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ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
… the ban of alcohol, dancing and attending school. [14] If these rules were not adhered to, they would either be … Historia, (Vol. 10), (No. 2), (2011), p. 28…
A growing urban African population
… of Sophiatown's population was made up of property owners, 14% were tenants and a staggering 82% were sub-tenants. This …
PlaceChapman's Peak Drive, Hout Bay to Fish Hoek
… was washed away, and subsequently the road was closed on 14 May, after a large section was washed away and the damaged … on Little Lion’s Head in 1937. Road…
ANC NGC 2015 Resolutions on International Relations
… agreements that South Africa has entered into since 1994. 2.12 The NGC recognised that the rise of terrorism … including the secretive moves to militarise…
ArchiveOpening Address at the Omar Badsha Photographic exhibition by Jakes Gerwel, September 2001
… the spirit of reconciliation post-Kempton Park and April 1994, there was a quest for inclusiveness also in the public … demise of apartheid and the first…
PlaceNigeria
… He was to rule until new elections, scheduled for February 1994. Defense Minister Sani Abacha in Power With the country … to civilian regime, and most…
Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 25 March (1936) at 8.30 p.m.
… to C. B. J. Dladla was read. Com Freislich reported that 14 had attended the last lecture at the Spartacus Club. The …
EventAngola becomes independent of Portuguese colonial rule
… Angola becomes independent after 14 years of armed resistance to Portuguese colonial rule. The … Africa: Solidarity and Assistance, Volume II, 1970-1994 , …
EventThe trial of Dr Allan Boesak on charges of theft and fraud starts
… in religion and politics from an early age. At the age of 14 he became a sexton Dutch Reformed Church's Sendingkerk (a …
ArchiveThe Final Prize by Norman Levy
… 13 The Final Prize: The Grand Coup: Rivonia - Chapter 14 The Final Prize: The Chalk Circle: Face-to-Face with the …
EventA cargo plane crashes into a market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing at least 350 people
On 8 February 1996 an Africa Air Antonov 32 cargo plane crashed into a market made of wood and iron shacks, killing between 250 and 350 people in Kinshasa,…
PlaceVenda
… South Africa in 1991. The Homeland policy was dissolved in 1994 and all the Homelands in the Country were absorbed into …
EventNelson Mandela is born
… in 1990. Mandela was elected president of South Africa in 1994. In 1999, at the end of his first term in office, he …
EventMandela signs a law into bill creating the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… The lack of racial harmony in the country between 1960 and 1994, alongside the human right abuses by both the Apartheid …
EventEnforcement of military conscription for all white males in SA
… by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in 1994.Related: Department of Defence - South African ArmySouth …
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces withdrawal of Internal Stability Units (ISU)
… On 1 February 1994 President F.W. de Klerk announced the withdrawal of the …
EventSouth Africa relinquishes sovereignty over Walvis Bay
… gained independence three years earlier in 1990. In March 1994, Walvis Bay was officially handed over to the Namibian …
EventThe first museum is opened in Soweto, and is named after Hector Pieterson, one of the first casualties of the 16 June 1976 Soweto uprising.
… been observed as a public holiday called 'Youth Day' since 1994. Soweto is an area of South Africa that is rich in the … Tours, Soweto., (1994), ' Hector…
EventThe Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is approved by Parliament
… up the final constitution. The writing process began in 1994, after the first democratic election.Two years later, …
EventSA artist Ernest Methuen Mancoba is born
… live in South Africa again, but visited the country after 1994 for his Retrospective exhibition in Johannesburg. …
PlaceVoortrekker Monument
… Battle of Blood River, commemorated in South Africa before 1994 as the Day of the Vow. The Cenotaph Hall is decorated … who died in service of their Country,…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… The premises were officially opened to the public on 14 November 1853. By that time it could boast of 112 members, … its first Speaker. 1 June, Natal issued…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… from the PAC. Increased activity after Soweto Riots (1976-1994) With the increase of student violence in 1976, police … votes in the first democratic…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures (Panel 1). Convenor: Janet Cherry
… National Congress (ANC) government since the elections of 1994. One of its adopted slogans is: ‘Socialism is the … ‘NGOisation’ of the African National…
EventThe South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) introduces its first national news service
… [online] Available at: www.mediamanager.co.za [Accessed: 14 July 2011] …
PlaceOld Locomotive “Emil Kessler”, Johannesburg
… 1867 in Esslingen am Neckar from a heart attack. The ZASM 14 tonner Emil Kessler 'Randtram' locomotive was taken out of …
Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Annual Conference Agenda, St Phillips School, Chapel Street. District 6, Cape Town, 18 January 1923
… 13. Policy of the "I.C.U." in reference to Politics. 14. Consideration of Agricultural Labourers. 15. Review …
EventFawcett Commission into Concentration Camps in South Africa
… that only White people were kept in these camps, some 14 000 Black people died in them. By 1902 there were 27 927 …
EventMarcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black nationalist who advocated the departure of African-Americans back to Africa, is born.
… as a young man developed a love for reading. At the age of 14, Garvey went left for Kingston to work in a printing …
Document 9 - First letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… Statement of principles 14. We believe that a conjuncture of circumstances exists …