Frederik Willem de Klerk was a South African politician who served as state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994 to 1996. As South Africa's last head of state from the era of white-minority rule,he and his government dismantled the apartheid system and introduced universal suffrage. Ideologically a social conservative and an economic liberal,he led the National Party (NP) from 1989 to 1997.
Potchefstroom,colloquially known as Potch,is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. Potchefstroom is on the Mooirivier,roughly 120 km (75 mi) west-southwest of Johannesburg and 45 km (28 mi) east-northeast of Klerksdorp.
Nelson Mandela University,formerly Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University,is a public university in South Africa. Established in 2005,it comprises the former University of Port Elizabeth,the Port Elizabeth Technikon and Vista University's Port Elizabeth campus. This university has its main administration in the coastal city of Gqeberha.
The Rand Afrikaans University was a prominent South African institution of higher education and research that served the greater Johannesburg area and surroundings from 1967 to 2004. It has since merged with the Technikon Witwatersrand and two campuses of Vista University to form the University of Johannesburg.
Abdul Kader Asmal was a South African politician. He was a professor of human rights at the University of the Western Cape,chairman of the council of the University of the North and vice-president of the African Association of International Law. He was married to Louise Parkinson and had two sons.
A referendum on ending apartheid was held in South Africa on 17 March 1992. The referendum was limited to white South African voters,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. The result of the election was a large victory for the "yes" side,which ultimately resulted in apartheid being lifted. Universal suffrage was introduced two years later for the country's first non-racial elections.
The FW de Klerk Foundation is a nonpartisan organisation that was established in 1999 by former South African president Frederik Willem de Klerk.
Bonginkosi Emmanuel "Blade" Nzimande is a South African politician,sociologist,and former anti-apartheid activist who is currently serving as Minister of Science,Technology and Innovation. A cabinet minister since 2009,Nzimande was the General Secretary of the South African Communist Party from 1998 to 2022.
The Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education was a South African university located in Potchefstroom. Instruction was mainly in Afrikaans. In 2004,the university was merged with other institutions to create the North-West University.
Johan D. van der Vyver was the I.T. Cohen Professor of International Law and Human Rights at Emory University School of Law in Atlanta,Georgia.
Johannes "Jan" de Klerk,was a South African politician. He was the father of F. W. de Klerk,the last apartheid State President of South Africa.
The North-West University (NWU) is a public research university located on three campuses in Potchefstroom,Mahikeng and Vanderbijlpark in South Africa. The university came into existence through the merger in 2004 of the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education,a large,historical university dating back to 1869,which also had a branch in Vanderbijlpark,and the University of North-West. With its merged status,the North-West University became one of the largest universities in South Africa with the third largest student population in the country. NWU ranks among top universities locally,in Africa and globally.
Gift of the Givers is a South African non-governmental organisation and disaster relief group,and Africa's largest independent humanitarian organisation. It was established to offer disaster relief and response,together with other humanitarian work,with the aim to reach people worldwide. The organisation’s profile in South Africa grew during the 2010s and 2020s,due to challenges faced by the government in delivering services,including disaster relief.
The Dakar Conference was a historic conference between members of the Institute for Democratic Alternatives in South Africa (IDASA) and the African National Congress (ANC). It was held in Dakar,Senegal between 9 and 12 July 1987. The conference discussed topics such as strategies for bringing fundamental change in South Africa,national unity,structures of the government and the future of the economy in a free South Africa. The IDASA delegation from South Africa,participated in the conference in their private capacity and would later be condemned by the South African government for meeting a banned organization. The future indirect result of the conference was South African government talks with Nelson Mandela and his eventual meeting with P. W. Botha in 1989.
Potch Gim is a public Afrikaans medium co-educational high School in Potchefstroom,North West,South Africa.
Hendrik (Hennie) Johannes Jacob Bingle (1910–2007) was a Calvinist,educator and Rector of the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education in Potchefstroom,South Africa.
Tjaart van der Walt was the Rector of Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education,a Bible translator and later a diplomat.
Ntate Daniel Kgwadi was a South African academic administrator who served as the vice-chancellor of Vaal University of Technology and as the vice-chancellor and previous rector of the North-West University in South Africa.
Jan Pieter de Lange was a South African educationalist,chairman of the Afrikaner Broederbond,and a negotiator.
