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EventFormer Cabinet Minister Dullah Omar dies
… watched by the Apartheid government. In the period nearing Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, Omar was his spokesperson. …
In Conclusion: The Decline and Fall of the Tricameral Parliament
… By now, the government was engaging in negotiations with Nelson Mandela in prison, and with the ANC in exile. More and more …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… a response to the impending declaration of a republic. Nelson Mandela appears at the convention after his banning orders … easy way of mobilising people in…
EventTwenty former SA political prisoners launched a campaign against apartheid laws
… a month after the African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela met with President P.W. Botha at Tuynhuis on 5 July. At the time, Mandela was still…
EventPresident Yasser Arafat arrives in SA
… state visit to South Africa at the invitation of President Nelson Mandela. The visit, from 11 to 13 August, marked continuing … raised controversy among…
How the “Long walk to Freedom” began by E.S. Reddy
… included in his book The Unity of India (London, 1941). Nelson Mandela read it when he was a student at the University of … which had arisen in the Indian…
EventZelda la Grange was born on this day
… of the first Democratic Presidency. In 1999 President Mandela hand-picked her from his personal staff to remain in … his services beyond his retirement. She…
Interview with Lulu Dube by Sbongiseni Dladla, Ohlange, JL Dube House, 21 March 2011
… still remember? LD: One of the biggest moments was when Dr Nelson Mandela walked in here to cast his election vote. That was a … moment and people from the…
ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
… with us. We've been free for just 12 years." You and Nelson Mandela have quibbled over fashion in the past. For the … April 27. Freedom Day: Desmond Tutu…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… African National Congress (ANC) . ANCYL leaders include Nelson Mandela , Walter Sisulu , Oliver Tambo and others. December … campaign with a national…
EventUS Senator Edward Kennedy visits SA
… of eight days, Kennedy managed to pay a visit to Winnie Mandela , wife of the imprisoned African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela. …
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… Asvat. The two TIYC leaders were among thirty, including Nelson Mandela , Helen Joseph and Walter Sisulu to stand trial for … meeting. This led to the…
ArchiveRemembering French Investments In Apartheid South Africa, 17 December 2013
… themselves and media focused on the "global" tribute to Nelson Mandela, there has been unanimous praise in France for the … published in French. Translation:…
EventThree MK soldiers found guilty
… a meeting with State President Vorster, the release of Nelson Mandela, R100,000 in cash, and an aircraft to fly them to … struggle, later immortalised in…
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo, male choral group, win a Grammy Award
… international star Josh Groban and performing at President Nelson Mandela’s inauguration among others. …
ArticleThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 1995
… The TRC was established by the first democratic president Nelson Mandela under the Promotion of National Unity and …
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
… The town of Pietersburg/Polokwane earned city status 1994 Nelson Mandela becomes the first democratically elected president of …
PlaceGroot Drakenstein Prison
… working prison and has become well known for the fact that Nelson Mandela was incarcerated here. Mandela also took his steps to freedom through these gates…
EventHolomisa on corruption
… Minister of Environmental Affairs, claimed that President Nelson Mandela had told him that Sol Kerzner, previously head of Sun … by Kerzner to have bribery…
EventUS President Bill Clinton arrives in Cape Town
… in your success." The Clintons were hosted by President Nelson Mandela, who also accompanied them to Robben Island, where Mandela had spent 18 years in…
EventF.W. de Klerk is unanimously elected the new leader of the Transvaal NP
… de Klerk who, on 2 February, 1990 announced the release of Nelson Mandela as well as the unbanning of political parties. Subsequently, Mandela was released…
EventANC dismisses proposals to postpone elections
… Nelson Mandela, president of the African National Congress (ANC), … Development and Communications Roelf Meyer supported Mandela in saying that deferment was…
EventSibongile Khumalo was born on this day
… and has performed at several honoured occasions, including Nelson Mandela’s 75th birthday as well as the 1994 Inauguration.[1] …
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 …
EventA book claims that SA’s Nuclear weapons programme has continued since 1993
… Houman and Steve McQuillan's book " Mini-Nuke Conspiracy: Mandela's Nuclear Nightmare " claimed that South Africa did … to Israel before the 1994 general…
List of Robben Island Political Prisoners
… Malcom Ntshilele Malefetsane Malta Maltema Ngoma Maluse Nelson Mandela Msondo Mandla Shabalala Mandla Cele Mandla Lekalakala … Mdlalana Ndolomzi Richard…
EventANC leader, Walter Sisulu is arrested for not being in possession of a reference book.
… Before his banishment in June 1961 Sisulu, Joe Slovo, Nelson Mandela and Govan Mbeki secretly met and discussed the … He served as political commissar of MK…
EventRivonia trial sentence is delivered
… imprisonment in the Pretoria Supreme Court. The eight were Nelson Mandela , the central figure in the trial, along with Dennis … Andrew Mlangeni , Elias…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki is inaugurated at Union Buildings
… the 1999 general elections, Thabo Mbeki, who had replaced Nelson Mandela as the party's leader, became the second Black … held at the Union Buildings, during…
Celebrating 62 years of struggle, 10 September 2006
… Nokwe, Mxolisi Majombozi, Willima Nkomo, Oliver Tambo, Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Henry Makgothi, Zamindlela Chonco, … addresses itself to such a…