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ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… June, The ANC releases a press statement on the Boipatong Massacre. This was after armed attackers killed more than 40 … to break the stalemate, resulting…
BiographyDr. Frene Noshir Ginwala
… the three decades she spent in exile after the Sharpeville Massacre were likely filled with uncertainty and instability, …
BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… was the Vicar General when he received news of the police massacre and murdered students. He spent the day engaged with …
EventSA Special Forces accused of train violence
… been involved in train violence, particularly the Benrose massacre on 13 September 1990. He also named a Zimbabwean who … Eastern Transvaal) operation at the…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… South African government. 17 June, Following the Boipatong massacre massacre, Mandela indicated that negotiations with the … leads a march against the Ciskei…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… Committee Meeting – 15 June 1992 Mass action and Boipatong Massacre on 17 June Rumours of Police Involvement and ANC … agreement at the second plenary of…
EventFormer SADF Chief Tienie Groenewald is acquitted
… Court on all charges related to the 1987 KwaMakhutha Massacre. The KwaMakutha attack, in which thirteen people, … Dixon, Norm, (1996), Anger as massacre…
EventGen. Magnus Malan appears in court
… murder and attempted murder. The charges related to a massacre of thirteen people in KwaMakhuta township south of …
EventInternational Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
… in Sharpeville, South Africa. The Sharpeville Massacre is also observed as Human Rights’ Day locally. The …
PlaceLanga Township, Cape Town
… The decisive event that marked the turning point was the massacre, on Sharpeville Day, of 31 peaceful protestors on … Cape town of Uitenhage . This book…
EventZimbabwe's interior minister Joshua Nkomo is dismissed
Joshua Nkomo, long time friend of Robert Mugabe, was dismissed as minister of the interior on the accusation of plotting a coup in Zimbabwe. This triggered…
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
… South Africa, which occurred shortly after the Sharpeville Massacre, attracted strong international condemnation that …
EventKenyan men arrested as part of the continuing crackdown by British authorities
… attacked the area. The attack came to be known as Lari massacre. Among the casualties was chief Luka from Lari, who …
EventWaddington report on Boipatong is released
… to make an independent inquiry into the Boipatong massacre on 17 June 1992, presented his report in which he …
EventUN Special Committee on Policies of Apartheid appeals for assistance to families of apartheid victims.
… and others arrested in what became known as Sharpeville massacre … Online , ‘Police kill 69 people during the Sharpeville Massacre’ , [online], available at…
EventNigeria imposes sanctions on South Africa, and implements a total trade boycott
… international community - especially after the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960. …
EventANC attacks Koeberg nuclear power station
… including those that were buried as a result of the Maseru massacre, following a raid by the South African Defence Force …
EventMandela and de Klerk agree to restart talks
… the country. This had been soon after the Boipatong massacre when Mandela, leader of the African National …
EventTripartite Alliance plans mass action
… Trade Centre in Kempton Park broke down after Boipatong massacre in 1992. COSATU played a pivotal role in the …
EventIraq boycott SA government’s apartheid policies
… policies. The announcement came after the Sharpeville massacre, when 69 people were killed by security police after …
EventEnoch Mgijima dies
… commonage outside Queenstown. This had lead to the Bulhoek Massacre in 1921. In the conflict with police, his followers …
EventTranskei’s first President, Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau, dies
… and others arrested. Botha Sigcau was blamed for the massacre because he was seen as supporting the apartheid …
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… in 1993. Three events that stand out were the St James Massacre in Kenilworth, Heidelberg Pub Bombing in Observatory … the murder of Amy Biehl in Gugulethu…
EventUN and OAU take a stand against Apartheid policy
… South African government in the wake of the Sharpeville massacre, where nearly 70 peaceful protesters were killed by …
EventJomo Kenyatta, believed to be Mau Mau leader, is convicted
… army post. Kenyatta’s arrest came shortly after the Lari massacre that happened on 26 March 1953 where close to 100 …
Le Rona Re Batho by Phyllis Naidoo - Introduction
… the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 After the … me saying," Thank God you're alive, Ma…
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… closed on a disastrous note, that of the appalling massacre in Boipatong (June 1992), which precipitated the … which the HRC has classified as major…
EventIraq boycott SA government's apartheid policies
… policies. The announcement came after the Sharpeville massacre, when 69 people were killed by security police after …
EventHuman Rights Day is celebrated for the first time in South Africa
… the day with the anniversary of the infamous Sharpeville Massacre, which occurred in 1960. This gross violation of …
EventEleven people are killed in eSikhawini township
… by unknown killers armed with pump action shotguns. The massacre took place a few hours after approximately one …