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EventSA President Nelson Mandela to step down
… sworn in as the country's first democratic president in 1994. The South African constitution has a stipulation that …
EventThe Government Gazette publishes a Proclamation that dissolved KaNgwane Legislative Assembly
… into the Republic of South Africa on 27 April 1994. It now forms part of Mpumalanga province. …
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
… election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This election changed the history of South Africa. It …
EventThe Organisation of African Unity is formed and Africa Day is declared
… with South Africa becoming the 53rd member on 23 May 1994. The OAU started its operations on 13 September, 1963, …
EventHastings Banda, former president of Malawi, is born.
… presidency in 1993 when a referendum ended his reign. In 1994 Bakili Muluzu succeeded Banda as president of Malawi …
Call for Participants: Academy for African Urban Diversity
… DEADLINE: 14 MAY 2017 The African continent is rapidly urbanizing. If … their dissertations. Applications will be accepted until 14 May 2017. Late…
PlaceChatsworth, Suburb of Durban
… neighbourhood units containing 7 000 sub-economic and 14 000 economic houses. It was deliberately built to act as …
PlaceDoornkop/Doornsluiten
… 1983. The eviction was then postponed until May 1984. On 14 May 1984 the magistrate at Dannhauser informed the tenants …
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline 1850-1889
… 1800s 1850 The Natal Legislative Council passes Law 14 of 1859 allowing the Government to import labour from …
The ANC’s MK Special Ops Unit Material - Yunus Carrim Collection - The 1987 attack at the Wits Command
… 1987 Soldier watched countdown to blast, Natal Witness, 14 August 1987 Public offers to up Grosskopf reward, The Cape …
ArticleHealth and welfare
… opportunities. Although some progress has been made since 1994, the extent of poverty and inequality is still … and the demands of the people and women in…
ArticleZulu
… won the agreement of ANC negotiators just before the April 1994 elections that, with international mediation, the … home affairs in the first Government of…
Media briefing statement by ANC National Chairperson, Comrade Baleka Mbete, following the occasion of the Republic of South Sudans 9th July Independence Day Celebrations
… for our delegation that reminded us of our own 27 April 1994 - Freedom Day - and 10 May 1994 when Comrade Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first … in…
Denis Goldberg: Freedom Fighter and Humanist
… 12 for Denis Chapter 13 The Roving Educator Chapter 14 "We are witnesses"(24): for Denis Goldberg Chapter 15 …
EventFour South Africans and a British national charged with illegally exporting military equipment to South Africa
… were released on bail and were due to appear in court on 14 May 1984, while the South Africans were granted bail of …
EventMike Gatting’s rebel cricket tour is curtailed
… Front (UDF). The date of Bacher's announcement is given as 14 February in one source. …
EventSimon van der Stel, commander and governor of the Cape, is born
… Simon van der Stel was born on 14 October 1639 in Mauritius, the son of Adrian van der Stel, …
EventElectrically powered units replaced Johannesburg's horse-drawn trams
… The first electric tram line commenced service on 14 of February 1906. Electric trams had been proven to be an …
EventKitchener’s opinion on Concentration Camps
… is belied by the fact that about 28 000 Whites and 14 000 Blacks perished in the camps. Click here to read more …
References and links: Local History
… Carolina Press. McMahan E. M. (ed), Rogers K. M. (ed) 1994. Interactive Oral History Interviewing. New Jersey: …
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… contain Black resistance to white rule. The third held in 1994, represented the triumph of the struggle for non racial …
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
… Manor Development Association (CMDA) to redevelop the area 1994 Thousands of newly enfranchised voters line the streets …
Isitwalandwe / Seaparankoe the Highest Award of Honour, 1955 - 2014
… 1992 Raymond Mhlaba 1992 Wilton Mkwai 1992 Joe Slovo 1994 Ray Alexander Simons 2004 Chris Hani 2008 Ruth Mompati …
PlaceShell House, Johannesburg
… after its Unbanning in 1990, and was the site of a 1994 Massacre that threatened to undo preparations for the …
EventF.W. de Klerk, former state president of South Africa, is born in Johannesburg.
… Mandela jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. In 1994, he was appointed second vice president in Nelson …
EventThe Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organisation, plus Operating Agreement, is adopted in London.
… was only put into force in South Africa by Telkom in 1994. … Burger, D. (ed)(2002) South Africa Yearbook 2001/02 , Pretoria: GCIS, p. 222| The International…
EventSA signs multilateral treaty on the civil liability for oil pollution damage
… publicized oil spill in recent history took place in June 1994, when the Apollo Sea, a Chinese ore carrier, sank along …
EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
… more after the announcement of the General Election of 1994, because of attempts of both the ANC and the IFP to …
EventANC Constitutional proposals are disclosed
… for an interim government would not be held until March 1994. He also set February 1993 as deadline for the …
EventSouth African Parliament repeals The Separate Amenities Act of 1953
… the entire system of petty apartheid by the time of 1994 general election that brought the ANC to power. …