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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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
PlaceDonkin Heritage Trail, Port Elizabeth
… Elizabeth. The Donkin Heritage Trail booklet is sold at Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism's Donkin Reserve Information Office. …
EventPretoria is proposed as the new capital of ZAR
… a new leaf and became a centre for change when President Nelson Mandela was inaugurated at the Union Buildings in 1994. The …
EventFive ANC leaders are released from prison
… Dennis Goldberg (1985), Govan Mbeki (5 November 1987) and Nelson Mandela (11 February 1990). They were arrested on 11 July …
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… The body also demanded the unconditional release of Nelson Mandela, the imprisoned leader of the banned African National …
EventPW Botha gives the “Rubicon” Speech in Durban
… policy shifts which did not materialize was the release of Nelson Mandela. P. W. Botha disappointed his western allies by …
EventMagnus Malan’s trial ends
… enough evidence to substantiate their claim. President Nelson Mandela fully accepted the court's decision and asked those …
EventIan Woodall and Cathy O’Dowd becomethe first official South African team to conquer the Mount Everest
… became the leader. South African president at the time, Nelson Mandela, was patron of the expedition. The climbing team was …
EventHlubi Chief Langalibalele becomes one of the first Black activists to be tried and banished to Robben Island
… to be banished to Robben Island, nearly a century before Nelson Mandela and numerous other activists were imprisoned there. …
Freedom Part to Host Ken Oosterbroek Legacy Exhibition
… Africa and will culminate in the inauguration of President Nelson Mandela. The exhibition will run until Friday, June 6th …