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EventANC stalwart and Rivonia Trialist, Govan Mbeki, is released from Robben Island Prison
… to life imprisonment during the 1964 Rivonia Trial with Nelson Mandela , Ahmed Kathrada, Denis Goldberg and others. In 1980 …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister, P.W Botha, dies
… conviction at the Appeal Court. Click here to read about Nelson Mandela's reaction to Botha's death …
EventThe State President F.W. de Klerk issues a proclamation adopting the new national flag and National Anthem of SA
… world. The flag was first flown on 10 May 1994, the day Nelson Mandela became president - two weeks after the country's …
EventKenyan mediates in SA election deadlock
… agreed following talks between President F.W. de Klerk , Nelson Mandela and Mangosuthu Buthelezi to participate in the … O'Malley, P., ' 1994 ', from Nelson…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… National Congress(ANC) under the leadership of the late Nelson Mandela won the vast majority of votes with 12 237 655 …
EventJ.J. Hadebe replies to Thabo Mbeki’s plea
… who would become South Africa’s second President after Nelson Mandela, wrote a letter to the ANC in 1964, asking the …
EventCyril Ramaphosa is born
… ANC. He is the 5th democratically elected President after Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Kgalema Motlanthe and Jacob Zuma. see …
PlaceShell House, Johannesburg
… ANC’s iconic Shell House in downtown Johannesburg, where Nelson Mandela planned the Democratic takeover of the South African …
EventPope John Paul II celebrates a papal mass in South Africa
… as he stepped off the papal plane. The State President Nelson Mandela said: "To say this visit is long overdue is to pay … Religion: John Paul II praises …
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
… the release of Political prisoners like the release of Nelson Mandela in 1990, and the African National Congress ’ lift on … the release of Political…
The Final Prize by Norman Levy book review by Chris Saunders, 1 June 2014
… edition of his book he includes an important few pages on Nelson Mandela’s relations with the SACP (268ff). What he does not …
PlaceJohannesburg Civic Theatre
… policy. The complex’ largest auditorium, re-named The Nelson Mandela Theatre, regularly sees over 75% of capacity … of fifty weeks in each year. In the past…
Message to the Soweto Rally to Welcome Released Leaders by O. R. Tambo, 29 October 1989
… observations and suggestions communicated to us by Nelson Mandela and other comrades still in prison - all of them … a result of the committed and selfless…
Launch of The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner
… Described by Nelson Mandela as a source of inspiration, Richard Turner was a …
EventANC adopts the Programme of Action
… guard in the ANC, led by Walter Sisulu, Oliver Tambo and Nelson Mandela, in alliance with the SAIC, the Congress of Trade …
EventTreason Trial of 16 UDF members resumes
… years of the founding of the United Democratic Front’ from Nelson Mandela Foundation [online] Available at …
EventReport on ANC detention camps is released
… of the South African government. On behalf of the ANC, Nelson Mandela accepted full responsibility for the findings of the …
EventSecurity Council examines violence in South Africa
… States as well as the African National Congress President Nelson Mandela, Pan African Congress President Clarence Makwetu and …
EventJan van Riebeeck visits Robben Island for the first time
… political prisoners were incarcerated there, including Nelson Mandela. In 1997 Robben Island was designated a World …
EventF.W. de Klerk clamps down on KwaZulu
… for marches. African National Congress (ANC) president Nelson Mandela gave his organisation's support to the clampdown and …
PlaceRugby Museum, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town
… well to nearly all South Africans, newly elected President Nelson Mandela, wearing a green and gold Springbok jersey, presented …
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… life and is written by her daughter Shawn. 1992 17 August, Nelson Mandela delivers the Ruth First Tenth Anniversary …
ArticleHeritage day, Braai Day or Shaka Day: Whose Heritage is it Anyway?
… an address marking Heritage Day in 1996, former President Nelson Mandela stated: "When our first democratically-elected …
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… firm Wilkinson, Sidelsky and Eidelmann, later articled Nelson Mandela, at Walter's request. Walter was also friendly with … talented young people into the…
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
… outside the Pretoria Central Prison where Winnie Mandela was detained. He was interrogated and held in … Magubane , with text by, Marshall Lee is published…
Zarina Maharaj Biography by Sarah Rahimi
… to 12 years in imprisonment on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela and other significant political personalities. Mac was the one who smuggled the copy of…
PlaceMthatha Airport, Eastern Cape
… is the Hometown of many great African leaders, including Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu! The Airport was previously known … is the Hometown of many great…
Place'Agoada de Saldanha', Saldanha
… ' Duncan Dock '. Robben Island is in this Bay, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned there for Decades. …
EventAmy Biehl is murdered in Cape Town
… service. The African National Congress (ANC) President, Nelson Mandela, said; “She (Biel) made our aspirations her own and …
EventSouth African Parliament votes to repeal the legal framework of Apartheid
… culminated in the first democratic elections in 1994, with Nelson Mandela as the first Black President. The repeal of the legal …