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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 …
EventMemorial service for the victims of mining disaster
… , addressed the memorial service References: Fraser, R. (1990). Keesing's Records of World Events, Longman: London, p. …
EventSouth African boxers,Zolile Mbityi and Peter Malinga both win world titles
… The number of South African world champions peaked in the 1990's. The country had six world champions in 1995, five the …
EventEleven people are killed at Donnybrook, Kwazulu
The killing of eleven people at Donnybrook, Kwazulu-Natal on the 21 March 1996 can be considered as part of the ongoing rivalry between supporters of the…
EventBrett Kebble, SA millionaire and director of mining companies, linked to several cases of alleged fraud, is born
… on 19 February 1964 in Springs, on the East Rand. In the 1990’s Kebble got into mining and was soon director of three …
EventThe SA government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill
… National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela. On 2 February 1990, de Klerk lifted the ban on the ANC, the South African …
EventEx-mutineers consider resigning from the ANC
… suppression of political and cultural renewal. Early in 1990, a group of ex-uMkhonto weSizwe(MK) cadres mysteriously … B., Maxongo, A., Tshona, Z., Massango,…
ArchiveA critical look at the role of the Muslim Judicial Council in the struggle for liberation in South Africa from 1960 to 1994
… as the 1976 Uprising, 1985-1986 Mass Mobilisation, 1989-1990 Defiance Campaign, inter alia. …
EventMinister promises relaxation of apartheid rules and elimination of racial segregation in sports
The Minister of Sport, Piet Koornhof, announced a relaxation of apartheid rules for sport and declared that the government is working towards eliminating…
EventBheki Mlangeni, ANC human rights lawyer of Soweto, is killed by a walkman bomb meant for Dirk Coetzee.
Bheki Mlangeni was a lawyer working for the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1990s. He and former police Captain Dirk Coetzee had worked together to…
EventMandela visits Zambia
… 1962. Subsequent to his release from prison on 11 February 1990, after 27 years in jail, he had been following a …
EventGeneral Lothar Neethling sues Vrye Weekblad and the Weekly Mail
… On 20 January 1990 General Lothar Neethling sued the Vrye Weekblad and the … www.doj.gov.za [Accessed: 12 January 2011]|Wren C.S, (1991), South African…
EventSecurity officials report that levels of political violence have dropped significantly in SA
… incident of political violence took place in February 1990 after South African President F.W. de Klerk made a … O’Malley, P. ‘1990’ , from Nelson Mandela…
EventGrammy Award winner Miriam Makeba is born in Johannesburg
… African countries before she returned to South Africa in 1990. She has won several awards for her music, including a …
EventJudith Mason, SA artist, is born in Pretoria.
… only to return at the dawn of democracy in the early 1990’s. Mason’s work is represented in all major South …
EventFrene Noshir Ginwala, former speaker of the SA Parliament, is born
… (UKZN) in 2005. Prior to her return from exile in 1990, Ginwala was head of the Political Research Unit in the …
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces the Group Areas Act will be repealed.
… On 19 April 1990, President Frederick Willem de Klerk announced in … The Item, (1990), ’ Report: South African government will scrap major … [Accessed: 9…
EventRecord of Understanding is agreed to by the SA government and the ANC
… offences with a political motive on or before 8 October 1990 shall be carried out in stages. However, the deadline …
PlaceThe Owl House
… as PPC cement made contributions towards the upkeep and in 1991, they asked Malgas to come back to restore and maintain …
The Final Prize by Norman Levy book review by Chris Saunders, 1 June 2014
… in Cuba in 1989 before returning to South Africa in 1991. ‘The last lap’, he writes, ‘was the most difficult’ …
EventCODESA II Talks end in deadlock
… a post-apartheid South Africa. Established by the end of 1991, it included diverse political representation. Certain …
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
SOUTH AFRICA NEEDS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY ON 16 NOVEMBER TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITS INDENTURED LABOUR HERITAGEBy Brij Maharajhttps://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista…
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
1600s In the Dutch colonial era, from the 17th century on, indigenous tribes people and slaves imported from the east adapted Western musical instruments…
The Legal Veneer
… this Act, its history, application and status as at July 1990 appears in the HRC document, entitled Internal Security Act , published in July 1990. There…
ArticleZulu
The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South…
ANC mourns the passing on of Mama Regina Nzo, 27 September 2011
… in 1964 for 26 years. She returned to South African in 1990 and worked for ANC Womens League. Her contribution will …