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The Bill of Rights
The original numbering, as it appears in the South African Constitution, has been retained here, hence it begins at Article 7. 7…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Key economic policies changes (1994 - 2013)
South Africa successfully held its first democratic elections in April 1994 and the African National Congress (ANC) won with a majority…
Article1994 Cabinet
Cabinet Members Ministry / Portfolio Minister / Incumbent Deputy Minister(s) …
ArticleThe South African Strategic Defence Procurement Package known as “The Arms Deal”
Between 1996 and 1999 the South Africa government commissioned the purchase of R30 billion worth of armaments specifically submarines and…
ArticleThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 1995
After the end of apartheid, as well as the release of political prisoners in the early 90s and the country’s transition from repressive…
ArticleList of parties 2009 Elections
African National Congress Democratic Alliance Congress of the People Inkatha Freedom Party Independent Democrats United Democratic…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
1994 27 April,South Africa's interim constitution which was adopted in November 1993 came into effect on 27th April 1994 to administer…
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
Land restitution is one of the key issues since South Africa achieved democracy in 1994 and as such an overview of what has been achieved…
BiographyVilla Baker
Villa Baker was born on 12 March 1917, the year of the Russian Revolution, while World War I was still raging . She grew up in Brakpan,…
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
Regular elections have been a feature of South Africa’s political landscape since the establishment of Union of South Africa in 1910. With…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1999
On 3 March 1999, the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, announced to the National Assembly (Parliament) that the…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
In September 1993, the South African legislature approved the setting up of a multiparty Transitional Executive Council (TEC) to manage…
ArticlePublic Protest in Democratic South Africa
Since South Africa’s advent to democracy in 1994, public protests either service delivery protest, protest against undemocratic laws or…
ArticleHigh Farce in the House
Both the HoR and HoD were characterised by impotence and incompetence. Examples include one NPP MP voting to support military conscription…
ArticleThe House in session
With the parties and their representatives elected, the Tricameral went into operation and the various houses sat for the first time on…