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Constitution of South Africa

South Africa · Politics / ANC. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

7Records
1960–1993Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1960

Nelson Rolihlahla MandelaSeptember 1960

Politics / ANC

The ANC decides to go underground & dispense with its constitutional procedures

1961

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela26 June 1961

Politics / ANC

Releases a press release calling for a national constitutional convention

1991

Nelson Rolihlahla MandelaApril 1991

Pretoria · Politics / ANC

The ANC rules out any veto for minority groups in a post-apartheid society

1992

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela17 June 1992

Bipatong · Politics / ANC

The Bipatong massacre causes the ANC to withdraw from constitutional talks

1993

Frederik Willem de Klerk12 February 1993

Politics / ANC

The ANC & NP agree on a transistional Government of "National Unity"

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela12 February 1993

Politics / ANC

The ANC & NP agree on a transistional Government of "National Unity"

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela1993

Politics / ANC

Mandela & de Klerk agree to a Government of national unity after elections. De Klerk abandons the principle of power sharing & majority rule until 1999

Names involved

Frederik Willem de KlerkNelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Provenance

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