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EventSouth African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils is born in the Johannesburg
… After the country's first democratic elections in 1994, he was appointed as a minister of Defence in President …
EventMac Maharaj is born
… of Transport in the democratically elected government in 1994, was born in Newcastle, Natal. As minister he formulated …
EventPhotographer, Abdul Shariff, is murdered in Katlehong
… On 9 January 1994, Abdul Shariff a freelance photographer was shot in the … South Africa Report Archive, (1994) Obituary: Abdul Shariff' from Southern…
EventSA Olympic team leaves for Barcelona
… in the 22nd Olympic games staged in Barcelona, Spain in 1994. This was South Africa's first participation after a …
EventNP Natal Congress agrees to multiracial membership
… After the first democratic elections, which were held in 1994, the party formed part of the Government of National …
EventF.W. De Klerk is inaugurated
… position until the first democratic elections were held in 1994. …
EventHolomisa on corruption
… rand to the African National Congress (ANC) before the 1994 elections. Holomisa claimed this was an attempt by …
EventEleven people are killed at Donnybrook, Kwazulu
… This rivalry reached its height during the run-up to the 1994 elections. Kwazulu-Natal as a former IFP stronghold had …
EventRestitution of Land Rights Act is signed
… Record of World Events, News Digest for November, 1994, p. 40263 …
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… parliament. South Africa rejoined the Commonwealth in June 1994. … [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za (Accessed: 03 May 2012)| US Department of…
EventEthnic violence in Rwandan capital Kigali is spreads throughout the country
… From 7 April until mid July 1994, ethnic violence broke out in Rwanda between the Tutsis …
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
… Charter which promotes non-racialism. AZAPO boycotted the 1994 democratic elections; however, it has since participated …
EventRwandan and Burundian presidents J Habyarimana and C Ntayamira are killed in an air crash
… 0n 6 April 1994, an extraordinary event in the history of the African … British Broadcasting Corporation , ‘1994: Rwanda presidents' plane 'shot down' , 06…
EventAthanase Seromba surrenders to the ICTR after being accused of participating in the slaughter of the Tutsis
… Athanase Seromba, a priest accused of partaking in the 1994 Rwandan genocide that saw over 800 000 tutsis die at the …
EventCI and SACC offices are raided
… and Chief Director of CI, was arrested a month earlier on 28 October 1976. Dr. Naude had been ordered to give evidence …
EventGambian Government overthrown in military coup
… back to this day in history search archive On 22 July 1994, the government of Sir Dawda Jawara was overthrown in a … an attempted military coup in 1981…
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… was executed. After the first democratic election in April 1994, a new constitutional dispensation was established, and … power in 1948 and relinquished its…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… Isithwalandwe to Govan Mbeki and Bishop Ambrose Reeves . 28 November, Nelson Mandela receives the Jawaharlal Nehru … convicted of attacking police stations,…
Celebrating 62 years of struggle, 10 September 2006
… challenge until freedom and democracy were attained in 1994. Likewise, since 1994, we have crafted what becomes our main challenge and the …
ANC NGC 2015 Resolutions on International Relations
… agreements that South Africa has entered into since 1994. 2.12 The NGC recognised that the rise of terrorism …
EventClarence Makwetu announces the PAC’s suspension of its armed struggle
… the early 1990s prior to the first democratic elections in 1994. The announcement by Makwetu therefore marked the …
EventGoldstone Commission confirms SADF complicity in violence
… violence and intimidation in South Africa prior to the 1994 general election. During the first year of its existence …
EventGeneral Lothar Neethling sues Vrye Weekblad and the Weekly Mail
… and this resulted in the closure of the Vrye Weekbladin 1994. …
EventDe Klerk resigns as NP leader
… led to South Africa’s first non-racial polls on 27 April 1994. His announcement came at the time when the party …
EventA book claims that SA’s Nuclear weapons programme has continued since 1993
… while others had been moved to Israel before the 1994 general election. President Nelson Mandela differed with …
EventFrene Noshir Ginwala, former speaker of the SA Parliament, is born
… the speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa from 1994 to 2004. …
EventWidespread violence and intimidation in 1996 Kwazulu-Natal
… in the province since the first South African elections in 1994. …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
… Diamantberg, Paarlberg and Klapmutsberg. 1658 25, 26 or 28 March, The ship Amersfoort, which two months earlier has … all miscegenation (mixture of races) at…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
… R. Roux, Black and White Trade Unionism in South Africa, 28 July 1928 Document 16 - Letter from Clements Kadalie to E. … South Africa, presented at the Sixth…
PlaceCasper Nek Pass
… trekked over Casper’s Nek Pass in the Winter of 1844, with 28 men from Potchefstroom, setting up a trade route to …