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EventThe government launches 'Operation Iron Fist' in townships
… violence in Transvaal, President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held a series of meetings to discuss means of …
ArchivePostscript Ante by Howard Barrell
… having been regular three-way communication between Nelson Mandela in his cell at Pollsmoor Prison and the ANC … a member of the ANC's national executive…
2004 Gruber Justice Prize: Arthur Chaskalson
… the infamous Rivonia Trial of 1963-'64, in which Nelson Mandela and other leaders of the African National Congress … in drafting an interim Constitution. In…
ANC statement on the outcome of the officials meeting held at Luthuli House, 18 February 2002
… was graced by the presence of former President Nelson Mandela, an ex - officio member of this committee. The …
ArchiveKwaZakele - the politics of transition in South Africa: an Eastern Cape study
… African community of Kwazakele, a township in the Nelson Mandela metropolitan area in the Eastern Cape province of …
EventMac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, Raymond Nyanda and Andrew Masondo arrive on Robben Island prison
… all taken to B Section where their leaders such as Nelson Mandela, Elias Motsoaledi and Walter Sisulu among others were …
EventANC makes demands changes to facilitate democratic elections
… Ciskei. At a later news conference, ANC president Nelson Mandela indicates that his organisation will not insist on …
EventOliver Tambo returns from exile
… of the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in 1944 with Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu, and was elected as the …
EventDe Klerk resigns as NP leader
… Seven years after freeing Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners, F.W. de Klerk, former …
EventNkosi Sikelel’iAfrica composer, Enoch Sontonga dies
… to locate his grave. Once his grave was identified, Nelson Mandela called for the erection of a memorial to Sontonga on …
EventA Second Plenary session of Multi Party negotiations for a transition to democracy in South Africa reconvene
… leader. Less than a month later ANC President, Nelson Mandela announced that he was suspending all talks with the …
EventWidespread violence and intimidation in 1996 Kwazulu-Natal
… The announcement was made by former President, Nelson Mandela following a cabinet decision on 6 May 1996. The …
EventRecord of Understanding is agreed to by the SA government and the ANC
… September 1992. In his statement the ANC President, Nelson Mandela regarded the killings as nothing but an indictment on … [Accessed 04 August 2011]|O’Malley…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… organization by the South African government. 1962 Nelson Mandela travels through Europe and Africa, leaving South … Slovo, who was made national Chairman in…
Chapter 4: Public Response to Vigilantism and Political Violence in Kwazulu-Natal
… reports were written with regard to the release of Nelson Mandela in February 1990. The media (mostly press) stated that Mandela's release had a serious…
PlaceWalter Sisulu University, Mthatha- Eastern Cape
… African liberation struggle and close comrade of Nelson Mandela, the late Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu. There are now 4 … African liberation struggle and close…
PlaceInxuba Yethemba Local Municipality, Eastern Cape
… Cape Province. It is approximately 240 km North of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality. It is one of six …
EventSibongile Khumalo was born on this day
… performed at several honoured occasions, including Nelson Mandela’s 75th birthday as well as the 1994 Inauguration.[1] …
PlaceDonkin Heritage Trail, Port Elizabeth
… The Donkin Heritage Trail booklet is sold at Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism's Donkin Reserve Information Office. …
EventPretoria is proposed as the new capital of ZAR
… leaf and became a centre for change when President Nelson Mandela was inaugurated at the Union Buildings in 1994. The …
EventArchibald Gumede, former President of the United Democratic Front, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
… admitted to the bar. He became chairman of the Release Mandela Committee (RMC) in 1979. He was founding member of …
EventTito Mboweni, former Governor of the SA Reserve Bank, is born in Tzaneen
… Mboweni was appointed Minister of Labour in 1994 in Nelson Mandela’s cabinet. In 1998, he joined the Reserve Bank as …
EventFive ANC leaders are released from prison
… Goldberg (1985), Govan Mbeki (5 November 1987) and Nelson Mandela (11 February 1990). They were arrested on 11 July …
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… The body also demanded the unconditional release of Nelson Mandela, the imprisoned leader of the banned African National …
EventPW Botha gives the “Rubicon” Speech in Durban
… shifts which did not materialize was the release of Nelson Mandela. P. W. Botha disappointed his western allies by …
EventMagnus Malan’s trial ends
… evidence to substantiate their claim. President Nelson Mandela fully accepted the court's decision and asked those …
EventIan Woodall and Cathy O’Dowd becomethe first official South African team to conquer the Mount Everest
… the leader. South African president at the time, Nelson Mandela, was patron of the expedition. The climbing team was …
EventHlubi Chief Langalibalele becomes one of the first Black activists to be tried and banished to Robben Island
… banished to Robben Island, nearly a century before Nelson Mandela and numerous other activists were imprisoned there. …
Freedom Part to Host Ken Oosterbroek Legacy Exhibition
… and will culminate in the inauguration of President Nelson Mandela. The exhibition will run until Friday, June 6th …
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
… Government of National Unity, headed by the ANC’s Nelson Mandela who became the first black President of the country. …