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Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on Receiving an Honorary LLD Degree at the University of Fort Hare 9 May 1992
… to the full. One of the fruits of this process has been Codesa. In a matter of days we enter Codesa 2. We in the ANC are determined that something …
Dr. Pallo Jordan’s speech at the 20th anniversary of the Bisho massacre, 07 September, 2012
… to negotiate in earnest. The ANC had withdrawn from CODESA in protest against the Boipatong massacre on 17th June … leader of all the democratic forces of…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… the form of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA). The SACP continued to play an important role in 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…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… ANC. 1991 Patricia De Lille leads the PAC delegation at CODESA.Sonia Bunting returns from exile and continues … National Coalition is formally launched…
Freedom Charter sold out the dispossessed by Motsoko Pheko (The Sowetan), 2 Feb 2012
… for this country. The negotiations the ANC pursued at Codesa with the apartheid National Party were not in accord …
Archive2006 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 3 February 2006
… first meeting of Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) on 20 December 1991, and the adoption of the vitally … of our Constitution on 8 May 1996…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 22 July 1992
… question in relation to Mr Mandela. That is that when CODESA deadlocked and you had both Mr Mandela and Mr de Klerk … Looking at the negotiating process…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… Launch of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (Codesa) 21 March, Hani, along with Trevor Manuel and Moses …
Chris Hani Memorial Lecture delivered by President Jacob Zuma, 26 April 2013, Queenstown
… statement to the Convention for a Democratic South Africa, CODESA, on 20 December 1991 made this position very clear. He … the need to put South Africa first…
Lecture by the President of the ANC, President Jacob Zuma, on the occasion of celebrating the life and times of the tenth President of the ANC President Nelson Mandela, 10 July 2012, Limpopo
… While Madiba tried hard to bring all together during the CODESA multiparty talks including oppressors, he was no pushover. At one point during the CODESA…
ArticleThe African Union and Regional Economic Integration
Following the wave of independence which swept the African continent in the 1960s, integration schemes became an increasingly important tool for facilitating…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… members. This further led to the party’s withdrawal from CODESA negotiations. The party further threatened to boycott …
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… the failure of a Conference for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA). This conference called for a multi-party panel to …
Steve Biko revisited by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 21 June 2016
… of the CIA! In the end, by refusing to participate in CODESA and the 1994 democratic elections, the BCM committed …
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the summit on rural Safety and Security Midrand, 10 October 1998
… of the most representative gatherings in the country since Codesa. This summit represents what has become a defining …
From the 1973 Durban strikes to the Marikana massacre and De Doorns conflict: How trade unions acquired their power and what has gone wrong with employment relations in South Africa subsequently by Johann Maree
… It played an important role through mass action during the CODESA negotiations over the Constitution and Bill of Rights …
ArticleCapitalism in the USA 1900 to 1940
How did the Great Depression in the USA bring about a crisis of capitalism? Background and focus It is important to understand that the focus of THIS section…
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… formations. Initial interactions led to the formation of CODESA I and II, culminating in South Africa’s first …
EventBeverly Mashinini wins a bronze medal
A 23-year-old Pretoria girl, Beverly Mashinini, won a bronze medal in Athens, Greece. She was a member of the South African Paralympic team Amakrokokroko,…
ArticleNapoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte. Source: www.historywiz.com A new absolute ruler After the fall of Robespierre in 1794, a new group of people took over the government…
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANC CANDIDATE PREMIERS, 23 April 1999
… trend and recognized SADTU. NJ Mahlangu formed part of the CODESA negotiations team, helping to forge the Patriotic … at different times in the National…
Document 5 - Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa adopted at the seventh annual conference of the Party
… have. I mean, when he gave de Klerk that dressing down at CODESA. He could feel a very deep anger. But I think what … Q: You mentioned the flashes of anger…
EventSpringbok rugby player, Schalk Burger is born in Port Elizabeth
Schalk Willen Petrus Burger Jnr. was named after his father who was also a rugby player. As a child he was very successful in various sports codes. He plays…
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
The depression was caused by a number of serious weaknesses in the economy. Although the 1920s appeared on the surface to be a prosperous time, income was…
Speech by Nelson Mandela at the Zionist Christian Church Easter Conference Moria, 20th April 1992
… to solve our problems by negotiations. The convening of CODESA was like the parting of the waters, opening the way to …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures (Panel 1). Convenor: Janet Cherry
… spell in exile in Lusaka, he represented the SACP at the Codesa negotiations. He has served on the SACP central …
EventThe soccer match between Lourenco Marques club Desportive and Durban City Football Club is called off because a rule against Coloured players
On 17 February 1962, the soccer match between Lourenco Marques (Mozambique) club Desportive and Durban City Football Club (South Africa) was called off. A…
EventFormer Springboks player, Naas Botha is born
Hendrik Egnatius Botha was born on the 27 of February 1958 in Breyten, in the Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). He schooled in Pretoria, where he…
EventAppearance of former ministers before the TRC
Four former cabinet ministers from the apartheid era appeared before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The four were former Minister of Law and…