Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meets President Kaizer Matanzima in Tongaat

Date: 19 Jan 1983
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi of Kwa Zulu met President Kaizer Matanzima of Transkei in Tongaat, north of Durban, where they declared they were opposed to the Tricameral Constitutional proposals which exclude blacks. In 1983, the National Party (NP) Government introduced an amendment to the South African constitution to create a new structure of Parliament. The new Tricameral Parliament would consist of three Parliamentary chambers: The House of Assembly (White representatives), The House of Representatives (Coloured representatives) and The House of Delegates (Indian representatives). The White electorate approved the proposed constitutional amendments by an overwhelming majority in a referendum held on 2 November 1983. The elections for the Houses of Representatives and Delegates were respectively held on 22 August and 2 September 1984.

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01O’Malley, P. ‘1983’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Dialog, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za [21 November 2012]
02South African History Online, ‘Tricameral Parliament’, [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 21 November 2012]

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South African History Online. (2013, January 17). Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meets President Kaizer Matanzima in Tongaat. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094595

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South African History Online. "Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meets President Kaizer Matanzima in Tongaat." South African History Online. January 17, 2013. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094595.