 |
PREVIOUS | NEXT |  |
| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1998, Feb. 23 | |
| Former National Party leader P. W. Botha pleaded not guilty to contempt charges by the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission created by Pres. Nelson Mandela to review the apartheid system. The commission partially promised amnesty to those National Party members and other leaders who confessed their crimes during the prior political regime. Botha's contempt charge was in response to his prior refusals to testify; he was found guilty on Aug. 21. Another ANC leader who appeared before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1998 was F. W. de Klerk. | 1 |
| April 6 | |
| Gen. Georg Meiring resigned his position as head of the South African army after accusations of conspiracy arose concerning a report he gave Pres. Mandela warning of an impending coup against the government. The report was allegedly a hoax, falsely naming various ANC party leaders, including the president's ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, as conspirators in a plan to overthrow the Mandela government. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
| CONTENTS · SUBJECT INDEX · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD | ||||
| ||||
| ||||
|