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EventBoutros Boutros Ghali, former UN Secretary General, is born
… marked with controversy. During his term of office, the 1994 Rwandan Genocide broke out, in which almost a million …
EventHaitian leader General Raoul Cedras resigns in favour of exiled President Jean
… Gen Raoul Cedras agreed to resign on 10 October 1994, paving the way for Aristid's return. After a tumultuous …
EventNelson Rolihlahla Mandela passed away
… the Nobel Peace Prize, and was elected President in 1994 in South Africa’s first free, democratic elections. Part …
Education Feature from Frene Ginwala's Thesis
Originally no provision was made for the education of Indians. The Reverend Stott of the Wesleyan Mission established a school for Indian labourers in 1868 and…
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
… while also halving the amount of acres irrigated from 28 000 to 14 000 acres. [10] Therefore, in May 1929 the …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Glossary
… “Reflections on Al-Nakba.” Journal of Palestine Studies 28, no. 1 (1998): 5–35. https://doi.org/10.2307/2538053. [17] …
PlaceDimbaza, Eastern Cape
… of the regime's policy of resettlement. After 1994, the tax rebates and other incentives ceased and most of … was stated that more than 2 000 jobs have…
’Under Investigation’ video material going live on facebook
Under Investigation is an ambitious community development project being run in Steytlerville in the Eastern Cape. The project has several elements but centres…
ArchiveHighlights on successes and experienced challenges during the 25 years of freedom and democracy.
… areas are fed healthy meals daily. This was implemented in 1994. We do not suffer from hunger as it used to be before 1994. We have highly qualified…
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… Introduction In the years following 1994, South Africa has become well known for its culturally … construe their environment and also their lives (Shell,…
A chronology of meetings between South Africans and the ANC in exile 1983-2000 by Michael Savage
… between 1990 and the first democratic election of April 1994. The following chronology focuses only on the meetings … workers stay home for two days in the…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… teacher who was a suspected of being an informer. On 28 September the UN General Assembly voted 148-0 – with two … was executed. After the first democratic…
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… armed campaign. Front page of the New Age newspaper from 28 December, 1961, shortly after the first MK missions. Image … unemployed and dispossessed peoples…
EventSouth African Soccer legend Lucas Radebe was born
… at ICL Birds before he was recruited to Kaizer Chiefs. In 1994 Lucas moved to Leeds United in Europe were he made his …
EventAbdul Samad Minty, anti apartheid activist, is born
… around Southern Africa. After the fall of apartheid in 1994, Minty was appointed as the Deputy Director-General for …
EventMapungubwe is ‘discovered’
… were kept fairly secret and were only made public after 1994. Possibly because the discovery provided evidence of a …
EventPenny Heyns, South African swimming star, is born.
… She was also a member of the South African squad at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where she won a bronze medal in the …
EventGambia is admitted to the United Nations
… of The Gambia. A bloodless coup took place in July 1994, and an Interim government was installed. Elections have …
EventA United Nations team finally arrives in Mbandaka, Congo, to investigate alleged massacres of refugees
… Following the Rwandan genocide of 1994, thousands of Hutu refugees fled to the neighboring …
EventKen Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and environmental activist, is executed
… military government for several months, without trial. In 1994, four Ogani chiefs were murdered, and although he had …
EventHundreds of thousands of Hutus flee to Zaire
… Between April and mid July 1994, between 800 000 and 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus …
EventThe full citizenship of Coloured people is called for
… achieved with the advent of democracy in South Africa in 1994. …
PlaceKaapsche Hoop, Mpumalanga- Barberton Valley
This Area, lies within the South African mist-belt. On average it receives more than 1 000 mm of rain per Year. The vegetation is mainly grassland, with…
PlaceDurban International Airport
… in 1951 and carried the name Louis Botha Airport until 1994 – the year of the first Democratic election held in … Airport. It was known as Durban…
Defining the term 'Bantu'
… original context in reference to Bantu languages. After 1994, an emphasis on nation-building did away with divisive …
ArticleThe Arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck in the Cape - 6 April 1652
… was changed to Founder’s Day. The holiday was abolished in 1994 by the democratically elected ANC government. However, …
ArticleIndian South Africans
… of the majority of present-day South African Indians. With 1994 and the advent of a democratic constitution, immigration …
Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
… without them or would sell them at the first opportunity. [28] During World War II, the British viewed the port at … p 280. ↵ [27] Quoting Gunner Cole in…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… close Document 28 Negotiations: a strategic perspective 25 November 1992 As …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… “signalled the start of armed resistance in South Africa.” 28 March, The ANC calls for a nation-wide strike in protest … a joint statement ‘ Appeal for…