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Address to the nation by ANC President, Nelson R. Mandela, on the assassination of Martin Thembisile (Chris) Hani 10 April 1993
… Chris Hani's life and what he stood for. Let Wednesday 14 April be a day on which, wherever we are, we hold memorial … dignity and in a disciplined fashion…
PlaceMaynardville Open Air Theatre
… 1 December 1950. "Arranged for Athlone Nursery School". p.14. ↵ [2] Cape Times. P. Chrimes (2 December 1950). Crit & Pic, page 16. ↵ [3] Cape Times. 19…
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first democratic President
… Africa's first national democratic elections in April 1994, Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first … President at the Union Buildings in…
EventDr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert resigns from parliament
… electoral system for South Africa. Slabbert passed away on 14 May 2010. …
EventGeneral Gamal Abdel Nasser is officially elected President of Egypt
… of Egypt. He had been the effective leader of Egypt since 14 November 1954 as the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command …
EventWinnie Mandela sued by the government
… Lawyers representing the government announced on 14 August 1998 that they were suing Winnie …
EventFormer Tennis player, Kevin Curren, is born in Durban
… university and also began his tennis career. During the 14 years of his tennis career, Curren had won four Grand Slam …
EventKing Mswati III is born
… and disapproval in his country and abroad. The King has 14 wives and 24 children. He is the last absolute monarch in …
EventPius Langa is born
… Ridge, Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). In October 1994, Langa was appointed as Judge of the Constitutional …
EventGary Bernard, photographer of The Star, commits suicide in Johannesburg
… Freedom Party (IFP) in the townships between 1990 and 1994. Bernard was winner of Fiji Film’s Photographer of the …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… being held under the Terrorism Act begins. 14 September, The 19 prisoners are acquitted and released, … in Lusaka, Zambia while sorting mail with Maxwell…
EventTribute to Joost van der Westhuizen
… on the unity sport can bring to the conflicts of post-1994 South Africa. … [accessed 2017/02/16] …
EventMandela meets Taiwanese Foreign Minister
… a friendly official relationship with Taiwan post-1994 and was duly rewarded with economic aid this changed in …
EventJakes Gerwel is born
… of the University of the Western Cape, 1987-1994, and chancellor of Rhodes University since 1999. Gerwel …
EventEuropean Community lifts sanctions against SA
… when the Security Council adopted Resolution 919 on 25 May 1994, which terminated the mandatory arms embargo and all …
EventIFP commemorates Shell House shootings.
… the streets of Johannesburg to mark the anniversary of the 1994 Shell House shootings during which eight IFP supporters …
Further information on services for the late Adelaide Tambo, 07 February 2007
Please find below information on additional services for the late Adelaide Tambo. Please note that the venue for the funeral on Saturday has been changed to…
EventThe Immigration Regulation Act is passed in South Africa
… On 14 June 1913, the first Immigration Regulation Act, which …
Coal Miners Strike on the Rand
… been turned into a war zone. Resistance only stopped on 14 March after heavy bombardment of the headquarters of the …
EventSamora Machel pledges solidarity with the people of South Africa
… to the massacre on 30 January 1981, where more than 14 uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) cadres were killed. Machel, together …
EventZimbabwean politician and trade unionist Morgan Tsvangirai is born
… an amendment to the constitution. He passed away on 14 February 2018 due to colon cancer. …
EventAuthor of the book, Born Free, Joy Adamson, is killed
… he stabbed the naturalist because she had not paid him for 14 days' work as a labourer at the Shaba game reserve in …
EventA commemorative exhibition of the work of painter and cartoonist John Amshewitz opens in the City Hall in Johannesburg
… locally and abroad. He left for England in 1922, spent 14 years at home, but later returned to South Africa in 1936. …
ArticlePrehistory of the Durban area
Prehistory of Southern Africa The Durban area is probably best known for the historic Zulu kingdom, dating to the early 19th century. To understand the…
EPILOGUE
Dear Mr De Klerk I acknowledge receipt of your reply dated 2nd July, 1992. It is unfortunate that your reply has not addressed the issues I raised in my…
PlaceRwanda
… motivated violence. This violence culminated into the 1994 Rwandan genocide in which more than 800.000 Tutsi people … that in 1700 the Kingdom of Rwanda only…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… PAC member Jeff Kgalabi Masemola is charged together with 14 other people in the Pretoria Supreme Court with conspiracy … in Monrovia, Liberia which would…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… system of Black authorities takes place in the Transkei. 14 March, The defense team opens their case in the Treason … South African Communist Party (SACP) to…
PlaceKwaNdebele
… was Siyabuswa and it became part of South Africa in 1994. It now forms part of the Northern Province. For a …
EventMandela pays his first state visit to Mozambique
… After the 1994 national elections, President Nelson Mandela paid his …