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BiographySumboornam Pillay
Sumboornam (Sam) Pillay, who later became known as Sam Moodley, was born in 1948*. She grew up in the multi-cultural community of Dundee, Northern Natal (now…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… Mandela and Buthelezi meet in thirty years. 12 February, Negotiators of the ANC and the South African government met … meetings for the Convention for a…
Chapter 6 - Defining the agenda
… up to the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) provided an important preview of the negotiations … founding members of the Patriotic Front…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… basis for the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) and a transition to democratic rule. Mounting … to play an effective peace-keeping role. 12…
BiographyPregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender
Pregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender was born on 15 February 1960 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). Her father – a writer and, mother, a teacher – valued critical…
Chapter 11 - Negotiating the final constitution
… those areas on which submissions were necessary, the negotiators agreed on agendas for each Theme Committee, Once … negotiations. The enthusiasm and…
BiographySolomon Kalushi Mahlangu
… negotiations. Initial interactions led to the formation of CODESA I and II, culminating in South Africa’s first …
BiographyLetlapa Mphahlele
Letlapa Ngoato Mphahlele was born on 8 December 1960 in Rosenkrantz, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo) to Radikubu and Nkone. He grew up in the village of…
EPILOGUE
… out in the Declaration of Intent we adopted together at CODESA 1, namely: 5. to set in motion the process of drawing … matter of one of the five working…
Address by ANC President, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, to the OAU Ad Hoc Committee for Southern Africa Arusha, 28 April 1992
… the historic Convention for a Democratic South Africa - CODESA - which had the following agenda: The creation of a … at the first and all subsequent plenary…
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
… to end apartheid. During the second round of negotiations, CODESA II, which commenced in December 1991, the NP insisted … NP opponent, Theuns Kriel. Thus…
EventA Second Plenary session of Multi Party negotiations for a transition to democracy in South Africa reconvene
… session of the Congress for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA II) was convened in Johannesburg. Unlike the first session CODESA II ended in a deadlock as…
EventA meeting titled “Conference for Concerned South Africans” is held, bringing together homeland leaders and conservative Afrikaner parties.
… treated at the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (Codesa), a body set to discuss a new constitution for South … about their welfare ignoring the rest…
EventDate is set for constitutional talks
… would be called Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) and that the first meeting would take place on 20-21 … Party was assigned to make final…
Chapter 9 - Negotiating the transition
… and the NP wanted to build on the agreements arrived at in CODESA and to consolidate their bilateral agreements … since COSAG was opposed to the continued…
EventNP presents its revised constitutional proposals
… table during the Convention for Democratic South Africa (CODESA) discussions. The proposals were based on a NP … the appointment of multiparty transitional…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… assault, related to the murder of Stompie Seipei. Towards CODESA On 13 December 1992, the President of the ANC, Oliver … meeting of a Convention for a…
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
… of the Convention for Democratic South Africa (CODESA), Buthelezi represented the Inkatha Freedom Party …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
… participate in the Convention for Democratic South Africa (CODESA) negotiations, but took part in the 1994 elections …
EventThe Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is approved by Parliament
… prisoners. The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) I and II were held between 21 December 1991 and May … attended by 19 political parties…
EventANC promulgates its constitutional proposals
… during the Convention for Democratic South Africa (CODESA) talks. The ANC's proposals envisioned a two-phase … all-party interim government council would be…
EventMandela and de Klerk agree to restart talks
… in the Convention for Democratic South Africa (Codesa) . Codesa was at the time beginning to chart a way forward on a …
ArchiveHow history will judge FW de Klerk by RW Johnson, politicsweb (28 November 2021)
… to have to acknowledge that the settlement reached at Codesa has failed and that we need to think in terms of a … a second settlement many will assume that…
BiographyShirish Nanabhai
Shirish was born one of eight siblings on 1 March 1938 at 51 Commercial Rd, Fordsburg. Jasmath Nanabhai, Shirish J. Nanabhai’s father, was from the village of…
BiographyAbdullah Abdurahman
Abdurahman, who was born in Wellington (Cape Town ) on 18 December 1872 and graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Glasgow in 1893.He return to…
EventANC and government to surge ahead with reforms
… rejection of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA), the African National Congress (ANC) and government … that it would not participate in any…
Education for Service
… meeting of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA), mindful of the awesome responsibility that rests on … Convention any proposal consistent…
Event26 parties meet to discuss future negotiations
… Nine months after the collapse of Codesa II, twenty-six parties - the most representative … the process and address some of the previous objections to CODESA…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… was chosen as the first Management Committee Chairman of CODESA . Both in CODESA and the subsequent Multi-Party Negotiating Process …
In Conclusion: The Decline and Fall of the Tricameral Parliament
… taking place in Kempton Park under the rubric of CODESA (Convention for a Democratic South Africa). In the …