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EventAllan Boesak is born
… founding member of the United Democratic Front in 1983. In 1991 he was elected chairperson of African National Congress …
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 …
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…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… for the Rustenburg seat, but eventually scuttles his plan. 1990 After farmers eject them from White farms, about 600 … to Boitokong in 1992. The ANC sets up…
ArchivePostscript Ante by Howard Barrell
… In July 1990, five months after the South African government had … been joined inside the country by Ronnie Kasrils in early 1990, a few weeks before the ANC…
![Freddie Mercury [Bulsara], singer and songwriter, is born in Zanzibar, Africa.](/sites/default/files/styles/saho_medium/public/event_pics/Freddie%20Mercury.jpg?itok=Vuq6ADKe)
EventFreddie Mercury [Bulsara], singer and songwriter, is born in Zanzibar, Africa.
… pianist, having taken lessons from a young age. He died in 1991 from bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS; he had …
EventSamuel Tshabalala becomes the first black athlete to win the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades Marathon
… Unfortunately, Tshabalala was injured in a car accident in 1991. He however, returned to the race in subsequent years …
EventClarence Makwetu announces the PAC’s suspension of its armed struggle
The Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) president Clarence Makwetu announced the PAC's suspension of its armed struggle, thus opening the way for election…
EventTrevor Manuel, Minister in The Presidency: National Planning Commission, is born
… UDF and was banned from attending meetings until 31 August 1990. Following the unbanning of the ANC in 1990, Manuel was appointed as its deputy co-ordinator…
ArchiveCHAPTER ONE: A Conceptual Overview by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArticleConstitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
… pass laws in Sharpeville , Vereeniging. On 2 February 1990 the National Party (NP) government unbanned political …
Work and education
Primary and Secondary Education Rhulani crèche and classroom. Northern Province. © Omar Badsha The biggest challenge the first post-apartheid government was…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… violence" in the Kwa-Zulu Natal in the 1980's and early 1990's. While the focus on certain ethnic groups such as the … with photographs similar to those…
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,…
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
… Africa, following the release of Mandela on 11 February 1990. One of the reasons advanced for this violence is that … The release of Nelson Mandela on 11 of…
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Introduction by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
EventChris Hani is born
… of the South African Communist Party (SACP) since December 1991. Chris Hani was born in the rural village of Sabalele, … African Politics, no 4 ,…
EventGoldstone Commission confirms SADF complicity in violence
… Commission was appointed by De Klerk on 24 October 1991 to investigate incidents of public violence and …
EventThe Harms Commission officially restricts investigations into South African security force
… the Goldstone Commission, with more extensive powers, in 1991. … South African Institute of Race Relations. (1990). Race Relations Survey 1989/ 90 ,…
EventWinnie Nomzamo Madikizela-Mandela is sentenced to six years
… On 14 May 1991, Winnie Nomzamo Mandela, the then-wife of Nelson …
Chapter 3 - Exploring the feasibility of negotiation
… began and who initiated them. Did it start with the 1990 speech in Parliament by F. W. de Klerk? With the first … for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA I) in…
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… Her career skyrocketed in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Things seemed to all go downhill in the mid 1990’s when rumours of drug abuse began to surface…
PlaceAllanridge, Free State Province
… from NBL 27404, which served as No 2 at the mine. By 1991 No 1 was plinthed outside the Mine Offices. During its …
EventWinnie Mandela is found guilty
… the crime scene. The sentencing was scheduled for 14 May 1991.The actual crime had allegedly been committed by her … BBC News,(1991), 1991 Mandela's wife…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 1 - The Transition in Context by Christopher Saunders
… the negotiation process begun at Kempton Park in December 1991 and then through the work of the Constitutional Assembly … process and emerged as a liberal…
In Conclusion: The Decline and Fall of the Tricameral Parliament
… be in place for the duration of White rule until June 1990. Out of step with the sentiments of the majority, …