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BiographyAdvocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
… years, Bram was elected a member of the Johannesburg Bar Council from 1943 to 1963, being chairman in 1961. In 1960 …
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… dispute related to elections of the Student Representative Council (SRC) in 1940. Mandela refused to take his seat on the council as the majority of the…
BiographyVivian Fitzsimons
… of Namib Desert ecology. Financial support from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research allowed the …
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… years Gertrude would lock horns with the Cape Town City Council to have, after a long struggle, the lane named Dudley … in September 1958. He took silk (was…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… speculation that the new President may have had a hand in negotiating his release, especially in light of comments Zuma … was overturned by delegates at the…
BiographyNise Bulelwa Malange
… formulation, for example for the Natal Performing Arts Council (NAPAC). She was the National Arts Coalition-convener …
BiographyParamount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo
… him for circumcision. Backed once again by the full Thembu council, Sabata took the matter to court and forced the …
BiographyVuyisile Mini
… the UN Special Committee on Apartheid and the UN Security Council. Mini, Wilson Khayinga and Zinakile Mkaba were hanged …
BiographyDawood Seedat
… of South African Women (FEDSAW); NIC, Natal Peace Council, Civil Liberties Defence Committee, and Society of …
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… the form of a new Tricameral Parliament and a President's Council. Parliament was made up of three houses: the white … war' and those who wanted a war to…
BiographyMarcus Solomon
Marcus Solomon was born in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, on 27 January 1939. His father, a waiter by profession, was a Hindu born of Tamil parents from Sri Lanka,…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… one another. In 1994, Mandela was of key importance in negotiating the freedom and equality of all South Africans. …
Historical Background of the Constitutional Court
… as by referral and on appeal. A question that arose in the negotiating process concerned the sort of institution needed …
BiographyKing Faku ka Ngqungqushe
… support that King Faku's mother enjoyed from the advising council of King Ngqungqushe and the influence that Mamngcambe …
EventMike Gatting's rebel cricket tour is curtailed
… Negotiations between the National Sports Council (NSC) and the white South African Cricket Union … Resistance against the tour was led by the National Sports…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… rather than the military ones. Thabo is in favour of negotiating with the South African government. 1980 Thabo … Thabo Mbeki is re-elected to the National…
Chapter 5 - Preparing to negotiate
… The major stakeholders began preparations on their negotiating positions and positioned themselves for an … acceptable transitional arrangements. Firstly,…
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
… He led a deputation to the Johannesburg Municipal Council when he was only 19. Naidoo was also in a deputation … for Mr. Naidoo who was vice-chairman of the…
Address during a joint sitting of Parliament to mark 10 years of Democracy In South Africa Monday 10 May 2004, Cape Town
… Madam Speaker Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces Deputy Speaker Deputy Chairperson of the … a people we were enormously proud of what we had…
BiographyDaniël Francois Malherbe
… of the 1914 government ordinance in which the Provincial Council agreed to allow children in Orange Free State schools …
BiographyGeorge Hallett
… exhibition in Amsterdam under the auspices of the World Council of Churches. In 1974 he moved to France where he …
ArchiveNon-racialism in practice
… practice, shop stewards at Kelloggs in Springs have been negotiating on behalf of the company`s white artisans. …
ArchiveIm longing to sing and dance in the street,
… on 5 March 1992, discussing: Global changes, ANC negotiating with De Klerk, reform, policing, violence and the …
ArchivePetrus Mashishi
… After leaving school he was taken on by Johannesburg City Council in 1969 to be trained as an artisan in terms of the … the aftermath it expanded its…
EventCODESA II Talks end in deadlock
… South Africa, or CODESA II, ends in a deadlock. The negotiating parties ie. The South African Government and the … to reach agreement on certain key issues…
BiographyJohn Langalibalele Dube
… . He represented Natal on the Native Representative Council from 1936 until his death, in 1946, when he was replaced by Chief Albert Luthuli on the Council…
BiographyArchibald Jacob Gumede
… In 1983, Gumede attended the anti-South African Indian Council committee meeting in Johannesburg where Dr. Allan …
EventMillions Regain SA citizenship
… of 1993 was part of a package agreed upon by the CODESA negotiating team. …
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… were sentenced to life imprisonment, the UN Security Council set up a panel of experts to look at ways to oppose … steps against Pretoria that eventually…
EventPolitical parties call for Constitutional changes
… the NNP call. They were both (ANC and NNP) accused of negotiating in private. …