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ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… TASC, the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and the Release Mandela Committee. The steering committee was to maintain … the Nobel peace prize, in Soweto. While…
ArticleNew light on ‘76 uprising
… controversial questions on the ANC and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's involvement in the uprising, and the National Party …
PlaceRobben Island, Cape Town
… Africa’s first democratically elected president – Nelson Mandela – spent 18 years of his 27 years in prison on Robben … the most famous of the island’s…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education
… to locate the primary document presented here ”” Nelson Mandela’s statement from prison on being offered conditional …
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… advocated the release from prison of its leader Nelson Mandela . Mandela had been jailed for life for sabotage aimed at overthrowing the apartheid regime…
South African and World leaders
… South African leaders, visit SAHO's People page Nelson Mandela World leader and former South African president, Nelson Mandela. Source: www.afp.com One of…
BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
… de Klerk lifted the ban on the ANC on 2 February 1990 and Mandela was released on 11 February, 1990, Frank assumed that …
BiographyAhmed Timol
… death in detention. At a function, Former President Nelson Mandela renamed the Azaadville Secondary School, in …
ArticleIsitwalandwe/Seaparankwe Award
… Ngoyi 1982 Oliver Reginald Tambo 1992 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 1992 Walter Sisulu 1992 Helen Joseph 1992 Ahmed …
EventFormer Cabinet Minister Dullah Omar dies
… by the Apartheid government. In the period nearing Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, Omar was his spokesperson. …
ArticleANC Women’s League (ANCWL)
… the second conference in Durban in 1993, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was elected president, she was re-elected at the next … Modise Happy Those Co-opted Member…
ArticleGrade 12 - Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970s to 1980
… around the world which demanded the release of Nelson Mandela , and (ii)help from other African countries who … It began the negotiations about the future…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… policy of racial apartheid (separation) abolished, Nelson Mandela , confirmed that South Africa’s population was free … Congress (ANC) under the leadership…
ArticleNobel Prizes and South African Laureates
… the Nobel Peace prize 1993 - FW de Klerk and Nelson Mandela were co-recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel … FW de Klerk , 1993 1993 Nobel Peace Prize…
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… South Africa would host the 2010 World Cup. Nelson Mandela wept tears of joy: “I feel like a young man of 15,” … South Africa back into world soccer on 3…
ArticleGrade 4 - Term 2: Learning from leaders
… learn from them. The CAPS curriculum emphasizes Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi as great leaders, focusing on …
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… (representative of President P.W. Botha) gave Nelson Mandela unpublicized visits in mid-1987 during the time that … to handle the contact between government,…
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo, male choral group, win a Grammy Award
… star Josh Groban and performing at President Nelson Mandela’s inauguration among others. …
ArchiveRemembering French Investments In Apartheid South Africa, 17 December 2013
… and media focused on the "global" tribute to Nelson Mandela, there has been unanimous praise in France for the … the struggle against apartheid he embodied…
ArticleBlack Women’s Federation
… Kate Jonkers, Deborah Mabelitsa, F. Skhosana, Winnie Mandela , Ann Tomlinson, Merina Nyembezi, Vuyi Moloto, …
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… their highest honours, the Order of Playa Giron, to Nelson Mandela in 1984, Alfred Nzo went to Havana to accept the award on Mandela’s behalf. Oliver Tambo…
EventSibongile Khumalo was born on this day
… performed at several honoured occasions, including Nelson Mandela’s 75th birthday as well as the 1994 Inauguration.[1] …
EventTito Mboweni, former Governor of the SA Reserve Bank, is born in Tzaneen
… Mboweni was appointed Minister of Labour in 1994 in Nelson Mandela’s cabinet. In 1998, he joined the Reserve Bank as …
What are the challenges that face the South African film industry?
… Producer and Owner of Film Afrika, the company which made Mandela and de Klerk, as well as Promised Land. “ [We need] …
20 Years of Democracy - Profiles of the Presidents
… events such as 2010 Fifa World Cup and so on. Nelson Mandela (1994 - 1999) Thabo Mbeki (1999 - 2008) Kgalema …
ArchiveThe New South African Revolution by Prithiraj Dullay, 03 April 2017
… of a much loved struggle vetran and fellow prisoner with Mandela on Robben Island, Ahmed Kathrada, and the reshuffling … of the parastatals The opportunity…
BiographyKeorapetse William Kgositsile
Keorapetse William Kgositsile (popularly known as Bra Willie) was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He attended Matibane High School. Influenced…
EventEllen Kuzwayo becomes the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from Wits University
… Act following these activities. She served as an MP in Mandela’s administration for five years, retiring in 1999. A …
ArticleFederation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW)
… elected as active patrons, while Helen Joseph and Winnie Mandela were non-active patrons. …
ArticleTimeline Interim Constitution 1991 to 1993
… 1991 On 13 November 1991, Nelson Mandela announced that the first constitutional talks would …