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PlaceConstitution Hill Museum, Johannesburg
… during its years as a Prison including former president Nelson Mandela and passive resistance leader Mahatma Gandhi, who … fact, during the apartheid regime,…
Arthur Chaskalson Chief: Justice Emeritus, Constitutional Court of South Africa
… Arthur Chaskalson was appointed by President Nelson Mandela in June 1994 to be the first President of South … including the Rivonia Trial in 1963/1964 at…
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
… in Natal, South Africa, following the release of Mandela on 11 February 1990. One of the reasons advanced for … considered an Inkatha stronghold. The…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… of elected representatives. The conference also elects Nelson Mandela as secretary of the National Action Council. 29 … central committee of the SACP) helps…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… one of their highest honours, the Order of Playa Giron, to Nelson Mandela in 1984, Alfred Nzo went to Havana to accept the … was to propose that the…
EventBeyers Naudé and Allan Boesak arrested for leading a protest march
… Pollsmoor Prison. They were protesting for the release of Nelson Mandela. The charges were subsequently dropped, but the South …
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
… that following the events of this 1950 May Day protest, Nelson Mandela was convinced of the CPSA’s and communists’ … Umlazi, which drew over 40, 000…
ArchiveUnban the ANC
… by UDF, NECC and SACC. ANC was banned in 1960. Quotes from Nelson Mandela and Chief Albert Luthuli. …
EventThabo Mbeki is elected 2nd President of a democratic South Africa
… to South Africa's first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela, who ended his public life with a wave of the hand … words. Seconds after Mbeki took…
Apartheid - The early 1980s
… after being voted into power. Botha had already identified Mandela as good person with whom to negotiate, and talks had begun in 1985 between Mandela and…
EventDerek Hanekom is born
… by South Africa first democratically elected president Nelson Mandela after 1994 general elections. His appointment to the …
Alan Wieder on the Rivonia Raids & South African Non-Violent Struggle
… African Communist Party. These two groups, from which Nelson Mandela and Joe Slovo came, were against the apartheid …
EventANC leader, Oliver Tambo, dies after a long illness
… first back person to open a law firm in the country with Nelson Mandela. …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… resulting in the burning of passes in Port Elizabeth. Nelson Mandela succeeds Peter Mda as the new president of African … the Protectorate by the Union of…
EventThe introduction of new South African flag 1994
… elections in which African National Congress (ANC) won. Nelson Mandela became the first democratic president. It replaced … 1994.The national flag first…
ArchiveReport on Comrade Secretary General's Delegation to Bulgaria
… the Dimitrov-International Prize Award on behalf of Nelson Mandela, to meet with the Bulgaria National Women's …
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… with communism and anti-apartheid causes. [xxxi] Nelson Mandela reaffirms this idea in his autobiography – since a … N., (1994). Long Walk to Freedom: The…
PlaceCampanile, Port Elizabeth
… democratic stories and showcase the arts and culture of Nelson Mandela Bay. Also keep an eye out for the silver plaque on the 67th step that represents the…
ArchiveStatement 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
… States that the campaign must continue for the release of Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners. Calls for more …
Webinar: Navigating Coalition Governance in South Africa
… MISTRA in partnership with the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance (UCT) and the Embassy of …
EventPoqo members kill a White family
… River in the Engcobo area of the Transkei, not far from Nelson Mandela's birthplace. Forty Africans were later arrested and …
EventGraça Machel is born
… widow of Samora Machel and wife of former President Nelson Mandela, was born in Gaza, Mozambique. In her quest for peace … 16 October 2013]|Sheri & Stritof B…
EventChairman of the IEC resigns
… she was appointed permanently to the position by President Nelson Mandela. … en fratse oor 1000 jaar , Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.|Mandela, N.R., (1999),…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… with Khoikhoi and San people in the area. Young Nelson Mandela in traditional Xhosa dress. Source: … president was African National Congress (ANC) leader,…
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… More than two and a half centuries prior to the birth of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela , Jan Van Riebeeck and his expedition of Dutch … against unjust laws such…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… his arrest for suspected treason in1963 in Rivonia. 1941 Mandela and Sisulu first meet, at Walter’s office. Having … Centre in Johannesburg on 17 July. 11…
EventMourners are shot at Ntuli’s funeral in Thokoza
… Although the police denied the allegations, ANC president Nelson Mandela attacked President F.W. de Klerk for his continued … on alleged co-operation between…
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
… to the referendum as it was for White people only. But Nelson Mandela persuaded the ANC to throw its support behind a “Yes” … lose everything under an ANC-…
EventHarry Gwala is awarded Isitwalandwe/Seaparakoe
… and selfless commitment to liberation struggle. President Nelson Mandela said in his address at Gwala's funeral that it was …
EventFirst Black US ambassador is sent to South Africa
… He was instrumental in efforts to end Apartheid and get Nelson Mandela out of prison. He served in this post until 1989, …