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Press Statement by Oliver Tambo concerning the five-year plan presented by FW De Klerk to the National Party Conference, 30 June 1989
The five-year plan placed before the National Party conference by President-elect F.W. de Klerk yesterday, 29th June, 1989, is a shocking insult to the people…
BiographyStella Nyanzi
Dr Stella Nyanzi was born in Masaka District, Buganda Kingdom in Uganda on 16 June 1974. Also known as Nnalongo (which means mother of twins), she is a medical…
BiographyPatrice Émery Lumumba
Patrice Emery Lumumba was born on 2 July 1925, at Onalua village near the Katako-Kombe Town in the Sankuru district of north-eastern Kasai, Congo (modern day…
BiographyFort Calata
Fort Calata was born on 5 November 1956. Fort’s grandfather, the Reverend Canon James Arthur Calata, was the Secretary General of the African National Congress…
An evening with FW de Klerk – the full event by Alec Hogg (Biznews London Forum), 15 September 2017, (interview transcript)
It’s 28 years ago that FW became leader of the National Party and he won against Barend du Plessis. Has Barend du Plessis got a home on Lake Geneva? Not that…
BiographyDavid Dabede Mabuza
David Dabede Mabuza was born 25 August, 1960 in Brondal, Mpumalanga. He matriculated from Khumbula High School. He obtained a National Teacher’s Certificate…
President F.W. de Klerk reshuffles his cabinet. This is to come into effect on 1 April 1993.
President F.W. de Klerk and two senior ministers receive a delegation representing the Anglican, Congregational, Lutheran, Meth
President F.W. de Klerk and two senior ministers receive a delegation representing the Anglican, Congregational, Lutheran, Meth
P.W. Botha resigns from the National Party in protest against President F.W. de Klerk’s reform proposals.
President F.W. de Klerk and two senior ministers receive a delegation representing the Anglican, Congregational, Lutheran, Meth
BiographyDieter 'Felix' Gerhardt
Born on 1 November 1935, in Berlin, Germany, Gerhardt joined the South African Navy after his father successfully persuaded naval chief Hugo Biermann to take…
BiographyJames Barry Munnik Hertzog
James Barry Munnik (JBM) Hertzog was born in Soetendal Wellington on the 6 th of April 1866. Hertzog was the eighth child of Johannes Albertus Munnik Hertzog,…
Phyllis Altman
Phyllis Altman was born on 25 September 1919. She went to Jeppe High School for Girls. As her mother could not afford university fees she accepted a loan from…
Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the announcement by FW de Klerk concerning the release of Walter Sisulu and other political prisoners
Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the announcement by FW de Klerk concerning the release of Walter Sisulu and…
The first court verdict in Afrikaans is delivered in the Bloemfontein Appeal Court by Judge F.W. Beyers.
Chief Justice F.W. Reitz opens the first session of the supreme court of the Orange Free State.
State President F.W. de Klerk announces plans to bring covert operations by government agents under Cabinet control.
During a meeting in Livingstone, Zambia, President Kenneth Kaunda supports acting South African President F.W. de Klerk’s moves
Former SA President F.W. de Klerk resigns as the head of the National Party and leaves politics.
President F.W. de Klerk spells out a government timetable for transition to multiracial democracy. All-race elections will take
Hjalmar Reitz, eldest son of Pres. F.W. Reitz and MP for Brits and Jeppe, is born in Bloemfontein.
EventThe State President F.W. de Klerk issues a proclamation adopting the new national flag and National Anthem of SA
In terms of section 248 (1) of the Interim 1994 Constitution, and acting on the advice of the Transitional Executive Council (TEC), former State President F W…