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Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Informal Ministerial Consultations on COP 17, O.R. Tambo Building, Tshwane, 09 September 2011
… to provide leadership and political direction to our negotiators to address the more difficult political issues in … What is needed now is political guidance…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… of negotiations held to address these problems, known as CODESA. Gender equality was one of the main arguments among … for the Convention for a Democratic…
BiographyHarry Heinz Schwarz
Harry Schwarz (born Heinz Schwarz) was born in Cologne, Germany (Weimar Republic) on 13 May 1924. Growing up in a Jewish family, Schwarz witnessed the rise of…
ArticleA tribute to a great struggle stalwart Paul David by Siva Naidoo
… the NIC at the Congress for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) in 1991. He served on the Task Group which examined …
EventFormer Vaal policeman Gerhardus Peens admits his role in the Boipatong Massacre
… and disrupt the Convention for Democratic South Africa (Codesa). The IFP and the government denied any involvement in … in the negotiations indefinitely…
ArchiveViews on a constitution making body
… making body tabled by the South African Government at a Codesa Working Group 2. …
ANC Negotiations Bulletin
… No.10, May 1992. Covers period of negotiations. Reports on Codesa II where no agreements were reached. Examines the way …
ANC Negotiations Bulletin
… period of negotiations. Reports on the first meeting of Codesa, where a Declaration of Intent was adopted. Includes …
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… and disrupt the Convention for Democratic South Africa (Codesa). The IFP and the government denied any involvement in … in the negotiations indefinitely and…
ArchiveBody and procedures for drafting a new constitution
… Proposal of the African National Congress to CODESA Working Group 2 on a body and procedures for drafting …
ArchiveThe Exit gate
… by South African Communist Party of meetings regarding CODESA, during June 1992. List of dates, times and venues of …
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,…
BiographyCecyl Esau
Cecyl Esau was born on 30 September 1955 in Worcester, Cape Province (now Western Cape Province), the youngest of four children. His father was a veteran of…
Chapter 3 - Exploring the feasibility of negotiation
… meeting of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA I) in December 1991? Or in 1985 when Mandela initiated … single cell at Pollsmoor Prison,…
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… On 5 October the Fattis and Monis management reopened negotiators and a settlement was reached on 8 November. The …
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… end of the first Congress for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA I), but it paved the way for the emergence of CODESA II, which prepared South Africa for the…
EventMillions Regain SA citizenship
… No 196 of 1993 was part of a package agreed upon by the CODESA negotiating team. …
EventThe Conservative Party decides on talks with National Party and expel a member
… in the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA), and was not an advocate of the volkstaat idea but …
EventTripartite Alliance plans mass action
… adopted after the Convention for Democratic South Africa (CODESA) negotiations at World Trade Centre in Kempton Park …
EventThe ANC unveils its proposed constitutional principles
… session of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA), which began on 21 December 1991 at the World Trade … 14 March 2012]| South Africa History…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… forum known as Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) was set up. On 20 December 1991 the first plenary session of CODESA convened at the World…
Chapter 1 - Introduction
… times of adversity. Despite their difficult circumstances, negotiators succeeded in finalizing one of the most advanced …
EventTalks between the government and ANC on negotiations proceed
… followed by the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) in 1991 and 1992. …
EventFormer NP member Roelf Meyer is born
… at the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) is born. Together with Cyril Ramaphosa, Roelf Meyer …
EventMandela suspends talks in the wake of Boipatong Massacre
… from the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA). The organisation placed the blame squarely on the …
ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
… At the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA), where the major parties negotiated South Africa’s … major point of contention between Buthelezi and…
ArchiveThe Soul of a Nation
… times of adversity. Despite their difficult circumstances, negotiators succeeded in finalizing one of the most advanced …
EventCommodore Dieter Gerhardt’s trial begins in the Cape Town High Court
… its submission to Congress for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)on the normalisation of the security forces. " But …
EventThe Democratic Party, now the Democratic Alliance, is formed
… elected the first Management Committee Chairman process of CODESA (Convention on a Democratic South Africa). …
EventIsmael Mahomed became first black judge appointed to the Supreme Court of South Africa
… to be known as the Congress for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA 1). Mahomed was born in Pretoria in July 1931 and …