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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., …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures (Panel 1). Convenor: Janet Cherry
… candidate, Department of History and Political Studies, Nelson Mandela University Gary Prevost, Research Associate and … Professor, Department of History and…
South Africa's freedom struggle by E.S. Reddy
… Laws in 1952 in which he was the first, together with Nelson Mandela, to court imprisonment. Banned and restricted, he … of Chief Lutuli, Moses Kotane, J. B…
EventFormer Minister of Defence and others are charged with murder
… which the government was advocating. Later President Nelson Mandela met with former President P.W. Botha and Freedom … of disaster should Malan and others be…
PlaceNgcobo
… is an isiXhosa name for a sweet grass found in the area. Nelson Mandela received an excellent education by the standards for … to become a privy councillor…
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 …
EventWalter Sisulu and others are arrested for attending a party
… this occasion Sisulu was not released. He, together with Nelson Mandela and 8 others were charged for treason in October 1963 …
EventSouth African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils is born in the Johannesburg
… he was appointed as a minister of Defence in President Nelson Mandela's Cabinet. He later became minister of Water Affairs …
EventSA Olympic team leaves for Barcelona
… a single country boycotting the events. On 25th July, Nelson Mandela attended the opening ceremony at Barcelona to witness …
EventF.W. De Klerk is inaugurated
… on the road to full democracy. In February,1990, he freed Nelson Mandela and unbanned the African National Congress (ANC) and …
EventRestitution of Land Rights Act is signed
… dating back to the 1913 Land Act, was passed by Nelson Mandela and signed into law. The Act provided for the …
EventSouth Africa's first multiracial elections start
… Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) shared the executive power. Nelson Mandela became the first democratically elected president of …
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 …
ANC statement on the outcome of the officials meeting held at Luthuli House, 18 February 2002
… which was graced by the presence of former President Nelson Mandela, an ex - officio member of this committee. The …
ArchiveKwaZakele - the politics of transition in South Africa: an Eastern Cape study
… of the African community of Kwazakele, a township in the Nelson Mandela metropolitan area in the Eastern Cape province of …
EventMac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, Raymond Nyanda and Andrew Masondo arrive on Robben Island prison
… were all taken to B Section where their leaders such as Nelson Mandela, Elias Motsoaledi and Walter Sisulu among others were …
EventANC makes demands changes to facilitate democratic elections
… and Ciskei. At a later news conference, ANC president Nelson Mandela indicates that his organisation will not insist on …
EventOliver Tambo returns from exile
… members of the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in 1944 with Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu, and was elected as the …
EventDe Klerk resigns as NP leader
… Seven years after freeing Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners, F.W. de Klerk, former …
EventNkosi Sikelel’iAfrica composer, Enoch Sontonga dies
… to locate his grave. Once his grave was identified, Nelson Mandela called for the erection of a memorial to Sontonga on …
EventA Second Plenary session of Multi Party negotiations for a transition to democracy in South Africa reconvene
… political leader. Less than a month later ANC President, Nelson Mandela announced that he was suspending all talks with the …
EventWidespread violence and intimidation in 1996 Kwazulu-Natal
… of June. The announcement was made by former President, Nelson Mandela following a cabinet decision on 6 May 1996. The …
EventRecord of Understanding is agreed to by the SA government and the ANC
… on 7 September 1992. In his statement the ANC President, Nelson Mandela regarded the killings as nothing but an indictment on … [Accessed 04 August 2011]|O…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… await judgement of hanging.’ Vorster replied saying that Mandela and his co-accused were facing serious charges, and … they were guilty, and what the…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… organization by the South African government. 1962 Nelson Mandela travels through Europe and Africa, leaving South … by Joe Slovo, who was made national…
PlaceWalter Sisulu University, Mthatha- Eastern Cape
… the South African liberation struggle and close comrade of Nelson Mandela, the late Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu. There are now 4 … the South African liberation…
PlaceInxuba Yethemba Local Municipality, Eastern Cape
… Eastern Cape Province. It is approximately 240 km North of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality. It is one of six …
PlaceDonkin Heritage Trail, Port Elizabeth
… Elizabeth. The Donkin Heritage Trail booklet is sold at Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism's Donkin Reserve Information Office. …