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Statement to the Press by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 16 November 1984
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…
EventOlive Shisana was born on this day
Prominent South African academic, Dr Olive Shisana was born in the town of Pietersburg, South Africa, on the 27th of November 1950. [1] She holds a BA degree…
EventSekonyela, chief of the Batlokwa, dies in the Wittebergen Reserve, Herschel district.
… Kgosi Sekonyela (c. 1804 – 20 July 1856) was a chief of the Batlokwa people. He … he died three years later. After the Battle of Berea on 20 December 1852,…
ArchiveA critical look at the role of the Muslim Judicial Council in the struggle for liberation in South Africa from 1960 to 1994
… as the 1976 Uprising, 1985-1986 Mass Mobilisation, 1989-1990 Defiance Campaign, inter alia. …
EventMinister promises relaxation of apartheid rules and elimination of racial segregation in sports
… ',[online],Available at www.telegraph.co.uk[Accessed: 09 October 2013] …
EventBheki Mlangeni, ANC human rights lawyer of Soweto, is killed by a walkman bomb meant for Dirk Coetzee.
Bheki Mlangeni was a lawyer working for the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1990s. He and former police Captain Dirk Coetzee had worked together to…
EventMandela visits Zambia
… 1962. Subsequent to his release from prison on 11 February 1990, after 27 years in jail, he had been following a …
EventSecurity officials report that levels of political violence have dropped significantly in SA
… incident of political violence took place in February 1990 after South African President F.W. de Klerk made a … O’Malley, P. ‘1990’ , from Nelson Mandela…
EventGrammy Award winner Miriam Makeba is born in Johannesburg
… African countries before she returned to South Africa in 1990. She has won several awards for her music, including a …
EventJudith Mason, SA artist, is born in Pretoria.
… only to return at the dawn of democracy in the early 1990’s. Mason’s work is represented in all major South …
EventFrene Noshir Ginwala, former speaker of the SA Parliament, is born
… (UKZN) in 2005. Prior to her return from exile in 1990, Ginwala was head of the Political Research Unit in the …
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces the Group Areas Act will be repealed.
… On 19 April 1990, President Frederick Willem de Klerk announced in … The Item, (1990), ’ Report: South African government will scrap major apartheid laws’ ,…
EventRecord of Understanding is agreed to by the SA government and the ANC
… offences with a political motive on or before 8 October 1990 shall be carried out in stages. However, the deadline …
Dance For All (DFA)
Established in 1991, Dance For All (DFA) is a non-profit dance organisation, originally known as Ballet for All. DFA was an education development programme…
The State of Art in South Africa Conference
… Held at the University of Cape Town from 16-20 July 1979, The State of Art in South Africa Conference was …
ArticleSouth African Association of Art Historians (founded 1984)
… R 60.00 Institutional member: R 100.00 Student member: R 20.00 Life member: R 600.00 Affiliated member: R 60.00 …
ArticleThe Battle - Andries Pretorius and his men advance
… reported that a large AmaZulu force was advancing (10 000-20 000 Zulu warriors). The Zulu army was led by Dingane's …
ANC mourns the passing on of Mama Regina Nzo, 27 September 2011
… in 1964 for 26 years. She returned to South African in 1990 and worked for ANC Womens League. Her contribution will …
EventSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) is formed
… regime. With the unbanning of political organisations in 1990, SACTU decided to disband and some of its leadership was …
EventMaria Mary Burton, former national president of the Black Sash, is born
… Burton, who acted as its national president from 1985 - 1990. The Black Sash is still in existence and still aims to …
EventJoe Slovo is born
… After the unbanning of the liberation movements in 1990 by the then state president F.W De Klerk, Slovo made his …
EventAPLA burns down farm house in Fouriesburg
… people and return it to dispossessed Black people. In 1990, the PAC had adopted the slogan 'Year of the People's …
EventOupa Gqozo, military leader of the Ciskei, quells a second coup attempt
… foiled several coup attempts during his rule. In the early 1990's Colonel Onward Guzana, a former member of the Military …
EventFive ANC leaders are released from prison
… Mbeki (5 November 1987) and Nelson Mandela (11 February 1990). They were arrested on 11 July 1963 when security …
EventConstructors make mass grave finding in Namibia
… of South Africa's occupation of Namibia, which ended in 1990. It was not known how many bodies the grave contained. …
Freedom Part to Host Ken Oosterbroek Legacy Exhibition
Many South Africans have heard of the ‘Bang Bang Club,’ a nickname given to four South African photographers who captured the dying years of apartheid through…
EventWillie Smith, South Africa’s bantamweight champion boxer is born
… on 4 July 1904.[i] Smith’s boxing debut took place on 20 June 1925.[ii] Willie Smith was South Africa’s second … best referees in the country’s boxing…
Last kicks of a dying horse July 1992 - June 1993
… declined to 12) but a high number of incidents (nearly 20% more) producing about the same number of deaths (3096) … A record of political violence in South…
Invitation to the TB Davie Memorial Lecture
… of Cape Town (1996–99). He was listed as one of the top 20 public intellectuals by Foreign Policy (US) … online , or via email or phone 021 650 3730 by…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… not supplying arms and military equipment to South Africa. 20 July, The Prime Minister announces in the House of … for Tribal and Community Authorities Act…