A key event in the final decline of apartheid occurred in the City Hall on 15 August 1985 when President P.W. Botha addressed the National Party Congress held in Durban.
Umbhikisho omkhulu ekuqunjweni phansi kombuso wobandlululo waba se-City Hall mhla ka 15 Agasti 1985 ngesikhathi umengameli wangaleso sikhathi u-PW Botha ekhuluma neNgqungquthela yamaNeshinali eyayiseThekwini.