Road to Democracy Flashcards
Multi-party negotiation process
Feb 1993-> election for parliament
34 constitutional principles by CODESA
held in April in Kempton park
announced elections on 27 April 1994
Chris Hani
SACP secretary-general
leader of MK
killed 10 April 1993 by Janus Walus in Boksburg
Retha Harmse witness
AWB attack
Eugene Terre’Blanche
200 AWB drove armoured car into the world trade centre
June 1993
AWB against negotiations
wanted Volkstaat
Constandt Viljoen, Volksfront to Freedom Front
APLA attack on St James church
July 1993
Clarence Makwetu
1000 people in the church
11 killed and 58 injured
APLA attack at Heidelberg tavern
30 December 1993
4 killed, 5 wounded
bounty of $60 000
steeled ANC and NP
Interim constitution
400 representatives will be elected for national assembly
9 new provinces with 10 representatives in senate
all parties with 5% represented in GNU for 5 years
new defence force
Dec 1993 Transitional Executive council run country
Bophuthatswana incident
President Mangope asked for Volkstont help
Did not ask AWB
AWB came and shot Civies
Bop police mutinied and killed 3 AWB
Mangope resigned
Shell house masscare
28 March 1994 20 000 Zulu protest with traditional weapons Marched on ANC headquarters ' 53 killed \+- 250 injured lead to more clashes
Pretoria Summit
19 April 1994
IFP, ANC, NP
try get IFP to join
Car Bomb JHB
24 April 1994
9 dead
92 injured
New flag lifted on midnight 26/27
Election
20 million votes between 19 parties
ANC= 12 237 655 ( 62.9%) NP = 4 983 690 (22%) IFP= 2 058 294 (10%) FF= 424 555 (2.17%)