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EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women’s League, is born
… the ANC’s Internal Leadership Corps Task Force from 1990-1991. In 1994 Shope became a member of parliament in the …
EventSA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster reveals that SA scientists have succeeded in developing a new process for uranium enrichment
… project was initiated under the auspices of the AEB. In 1990, President F. W. de Klerk terminated the program and in …
EventFrance tests an atomic bomb in Algeria
… France continued its nuclear tests for years. In the 1990’s France was still conducting nuclear tests in the …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… on 26 June, with a countrywide stay-at-home strike. June 20, The Central Committee meeting of the Communist Party of … Indian Congress members in 16 centres…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… Dr. Steyn, prosecution against Moses Kotane is withdrawn. 20-22 December, The ANC conference held in Bloemfontein … increases fares by 1d. In a spontaneous…
PlaceBeach houses, Main Road, Muizenberg
These properties, located between Muizenberg and St James, are the only remaining concentration of early 20th century Edwardian beach houses in South Africa,…
EventDate is set for constitutional talks
… (CODESA) and that the first meeting would take place on 20-21 December 1991. Every party or government would be … the ANC. The opening session of CODESA took…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… date of the Afrikaners’ massacre of Zulus in 1813. 20 December, The National Committee of Liberation (NCL) and … did not dress or behave in a manner to cause…
ArticleLegacy: A Timeline of HIV/AIDS by Carlos Motta
… for people living with the disease and their caregivers. 1990 Artist Keith Haring dies from AIDS-related … public health system.” 2000 The WHO estimates that…
Biography of Caiphus Semenya
… [Accessed October 20, 2016]. Anon, 2011. Hugh Masekela. South African History … Rogert Ebert, “The Color Purple,” RogerEbert.com , Dec. 20, 1985. ↵ [11] Jack…
ArticleThe death of Samora Machel
… scene of the crash at about 2:00 in the morning of Monday 20 October (four and a half hours after the crash). "The … evidence at the Rand Supreme Court in…
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 …
EventNelson Mandela announces he will not stand for re-election in 1999
… in 1999. Mandela, who was released from prison in February 1990, became the first democratic president of the Republic …
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,…
ArticleTuberculosis
… highest rate of HIV in the world, with 7.7million people (20.4%) estimated to be living with HIV [16] . In 2016, over … predictably to developed drug…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… The number of Namas in Namibia amount to between 15,000 to 20,000. Hendrik Witbooi refuses to sign a protection treaty … SWAPO fighters, agrees to grant…
ArticleThe 1st Johannesburg Biennale
… Everybody”. To this extent 63 national pavilions, and 20 South African exhibitions, were organised under the … maintain a hierarchy of aesthetic difference…
PlaceVictor Verster Prison
… was through these gates, that Mandela walked to freedom in 1990 . Mandela was transferred to this prison, from the … in preparation for his release on the…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Bibliography
… 1860 -1911. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1990 Bhana, S-, Indentured Indian immigrants to Natal, 1860 - … and Outsiders. The Indian Working…
PlaceGriqualand West
… It was retained as the Magistrate’s Court until May 1990, when the staff moved into their new premises on Knight … itself, a National Monument (declared so…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the Press, 16 November 1984, Addis Ababa
The delegation of the African National Congress is very happy to have participated in the 20th Summit meeting of the OAU which in our view, will go down as one…