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ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
… discovered at the University of Leeds is named the Mandela particle. 1975 Honorary life membership of the … Understanding, New Delhi, India. 1981 4 August,…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… (ANC) government under the leadership of the late Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki as the vice president. The programme … shortfalls in social services across…
EventIan Woodall and Cathy O'Dowd becomethe first official South African team to conquer the Mount Everest
… On 25 May 1996, two South Africans - Ian Woodall and Cathy O'Dowd, … the leader. South African president at the time, Nelson Mandela, was patron of the…
EventTutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa
… the apartheid system, including the freeing of Nelson Mandela and other imprisoned activists. Tutu became the … Commission after he retired as archbishop of…
ArticleA History of Official Government HIV/AIDS Policy in South Africa
… A New Democratic Era: Responses of President Nelson Mandela’s Administration On 10 May 1994, the Government of … government funding for the play was halted…
EventMandela reshuffles the cabinet
… his cabinet post for private reasons, president Nelson Mandela announced changes to the government of national … resignation took effect on April 4, the end…
EventBafana Bafana, SA’s National soccer team, wins the Africa Cup of Nations Final
… were the host of the Africa Cup of Nations Tournament in 1996. It was the national team, Bafana Bafana’s second … heroes. The match was attended by then…
ArticleANC January 8th Statements
… Grow South Africa January 8th, 2018 - 100 Years of Nelson Mandela: The Year of Renewal, Unity and Jobs January 8th, … A Year for Re-affirming the ANC Cadre…
EventAnti-apartheid activist Sister Bernard Ncube dies
… 1980s, Sister Ncube was one of the founding members of the Mandela Crisis Committee alongside Reverend Frank Chikane and … Committee was formed in response…
EventPallo Jordan opens the Mbuzini Samora Machel Public Library
… to the apartheid government's involvement. On 19 October 1996, Nelson Mandela made a commitment that a memorial should be … the plane and information about…
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… was arguably the most profound moment in the trial, Nelson Mandela made a speech in the dock in which he condemned the … soon after the overthrow of the…
ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
… constitution for South Africa.' 20 April, Nelson Mandela writes to H. F. Verwoerd, referring to the rising … first glimpse of what the complete text will…
EventDiplomatic ties are established between SA and Saudi Arabia
… were formalised during a visit by former President Nelson Mandela to Saudi Arabia in November 1994. Two missions were … to the Kingdom, Dr Samuel Motsuenyane…
EventEleven people are killed at Donnybrook, Kwazulu
… eleven people at Donnybrook, Kwazulu-Natal on the 21 March 1996 can be considered as part of the ongoing rivalry between … Donnybrook. Hours before the…
EventFormer Minister of Defence and others are charged with murder
… the government was advocating. Later President Nelson Mandela met with former President P.W. Botha and Freedom … of disaster should Malan and others be…
ArticleThe co-optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s original ‘State Capture’, Sampie Terreblanche
… globalism and market fundamentalism. From 1990 Nelson Mandela and Harry Oppenheimer met regularly for lunch or … Growth, Employment and Redistribution…
EventMzwakhe Mbuli is sentenced to 13 years in jail
… by being asked to introduce former President Nelson Mandela at his inauguration in 1994. It has been suggested … campaigning. Attempts were allegedly made to…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister, P.W Botha, dies
… Commission subpoena in 1998. The TRC was set up in 1996 to probe the Apartheid atrocities. Botha was implicated … at the Appeal Court. Click here to read…
Mandela and his three wives - Evelyn, Winnie and Graca by Sapa-AFP, 6 December 2013
… to Graca Machel and his feisty second wife Winnie, Mandela's first wife was a demure country girl who kept well … National Congress (ANC) stalwart Walter…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Reflection of the Chasm Between Constitutional Rights and the Lived Experience in South Africa by Rhiain Moses
… claim that “disablement is nothing to do with the body” (1996) is one that clashes with the historical focus of bodily … to”¦ segregated education to…
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan
… claim that “disablement is nothing to do with the body” (1996) is one that clashes with the historical focus of bodily … to”¦ segregated education to…
ArticleHeritage day, Braai Day or Shaka Day: Whose Heritage is it Anyway?
… cultural heritage. In an address marking Heritage Day in 1996, former President Nelson Mandela stated: "When our first democratically-elected …
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… Africa's first democratic election in April 1994, Nelson Mandela chose Mbeki to be the first deputy president in the … Party (NP). The NP withdrew from the…
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
… studied short-hand and typing. In 1953 she was employed by Mandela and Tambo Attorneys as a short-hand typist. She … Africa and served as a Member of…
PlaceRobben Island Museum
… a daily routine devised to destroy their humanity. Nelson Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist who would later become … to being transferred to another…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa
… day? In South Africa, this day was first celebrated in 1996 when the Department of Health organised a special event … to resolve it” - Former South African…
ArchiveBiography of Amina Desai by Cole Deal
… and free them from the white regime. Men such as Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo and groups like the African National … would continue on for the next…
Biography of Caiphus Semenya
… Letta performed in Cape Town for the celebration of Winnie Mandela’s 80th birthday. An interview the couple gave can be … Streams Today, Rivers Tomorrow …
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… In the 1970s, Mkhize devoted herself to the Release Mandela Campaign, hoping to free him and allow him to return … both nationally and locally after…
PlaceApartheid Museum, Johannesburg
… marks thirty years since former President Nelson Mandela signed the Constitution into law on 10 December 1996, following its adoption by the Constitutional…