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In Conclusion: The Decline and Fall of the Tricameral Parliament
While the tricameral parliament was designed to co-opt Coloureds and Indians and to bring a renewed legitimacy to the Apartheid regime, developments in the…
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
1918 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is born at Mvezo in the Transkei 1939 He enrols at the University College of Fort Hare. 1940 He is expelled…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
Nelson Mandela is considered by many to be the father of South Africa. Mandela was an anti-Apartheid activist, which means that fought for those who were…
PlaceTouwsrivier
Touwsrivier is a community of approximately 8000 people and is also home to the World's largest: 'CPV Solar Plants'. Located 13 km outside of Touwsrivier,…
EventAlbertina Sisulu addresses a major anti-apartheid rally in London.
For her very first trip abroad, Albertina Sisulu was accompanied by her Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) comrades, Sister Bernard Ncube and Jessie…
EventThe government launches 'Operation Iron Fist' in townships
At the height of township violence in Transvaal, President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held a series of meetings to discuss means of quelling the unrest…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
1990 Nelson Mandela is released from prison. 27 townships declared unrest areas in terms of the Public Safety Act No 3 of 1953. Gazankulu: Immorality and…
ArchiveThe American Committee on Africa
Anti-apartheid organisation says South African president's FW de Klerk statement falls short calls for tougher sanctions.
Democracy - The only solution by Nelson Mandela, President of the ANC 1 July 1992
Please take note that this article was written prior to the answer that we have received yesterday afternoon from President De Klerk in response to the ANC's…
ArchiveJudge Mr De Klerk by his actions
Press article outlining the crisis that church leaders in South Africa perceive the South African State President FW De Klerk facing in the new Government…
ArchiveStatement Celebrating Ten Years of Democracy, ANC Chief Whip Nkosinathi Nhleko, 10 May 2004, Parliament Cape Town South Africa
Parliament is today taking part in celebrating the first decade of freedom and democracy in our country. And as we so, we remain cognisant of the brave…
Archive'I'm not the last white head of state
Mr F.W. de Klerk recently told a German political magazine, "Der Spiegel", that he did not believe he would be the last white head of state in South Africa.
Participants in CODESA (1,2, Working Groups and Administration)
- This list is by no means exhaustive. If you know of a name that has been left out, please email SAHO Niel Barnard [SA Government, replaced Fanie…
Article1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban
On 13 January 1949 an Indian store-keeper in central Durban assaulted an African youth. This incident resulted in a wave of violence, starting at the Indian…
EventTwo South Africans are awarded the Unesco Peace Prize
Nelson Mandela, leader of the African National Congress (ANC) and President F.W. de Klerk were awarded the Unesco Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize for 1991. They…
ArchiveFighting out of darkness or moving gradually towards the light? presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Grahamstown, 1990
Opening Address by National President Mary Burton at the Black Sash National Conference held at Grahamstown on 2 March 1990, discussing: Release of Mandela, FW…
BiographyDr. Frene Noshir Ginwala
Dr Frene Noshir Ginwala was born on 25 April 1932 in Johannesburg in what was then the Province of the Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). Her politics would be…
Statement by Oliver Tambo with Other ANC leaders visiting Sweden, 02 February 1990
Today, Pretoria`s President, F.W. de Klerk, made important announcements which go a long way towards creating a climate conducive to negotiations. We welcome…
Statement by O. R. Tambo with other ANC Leaders Visiting Sweden, 2 February 1990
Today, Pretoria's President, F.W. de Klerk, made important announcements which go a long way towards creating a climate conducive to negotiations. We welcome…
EventMandela meet De Klerk in Pretoria
African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Nelson Mandela and State President F.W. de Klerk held discussions in Pretoria on the progress which has been…
EventLuyanda Mboniswa charged with the murder of Marike de Klerk
A 21 year old security guard employed at the Dolphin Beach complex in Table View, Luyanda Mboniswa, was charged with robbing, raping and murder of Marike de…
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president
After South Africa's first national democratic elections held in April 1994, the president of the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, was sworn in…
EventIEC extends election dates
Following numerous complaints about poor arrangements at some polling stations in South Africa's first democratic election, President F.W. De Klerk approved a…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
On 17 June 1992 the Joe Slovo Informal settlement in Boipatong outside Vereeniging was attacked by a group of about 300 armed men from Kwa Madala Hostel in…
EventDjibouti and Cote d’ Ivore strengthen diplomatic ties with SA
Following a visit to Nigeria by the state president, F.W. de Klerk, and his foreign minister Roelof "Pik" Botha a number of other African countries announced…
EventP.W. Botha resigns from the National Party
Former leader of the National Party (NP) and head of state, P.W. Botha, resigned from the party in protest against President F.W. de Klerk's reform proposals…
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first democratic President
After South Africa's first national democratic elections in April 1994, Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first democratic President at the Union…
EventAWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche is arrested
The leader of the right-wing political organisation, Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), Eugene Terre'Blanche, and nine of his followers were arrested and…
EventFormer Presidents de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are joint recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Then President F.W. de Klerk, the last president of the white minority rule who abandoned the unsustainable and untenable apartheid system towards a non-racial…
Disbanding, 1990-1991
With the ANC now legal, mass demands were made for a constitutional assembly to create a new non-racial, democratic, and unitary South Africa. The UDF had…