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P.W. Botha announces that all South Africans will take part in a constitutional conference

P.W. Botha announces that all South Africans will take part in a constitutional conference

Date
9 Mar 1980
Updated
30 Sep 2019
P.W. Botha announces that all South Africans will take part in a constitutional conference

1984 saw P.W. Botha elected to the position of President, having abolished the position of Prime Minister in 1983. These two events were preceeded by the announcement by the future president in 1980 that all South African races would take part in a constitutional conference, consisting of a trichameral parliament. Notably absent in the proposed parliament, however, was any provision for equal representation amongst members of South Africa's majority Black population, who were instead entitled to a sham form of self-governance in the homelands. 

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  1. 01Nations Online, History of South Africa (Part 2: The Republic of South Africa :: 1961–present), [online], available at www.nationsonline.org (Accessed: 12 February 2013)
  2. 02O’Malley, P. ‘1980’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, [online], available, at www.nelsonmandela.org.za (Accessed: 12 February 2013)
  3. 03South African History Online, ‘General South African History Timeline: 1980s’, [online], www.sahistory.org.za (Accessed: 13 February 2013)

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2013, March 7). P.W. Botha announces that all South Africans will take part in a constitutional conference . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095241

South African History Online (2013) 'P.W. Botha announces that all South Africans will take part in a constitutional conference ', South African History Online, 7 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095241 (Accessed: 5 September 2026).

South African History Online, P.W. Botha announces that all South Africans will take part in a constitutional conference [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095241, (accessed 5 September 2026).

"P.W. Botha announces that all South Africans will take part in a constitutional conference ." South African History Online, 7 Mar. 2013, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095241. Accessed 5 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "P.W. Botha announces that all South Africans will take part in a constitutional conference ." South African History Online. March 7, 2013. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095241.

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