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EventSA politician Roelf Meyer resigns.
Roelf Meyer announces his resignation as the leader of the National Party (NP) in Gauteng and also as Member of Parliament. A year later he co-founds the…
EventTutu is outraged by De Klerk’s denial of responsibility for apartheid’s atrocities
National Party (NP) leader F W de Klerk's failure to accept that the former NP government's policies had given security forces a licence to kill was…
EventMxenge murder accused Dirk Coetzee found guilty
Judge Pieter Combrinck finds Dirk Coetzee, Apartheid policeman and Vlakplaas assassination squad Commander together with Almond Nofomela and David…
EventF.W. de Klerk apologizes for apartheid
Speaking before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for a second time, F.W. de Klerk repeats his assertion that murder and torture had never been part of…
EventANC makes second submission before TRC
An African National Congress (ANC) delegation of 20 members, led by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, made the party's second major submission to the Truth and…
EventClarence Makwetu Expelled from PAC
The Chairman of the Pan-Africanist Congress and disciplinary committee announces that former party President and Robben Island detainee Clarence Makwetu has…
EventAWB leader, Eugene TerreBlanche, is convicted of attempted murder and assault
On 23 April 1997, Eugene TerreBlanche, leader of the Afrikaner Weerstands Beweging (AWB) was convicted on two counts, for attempted murder and assault in a…
EventThe ANC leader in the KwaZulu Natal midlands, Sifiso Nkabinde, is expelled from the ANC
Sifiso Nkabinde was expelled on the 7 April 1997 for allegedly being a spy for the Apartheid regime and for fomenting violence between African National…
Roelf Meyer and Bantu Holomisa confer
Roelf Meyer, former chief negotiator of the National Party during the multi-party peace negotiations, met with Bantu Holomisa, former leader of the Transkei…
EventSA military integration is disputed
The transition in the South African Defence Force (later SANDF) was not achieved without difficulties. It came to the surface that a dispute ensued between…
EventNew ANC National Working Committee is elected
The African National Congress (ANC) announced the names of members of a new National Working Committee (NWC) that was to be responsible for the day-to-day…
EventNew SA Constitution takes effect
On 4 February 1997, the new Constitution of the Republic of South Africa came into force. The country’s Constitution has been hailed as one of the most…
EventApartheid police officers admit to the killing of Biko before the TRC
Four apartheid-era police officers, including police Colonel Gideon Nieuwoudt who appeared before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) admitted their…
EventThree IFP leaders resign
Three prominent Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leaders, Frank Mdlalose, national chairperson and premier of Kwazulu-Natal province, Ziba Jiyane, Secretary-General…
EventUnited Nations appoints Kofi Annan as secretary
A Ghanaian citizen, Kofi Annan, was appointed as secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) to replace the outgoing Boutros Boutros Ghali, whose term of…
EventOrganisations forward applicants for amnesty to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The African National Congress (ANC) confirmed it had forwarded 300 applications from its members to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for amnesty…
EventMandela signs SA Constitution into law
Two years after the first democratic election (1994) the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, signed the final draft of the constitution…
EventExpelled ANC leader abandons court action
General Bantu Holomisa announced that he was abandoning a Supreme Court action aimed at forcing the African National Congress (ANC) to reinstate him as a…
EventThe Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is approved by Parliament
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is regarded as one of the most progressive constitutions in the world. The process that led to its approval…
EventPW Botha refuses to testify before the TRC
Former President P. W. Botha declared that he would never testify before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). He also stated that he would never…
EventA memorandum of understanding between RSA and Malaysia
A memorandum of understanding between RSA and Malaysia The Defence ministers of South Africa and Malaysia, Joe Modise and D S H Alban respectively, signed a…
EventProvincial Executive Committee of Free State resigns
Following allegations of corruption and nepotism, Free State Provincial Premier Patrick "Terror" Lekota and the entire Provincial Executive Committee resigned…
Tutu threatens to quit TRC
EventAbortion legislation is passed
The South African National Assembly passes the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (CTOP) Act. The law allows women to terminate pregnancies on request within…
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…
EventMandela confirms the appointment of first Black Chief Justice
President Nelson Mandela confirms the historic appointment of the first Black Supreme Court Judge in South Africa. Ismail Mahomed was interviewed for the post…
EventPolice head admits to Khotso House bombing
Appearing before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission(TRC), General Johan van der Merwe former South African Police Services(SAPS) National Commissioner …
EventMagnus Malan’s trial ends
The seven-month trial of former Minister of Defence Magnus Malan ended on 11 October when he and other officials were cleared of all charges relating to the…
De Kock alleges that SA secret agent shot Olaf Palme
EventCol Eugene de Kock testifies in Court
Former Police Colonel Eugene de Kock began with his testimony in Pretoria Supreme Court by revealing his part in the apartheid regime's 'dirty tricks' campaign…