Memories are made of this!
The world and local events over 21 years that made the news, and some of the things that may have surprised, shocked or entertained us!
1990 the year when...
Internationally... • Hubble Telescope launched into space.
• Lech Walesa becomes the first President of Poland.
• Germany unified. • Margaret Thatcher resigns. • Iraq invades Kuwait.
• “Carol and Company” starring Carol Burnett premieres on NBC-TV.
• “Song of the Year”: Bette Midler for “From a Distance”.
• Microsoft releases Windows 3.0
In South Africa... • President F.W. de Klerk scraps apartheid and states that Nelson
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• The African National Congress, Pan Africanist Congress and the Communist Party are unbanned.
• Nelson Mandela freed.
• African National Congress President Oliver Tambo and Vice-President Nelson Mandela meet for the first time in 28 years in Sweden.
• Nelson Mandela thanks the world in the Wembley Stadium, London, for support during his imprisonment.
• Pieter Willem Botha resigns from the National Party in protest against the State President of South Africa F.W. de Klerk’s reform proposals.
• President F.W. de Klerk lifts the state of emergency in South Africa after 10 years in place.
• Bruce Fordyce won his ninth Comrade.
• Nadine Gordimer – Nobel Laureate in Literature.
• Johnny Clegg is awarded the Knight of Arts and Letters by the French Government.
Award is Launched! The first Finalists were:
• George Groenewald, Chief Director Internal Audit, UNISA.
• Dick Fisher, Mine Manager, Vaal Reefs Mine/ Orkney.
• Max Prozesky, Managing Director, Shuter & Shooter.
• J L J van Vuuren, CEO, Volkskas.
And the first Titlebearer: • Dr John Maree, Chairman, Eskom.
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