Today in Kimberley's History
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Jacob Zuma is born - 1942
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma was born at Inkandla in KwaZulu Natal. At the age of 17, he joined the African National Congress (ANC), becoming an active member of its military wing, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), in 1962. In 1962, while on his way out of South Africa, he was arrested and charged with conspiring to overthrow the government. After being convicted of this charge, he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment on Robben Island. Upon his release he once more became active in organising and mobilising the ANC underground structures in the then Province of Natal.. In 1975, he left South Africa and went into exile in Swaziland and Mozambique. In 1987, he moved to Lusaka, Zambia, and there assumed the position of Head of Underground Structures and later Chief of the Intelligence Department of the ANC in exile.
Following the unbanning of the ANC in 1990, he was among the first ANC leaders to return from exile. After the first democratic elections in 1994, Zuma was appointed as the Minister for Economic Affairs and Tourism in The KwaZulu - Natal. He was elected President of the ANC in Polokwane in December 2007, and President of the Republic of South Africa on 6 May 2009.
On 18 December 2017, Cyril Ramaphosa was elected to succeed Zuma as President of the ANC at the ANC Conference at Nasrec, Johannesburg. Subsequent months saw growing pressure on Zuma to resign as President of South Africa, culminating in the ANC "recalling" him as President of South Africa. Facing a motion of no confidence in parliament, Zuma announced his resignation on 14 February 2018, and was succeeded by Ramaphosa the next day.
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma was born at Inkandla in KwaZulu Natal. At the age of 17, he joined the African National Congress (ANC), becoming an active member of its military wing, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), in 1962. In 1962, while on his way out of South Africa, he was arrested and charged with conspiring to overthrow the government. After being convicted of this charge, he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment on Robben Island. Upon his release he once more became active in organising and mobilising the ANC underground structures in the then Province of Natal.. In 1975, he left South Africa and went into exile in Swaziland and Mozambique. In 1987, he moved to Lusaka, Zambia, and there assumed the position of Head of Underground Structures and later Chief of the Intelligence Department of the ANC in exile.
Following the unbanning of the ANC in 1990, he was among the first ANC leaders to return from exile. After the first democratic elections in 1994, Zuma was appointed as the Minister for Economic Affairs and Tourism in The KwaZulu - Natal. He was elected President of the ANC in Polokwane in December 2007, and President of the Republic of South Africa on 6 May 2009.
On 18 December 2017, Cyril Ramaphosa was elected to succeed Zuma as President of the ANC at the ANC Conference at Nasrec, Johannesburg. Subsequent months saw growing pressure on Zuma to resign as President of South Africa, culminating in the ANC "recalling" him as President of South Africa. Facing a motion of no confidence in parliament, Zuma announced his resignation on 14 February 2018, and was succeeded by Ramaphosa the next day.
Thousands protest the killing of Chris Hani - 1993
Two days after Chris Hani was shot and killed on 10th April 1993, thousands of Blacks took to the streets to protest against the killing of Chris Hani, commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). The protesters called for country-wide armed uprisings, but leaders in South Africa urged them to remain calm. Hani was killed a year prior to South Africa's first democratic elections, by two right wing associates Clive Derby-Lewis and Janusz Walus.
Two days after Chris Hani was shot and killed on 10th April 1993, thousands of Blacks took to the streets to protest against the killing of Chris Hani, commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). The protesters called for country-wide armed uprisings, but leaders in South Africa urged them to remain calm. Hani was killed a year prior to South Africa's first democratic elections, by two right wing associates Clive Derby-Lewis and Janusz Walus.