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EventRetief Goosen is born.
… his nickname "The Goose" became a professional golfer in 1990 and received a world ranking of 22 at that time. He was …
EventChris Hani is elected SACP Secretary
… congress in four decades after its unbanning in February 1990. He took over from Joe Slovo, who resigned as result of …
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… against apartheid can take many forms” [xvi] (Laing, 1990). Laing argues music can be a form to combat oppressors. … [Accessed October 25, 2016] Laing, Dave …
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first democratic President
… his 27 years in jail at the Robben Island Prison. In June 1990 he retired from politics at the age of 80. …
African Statistics Day
… year on the 18th of November. This event was initiated in 1990 by the Subsidiary Body of the United Nations Economic …
EventThe UN orders Libya to hand over two suspects linked to the Lockerbie bombing
… considered to have been responsible for the bombing. In 1991, both men were charged with murder in Scotland and the …
EventTRC gathers evidence against Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
… disappeared on the eve of Madikizela-Mandela's trial in 1991, repeated his allegations in his book Katiza' Journey …
educating African youth and provision of large scale scholarships tenable in various
… and communication with the membership, by the end of 1991. 4. …
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
… communities. HIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1990-1995 1990 Jonathan Mann resigned as the head of the WHO AIDS … Europe is the new frontier for the AIDS…
EventPhyllis Naidoo escapes to Lesotho
… them in Lesotho. She returned to South Africa in 1990. …
EventFifteen English cricket players are prohibited to play for three years in England because of their rebel tour of South Africa
… professional cricket. The last rebel tour took place in 1990. The tour was cancelled midway following violent …
ArticleThe Homelands
The Bantustans or homelands, established by the Apartheid Government, were areas to which the majority of the Blacks population was moved to prevent them from…
ArticleCall for submissions: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa Conference
Conference: THE POLITICS OF ARMED STRUGGLE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA Conference Date: 23-25 November 2016 Venue: University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg) …
Defining the term 'Bantu'
… the Legacy of Steve Biko and Black Consciousness, (1991), pp. 15-77. [12] K. Van der Waal. “Bantu: From Abantu … the Legacy of Steve Biko and Black…
ArchiveCelebrating and commemorating twenty-years of the Harare declaration by Kgolane Alfred Rudolph PHALA
… We look back at this historic document which led us to 1990 and 1994 and the situation in the country and region … glaring success of the new democratic…
Sechaba
… Congress, banned in South Africa during the period 1961 to 1990, forged its struggle for freedom, justice and liberation …
EventThirty people die in a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Algeria
… the Northern African country of Algeria on 29 October 1990. It claimed the lives of 30 people. This was a rather … List of important earthquakes in Algeria…
EventOscar Dumisani Dhlomo, politician and businessman, is born
… Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Secretary-General On 1 June 1990 Dhlomo resigned as Inkatha Secretary-General, the …
EventDe Klerk announces referendum date
… process, which was set in motion by him back on 2 February 1990. The referendum date was scheduled for 17 March. Voters …
EventMandela and De Klerk hold emergency talks
… On 16 August 1990, President F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held … Nelson Mandela Center of Memory. (1990), " 16 August 1990 ", from Nelson Mandela Center…
EventOlivia Forsyth takes refuge in British embassy in Luanda
… Sources: South African Institute of Race Relations. (1990). Race Relations Survey 1989/90, Johannesburg: South …
EventSouth Africa abolishes financial Rand
… in the 1960’s and only widely used in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Created by the sale of nonresidents’ assets in the …
ArchiveGuaranteeing fundamental freedoms in a new South Africa
… by Chief Justice M M Corbett in Johannesburg on 7 May 1990, in celebrating the Diamond Jubilee year. In his …
EventGary Bernard, photographer of The Star, commits suicide in Johannesburg
… the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in the townships between 1990 and 1994. Bernard was winner of Fiji Film’s Photographer …
PlaceTunisia
… a member of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in 1990 and joined the World Trade Organization upon its …
PlaceMagnet Theatre, Cape Town
… first one-man performance “Cheap Flights”. Then in 1991, it re-emerged to produce “The Show’s Not Over ‘Til the … Actress ● Dalro Awards: Best…
PlaceDie Grootkerk in Bosmanstraat
… packed by young newly weds and small babies. After 1991 the Dutch Reformed Church rapidly started to loose … packed by young newly weds and small babies. …
Mayibuye
… banned Congress to the masses. Legal publication began in 1990 after the unbanning of the African National Congress No …
EventThe Arusha Accord is signed to end civil war in Rwanda
… in July 1992. The Rwandan Civil War began in October 1990 when the RPF invaded Rwanda from Uganda in an attempt to …
EventThe Ciskei homeland is established
… under the presidency of Lennox Sebe. In March 1990, Sebe was toppled by the military and replaced by …