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Document 59 - Letter from Ruth First to The Secretary, South African Institute of Race Relations’, 17 August 1944
… (presumably compulsory) of Africans from the age of 14 for a period of 3 years. 2. The compulsory registration of …
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…
ArticleTuberculosis
… be improved to better facilitate the TB treatment process [14] . Dr Cox argues that the lives of patients are complex … with a 73% cure rate and a 9% drop…
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 …
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. …
ArchiveAt the Pompidou by Jeremy Harding, 26 April 2018
… ‘some travelled up to eight hours per day, starting at 02.45 and getting home at 22.00.’ A sequence of three …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
PlaceGroote Schuur High School
… policy. Dual medium instruction was phased in from 1994. During this year, a boarding establishment was also …
PlaceQuaqua
… on 1 November 1974. It became a part of South Africa in 1994, along with the other nine Homelands. The QwaqQwa Nature …
PlaceSchanskop Fort, Pretoria
… cuts though the Museum, was handed back to the State in 1994. During June 2000, the Voortrekker Monument and Nature …
EventWalter Sisulu arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act
… in 1989, Walter Sisulu remained active in politics until 1994. Related: Rivonia Trial Reunion held …
EventThe new ochre-red, white and green tri-colour of the Transkei is adopted
… African Homelands/bantustans ceased to exist on 27 April 1994. They have all been reincorporated into South Africa. …