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PlaceDistrict Six Museum
… The District Six foundation was established in 1989, and in 1994, the District Six Museum came into being. This museum … The District Six foundation was…
EventThe First Draft of the Constitution is published
… the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the ANC since April 1994. In 1995 the IFP withdrew its members from the … Constitution into law in Sharpeville, in…
Address to the National Council Of Provinces, 19 September 2003
… throughout the country. We have come a long way since 1994. We were a country divided and a nation in turmoil, facing a bleak future. From April 27, 1994, we…
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… There was no common sense of national unity. After the 1994 democratic election in South Africa, a new non-racial … of the Republic of South Africa was first…
ArticleDISA Archive
… the period from 1950 to the first democratic elections in 1994, providing a wealth of material on this fascinating …
Exhibition Opening: Tales of History Retold
… 25 years to either side of the political watershed of 1994 so its temporal arc offers a compelling backstage … inaugural international workshop in Culture &…
ArticleThe Politics Behind Water
… of 1915 to 1925 and the Vaalharts scheme of 1933 to 1938. [10] The Water Act, No. 54 of 1956 was implemented eight years … Congress (ANC) to implement a new…
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
… James Act No. 44 of 1950 Sec. 9 (1) 1 Nov. 1976 31/10/1981 Restricted to Durban. Honours graduate of the … of an organisation associated with UMSA; sentenced…
The Performing Arts Councils (PACs)
… productions. However, when government policy changed in 1994, all performing arts boards were transformed into …
EventRayda Jacobs, the novelist and documentary filmmaker is born
… called “The Middle Children”, which was published in 1994.[i] Rayda’s first novel was “Eyes of the Sky”, which was … titled “Masquerade” in 2008.[xii] She…
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
… to further his studies. Nkrumah would go on to spend 10 years in the United States, gaining a variety of college … 1945–47, Immigrants & Minorities, 12:3,…
BiographyGuy Tillim
… FM Centre for Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy 10 Years Old 2007-2017: A History of the World Told Through …
BiographyDulcie Evonne September
… assassin was found and the case remained on the shelf for 10 years, which marked the end of the window period for it to …
EventSouth Africa's first democratic elections
… election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This election changed the history of South Africa. It … Party (NP) received 20.39 %, Inkatha…
Student Politics in the Era of Democracy
… During the 1990-1994 period of political liberalisation and negotiations … as easy to mobilise and organise students as it was before 1994. Second, while…
Internal Security Amendment Act No 79
… and Intimidation Amendment Act No 138 of 1991 except for s 10. Section 10 was repealed by the State of Emergency Act No 86 of 1995. …
BiographyPetros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)
… Commission (TRC), established after apartheid's end in 1994, that the scale of apartheid-era executions began to be … African History Online, "Pass laws in…
ArticleTimeline: Father Trevor Huddleston
… is elected president of the AAM, a position he holds until 1994. 1983 Huddleston retires from the Episcopal office to St … Thatcher to protest the visit of…
The French Revolution Activity
… think that South Africa's change to a new government in 1994 can be compared to the French Revolution? When you … following things: What was it like in South…
ArticlePretoria: The Founding of the City
… province of the South African Republic between 1910 and 1994 in the area that is today north east of South Africa). … The city only received its city status…
Address at the Paris City Hall, 18 November 2003
… in its recent history. And as we prepare to celebrate 10 years of democracy in South Africa next year, we stand … delivery of essential services to South…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… ideals around which the PP was formed in 1959. The April 1994 general election was the first in which all South … only 1, 7% of the vote on the national…
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… The Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act of 1959 created 10 Bantu homelands/Bantustans. Separating black South … this land at low prices to white farmers…
GANDHI THE PRISONER
… to four terms of imprisonment, the first, on January 10, 1908 to two months, the second, on October 7, 1908 to … apology for a pillow, and matting." ( Indian…
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… later drew Berman's attention to an announcement dated 10 September 1897 in an old Pretoria newspaper called The … what we know. It is now realised that The…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… widespread support. Homelands or “bantustans” were the 10 impoverished rural areas reserved for black people, where, … that endured. A younger Mangosuthu…
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… were demanding a minimum wage of R30 a week. A day later 10 January 1973 another strike broke out at A.J. Keeler … in New Germany and Jacobs, south of Durban…
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan's Day
… the Ncome River in KwaZulu Natal. On that day an estimated 10 000-20 000 Zulu warriors led by Dingane's generals Dambuza … Day of Covenant. After the first…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… which kept all races separate from one another. In 1994, Mandela was of key importance in negotiating the … protestors and unbanning political parties. The…
ArticleLives of Courage
… of the Liberation Struggle only began in earnest after 1994 with the establishment of the new democratic government … for freedom against segregation and…