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ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… the verdict, their primary motive was to rob the clinic. 1991 24 September, a South African court overturns Mbatha and …
Lecture by the President of the ANC, President Jacob Zuma, on the occasion of celebrating the life and times of the tenth President of the ANC President Nelson Mandela, 10 July 2012, Limpopo
… of behind the scenes manoeuvring, on the 2nd of February 1990, FW De Klerk announced Mandela`s release in parliament. … We must emphasise that the release of…
Zulu Community
Late nineteenth century postcard of Zulu Warriors. Note the Europeans in the background. Source: Frescura Collection The pre-1994 apartheid system of…
PlaceSomalia
… Peter. A History of African Archaeology. J. Currey, 1990, p.105. ↵ [ii] Mukhtar, Mohamed Haji. Historical … Peter. A History of African Archaeology. J…
PlacePretoria Art Museum
… various changes and makeovers. In the middle of the 1990's the Museum started to host the New Signatures Art …
Photographer Juda Ngwenya was the face of Reuters in Africa and a special friend by Siphiwe Sibeko (Mail and Guardian), 25 Oct 2016
There is a saying that goes: “Show me your friends and I will tell you who you are.” I am what I am because I was inspired, motivated and mentored by Juda…
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer and linguist, dies
… Voorvaders and Dutch as De Wraak van het Voorgeslacht in 1990 and in 1999 respectively. Jordan also authored a …
PlaceVryburg, Bophirima Region
Vryburg lies on the N14, due West of the Towns of Klerksdorp and Orkney - as in 'Orkney Snork Nie' (Orkney doesn't snore) the popular Afrikaans toilet humour…
PlacePella
In the mid-1880s a huge Cathedral was built in the Bushmanland desert oasis of Pella by French Missionaries who at first had absolutely no idea what they were…
ArticleLife Timeline of Jacob Zuma
… and Chief of the Intelligence Department in Lusaka. 1990 November, Zuma is elected chairperson of the ANC’s Southern Natal region. 1991 He is elected as the…
Lives on the Line: An Invitation to a Gripping True Story
An Invitation to a Gripping True StoryJoin us for an exclusive evening at Ike's Bookshop, Durban's beloved independent book haven, to celebrate the launch of…
PlaceKoelfontein Wine Farm
… on the grounds. Noble cultivars were first planted in the 1990’s, followed by Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon …
EventGwala 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. …
EventIvory Coast's new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… crime rose dramatically in the capital, Abijan. By 1990, a strike of civil servants and students led to the …
ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
Bookmarked by Dan Cameron in Art Forum as “what may turn out to be the most important exhibition of the 1990s”, the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, which opened on…
ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
Music Music was a central feature of the urban culture that developed in Johannesburg and in Sophiatown in particular. It was here that the most important…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
1500-1800 This period is marked by the advent and growth of the Atlantic Slave Trade affecting West Africa, Central and East Africa. On the Southern African…
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… August 1988, and that Namibia became independent in March 1990, even before the Cuban troop exodus from Angola. What … Angola: The Final South African Phase …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… R, The politics of national security in Botswana: 1900–1990, in the Journal of Contemporary African Studies, Volume … to democracy , (London), p.92 Medard…
PlaceOliver Tambo District Municipality
… of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1967 to 1991. The District covers about 80% of the former Transkei …
ArticleThe influence of apartheid
… It is not difficult to see therefore, how, by 1990, when the Nationalist government and the ANC began a … to announce that these had been shelved…
EventPeter Scott is born
… Peter Scott was born on 27 November 1990 in Cape Town.[i] Peter is a South African alpine …
PlaceSchmidtsdrift
… training Base there! After Namibia's independence in 1990 members of the 31 Battalion, (the so-called Bushman …
PlaceMarket Theatre
… until after the demise of the apartheid regime in the 1990’s. Due to the fact that the Market Theatre ran as a …
PlaceRondebosch
… , as a commitment to a peaceful negotiation process in 1990 - the beginning of the end of Apartheid . Rondebosch …
EventFive American nuns are shot to death in Liberia
… Johnson, former ally of Taylor, formed his own army. By 1990, neighboring African countries formed a military force …
EventRenowned Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, is born in Ogidi, Nigeria
… and The Trouble with Nigeria (1983). In 1990 Achebe was paralyzed from the waist down as the result …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… land in each of the provinces for black settlement (RRS 1991/92: 381).Commences: 31 August 1936. Repealed by Proc R … Abolition of Racially Based Land…
ArchiveAfrican languages should be at the center of educational and cultural achievement by Abdi Latif Dahir (Quartz Africa)
… 1972. But after the collapse of the central government in 1991, Arabic became the dominant language in professional, …
David Goldblatt’s Portraits of Ex-Convicts at the Scenes of their Crimes by Max Campbell, 6 October 2016
… men with AK-47s robbed the security firm’s facility in 1991. Suspecting that Kganakga, who was an employee of the …