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EventFormer premier of Mpumalanga, Afrikaans poet and lawyer, Mathews Phosa is born
… in South Africa. He returned from exile to South Africa in 1990 as part of the ANC contingent that was to being the …
EventNic Cruse, who worked for PC Plus, which was started by people within the Mass Democratic Movement is assassinated.
… On 2 October 1990 Nic Cruse, an employee at PC Plus, opened a parcel …
EventMxenge murder accused Dirk Coetzee found guilty
… was assassinated in 1985 outside her home in Umlazi. In 1990, Dirk Coetzee and his Security Police 'hit squad' was …
EventOmar Bongo, former president of Gabon is born
… of the longest serving non-monarch rulers in the world. In 1990, under intense pressure from its citizens, Gabon …
EventNatasha Kate Sutherland, actress in the SA soap opera Egoli, is born.
… Natasha Sutherland began her career in the early 1990’s as presenter of children’s show Kideo. She then joined …
EventMuntu Myeza, SA anti-apartheid activist, is born.
… leaders, including Myeza. Myeza died in car accident in 1990. In 2012 AZAPO declared the month of July “Muntu Myeza …
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August
… discipline and dignity that was deeply impressive (Walker 1991:195). Neither the prime minister or any of his senior …
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… in the late 1980s and led to the creation, in December 1991, of an integrated South African Football Association …
The girl child
… grade 12 boys make up 45% enrolment. Gross enrolment since 1991 in primary schools has improved over the last decade, …
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… it had done a lot since its inception in 1924. On 2 July 1991 the organisation felt the need to dissolve in order to …
EventBilateral talks to continue
… settlement regarding the state of affairs. On 27 November, 1990, a joint ANC-government statement was issued after a …
EventSkipper Bertie Reed passes away
… a submerged iceberg in the Southern Ocean during the 1990/91 BOC Challenge. For this heroic deed and example of …
EventHelen Zille, former leader of the Democratic Alliance, is born in Johannesburg
Helen Zille studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) where she obtained a BA Degree. She went on to become a…
EventSA government threatens to pull out of the UN peace plan for Namibia
… bringing 31 years of German rule to an end. On 21 March 1990, Namibia was granted its independence by South Africa. …
EventThe prolonged hearing of the dispute over the constitutional position of South West Africa is resumed
… evidence was led on behalf of South Africa. On 21 March 1990, Namibia officially gained its independence from South …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Bibliography
… – The Man in his Time , by Willem de Klerk (Jonathan Ball, 1991). Du Toit, F. (ed.). Learning to Live Together: …
PlaceBophuthatswana, was Previously a Homeland
… Lucas Mangope and the release of political prisoners in 1991 Please add this document to our resources page. In March …
EventPeter Mokaba is born
… (ANCYL) and occupied this position during the period of 1991 and 1994 after various assassination attempts. Mokaba …
EventThe Paramount Chief of the Zulus, Prince Goodwill Zwelithini, is officially removed as a member of the Zulu Legislative Assembly
… and the ANC continued to widen until and after CODESA in 1991 and 1992. It was only later in 1992, when Mandela … of the United Democratic Front in South…
The Trust Feed Massacre
… clandestinely supporting: Inkatha. Eventually, in October 1991 seven members of the then South African Police, who had …
Document 17 - The Groote Schuur Minute
… kidnapped, bombed, banished etc. Since 2 February 1990, your government echoes what we have said and practised … of the barrel of your gun. You proved that…
EventFrance tests an atomic bomb in Algeria
… France continued its nuclear tests for years. In the 1990’s France was still conducting nuclear tests in the …
EventFrederik Willem de Klerk is elected President of South Africa
… P.W. Botha on 14 August. His announcement on 02 February, 1990 to release Nelson Mandela and unban the African National …
ArchiveAssia Djebar: A Life of Resistance and Inspiration by Logan Landry
… L’Amour la fantasia (Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade). In 1990, she became a member of the jury for the Neustadt … tradition and modernization” (Assia Djebar…
ArticleThe Seriti Commission
Background Terry Crawford-Brown petitioned the Constitutional Court in 2011 to compel former president Jacob Zuma to establish a commission of inquiry into…
PlaceGroot Drakenstein Prison
… also took his steps to freedom through these gates in 1990. The prison has a huge bronze statue of Mandela with his …
EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
The Transvaal University College, with branches in Johannesburg and Pretoria, took the examinations of the Cape University. The Pretoria branch of the…
EventInkatha Freedom Party is formed
… Dr. A.H. Zulu and Dr. Frank .T. Mdlalose. On 14 July 1990, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) came into being at a …
EventF.W. De Klerk is inaugurated
… South Africa on the road to full democracy. In February,1990, he freed Nelson Mandela and unbanned the African …
EventThe Democratic Party, now the Democratic Alliance, is formed
… the adoption of an Interim Constitution during and after 1990, as then DP leader Zach de Beer was elected the first …