• Contents
• O'Malley's political interviews
• Padraig O'Malley
• Pre-Transition (1902-1989)
• Transition (1990 - 1994)
  • Chronologies
    • 1990
    • 1991
    • 1992
    • 1993
    • 1994
  • Constitution Making
    • CODESA
      • ANC Debate - Strategic Perspectives
      • Reports and Agreements reached in CODESA
        • Structure of CODESA I
        • The Composition of CODESA
        • Declaration of Intent - 21 December 1991
        • Report of working group 1 to CODESA 2
        • Report of working group 3 to CODESA 2
        • Report of working group 4 to CODESA 2
        • Constitution making with reference to CODESA, Namibia and Zimbabwe
        • Report on the Bi-Lateral talks deadlock between the S.A Regime and the PAC of Azania
        • Reasons for CODESA deadlock - Provisional Framework
        • Report on CODESA Agreements
        • The South African Transition
        • Schoeman on CODESA, Rolling Mass Action, Fall of Bop
        • Goldstone Commission on Allegations of SADF funding of Violence in Townships
        • Springbok in a thunderstorm
        • Statement by Mr F W De Klerk, Leader of the National Party
      • Interim Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
        • Introduction
        • Preamble
        • Chapter 1 - Constituent and Formal Provisions
        • Chapter 2 - Citizenship and Franchise
        • Chapter 3 - Fundamental Rights
        • Chapter 4 - Parliament
        • Chapter 5 - The Adoption of the New Constitution
        • Chapter 6 - The National Executive
        • Chapter 7 - The Judicial Authority And The Administration Of Justice
        • Chapter 8 - The Public Protector, Human Rights Commission, Commission on Gender Issues and Restitution of Land Rights
        • Chapter 9 - Provincial Government
        • Chapter 10 - Local Government
        • Chapter 11 - Traditional Authorities
        • Chapter 11A - Volkstaat Council
        • Chapter 12 - Finance
        • Chapter 13 - Public Service Commission And Public Service
        • Chapter 14 - South African Police Service
        • Chapter 15 - General and Transitional Provisions
        • Index
          • Schedule 1 - Definitions of Provinces
          • Schedule 2 - System For Election Of National Assembly And Provincial Legislatures
          • Schedule 3 - Oaths Of Office And Solemn Affirmations
          • Schedule 4 - Constitutional Principles
          • Schedule 5 - Procedure For Election Of President
          • Schedule 6 - Legislative Competences Of Provinces
          • Schedule 7 - Repeal of Legislation
    • The Mandela / De Klerk Memorandum
      • Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk 26 June 1992
      • De Klerk's reply to Nelson Mandela 2 July 1992
      • Nelson Mandela's reply to F. W. De Klerk 9 July 1992
      • Record of Understanding 26 September 1992
    • MPNP
      • MPNP Structures
      • Multi-Party Negotiation Process leading to Constitution
      • First Report of the Technical Committee on the Transitional Executive Council 13 May 1993
      • Views on a Constitution-Making Body
      • Plenary Session of the Multi-Party Negotiating Process
  • Documents and Reports
    • 1990
      • F. W. de Klerk's speech at the opening of Parliament 2 February 1990
      • The Groote Schuur Minute 4 May 1990
      • The Pretoria Minute 6 August 1990
      • Report - Working group established under paragraph 1 of the Groote Schuur Minute i.
    • 1991
      • The D. F. Malan Accord 12 February 1991
      • Joint statement by the State President, Mr F. W. de Klerk, and Mr Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African National Congress
      • Advance to national democracy: guidelines on strategy and tactics of the ANC
      • CODESA I - Declaration of Intent - 21 December 1991
    • 1992
      • Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk 26 June 1992
      • Record of Understanding 26 September 1992
    • 1993
      • Statement By Mr. Thabo Mbeki, Representative ANC Of South Africa, At The General Assembly Of The UN, December 13, 19931
      • Resolution on the need for the resumption of multi-party negotiations 5 March 1993
    • 1994
      • Amnesty International Statement to UN
      • Election results
      • Accord on Afrikaner self-determination 23 April 1994
      • Memorandum of agreement for reconciliation and peace between the IFP/Kwazulu government and the ANC and the South African government/NP 19 April 1994
      • Constitutional principles
      • The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP)
    • Chronology of Documents and Reports
  • Elections 1994
    • Amnesty International Statement to UN
    • The 1994 Elections
    • Election Ballot
    • Election Results
  • Events during Transition
    • Bisho Massacre
      • Bisho case: Ciskei troops acquitted
      • Evidence that Ciskei massacre was planned
      • Nelson Mandela's Statement on the Bisho Massacre
      • The Bisho massacre - TRC Report Extract
    • Boipatong Massacre
      • Alleged police complicity in political violence - Boipatong
      • Boipatong Massacre - TRC Report Extract
      • Memorandum on Attempts to Prevent the Boipatong Massacre
      • Boipatong: South Africa's founding myth
      • The Boipatong massacre revisited
      • Statement of the Emergency Meeting of the National Executive Committee of the ANC 23 June 1992
      • Waddington Report
      • Piers Pigou from Boipatong
      • Response - Piers Pigou from Boipatong
    • Chris Hani Assassination
      • Mandela - Address to the Nation
      • An assassination that nearly sparked civil war
      • Apartheid Foe Hani Slain in South Africa
      • Mandela - 'Nothing will stop us!'
      • SACP Statement on Re-opening of Media Interest in 1997
      • TRC findings and other related pieces
      • Hani Assassination raised in UK parliament
    • Collapse of Bophututswana
      • Bophuthatswana - TRC Report Extract
      • 12 Mar 1997: General Constand Viljoen in Cape Town
      • 30 Nov 1999: General George Meiring in Pretoria
      • 13 Dec 1999: Pik Botha in Pretoria
      • 07 Nov 2001: Pik Botha
      • 08 Nov 2001: General George Meiring in Pretoria
      • 10 Dec 2001: General Constand Viljoen
      • 26 Feb 2002: General George Meiring
      • Mac Maharaj on the fall of Bophuthatswana
• Post-Transition (1994 - 1999)
• Transformation (1999-)
• General Information
• Mac Maharaj

This resource is hosted by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, but was compiled and authored by Padraig O’Malley. It is the product of almost two decades of research and includes analyses, chronologies, historical documents, and interviews from the apartheid and post-apartheid eras.

Schedule 1 - Definitions of Provinces

Part 1

[Schedule 1 amended by s. 11 (a) of Act 2 of 1994.]

THE PROVINCE OF KWAZULU/NATAL

Districts created in terms of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944 (Act 32 of 1944)

Alfred Babanango Bergville Camperdown Chatsworth Dannhauser Dundee Durban Eshowe Estcourt Glencoe Hlabisa Impendle Inanda Ingwavuma* Ixopo Klip River

Kranskop Lions River Lower Tugela Lower Umfolozi Mapumulo* Mhlabatini* Mooi River Mount Currie(1) Msinga* Mtonjaneni Mtunzini Ndwedwe* New Hanover Newcastle Ngotshe Nkandhla* Nongoma*

Nqutu* Paulpietersburg Piet Retief (2) Pietermaritzburg Pinetown Polela Port Shepstone Richmond Ubombo Umbumbulu* Umlazi* Umvoti Umzinto Underberg Utrecht Vryheid Weenen

a.. Excluding land mentioned in Proclamations R141 of 30 September 1983 and 43 of 26 April 1985 and the farms Drumleary 130 and Stanford 127.

b.. Only the Simdlangentsha and Pongola areas, described as:

PONGOLA

From the north-western beacon of Portion 45 (Diagram A 4265/55) of thefarm Pongola 61 HU on the boundary between the Republic of South Africa and Swaziland; thence east along the said boundary between the Republic of SouthAfrica and Swaziland to the north-eastern corner of the farm Devils Dive 79 HU, thence generally south along the said boundary to the south-easterncorner of the farm Lebombo's Poort 92 HU, thence generally west along the middle of the Pongola River, to the south-eastern corner of the farm Zwartkloof 60 HU; thence generally north along the boundaries of the following so as to exclude them out of this area: the said farm Zwartkloof 60HU, Kranskloof 59 HU and Portion 45 (Diagram A 4275/55) of the farm Pongola 61 HU to the north-eastern beacon of the last-named Portion 45, the place ofbeginning.

SIMDLANGENTSHA

From the north-western beacon of Portion 10 (Diagram A 1373/39) of thefarm Voorslag 24 HU, in a south-eastern direction along the north-easternboundary of the said Voorslag 24 HU to the north-western beacon of the farmBeginsel 56 HU; thence eastwards along the northern boundaries of thefollowing properties: the said farm Beginsel 56 HU, Kranskloof 59 HU andPortion 45 (Diagram A 4265/55) of the farm Pongola 61 HU, to the north-eastern beacon of the latter portion; thence in a general southern direction along the boundaries of the following properties so as to include them in this area: the said Portion 45 HU, the farm Kranskloof 59 HU and Zwartkloof 60 HU to the south-eastern beacon of the latter farm in the middle of the Pongola River; thence in a general western direction along the middle of the said Pongola River to the northernmost beacon of the farm Gunsteling 45 HU; thence in a general north-eastern direction along the boundaries of the following properties so as to include them in this area: the said farm Gunsteling 45 HU, Prudentie 46 HU, Oranjedal 38 HU, Tobolsk 28 HU, Belgrade 27 HU and Portion 10 (Diagram A 1373/39) of the farm Voorslag 24 HU to the north-western beacon of the latter farm, the place of beginning.

* Kwazulu districts, as they were on 1 February 1977.

THE PROVINCE OF NORTHERN CAPE

Districts created in terms of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944 (Act 32 of 1944)

Barkly West Britstown Calvinia Carnarvon Colesberg De Aar Fraserburg Gordonia Hanover

Hartswater Hay Herbert Hopetown Kenhardt Kimberley Kuruman (1) Namaqualand Noupoort

Philipstown Postmasburg Prieska Richmond Sutherland Victoria West Warrenton Williston

(1) Excluding the areas as described in Proclamation 103 of 31 October 1991.

THE PROVINCE OF NORTHERN TRANSVAAL

a. Districts created in terms of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944 (Act 32 of 1944)

Dzanani* Ellisras Letaba 1 Letaba 2 Messina (1) Mutale*

Phalaborwa Pietersburg Potgietersrust Sibasa* Soutpansberg 1 (2) Soutpansberg 2

Thabazimbi (3) Vuvani* Warmbaths (4) Waterberg

a. Including the areas as described in Proclamations 187 of 24 September 1982, R51 of 27 March 1986 and 178 of 28 October 1988

b. Including the areas as described in Proclamation R51 of 27 March 1986

c. Excluding the areas as described in Proclamation R222 of 28 November 1986

d. Excluding the areas as described in Proclamation R98 of 30 June 1989

* Venda districts, as they were on 13 September 1979

e. The area for which the Gazankulu Legislative Assembly has been instituted in terms of section 1 of the Self-governing Territories Constitution Act, 1971 (Act 21 of 1971)

f. The area for which the Lebowa Legislative Assembly has been instituted in terms of section 1 of the Self-governing Territories Constitution Act, 1971 (Act 21 of 1971), excluding the area consisting of the following properties-

i. Remainder of the farm Elandsfontein 435 KT, in extent 5678,5521 hectares, according to Diagram A2306/1927; and

ii. Portion 1, in extent 1457,4567 hectares, of the farm Dientjie 453 KT, according to Diagram A1939/1964.

THE PROVINCE OF NORTH-WEST

Districts created in terms of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944 (Act 32 of1944)

Bloemhof Bafokeng* Brits (1) Christiana Coligny Delareyville Ditsobotla* Ganyesa* Klerksdorp Koster Kuruman (3)

Lehurutshe* Lichtenburg (4) Madikwe* Mafeking (5) Mankwe* Marico 1 (6) Marico 2 Molopo Moretele* Odi* Potchefstroom

Pretoria (7) Rustenburg 1 (8) Rustenburg 2 (9) Schweizer-Reneke Swartruggens (10) Taung* Tlhaping-Tlharo* Ventersdorp Vryburg (11) Warmbaths (12) Wolmaransstad

1. Including-

a. areas as described in Part 1 of the Schedule to the Bophuthatswana Border Extension Act, 1978 (Act 8 of 1978);

b. the areas as described in Proclamations R222 of 28 November 1986 and R98 of 30 June 1989

2. Including the areas as described in Proclamation R98 of 30 June 1989

3. Only-

a. land as described in Part 4 of the Schedule to the Bophuthatswana Border Extension Act, 1978 (Act 8 of 1978);

b. the areas as described in Proclamation 103 of 31 October 1991

4. Including the areas as described in Proclamation R98 of 30 June 1989

5. Including-

a. land as described in the Schedule to the Bophuthatswana Border Extension Act, 1978 (Act 8 of 1978);

b. the areas as described in Proclamations 70 of 1 April 1990 and 103 of 31 October 1991

6. Including the areas as described in Proclamations R222 of 28 November 1986; 43 of 18 March 1988; R220 of 30 December 1988; R98 of 30 June 1989; 70 of 1 April 1990; and 103 of 31 October 1991

7. Only those areas as described in Proclamations R137 of 25 September 1987 and R98 of 30 June 1989

8. Including-

a. land as described in Part 3 of the Schedule to the Bophuthatswana Border Extension Act, 1978 (Act 8 of 1978);

b. the areas as described in Proclamation 4 of 3 February 1989

9. Including the areas as described in Proclamations 103 of 31 October 1991; 70 of 1 April 1990 and R98 of 30 June 1989

10. Including the areas as described in Proclamation 103 of 31 October 1991

11. Including-

a. land as described in Part 5 of the Schedule to the Bophuthatswana Border Extension Act, 1978 (Act 8 of 1978);

b. the areas as described in Proclamations 103 of 31 October 1991; 70 of 1 April 1990; R98 of 30 June 1989; R23 of 28 February 1986; and R259 of 31 December 1981

12. Only those areas as described in Proclamation R. 98 of 30 June 1989

* Districts of Bophuthatswana, as they were on 6 December 1977 as well as the areas as described in Proclamation R222 of 28 November 1986.

THE PROVINCE OF EASTERN CAPE

Districts created in terms of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944 (Act 32 of1944)

BLOCK 'A'

Aberdeen Adelaide Albany Alexandria Bathurst Bedford Cradock Fort Beaufort (1)

Graaff-Reinet Hankey Hofmeyr Humansdorp Jansenville Joubertina Kirkwood Middelburg

Pearston Port Elizabeth Somerset East Steynsburg Steytlerville Tarka Uitenhage Venterstad Willowmore

BLOCK 'B'

Albert Aliwal North Barkly East Bizana# Butterworth# Cathcart (2) Elliot Elliotdale# Engcobo# Flagstaff# Glen Grey# Herschel# Hewu* Idutywa# Indwe Keiskammahoek* Kentani# King William's Town(3)

Komgha Lady Grey Libode# Lusikisiki# Maclear Matatiele# Mdantsane* Middledrift* Molteno Mount Fletcher# Mount Ayliff# Mount Frere# Mqanduli# Ngqeleni# Nqamakwe# East London (4) Peddie* Port St Johns# Queenstown (5)

Qumbu# St Marks# Sterkstroom Stockenstrom (6) Stutterheim (7) Tabankulu# Tsolo# Tsomo# Umtata# Umzimkulu# Victoria East* Willowvale# Wodehouse Xalanga# Zwelitsha*

1. Including the areas as described in Proclamation 75 of 30 April 1987

2. Including the areas as described in Proclamation 187 of 3 November 1989

3. Including the areas as described in Proclamations 101 of 26 June 1987; 127 of 12 August 1988 and 187 of 3 November 1989, as corrected by Correction Notice 380 of 23 February 1990

4. Including the areas as described in Proclamations 15 of 3 March 1989 and 187 of 3 November 1989

5. Including the areas as described in Proclamations R211 of 29 October 1982 and 101 of 26 June 1987

6. Including the areas as described in Proclamation 187 of 3 November 1989

7. Including the areas as described in Proclamations 75 of 30 April 1987; R139 of 25 September 1987; and 15 of 3 March 1989

* Districts of the Ciskei, as they were on 4 December 1981

# Districts of the Transkei, as they were on 26 October 1976, including the land mentioned in Proclamations R141 of 30 September 1983 and 43 of 26 April 1985 and the farms Drumleary 130 and Stanford 127

THE PROVINCE OF EASTERN TRANSVAAL

a. Districts created in terms of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944 (Act 32 of 1944)

Amersfoort Balfour Barberton Belfast Bethal Carolina Delmas Ermelo Groblersdal

Highveld Ridge Kriel Lydenburg Mathanjana (1) Middelburg Moutse 1 Moutse 2 Moutse 3 Nelspruit

Pilgrim's Rest 1 Pilgrim's Rest 2 Piet Retief (2) Standerton Volksrust Wakkerstroom Waterval-Boven Witbank White River

1. As described in Part 2 of the Schedule to the Bophuthatswana Border Extension Act, 1978 (Act 8 of 1978);

2. Excluding the Simdlangentsha and Pongola areas, described as:

PONGOLA

From the north-western beacon of Portion 45 (Diagram A 4265/55) of the farm Pongola 61 HU on the boundary between the Republic of South Africa and Swaziland; thence east along the said boundary between the Republic of South Africa and Swaziland to the north-eastern corner of the farm Devils Dive 79 HU; thence generally south along the said boundary to the south-eastern corner of the farm Lebombo's Poort 92 HU; thence generally west along the middle of the Pongola River, to the south-eastern corner of the farm Zwartkloof 60 HU; thence generally north along the boundaries of the following so as to exclude them out of this area: the said farm Zwartkloof 60 HU, Kranskloof 59 HU and Portion 45 (Diagram A 4275/55) of the farm Pongola 61 HU to the north-eastern beacon of the last-named Portion 45, the place of beginning.

SIMDLANGENTSHA

From the north-western beacon of Portion 10 (Diagram A 1373/39) of the farm Voorslag 24 HU, in a south-eastern direction along the north-eastern boundary of the said Voorslag 24 HU to the north-western beacon of the farm Beginsel 56 HU; thence eastwards along the northern boundaries of the following properties: the said farm Beginsel 56 HU, Kranskloof 59 HU and Portion 45 (Diagram A 4265/55) of the farm Pongola 61 HU, to the north-eastern beacon of the latter portion; thence in a general southern direction along the boundaries of the following properties so as to include them in this area: the said Portion 45 HU, the farm Kranskloof 59 HU and Zwartkloof 60 HU to the south-eastern beacon of the latter farm in the middle of the Pongola River; thence in a general western direction along the middle of the said Pongola River to the northernmost beacon of the farm Gunsteling 45 HU; thence in a general north-eastern direction along the boundaries of the following properties so as to include them in this area: the said farm Gunsteling 45 HU, Prudentie 46 HU, Oranjedal 38 HU, Tobolsk 28 HU, Belgrade 27 HU and Portion 10 (Diagram A 1373/39) of the farm Voorslag 24 HU to the north-western beacon of the latter farm, the place of beginning.

a. The area for which the Kangwane Legislative Assembly has been instituted in terms of section 1 of the Self-governing Territories Constitution Act, 1971 (Act 21 of 1971)

b. The area for which the Kwandebele Legislative Assembly has been instituted in terms of section 1 of the Self-governing Territories Constitution Act, 1971 (Act 21 of 1971)

c. As well as the following properties forming part of the area for which the Lebowa Legislative Assembly has been instituted in terms of section 1 of the Self-governing Territories Constitution Act, 1971 (Act 21 of 1971):

i. Remainder of the farm Elandsfontein 435 KT, in extent 5678,5521 hectares, according to Diagram A2306/1927; and

ii. Portion 1, in extent 1457,4567 hectares, of the farm Dientjie 453 KT, according to Diagram A1939/1964.

THE PROVINCE OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE

a. Districts created in terms of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944 (Act 32 of 1944)

Bethlehem Bethulie Bloemfontein (1) Boshof Bothaville Botshabelo Brandfort Bultfontein Clocolan Dewetsdorp Edenburg Excelsior (2) Fauresmith Ficksburg Fouriesburg Frankfort Harrismith

Heilbron Hennenman Hoopstad Jacobsdal Jagersfontein Koffiefontein Koppies Kroonstad Ladybrand Lindley Marquard Odendaalsrus Parys Petrusburg Philippolis Reddersburg Reitz

Rouxville Sasolburg Senekal Smithfield Thaba Nchu* Theunissen Trompsburg Ventersburg Viljoenskroon Virginia Vrede Vredefort Welkom Wepener Wesselsbron Winburg Zastron

1. Including the areas as described in Proclamation R 98 of 30 June 1989

2. Including the areas as described in Proclamations R142 of 30 September 1983 and R98 of 30 June 1989

* Districts of Bophuthatswana, as described on 6 December 1977

3. The area for which the QwaQwa Legislative Assembly has been instituted in terms of section 1 of the Self-governing Territories Constitution Act, 1971 (Act 21 of 1971)

THE PROVINCE OF PRETORIA-WITWATERSRAND-VEREENIGING

Districts created in terms of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944 (Act 32 of1944)

BLOCK 'A'

Alberton Benoni Boksburg Brakpan Germiston Heidelberg Johannesburg

Kempton Park Krugersdorp Nigel Oberholzer Randburg Randfontein Roodepoort

Springs Vanderbijlpark Vereeniging Westonaria

BLOCK 'B'

Bronkhorstspruit Cullinan

Pretoria (1) Soshanguve 1

Soshanguve 2 Wonderboom

(1) Excluding the areas as described in Proclamations R137 of 25 September 1987 and R. 98 of 30 June 1989

THE PROVINCE OF THE WESTERN CAPE

Districts created in terms of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944 (Act 32 of1944)

Beaufort West Bellville Bredasdorp Caledon Calitzdorp Ceres Clanwilliam George Goodwood Heidelberg Hermanus Hopefield Cape Knysna Kuils River

Ladismith Laingsburg Malmesbury Mitchells Plain Montagu Moorreesburg Mossel Bay Murraysburg Oudtshoorn Paarl Piquetberg Prince Albert Riversdale Robertson Simonstown

Somerset West Stellenbosch Strand Swellendam Tulbagh Uniondale Van Rhynsdorp Vredendal Vredenburg Wellington Worcester Wynberg

Part 2 - Affected Areas

a. Bosbokrand- Consisting of the Mala district of Gazankulu and the Mapumaleng district of Lebowa

b. District of Namaqualand

c. District of Groblersdal

d. Northern Transkei/Pondoland- Consisting of the Bizana, Flagstaff, Lusikisiki, Mt Ayliff, Mt Frere, Mt Fletcher, Matatiele and Tabankulu districts of Transkei, as they were defined on 26 October 1976.
[Para. (d) substituted by s. 11 (b) of Act 2 of 1994.]

e. District of Umzimkulu of Transkei, as it was defined on 26 October 1976

f. The area consisting of the districts of block 'B' envisaged in Part 1 in respect of the province of Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging

g. The areas consisting of the districts of the two blocks envisaged in Part 1 in respect of the province of Eastern Cape

h. Province of Northern Cape

i. The area for which the KwaNdebele Legislative Assembly has been instituted in terms of section 1 of the Self-governing Territories Constitution Act, 1971 (Act 21 of 1971), including the districts of Moutse 1, 2 and 3 and the district of Mathanjana as described in Part 2 of the Schedule to the Bophuthatswana Border Extension Act, 1978 (Act 8 of 1978)

j. District of Sasolburg

k. The area consisting of the districts of Clanwilliam, Vredendal and Van Rhynsdorp

l. District of Mount Currie, including land mentioned in Proclamations R141 of 30 September 1983 and 43 of 26 April 1985 and the farms Drumleary 130 and Stanford 127

m. The area consisting of the districts of Kuruman, including the area defined in Proclamation 103 of 31 October 1991, Postmasburg and Hartswater

n. The area consisting of-

i. the district of Brits, excluding the areas as described in Part 1 of the Schedule to the Bophuthatswana Border Extension Act, 1978 (Act 8 of 1978), and Proclamations R222 of 28 November 1986 and R98 of 30 June 1989;

ii. the districts of Moretele and Odi of Bophuthatswana, as they were defined on 6 December 1977.