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A referendum on ending apartheid was held in South Africa on 17 March 1992. The referendum was limited to white South African voters, [1] [2] who were asked whether or not they supported the negotiated reforms begun by State President F. W. de Klerk two years earlier, in which he proposed to end the apartheid system that had been implemented since 1948.
1983 South African constitutional referendum; 1992 South African apartheid referendum This page was last edited on 22 March 2022, at 09:16 (UTC). Text is ...
However, the government used its control of the South African Broadcasting Corporation to prevent "undesirable" songs from being played (which included political or rebellious music, and music with "blasphemous" or overtly sexual lyrics), and to enforce its ideal of a cultural separation between racial groups, in addition to physical separation ...
"Free Bird", [4] [5] [6] also spelled "Freebird", [7] [8] [9] is a song by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, written by guitarist Allen Collins and lead singer Ronnie Van Zant. The song was released on their 1973 debut studio album .
The Accord on Afrikaner self-determination is a South African political accord that recognises the right of the Afrikaner people on self-determination. [1] The accord was signed by the Freedom Front, the African National Congress and the National Party-led South African government on 23 April 1994.
The song originates in the struggle against apartheid when it was first sung to protest the Afrikaner-dominated apartheid government of South Africa. [5] Supporters of the song see it as a song that articulates an important part of South Africa's history, [6] [7] is an important part of political discourse, [8] [9] and that its meaning has been ...
Dozens of troops from Russia's Wagner private military company have arrived in Central African Republic to help secure a constitutional referendum on July 30 that could see the president extend ...
The Bisho massacre occurred on 7 September 1992 in Bisho, in the then nominally independent homeland of Ciskei which is now part of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.Twenty-eight African National Congress supporters and one soldier were shot dead by the Ciskei Defence Force during a protest march when they attempted to enter Bisho (now renamed to Bhisho) to demand the reincorporation of Ciskei ...