📅 6 April 1959
After political and ideological disputes within the ANC, Africanist organisers formed the Pan Africanist Congress at Orlando Community Hall. Delegates adopted the PAC name and elected Robert Mangaliso...
📅 21 March 1960
Residents gathered at the Sharpeville police station during a Pan Africanist Congress campaign against pass laws. Police fired on the crowd, killing 69 people and wounding many more. The campaign...
📅 8 April 1960
The government announced that the ANC and PAC were prohibited under the Unlawful Organisations Act. This formalised the state's response to mass anti-pass resistance and the crisis following...
📅 21 December 1991
The first plenary session of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa opened at the World Trade Centre near Johannesburg. Delegates from political parties signed a Declaration of Intent,...
📅 1 April 1993
Twenty-six parties and organisations met at the World Trade Centre in Kempton Park to begin the Multi-Party Negotiating Forum. The forum followed the breakdown of CODESA and aimed to chart a renewed...
