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Nelson Mandela Correspondence around Mandela’s health
… Town. A virulent virus had been eating up my eye since 28/3 but the poor creature had no idea of just how strong in … up on 3/3. I injured my left eye with a…
Call for papers: 100 years of the SACP
… role in South Africa’s liberation struggle and has, since 1994, been part of the ANC-led governing coalition through … lives’: This has been a major area of…
EventSouth Africa's new constitution is approved
… organisations. The constitutional assembly sat between May 1994 and October 1996 drafting and completing the new …
ArticleWomen in African Literature: Writing and Representation
… between the ‘madams’ and their ‘maids’ in post-1994 South Africa and the various scenarios both parties face … the reality of the masked power dynamics which…
Liberation
… Charter adopted during the Community Land Conference in 1994.) The challenge to undo centuries of colonial and … other tourist attractions. In the first six…
Biography of Lefifi Tladi by Paul Linck
… Diplomacy of the African National Congress in Africa, 1960-1994. Modern African Studies, [Online]. 41/1, 57. Available … Diplomacy of the African National…
PlacePeddie
… bailey. The fort came under fire in 1837, and again on 28 May 1846, when it was besieged by 9,000 amaXhosa …
PlaceLadysmith
… It commenced on the 2 November 1899 and continued to the 28 February 1900 Approximately 3,000 British soldiers died …
EventThe ANC calls for a day of protest and observes this day as 'South Africa Freedom Day' for the first time
… unless it is based on the will of all the people." Since 1994 Freedom Day has been celebrated on 27 April, in … of the first democratic elections held in…
EventSouth Africa's TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
… of National Unity (the democratic government since 1994) to help deal with violations of human rights during the …
EventThe TEC decides on Bophuthatswana's incorporation following major unrest
… On 14 March, 1994, the Transitional Executive Council (TEC) management …
EventANC agrees to facilitate SA rugby's return to international games
… place after the first South African non-racial polls of 1994. …
Pridekit - Enoch Sontonga
… in Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa for many years. In 1994 it became part of South Africa's national anthem. Nkosi … on 11 June 1927 and in a Xhosa poetry…
Memorial service of photojournalist Juda Ngwenya by Cyril Ramaphosa, Rhema Church, Randburg, 26 October 2016
… Ohlange to photograph Mandela casting his historic vote in 1994. He was one of the few journalists that Mandela admired … attention to the details in the…
PlaceKwazulu Natal Province
… into the Natal province after the end of Apartheid in 1994. The Province of Natal, which had existed between 1910 and 1994, was renamed KwaZulu-Natal. Just…
Reflections on the 1973 Durban strikes by Steven Freedman
… of South Africa – the democratic constitution achieved in 1994 was a consequence of processes set in motion then: they … this in perspective. Developments in…
ArticleThe Namibian struggle for independence – 1966 – 1990 – a historical background
… 1966 – 1990, between 20 000 and 25 000 people died. In 1994, the first elections following the country’s …
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… in South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994 and the birth of our new Constitution. Human Rights and …
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… just hours after his presidential inauguration on 10 May 1994. On 3 February 1996, South Africa won the African …
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… of Reconciliation After the first democratic elections in 1994, December 16 continued to form part of the history of …
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… of Protest and Mourning is heeded. Since then (until the 1994 elections) 26 June was observed annually as Freedom Day …
ArticleGrade 4 - Learning about local history through pictures: Cape Town
… end of apartheid and the country’s advent to democracy in 1994. Furthermore this event was the first in the history of …
ArchiveBarberton Prison by Sloane Fuller
… before being required to work in extreme conditions.” [28] In response to a question posed in Cape Town’s parliament … Two.” 310. [24] Middleton, “Murders in…
Artist. Activist. Historian. This man is preserving the past to protect the future (beautifulnews.co.za)
… Africa held its first democratic elections on 27 April 1994. He then founded South African History Online, a …
PlaceImizamo Yethu, Hout Bay
… in March/April 1991 (Gawith and Sowman 1992, Oelofse 1994). These were registered ‘squatters’ and the Site was …
PlaceDistrict Six Museum
… The District Six foundation was established in 1989, and in 1994, the District Six Museum came into being. This museum … The District Six foundation was…
EventDr Albert Hertzog confirms that television would not be introduced in South Africa
… party of South Africa from June 4th 1948 until May 9th 1994, and was disbanded in 2005... However, many white South …
EventBrig. Ramushwana in NPKF admission
… [accessed 2 August 2011] Press Briefings, (1994),The NPKF wont be ready to keep peace during elections …
EventThe First Draft of the Constitution is published
… the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the ANC since April 1994. In 1995 the IFP withdrew its members from the …
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Bibliography
… John. History Of South Africa . London, David Philip, 1994. Omer-Cooper, John. The Mfecane Survives its Critics. In …