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ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… Collins Wells Englin is born in Sea Point, Cape Town. 1926 11 September, Gerrit Viljoen is born in Cape Town. 1927 21 … calls on the Prime Minister, Field…
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… in Africa. Thus, Angola attained official independence on 11 November 1975 and, while the stage was set for transition, …
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
The Minister of Sport, Piet Koornhof, announced a relaxation of apartheid rules for sport and declared that the government is working towards eliminating…
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…
EventGeneral Lothar Neethling sues Vrye Weekblad and the Weekly Mail
… On 20 January 1990 General Lothar Neethling sued the Vrye Weekblad and the …
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EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces the Group Areas Act will be repealed.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 …
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 …
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew
… Non-European Unity", Freedom, 4,1, February 1945 Document 11 - Peter Meissenheimer, "Smuts' Anti-Indian Bill: Economic … 2, March 1963 Document 75 - APDUSA…
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
1600s In the Dutch colonial era, from the 17th century on, indigenous tribes people and slaves imported from the east adapted Western musical instruments…
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… is that upon the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in 1990, one of the first groups that he visited was CONTRALESA … and recognition that CONTRALESA saw…
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
SOUTH AFRICA NEEDS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY ON 16 NOVEMBER TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITS INDENTURED LABOUR HERITAGEBy Brij Maharajhttps://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista…
ArticleAbram Fischer Timeline 1908-1975
… of the central committee of the SACP) helps to draft. 1963 11 July, Special Branch members raid Liliesleaf Farm in … contravening the Suppression of…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… statement on the terms of the war emergency regulations. 11 November, Paul R. Mosaka writes to Dr. A.B. Xuma about to … Unity which is adopted by the AAC’s…
Visit of Graca Machel, 9 October 1991
… of the late President Machel`s plane crash on Friday, 11 October 1991. Mrs Machel will be arriving at Komatipoort …
ANC NDC moves hearing venue to another location, 6 September 2011
… in the Johannesburg CBD. The hearing resumes on Sunday, 11 September 2011. Issued by: Derek Hanekom Chairperson ANC …
EventThe body of the former president Nelson Mandela is taken to the Union buildings in Pretoria.
… On 11 December 2013, Nelson Mandela’s body is taken to the Union … Independent Online Newspaper, Madiba lying in state , 11 December 2013, Url number … 2016…
EventPaul Biya becomes president of Cameroon
… another seven-year term in the presidential election of 11 October 2004, officially taking 70.92% of the vote, but …
EventFormer Springbok captain Bobby Skinstad is born
… http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2006/11/14/srmysp14.xml …
EventMakgatho Mandela dies
… his first marriage, and Ndaba, 21, Mbuso, 13, and Andile, 11, from his marriage to Zondi. …
EventThe force of the Union of South Africa enters Windhoek, capital of South West Africa.
… was immediate fighting in different parts of the world. On 11 May 1915, South African troops entered Windhoek, the …
EventA memorandum containing a proposed constitutional dispensation is delivered to the CPRC
… of Coloured Relations. The details were released on 11 September 1977. They were also revealed officially by the …
ArticleZulu
The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… toward the formation of Black People's Convention (BPC). 11 March, NUSAS launches the Wages Commission at the … the security forces is renewed annually until…
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 …
EventNelson Mandela receives a hero’s welcome in New York
… On 20 June 1990 Nelson Mandela was greeted the way New York welcomes its … ,[Accessed: 17 May 2011]|Kifner J. (1990), ‘THE MANDELA VISIT; Mandela to Get New…