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PlaceWestern Sahara
… Front, and the two sides agreed to a cease-fire in 1991. Meanwhile, Morocco continued to expand its physical … Front to announce that it would no longer…
EventCassper Nyovest, the South African Hip Hop artist is born
… was born in Mafikeng, North West Province on 16 December 1990.[1] Cassper Nyovest is one of the most prominent figures …
EventP.W. Botha launches CONSAS at the Carlton Conference to eliminate “Marxist threat”
… to become Zimbabwe in 1980), South West Africa (Namibia by 1990), Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Transkei, Bophuthatswana …
PlaceQuaqua
… increased to 300 000 in 1980 and more than a million in 1990. The population of the homeland increased as more people …
EventLiberation struggle activists, Gwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
… respective organizations. Mothopeng died on 23 October 1990 and Gwala died of a heart failure on 21 June 1995. …
EventBeginning of the Waterberg Battle in the Herero Revolt
… UN Trusteeship. Namibia finally gained independence in 1990.In 2004, Germany issued an official apology for the1904 …
EventJustice Ludorf convicts thirty men accused of conspiring to overthrow the SWA administration
… of Nations at the end of the First World War in 1919. In 1990 Namibia became the last country in Africa to gain …
Dumile Feni biography by Sophia Reuss
… remained in London until From 1972 until his death in 1991, Dumile exhibited in a variety of group and solo … and ‘lived in his own imaginary world.” (Smith,…
PlaceOld Pretoria Iron Mines Ltd Buildings, Iscor, Pretoria
… USCO's steel division (today Vereeniging Works) in mid-1991. A joint venture with Industrial Development Corporation …
Freedom In Our Life Time - Acknowledgements
… to A. P. Mda. He dictated his foreword to this volume in 1991., a year before he died. He was an inspirational friend …
The Centenary Celebration of the February Revolution 8-12 March 2017
… at the end of 1917. When the Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991 the name was then changed back to “St. Petersburg”. ↵ …
Why protect rights of gays and lesbians?
… had declared section 25(5) of the Aliens Control Act of 1991 unconstitutional because it omitted to give persons who …
EventBarend Strydom kills 8 People in Pretoria
… acted according to the will of God. However, due to the 1990 moratorium on capital punishment, Strydom escaped the …
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… 1970, 1986 and 1995; the SAUK Prize for African TV dramas 1990; the Stals Prize for Cultural History 1997; and the …
EventMilitary service becomes compulsory for White South African men.
… government from 1988 - 89, but restrictions were lifted in 1990 as part of the move towards multi-racial government. …
EventZubeida Jaffer is detained, while pregnant, by the security police under Apartheid regulations
… was withdrawn and she was not allowed travel to until 1990. In 1988 she was charged and convicted for obstructing a …
EventThe trial of Dr Allan Boesak on charges of theft and fraud starts
Born in 1945 in the North West Cape, Boesak developed deep interests in religion and politics from an early age. At the age of 14 he became a sexton Dutch…
EventHaitian leader General Raoul Cedras resigns in favour of exiled President Jean
… A number of provisional governments followed, but by 1990, a new constitution had been adopted and the charismatic …
EventNelson Rolihlahla Mandela passed away
… the Australian Human Rights Award. After his release in 1990, Mandela received the Nobel Peace Prize, and was elected …
EventNamibian artist, John Ndevasia Muafangejo, dies
… humour. He did not live to see Namibian independence in 1990. The John Muafangejo Art Centre was established in …
ArchiveRadio Freedom: A History of South African Underground Radio by Chris A. Smith
… outside Lusaka, kept up the pressure. In February 1990, Mandela was released from prison. A couple of weeks … war, and the exiles finally returned home. In…
EventSouth West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… the country's leading party following independence in 1990. SWAPO, led by one of its co-founders Sam Nujoma, began …
EventLlewellyn Herbert was born on this day
Llewellyn George Herbert was born on 21 July 1977 in Bethal, Mpumalanga.[i] Herbert was the South African 400 metre hurdle champion from 1996 to 2003.[ii] He…
EventMinnie Dlamini, the South African television personality is born
… Dlamini was born in Durban, KwaZulu Natal on 7 July 1990.[1] Minnie attended Northlands Girls’ High School and …
EventSt James Church massacre
… Report, vol. 2. 'The Liberation Movements from 1960 to 1990'. http://www.doj.gov.za …
EventVlakplaas Commander testifies before Harms Commission about secret police killings in 1981
… therefore set up the Harms Commission in Britain in 1990 to investigate these claims. In his testimony, Coetzee …
EventSouth Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa
… paved the way for formal Namibian independence in 1990. … coast, has enjoyed stability since gaining independence in 1990 after a long struggle against rule…
EventKaunda calls for Thatcher’s exclusion from talks on South African sanctions
In protest of the system of apartheid, economic sanctions against South Africa had been advocated from the 1960s onwards. However, it was only in the 1980s…
EventFreedom Day is celebrated in South Africa
… and other organisations were later unbanned on 2 February 1990, and a non-racial constitution was eventually agreed …
ArchiveCongress Resister 1983 - 1989
… and Economy Group. After the unbanning of the ANC in 1990, TIC leaders and activists became active in the …