 1982, then to Victor Verster in 1988-1990. The unfavourable economic situation of South …
EventThe Trojan Horse Massacre
… injuring several others. An inquest was launched in March 1988 to investigate the actions of the police. The magistrate …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott - Timeline
… Mobilization on Sanctions against South Africa 12 May 1991 — The Second International Symposium on Cultural …
ArticleTimeline on the defacing of statues
… African Republic is defaced as red paint is thrown on it. 12 April, The bust of Fernando Pessoa, a poet who lived in …
ArticleIndia, Mughal Empire, 16-19th Century
… horsemen and archers. Baburs' army consisted of about 12 000 men, including skilled horsemen and expert musketmen …
EventInternational Nurses Day.
… nurses day is celebrated around the world every year on 12 May, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, who … place between October 1853 and…
PlaceLighthouse, Beach Road, Green Point
… of its kind in South Africa, and was officially opened on 12 April 1824. The original building consisted of a tower … declared a National Monument under old…
ArticleCustomary Marriages in South Africa: Understanding The Recognition of Customary Marriages Act of 1998
… Evolution of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act (1988) Before the new 1996 Constitutional dispensation, … customary marriages. The purpose of the…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
… they will not work when they have no want." (Bundy, C. (1988). The Rise and Fall of South African Peasantry (2nd Ed), … appliances, more than the Europeans."…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… AZAPO activists were restricted for instance in February 1988. Subsequent to this, the time the Azanian Coordination Committee was formed in February 1988…
PlaceRed Location Museum
… to the surrounding Informal Settlements and is made of 12 corrugated iron boxes. It was opened on the 10th of November 2006 The Museum comprises a series of…
EventZimbabwe is suspended from the commonwealth
… would be barred from Commonwealth meetings for a period of 12 months, with the opportunity for review at the end of 12 months when a decision would be taken…
EventCastro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
… military support for the MPLA continued into the 1980s. In 1988 South Africa, Cuba and Angola agreed to withdraw foreign …
EventMass Democratic Movement (MDM) begins their Defiance Campaign
… This was extended to a full state of emergency by 1988. The UFD then started to form closer links with the …
EventTrojan Horse Massacre Memorial unveiled
… others were injured. An inquest was launched in March 1988 to investigate the actions of the police. The magistrate …
PlaceRocher Pan Nature Reserve
… of the Atlantic Ocean was declared a marine reserve in 1988. Rocherpan had a fortuitous start, when farmer Pierre … of the Atlantic Ocean was declared a…
PlaceMajuba Power Station, Volksrust-Mpumalanga
… 1982, allowed for Unit 1 to start production in September 1988, with subsequent units at one year intervals (Unit 6 in …
NDCA Statement, 3 April 2012
… handed out to them by the NDC of the ANC will be held on 12 April 2012 at 9am on the 6th Floor of Luthuli House. The …
ArticleCode Name Rae book launch soon
… Pillay returned to South Africa in 1990, having spent 12 years in exile. Rajes passed away on 29 December 2020 in …
PlaceCradock Division
… the district of Graaff-Reinet on 21 January 1814, and on 12 March 1825 it was transferred to the new district of … the division: 1841 census: 6,300 residents…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
In 2012 the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry (Platinum Sector) received the world’s attention,…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
In 2012 the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry (Platinum Sector) received the world’s attention,…
ArticleMarikana Commission of Inquiry
In 2012, the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry (Platinum Sector) received the world’s attention,…
EventPope John Paul II celebrates a papal mass in South Africa
… apartheid government when he refused to kiss the ground in 1988 when the papal plane he was travelling in was forced to …
EventBarend Strydom kills 8 People in Pretoria
… On 15 November 1988, 21 year-old Barend Strydom went on a killing spree with …
EventAngola becomes independent of Portuguese colonial rule
… to the ANC. Another camp Quatro was demolished in 1988. …
EventMilitary service becomes compulsory for White South African men.
… curtailed by the South African Apartheid government from 1988 - 89, but restrictions were lifted in 1990 as part of …
EventThree Zimbabwean intelligence officers stand trial for a bomb attack on an ANC house
… ANC office in Harare was hit by a rocket and in January 1988 a car bomb injured three ANC members in Bulawayo. On 21 …
EventZubeida Jaffer is detained, while pregnant, by the security police under Apartheid regulations
… withdrawn and she was not allowed travel to until 1990. In 1988 she was charged and convicted for obstructing a police …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… against AIDS at the 13th International AIDS Conference. 12-15 July, President Thabo Mbeki gives the keynote address … " 46664 : Give one minute of your life…