The governance crisis engulfing the University of Cape Town UCT has reached boiling point, with vice-chancellor Professor Mosa Moshabela telling council members that his working relationship with …..
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The Release of Nelson Mandela (1990): On February 11, 1990, the world’s media descended on Cape Town as Nelson Mandela stepped out of Victor Verster Prison a free man after 27 years. Hours later, he addressed a massive, surging crowd of over 100,000 people from the balcony of Cape Town City Hall. His speech—broadcast live to hundreds of millions worldwide—marked the official death knell of apartheid and established Cape Town as the global stage for South Africa’s democratic dawn.
