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The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Conclusion - By Riashnee Pather
… the past. According to Bhana its centenary celebration in 1994 was a dismal and poorly attended affair and underpinned … Bhana. Gandhi 's Legacy. The Natal…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter One - By Riashnee Pather
… Bhana. Gandhi's Legacy. The Natal Indian Congress. 1894 -1994. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press, 1997], p … Bhana. Gandhi 's Legacy. The Natal…
EventBarend Strydom kills 8 People in Pretoria
… fighting for the survival of the Afrikaner people. In 1994 he was granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation …
EventThe UN General Assembly adopts resolution 1881, requesting South Africa to release all political prisoners
… were finally lifted with the collapse of apartheid in 1994. …
EventSouth Africa becomes a charter member of the United Nations
… South Africa was re-admitted to the UN General Assembly in 1994 following the dismantling of apartheid and its …
EventThree Zimbabwean intelligence officers stand trial for a bomb attack on an ANC house
… bomb injured three ANC members in Bulawayo. On 21 April 1994 Woods, Smith and Conjwayo were granted South African … Southern Africa, Volume II, Solidarity…
EventZubeida Jaffer is detained, while pregnant, by the security police under Apartheid regulations
… obstructing a police man, but was acquitted on appeal. In 1994, Jaffer was the recipient of the Percy Qoboza Foreign …
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 …
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…
ArticleAbstracts presented for the 1973 Durban Strikes Conference
… Congress, and Black South African Trade Unionism, 1973 to 1994 by Dan Feather Reclaiming Radical Traditions of …
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. …
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with family
… been released from prison. Yet my heart longs for you. 27 March 1977 Last year I collected a harvest of fifteen … make old limbs flexible and the blood to…
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,…
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…
PlaceHeuningvlei, West Coast District Municipality
The area that the West Coast District Municipality (WCDM) serves stretches from the border of Cape Town Metropole to the border of the Northern Cape. The…
ArticleCaste - meaning, profession, religion
Achari, Achary, Archary - Sometimes the last name of a person. Caste of the craftsman -architects, goldsmiths. Also associated with Brahmin class. www.boards…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… trading segregation for Indians throughout South Africa. 27 January, The Natal Indian Congress and the Natal Indian … of India agrees to the policy of…
PlaceGroote Kerk, Pretoria
… less than 7 congregations. During the 1980’s there were ±27 000 members and 29 ministers in the presbytery. In this …
PlaceRooipoort Nature Reserve, Kimberley
… during the cold winter months. Temperatures range from 27 degrees Fahrenheit (-2 degrees Celsius) to a maximum of …
PlaceGroot Constantia, Constantia Valley
… 1925, it was restored by architect FK Kendall in 1926-27. A second Cape Dutch Manor House on the property, known … 1925, it was restored by architect FK…
EventSlave rebellion at the Cape led by Louis of Mauritius. Over 300 slaves and Khoi Khoi servants from outlying farms marched on Cape Town demanding their freedom
… a free state and freedom for all slaves. On the evening of 27 October 1808, on the farm of Gerhardus Louw, Vogelgezang, …