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EventJoaquim Chissano succeeds Samora Machel as president of Mozambique
… Foreign Affairs, Joaquim Chissano, on 3 November 1986. By 1990, direct talks were held between FRELIMO and RENAMO and …
EventSteve Biko, a pioneer of the Black Consciousness Movement, is born
… ended with the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in 1990 and the country's first fully democratic elections in …
EventSA Special Forces accused of train violence
… particularly the Benrose massacre on 13 September 1990. He also named a Zimbabwean who had allegedly been …
EventANC celebrates its 79th anniversary in Durban
… Party government was forced to negotiate with the ANC. In 1990 Nelson Mandela was released from prison and in February …
EventFather Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, is injured by a letter-bomb
… on a South African government hit list . On the 28 April 1990, Father Lapsley received two pieces of mail from South …
EventAllan Boesak’s plea for the acquittal on fraud charges is rejected and the case is postponed to the following year
… has been marred by controversy. This first incident was in 1990, when he was forced to resign from the Dutch Reformed …
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church rejoins the World Alliance of Reformed Churches
… using the bible as a foundation of racial segregation. In 1990, the church also declared its personal guilt and …
EventSouth Africa completes destroying its stockpile of anti-personnel mines
South Africa announced that it had completed destroying its stock pile of anti-personnel mines. A total of 261 423 were destroyed, while 18 000 were retained…
EventMandela signs SA Constitution into law
… pass laws in Sharpeville, Vereeniging. On 2 February 1990 the National Party (NP) government unbanned political …
EventWorld War I begins
19th century Europe had a complex system of political and military alliances in place. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian…
EventJoe Slovo dies
… in the South African struggle. It was Slovo who in 1990 was credited with persuading Nelson Mandela and other …
EventuMkhoto weSizwe (MK) launches its first acts of sabotage
… installation at Klippan in Western Transvaal. On 1 August 1990, MK suspended the armed struggle after 29 years. In 1996 …
From Amsterdam with euphoria
… nonetheless principled, like the resolutions on copyright (11.8) and on funding (11.9). The explicitly formulated need for progressive … and literature in…
EventTravis Logie, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… Travis Logie was born in Durban on 11 May 1979.[i] Logie was crowned the International Surfing … https://www.worldsurfleague.com/athletes/572/travis-logie …
PlaceBurkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a small, poor, landlocked country in West Africa. It is bounded by Niger to the east, Mali to the north and west, and Benin, Togo, Ghana, and…
EventThe first ‘Bantustans’ or ‘homelands’ comes into existence when the Transkei Regional Authority is instituted
… On 11 December 1963 the first of the 'Bantustans' or 'homelands' …
EventThe UN General Assembly adopts resolution 1881, requesting South Africa to release all political prisoners
… committing acts of sabotage, terrorism and communism. On 11 October 1963, the General Assembly of the United Nations …
EventProfessional soccer is introduced in SA when the National Football League is founded
… soccer was introduced to South Africa when, on 11 May 1959, the National Football League (NFL) was formed. …
ArchiveThe Final Prize by Norman Levy
… The Final Prize: “Bantu Education or the Street” - Chapter 11 The Final Prize: A Charge of Treason - Chapter 12 The …
PlaceIziko South African Maritime Centre
… The Iziko South African (SA) Maritime Centre opened in 1990. It is based at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront (V&A …
David Goldblatt: In the time of AIDS by Galeria Elba Benitez, 31 March 2009, Madrid
… Fifty One Years, catalogue). He took part in Documenta 11 (2001) and 12 (2007). His photographs are to be found in … Company, Boston, 1941 Galeria Elba…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… established as national Black trade union in Bloemfontein. 11 September, Gerrit Viljoen is born in Cape Town. 1920 The … fixed property in the Union, submits…
Event3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb 'Devil's Tooth' in the Drakensberg Range
… 1950, the Devil's Tooth was considered unclimbable, but on 11 August 1950 E. Scholes, D. Bell and P. Campbell formed a …
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… are sent to Dakawa, an MK camp, to calm the soldiers. 1990 Unbanning of the ANC and the SACP in South Africa 14 … Johannesburg after returning to South…
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… of South Africa 1870-1910, p.108 ) The Squatters Act (No: 11) 1887 The South African Republic (ZAR) government … the white farming areas at any time" (…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… were situated on a reserve. Muller divided the land into 11 plots and began selling various plots to German laymen in …
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
… and refuge for the young women that attended (Hughes, 1990). The Lindleys opened the school in 1869 and remained in … but a way of life. Mr. Zondi, a teacher…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… lose vote in boroughs. The Industrial Conciliation Act No 11 of 1924 This act provides for job reservation. Excluded … Regarding Public Amenities Appeal Act,…
PlaceWelkom
… of flats, about 75 minutes after the event. On 20 March 1990, Welkom was struck by a multi-vortex tornado which went … front and had a width of up to 1.7 km…
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… law came into force, Gandhi organised a mass meeting on 11 September 1906 at the Imperial Theatre in Johannesburg, … the British government approved the act…