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Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Bibliography
From the book: Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education African National Congress. Address to the Nation by…
EventThe apartheid government agrees to eliminate racial segregation in theatres but not in cinemas
In 1950, the two major pieces of legislation designed to create the new 'apartheid (apart) city' were enacted, namely the Population Registration Act and the…
EventPresident F. W. de Klerk rings in cabinet changes
In what was widely regarded as move to prepare the ground for the country's first multiracial elections, President F.W. de Klerk reshuffled the cabinet. This…
EventA South African spy is released from jail
Location: back to this day in history search archive Odile Harrington, a South African convicted and imprisoned for espionage in Zimbabwe in 1987, was…
EventMembers of the ANC and SACP are detained due to Operation Vula
On 25 July 1990 government security forces detained approximately forty members of the African National Congress (ANC) and South African Communist Party (SACP)…
EventNelson Mandela is free
On this day, Nelson Mandela was released unconditionally from prison after 27 years. Accompanied by his then-wife Winnie, he left the Victor Verster prison …
EventThe peace talks between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) are called off
The peace talks between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) were called off as a result of the ANC's ultimatum sent to…
EventSouth African Parliament votes to repeal the legal framework of Apartheid
For almost 350 years, Black people in South Africa had been subject to exceedingly unjust laws designed, firstly to subjugate them and incorporate their lands…
EventNoble South Africans win Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize is considered by many to be a symbol of international recognition over the prize winners struggle to create a more peaceful world. South…
PlaceVereeniging, a City in Gauteng
Vereeniging is a City, in Gauteng Province of South Africa. It has a population of more than 350,000 people. It is located on the banks of the Northern loop of…
EventThe Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) invade the World Trade Centre, during constitutional negotiations, in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, Transvaal
On 25 June 1993, hundreds of armed white separatists together with the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (Afrikaner Resistance Movement - AWB) stormed the World…
EventInterim report into the allegations of a “Third Force” by the Goldstone Commission is published
The allegations suggested that Deputy Police Commissioner Lt-Gen. Basie Smit, the head of counterintelligence Gen. Krappies Engelbrecht, and the commander of…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
From the book: Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education 1902 Treaty of Vereeniging 1910 31 May,…
EventIFP agrees to participate in 1994 elections
The transition in South Africa from Apartheid regime to democratic dispensation was not easily achieved. The period was characterised by demands and counter…
EventVlakplaas Commander testifies before Harms Commission about secret police killings in 1981
In 1981, Dirk Coetzee, Jan Viktor and Jac Buchner began Vlakplaas, a parliamentary hit squad, with 16 police officers. The existence of the unit was first…
EventSA judge jails former state assassin Eugene de Kock for more than 200 years
During the Apartheid regime, Eugene de Kock was a colonel in the South African Police force. He acted as the commander of a counter-insurgency group located on…
EventFormer Minister of Defence and others are charged with murder
Location: back to this day in history search archive Former South African Defence Force Minister, General Magnus Malan and 19 other former senior military…
PlaceTownship Tours of Cape Town
South Africa is a country famous for its diverse cultures. Cape Town is a particularly cosmopolitan city, with people from all walks of life brushing shoulders…
PlaceSouth African National Museum of Military History
The Museum of Military History offers adults a fascinating look at all forms of war vehicles and weapons. And it will captivate children with the visual…
PlaceThe Fountain and Garden of Remembrance, Chatswood-Sydney. Willoughby Park Centre
The Willoughby Memorial Fountain...was, on March 10th, 1901, unveiled by the Hon. John See, M.L.A., State Minister for Defence. The Fountain was erected by…
ArticleChanging Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela is a figure who has undergone many transformations in the eye of the South African public as well as in the global imagination. He has played…
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
In 1991, Nelson Mandela was elected the president of the African National Congress (ANC), and his friend and colleague, Oliver Tambo, was elected the ANC’s…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
Verdict Protests The Silverton and Soekmekaar verdict prompted a wave of protests against the death penalty and particularly the death sentences of Johnson…
EventSADF officers dismissed
State President F.W. de Klerk announced that 23 members of the South African Defence Force (SADF), including two generals and four brigadiers, were being…
Acceptance speech of the President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony Oslo, Norway, 10 December 1993
Your Majesty the King, Your Royal Highness, Honourable Prime Minister, Madame Gro Brundtland, Ministers, Members of Parliament and Ambassadors, …
PlaceFranschhoek, Western Cape
Originally known as the Valley of the Huguenots, a Community of French Huguenots were granted land in this Valley by the Dutch Government of the Cape, after…
EventCODESA II Talks end in deadlock
The second Convention for a Democratic South Africa, or CODESA II, ends in a deadlock. The negotiating parties ie. The South African Government and the country…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
1884 Otto von Bismarck chairs the Berlin Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only Morocco, Ethiopia, and Liberia are recognized as independent…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
1884 Otto von Bismarck chairs the Berlin Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only Morocco, Ethiopia, and Liberia are recognized as independent…
PlaceCeres, Western Cape Winelands
Ceres is the Administrative centre and largest Town of the Witzenberg Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Ceres serves as a…