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EventDennis Brutus is born
… Fame. At the time of his death in 2009, he had published 14 books. He is regarded as one of Africa’s most influential …
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… the Dias and released on Jetty One at the Waterfront. On 14 September 1991 the apartheid government and 18 other … the MPNF ratified the interim Constitution…
EventHendrik Jacobus Coetsee is born
… Security. In 1980 he became minister of Justice until the 1994 general elections. Coetsee was a member of the National …
EventFormer anti-apartheid activist, Allan Boesak accuses ANC
… Congress (ANC) has made him "Coloured" again after 1994. Various speakers at the festival, where a large part …
EventSouth Africa’s new constitution is approved
… organisations. The constitutional assembly sat between May 1994 and October 1996 drafting and completing the new …
EventCrime statistics released
… marks a 7% reduction, a big improvement, as compared to 1994. National Police Commissioner George Fivaz warned …
EventThe TRC is set up by parliament
… what happened under apartheid between 1960 and 1994. The conflict during this period resulted in violence …
EventTwenty die in an armed assault in a mosque in Khartoum, Sudan
… In a massacre on 4 February 1994 Abbas al-Bager Abbas opened fire killing 20 praying …
EventLevy Mwanawasa, third President of Zambia dies in Paris , France.
… Kenneth Kaunda. He resigned as Vice President in 1994, and retired from politics in 1996. He returned 2001 …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
… talked-about turning point in South African history is the 1994 transfer of political power from the National Party (NP) …
ArchiveEFF 2019 Election Manifesto
… our people from economic apartheid. We are not part of the 1994 elite pact. We are a completely new generation, with new demands. And our demands, unlike…
ArticleAngolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events
… designated entry points, and forbids supply to UNITA. 1994 The MPLA government and UNITA …
ArticleANC January 8th Statements
… - A Year to Consolidate and Deepen Democracy January 8th, 1994 - The Year of Liberation for all South Africans January …
ArticleWay of life in ancient Egypt
… and ideas became separate from doing and making. (Hellman: 1994) Using the food surplus generated by a favourable …
Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 by Luli Callinicos
… Chapter 13 - Black Workers Boycott The Mines Chapter 14 - The Chinese Workers Chapter 15 - White Workers and …
PlaceDonkin Heritage Trail, Port Elizabeth
… in Donkin Street, facing on to the Donkin Reserve, one at 14 Constitution Street and two at 8 and 10 Whitlock Street. …
EventLondon hosts an international conference on the protection of the African elephant and rhinoceros
… Sudan. This convention was put into force on 14 January 1936, the same year that the conference was held …
EventBlacks boycott municipal elections
… boycotted the elections, with only an estimated 10 - 14 per cent of 'eligible' Black voters participating. …
EventDiscovery of the wreck of passenger liner SS Waratah
… flagship of the Blue Anchor Line shipping company. On the 14 July, marine explorer, Emlyn Brown, announced he had …
EventRailway line between Cape Town and Beira in Mozambique is completed
… force was made up of 5 000 men, 10,000 horses, and 14,000 tons of military stores, guns and ammunition. The …
PlaceRosmead
… the morning, the Boers retreated from the village and by 14:00 British troops had taken this position. By the next …
EventRoger Joyce Bushell, Auxiliary Air Force pilot famous for his escape from the German prisoner of war camp, is born in Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng)
… to British parents. He lived in South Africa until he was 14, when his father sent him to study in England. He …
EventThe longest cricket test match in history is played between South Africa and England in Durban
… Africa and England in Durban. The game continued until the 14 March - 9 days in total. England needed 41 runs to win at …
EventConstruction of the Victoria Falls Bridge and the railway line are completed
… and the bridge links the two countries. The bridge took 14 months to construct and was completed on 11 April 1905. It …
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… women’s organisations and a member of parliament from 1994 to 1999. Today, she lectures over women’s rights all … South Africans into accepting unequal…
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
Patric Tariq Mellet was born and grew up in the working class districts of old Cape Town – Salt River, Woodstock and District Six. His family were poor working…
ArticleUniversity of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
… then increased dramatically since the end of Apartheid in 1994. The demographics of the University have altered … in protest of the registration fee…
ArticleThe Western Cape Farm Workers Strike 2012-2013
… was Michael Daniels, a 28 year old tractor driver. On 14 November 2012, during violent protests in Voortrekker … was killed by the police. During protests in…
EventSouth Africa Freedom Day - 26 June 1950
… unless it is based on the will of all the people." Since 1994, Freedom Day has been celebrated on 27 April, in … of the first democratic elections held in…
ArticleTanzania and its Support of Southern African Liberation Movements
… than their own relatively peaceful road to independence. [14] Consequently, support for African liberation movements … National Interest, 60 2000, p.72. ↵ …