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EventSouth Africa relinquishes sovereignty over Walvis Bay
… Namibia had gained independence three years earlier in 1990. In March 1994, Walvis Bay was officially handed over to … Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa …
EventNelson Mandela meets President P.W. Botha to begin negotiating the end of apartheid
… to Pollsmoor in 1982, then to Victor Verster in 1988-1990. The unfavourable economic situation of South Africa, …
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.
The Hector Pieterson Museum, the first museum in Soweto, was opened on 16 June 2002. The Museum is situated on Kumalo Street in Orlando West, and is named…
EventThe Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is approved by Parliament
… that led to its approval was not an easy one. It began in 1990 with the unbanning of political parties and the release …
EventKing Moshoeshoe II is reinstated as King of Lesotho
… first in the 1970s when he was exiled from Lesotho and in 1990 when he was stripped of constitutional powers and …
EventChad gains its independence
… Full and autonomous independence was declared for Chad by 11 August 1960 with Francois N'Garta Tombalbaye being elected …
EventForced Removals commence from District Six
… meaning ‘help one another’), is marked by the event of 11 February 1966. On this day the district was declared a …
Open Textbooks for Africa Summit
You have been invited to the first Open Textbook Summit: physics & astronomy Textbooks prices have skyrocketed globally, but as the rand takes a hit so does…
Denis Goldberg: Freedom Fighter and Humanist
… that was my task" Chapter 10 East - West Relations Chapter 11 Thank you for the Friendship - a Letter Chapter 12 for …
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner meet in Bloemfontein to discuss the franchise question
… The South African War, or Anglo-Boer War, broke out on 11 October 1899, and Kruger, now 74, remained in Pretoria as …
EventUnited Nations Charter is adopted
… Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 11, p. 78. History of the United Nations. Website: …
EventM.T. Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State
… the independence of the republic. Once war was declared on 11 October 1899, the Free State joined Transvaal in the …
EventMau Mau political prisoners escape from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria
… On 5 February 1956, 11 Mau Mau prisoners, serving life sentences escaped from …
Post-detention weapons
… My Jail (1989) Political Imprisonment in South Africa (May 1990) Death Penalty in South Africa (October 1989) The … MY JAIL The Case of Restrictees in South…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… the two organisations. These restrictions were lifted in 1990 and allowed the party to continue with its political … of the economy at its annual conference…
Mandela and his three wives - Evelyn, Winnie and Graca by Sapa-AFP, 6 December 2013
… letters and visits to prison and when he was released in 1990, Winnie was there holding his hand, but in private she … prison. When they met in Mozambique's…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… Sabata , paramount chief of the Transkei , was deposed. 11 August, Chief Dalindyebo flees to Swaziland , Tembu … because the new plan continued to exclude…
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 …
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… men who then ran away. The brothers burnt to death. On May 11 2008, an outburst of xenophobic violence in the … sending all the foreigners packing and…
Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk, 26 June 1992
… decisions by a sixty-six and two-thirds percent majority. 11. In South African regional differences have been fostered … under the pretext of their being…
ArticleThe Arniston
… The rest of the Arniston’s passengers washed up until 11 July 1815 and were buried behind the dunes (Story of the …
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… operation was begun in 1988 and continued until February 1990. The Soviets also embarked on a drive to forge relations … and Gorbachev was elected as the…
PlaceNigeria
… and political activity again was permitted. In April 1990, mid-level officers tried and botched to overthrow … after secret trials before military tribunals…
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. …
PlaceOur Lady of Montserrat Catholic Church, Betty's Bay
… the Fire in the Overstrand. News24 reported at 2019-01-04 11:30 by Duncan Alfreds- The Weather and Terrain is making it …
EventThe Rivonia Trialists are charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the state
… after a raid by security police at Lilliesleaf farm on 11 July 1963, the police arrested many prominent leaders of … Publishers|Hepple, B. Rivonia: The Story…
EventDr Abrahams to be returned to Bechuanaland
… been kidnapped in Bechuanaland by South African forces on 11 August 1963*. This was one of the first instances of …