CODESA

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multi-party negotiating forum political negotiation process

CODESA was a multi-party negotiating forum in the early 1990s that laid the groundwork for South Africa’s transition from apartheid to democratic rule.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
CODESA I	1
CODESA II	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	multi-party negotiating forum ⓘ political negotiation process ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Convention for a Democratic South Africa negotiations NERFINISHED ⓘ
CODESA IDate	December 1991 ⓘ
CODESA IIDate	May 1992 ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
endTime	1993 ⓘ
followedBy	Interim Constitution of South Africa (1993) NERFINISHED ⓘ Multi-Party Negotiating Process ⓘ South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994 ⓘ
fullName	Convention for a Democratic South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	CODESA I NERFINISHED ⓘ CODESA II NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late apartheid era in South Africa ⓘ
inception	December 1991 ⓘ
keyFigure	Cyril Ramaphosa NERFINISHED ⓘ F. W. de Klerk NERFINISHED ⓘ Mangosuthu Buthelezi NERFINISHED ⓘ Nelson Mandela NERFINISHED ⓘ Roelf Meyer NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Gauteng, South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	World Trade Centre, Kempton Park, South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
participant	African National Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ Democratic Party (South Africa) NERFINISHED ⓘ Inkatha Freedom Party NERFINISHED ⓘ National Party (South Africa) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pan Africanist Congress of Azania NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Communist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ representatives of business and civil society ⓘ various homeland and bantustan administrations ⓘ
politicalContext	negotiations between the apartheid government and anti-apartheid movements ⓘ
precededBy	secret and informal talks between the apartheid government and the ANC ⓘ
purpose	draft a new democratic constitutional framework for South Africa ⓘ negotiate South Africa’s transition from apartheid to democratic rule ⓘ
result	agreement on many constitutional principles later included in the 1993 Interim Constitution ⓘ establishment of a framework for South Africa’s democratic transition ⓘ
significance	major milestone in South Africa’s negotiated transition to democracy ⓘ
significantEvent	address by African National Congress President Nelson Mandela ⓘ formal opening by President F. W. de Klerk ⓘ
startTime	1991 ⓘ
status	collapsed in mid-1992 over disagreements on power-sharing and majority rule ⓘ
topic	constitutional principles for a new South African state ⓘ end of apartheid ⓘ interim power-sharing arrangements ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) → shortName → CODESA ⓘ

subject surface form: Convention for a Democratic South Africa

Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) → hasPart → CODESA ⓘ

subject surface form: Convention for a Democratic South Africa

this entity surface form: CODESA I

Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) → hasPart → CODESA ⓘ

subject surface form: Convention for a Democratic South Africa

this entity surface form: CODESA II