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ArchiveTribute to Anti-apartheid campaigner, Helen Suzman, by African National Congress, 1 January 2009
… system. Her frequent visits to jailed former ANC leader Nelson Mandela and speaking out against forced removals at …
PlacePollsmoor Prison
… political prisoners in the past. Former President Nelson Mandela was transferred to Pollsmoor from Robben Island …
EventDr Ali Bacher, director of the SACU, announces the shortening of the ‘rebel cricket tour ‘as a gesture of support for the country’s dramatic political changes
… through a transformation politically, with the release of Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners, Ali Bacher was forced …
EventAlbert Luthuli delivers his Nobel Peace Prize Lecture
… Tutu in 1984, and former presidents FW de Klerk and Nelson Mandela, jointly, in 1993. …
EventPolice swoop down on the homes of Congress of the People leaders across the country, the arrests led to the Treason Trial
… Prof. Z.K. Matthews, Oliver Tambo, Walter Sisulu, Nelson Mandela and many more. They were all transported to …
EventBilateral talks to continue
… President F.W.de Klerk and the ANC deputy president, Nelson Mandela. It indicated that both sides were committed to …
EventHundreds of political prisoners began a hunger strike at Robben Island
… The release of Nelson Mandela on 11 February 1990 was a catalyst that sped up the …
EventThe TRC is set up by parliament
… mandate the Commission handed over its report to President Nelson Mandela in October 1998. …
EventFirst Nobel prizes are awarded
… Desmond Mpilo Tutu, Nadine Gordimer, F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela had been recipients of these awards through the …
EventAlbertina Sisulu’s banning order is renewed
… was that Albertina had been given instruction by Nelson Mandela in March 1968 to organize a protest when his name was …
Founding members of friends of United Democratic Front
… Ayob is a prominent Johannesburg attorney who represents Nelson Mandela and defended many important treason trials, Achat …
EventRobben Island is turned into a maximum security prison
… prisoners between 1961 and 1991, the most famous being Nelson Mandela. Since 1997, the island has been turned into a museum …
EventMK soldiers threaten armed struggle
… disrupt positive changes within the country. President Nelson Mandela later issued a statement that though he was …
ArticleThe missionaries
… Well-known leaders in South African history such as Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela , Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe and Ellen Kuzwayo attended …
ArticleANC January 8th Statements
… to Grow South Africa January 8th, 2018 - 100 Years of Nelson Mandela: The Year of Renewal, Unity and Jobs January 8th, …
EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
… its cadres in Libya. In 1997, after the fall of Apartheid, Nelson Mandela, accompanied by Graça Machel and the Minister of … embargo imposed on Libya by the…
EventThree Zimbabwean intelligence officers stand trial for a bomb attack on an ANC house
… South African government and the Zimbabwean government. Nelson Mandela failed to persuade the Zimbabwean government to … and on other subsequent appeals…
EventANC's economic plans
… African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Nelson Mandela stated that his party was prepared to abandon its …
Freedom In Our Life Time - Foreword by Walter Sisulu
… tradition. It was Lembede, together with A. P. Mda and Nelson Mandela who sat up late at night drafting the political … his practical support, as an articled…
EventMbongeni Ngema was born on this day
… entrance of the City Hall in Durban, alongside those of Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo, Miriam Makeba and other heroes of the …
EventAbdullah Abdurahman, medical doctor and Cape community leader, dies in Cape Town
… Hertzog and General J.C. Smuts . In June 1999, President Nelson Mandela posthumously honoured Abdurahman by awarding him the …
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk promises repeal of apartheid laws
… then President F.W. de Klerk to free the jailed ANC leader Nelson Mandela and others and to unban political organizations. The …
EventThe government launches ‘Operation Iron Fist’ in townships
… violence in Transvaal, President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held a series of meetings to discuss means of …
EventANC, COSATU and SACTU issues a joint statement in Lusaka
… immediate release of all political prisoners, including Nelson Mandela, should develop with even greater intensity. They … O'Malley, P., '1986' , from The…
EventDesmond Tutu is appointed TRC chairperson
… the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) by President Nelson Mandela on 29 November 1995. The Commission was set up to …
EventFrederik Willem de Klerk is elected President of South Africa
… August. His announcement on 02 February, 1990 to release Nelson Mandela and unban the African National Congress (ANC), Pan … [Accessed: 23 August 2013]| O…
EventProfessor Bob Hepple is born
… before the Supreme Court and charged with sabotage. Nelson Mandela was the first accused. …
EventA two-day All-in African Conference starts in Pietermaritzburg, Natal
… on the eve of the proclamation of the Republic. Mr. Nelson Mandela was appointed secretary of the National Action … [Accessed: 24 March 2014]|O’Malley, P., …
EventDiplomatic ties are established between SA and Saudi Arabia
… were formalised during a visit by former President Nelson Mandela to Saudi Arabia in November 1994. Two missions were …
EventCommodore Dieter Gerhardt’s trial begins in the Cape Town High Court
… military secrets. While in prison he was visited by Nelson Mandela, the newly elected African National Congress …