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The speech marks the opening of the parliamentary year and is usually attended by important political and governmental figures of South Africa, including former Presidents, the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court and other members of the judiciary, the Governor of the Reserve Bank, and Ambassadors and Diplomats to the Republic.
The Rubicon speech was delivered by South African President P. W. Botha on the evening of 15 August 1985 in Durban. The world was expecting Botha to announce major reforms in his government, including abolishing the apartheid system and the release of Nelson Mandela. [1] However, the speech Botha actually delivered at the time did none of this.
As a result, Nelson Mandela, the leader of the ANC, was arrested by the South African Police and had been in prison for 27 years at the time of the speech. [7] In 1984, South Africa introduced a new constitution establishing a Tricameral Parliament with representation for Coloureds and Indians as well as whites and making the role of State ...
Pages in category "South Africa presidential speeches" ... Speech at the Opening of the Parliament of South Africa, 1990; State of the Nation Address (South Africa)
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called Sunday for parties to overcome their differences and find “common ground” to form the first national coalition government in the country's young ...
The last paragraph of the speech is written on the wall of South Africa's Constitutional Court building in Johannesburg. [13] US President Barack Obama quoted from the speech during his tribute speech at the state memorial service for Nelson Mandela held at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on 10 December 2013. [18]
The Prince of Wales will have a high-level meeting with South Africa’s president as he continues his visit to the Commonwealth nation. William’s audience with Cyril Ramaphosa has been ...
He was the head of government of South Africa from 1978 to 1989, serving as the last prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and the first executive state president of South Africa from 1984 to 1989. First elected to Parliament in 1948, Botha, an Afrikaner nationalist, was an opponent of black majority rule and international communism ...