Theme
Constitutional Development
Events involving constitutional development.
Initial theme stub generated from temp/south_africa_20th_century_timeline_starter.csv.
Events
18 February 1858South African Republic constitution adoptedJune 1902Post-war reconstruction begins12 October 1908–11 May 1909National Convention20 September 1909South Africa Act31 May 1910Formation of the Union of South Africa1924Hertzog's National Party–Labour Pact government1959Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act31 May 1961South Africa becomes a republic1976Transkei declared 'independent'1983Tricameral parliament constitution1989F. W. de Klerk becomes president1990–1994Negotiated transition11 February 1990Nelson Mandela released from prison1991–1992CODESA negotiations begin1994–1999Establishment and early operation of the Constitutional Court2024ANC loses majority and Government of National Unity formed