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EventSouth African artist, Gerard Sekoto, dies
… On 20 March 1993, South African artist and musician Gerard …
EventThe United Democratic Front (UDF) is dissolved
… UDF had lost its function. It was therefore disbanded on 20 August 1991. In 2005, an initiative similar to the UDF was …
EventThe Angolan-Namibian peace plan is accepted
… men, and the decision was made to withdraw their troops on 20 July 1988*. South Africa, Angola and Cuba then formally …
A French minister, Pierre Simond, joins the Huguenots at the Cape by order of the Heeren XVII (Lords Seventeen)
… later led the deputation to Governor Simon van der Stel on 20 November 1689 to request their own congregation. They were …
EventThe last French troops pull out of Rwanda
Rwanda, much like the rest of the African continent, was ruled by colonial powers that left a legacy of ethnic and class divisions. The Tutsi had been the…
ArchiveThe Final Prize by Norman Levy
… The Final Prize: Moscow, Havana, Harare and Home - Chapter 20 The Final Prize: Select Bibliography …
EventThe Pretoria Supreme Court orders for an inquiry into the doctors' treatment of Steve Biko at the time of his death
… Elizabeth security police on 18 August 1977 and held for 20 days. Sometime between 6 and 7 September, Biko was beaten …
PlaceBoksburg, the Witwatersrand
The Town of Boksburg was founded in 1887 as the Administrative Centre of the East Rand. It is the second oldest Town on the Witwatersrand. Boksburg was an…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… States of America via Cape Town and Southampton, England. 20 September: Having been awarded a small Wesleyan Mission … speaking at anti-pass demonstrations…
EventThe reburial of Flora
… came about after the discovery of her remains in October 1990, when University of Cape Town(UCT) archaeologists …
EventPeter Scott is born
… Peter Scott was born on 27 November 1990 in Cape Town.[i] Peter is a South African alpine …
South Africa’s armed struggle: where the ANC’s ineptitude was a virtue by Howard Barrell (The Conversation), 10 July 2016, University of Pretoria
… were aberrant adventures that failed. And from 1976 to 1990, armed struggle spluttered on at very low levels of … to MK’s contribution came from Ronnie…
PlaceSt Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Odendal Street, Germiston
… of the name prior to the meeting of the Congregation in 1990 which agreed on the name of “St. Andrew's Presbyterian … Nicol Binnie- 1975 – 1988; The Rev…
PlaceNxuba (formerly known as Cradock)
… drostdy to Somerset East . This decision was reversed on 20 May 1831, and in June 1836 a new Resident Magistrate and …
Address to Extraordinary Summit of the World Economic Forum 21 June 2003
… that the South African conflict was 80% political and only 20% military, and therefore a political solution was more … MINUTE" While our political…
ArchiveCHAPTER ONE: A Conceptual Overview by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
GANDHI THE PRISONER
… cells, in Gandhi's time and ours, usually accommodated 15-20 prisoners, but that varied. The worst Gandhi experienced … I found that I too must go and I ran…
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
… Federation of South African Women in its secretariat. In 1990, she was chosen to be part of the ANC delegation that …
Chapter 1 - Introduction
… From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 On 10 December 1996, the signatures on the country's new …
EventDulcie September's 's life commemorated at Athlone High School
… Dulcie September was born on 20 August 1935. From her early years of activism she chose …
PlaceEritrea
Eritrea is a country in the Horn of Africa located on the Red Sea. A fact reflected in its name, which is an Italianized version of; 'Mare Erythraeum'. Which…
EventRiky Rick, one of the most esteemed South African hip hop artists is born
… the KwaMashu township of northern Durban, KwaZulu Natal on 20 July 1987.[i] He is a South African musician, music …
EventDelagoa Bay railway line is officially opened
… by Paul Kruger. Its link to Pretoria was completed on 20 October 1894.The railway line was completed a few years …
PlaceOld gaol, Seventh Avenue, Roodepoort
The original building was apparently already in existence in 1890 when it was converted to use as a gaol for the mining village of Florida. The structure was…
Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Annual Conference Agenda, St Phillips School, Chapel Street. District 6, Cape Town, 18 January 1923
… for year 1922. 19. Organiser-in-Chief's yearly report. 20. The Acting President-General's report on his tour. 21. …
EventAbdul Samad Minty, anti apartheid activist, is born
… Minty to Chair the General Conference of the IAEA on 18 - 20 September 2006’ from the Department of International …
EventThe UN orders Libya to hand over two suspects linked to the Lockerbie bombing
… the only suspect found guilty of murder and was given a 20-year prison sentence. In 2009, he was released due to poor …
EventCharles Darwin and the HMS Beagle reached the Galapagos Islands
… generate, Darwin was cautious about publishing. After 20 years of carefully researching and developing sufficient …
EventReported arrest of London bomb mastermind, Rashid Aswat
… national of Pakistani or Indian descent, made about 20 calls from a South African cellphone number to two of the …
EventSouth African artist Gerard Sekoto is born
… the dusty streets of Sophiatown. Sekoto passed away on 20 March 1993 at the age of 79, six months before his 80th …