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EventNigerian Political Scientist Professor Claude Ake is born
… taught in universities in Canada, Kenya and Tanzania. In 1991, he founded the Centre for Advanced Social Science, a …
PlaceMacassar Beach Pavillion
… confirms. The Macassar Beach Pavilion was built around 1991, and along with the dunes was named for the Sheikh of …
EventThe SA Cricket team is re-admitted to international cricket
… On 10 November 1991, the South African cricket team, now better known as the …
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested
… several stays of execution, they were finally reprieved in 1991 when negotiations between liberation movements and …
EventEthiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, is captured by EPRDF rebels
On 28 May1991, Ethiopians People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) captured the capital of Ethiopia,Addis Ababa. The EPRDF was led by the Meles Zinawi,…
EventDr Kenneth Kaunda, former president of Zambia, is born
… of an independent Zambia. He remained in power until 1991, when he stepped down following pressure from his own …
PlaceZorgvliet, Sir George Grey Street, Oranjezicht
… architectural heritage lived and worked here From 1969 to 1991 …
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… Coloured and Indian people fared a little better. Walker (1991:71) quotes 1940 statistics showing that 86, 8% of … these women were becoming more politicised…
ArticlePeople involved in Rivonia Trial 1963-1964
… the banning orders against me were lifted in February 1990, the day after Mandela’s release. By then it seemed to …
ArticleA history of Kwaito music
This genre of music started emerging in the 1990s. It is a mixture of a number of different rhythms from marabi of the 1920s, kwela of the 1950s, mbaqanga…
EventManuel Pinto da Costa becomes the president
… legal political party. Dr Manuel held the position until 1991, when his party suffered defeat in the first democratic …
EventDictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending his 22 year rule
… ousted by his people and he fled Somalia on 28 January 1991. He ruled Somalia for 22 years. …
EventPresident Mbeki opens the second sitting of PAP
… African Economic Community signed in Abuja, Nigeria, in 1991. According to the programme, new members of the …
EventMiss Namibia, Michelle Mclean, model and masseuse, is crowned Miss Universe in Bangkok, Thailand
… Universe in Bangkok, Thailand in 1992. Mclean had won the 1991 Miss Namibia pageant as well as making it to the top 5 …
EventRobben Island is turned into a maximum security prison
… more than 3,000 political prisoners between 1961 and 1991, the most famous being Nelson Mandela. Since 1997, the …
ArticleHermanus Loots aka James Stuart Timeline
… for changes that are to come in South Africa. [viii] 1991 With the unbanning of the ANC Loots returns to South …
ArticleCensus in South Africa
… in 1911; 1921; 1936; 1951; 1960; 1970; 1980; 1985, 1991, 1996 and 2001. However, information collected in the …
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
… Mohapi - 5 August 1976 Mthuli kaShezi Muntu Myeza - 4 July 1991 Onkgopotse Ramothibi Abraham Tiro - 1 February 1974 …
EventDr Ali Bacher, director of the SACU, announces the shortening of the ‘rebel cricket tour ‘as a gesture of support for the country’s dramatic political changes
… Nations. They took place between the period of 1982 and 1990, a time when South Africa was banned from International Cricket. In 1990, when South Africa went…
EventHundreds of political prisoners began a hunger strike at Robben Island
… The release of Nelson Mandela on 11 February 1990 was a catalyst that sped up the change in the political dispensation in South Africa. On 4 March 1990 343…
Chapter 6 - Defining the agenda
… parties. The Patriotic Front Between 25 and 27 October 1991 more than 400 delegates representing some ninety-two … that negotiations be scheduled for 29 and…
EventNamibia’s constitution is ratified
… The acceptance of the Namibian constitution on 9 February 1990 established the Republic of Namibia. The independence … Namibia was a protectorate of South…
EventMogadishu seaport is handed over to the combined task force by UN
… and OAU, to curb a prolonged civil war that broke out in 1991. The civil war erupted after the downfall of President …
EventAllan Boesak is born
… founding member of the United Democratic Front in 1983. In 1991 he was elected chairperson of African National Congress …
EventUDF is launched
… point in the struggle for freedom". The UDF disbanded in 1991. … of the United Democratic Front in South Africa, 1983-1991 '. David Philip Publishers: Cape…
EventNOCSA announces SA participation in Olympic games
… Keesing's Record of World Events, News Digest for November 1991, p. 38560 …
EventSA writer, Nadine Gordimer, wins Nobel Prize for Literature
… South African writer Nadine Gordimer won the 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature. She was the first woman in …
EventAbolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act is adopted
… the Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act 108 of 1991, which scrapped the segregation laws relating to the use … independence to mid-1997, Westport:…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk promises repeal of apartheid laws
… The announcement was made in Parliament on 1 February 1991 by de Klerk that he intended to repeal apartheid laws … Ottaway, D.B., (1991), "Abolition of…
EventThe trial of Fred Carneson, a listed communist begins at the Supreme Court in Cape Town
… in London. The Carnesons returned to South Africa in 1991 and settled in Cape Town. Fred became a local …