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ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
1948 26 May, DF Malan's National Party government follows up its election victory with the introduction of new apartheid laws as well as the stricter…
The adoption of the Freedom Charter
The Freedom Charter was not adopted immediately by the ANC. The executives of the four organisations of the Congress Alliance met at the beginning of August…
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
Introduction During the late 1970s and early 1980s the issue of drawing up a Workers’ Charter became a leading item on the agenda of the South African labour…
Our Dream Deferred Chapters
ArticleCongress of the People and the Freedom Charter
As the struggle for freedom reached a new intensity in the early fifties, the ANC saw the need for a clear statement on the future of South Africa. The idea of…
Organization of African Unity Charter
The Earth Charter (under construction)
The implications of the freedom charter
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
Defiance Campaign mass meeting The post-1948 period saw the African National Congress (ANC) abandoning its traditional reliance on tactics of moderation such…
ArticleSignificance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
The campaign for the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter was the climax to a decade or so of multifaceted and creative resistance to white minority…
The Soul of a Nation document 7: The Freedom Charter 26 June 1955
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress, Chapter Four: Government and Politics, viewed 18 April 2016, … [iv] Federal Research Division of the…
The Development of Indian Political Movements in South Africa, 1924 - 1946 by Essop Pahad
… | MANIFESTOES | BIBLIOGRAPHY Introduction (BACK TO TOP) CHAPTER I: The Establishment of the Indian Community: The … and the First Three Conferences…
ArticleHuman Rights and the South African Constitution
… rights cannot be left to individuals or the government, Chapter Nine of the Constitution creates independent national …
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… in South Africa before World War two. The beginning of chapter one will elaborate on how the colonial state … political efforts to organize and mobilize the…
ArticleTransition and negotiation, 1990-1994
… including a powerful Constitutional Court. An entire chapter is devoted to the establishment of state institutions …
ArticleThe Cabinet Reshuffle of 2017
On 31 March 2017, President Jacob Zuma exercised his constitutional rights as the head of the executive branch by appointing, reshuffling and dismissing…
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa Background and Focus of Grade 8- Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa The Mineral…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… time that action had been taken against South Africa under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter. Codes of conduct …
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
… documented. Existing literature on this brutally violent chapter in the history of the liberation struggle focuses …
ArticleFinding out about hunter-gatherers and herders
… Bows and arrows: http://newhistory.co.za/chapter-1/ . Rock art: …
Why protect worker’s rights?
… the extent that the legislation may limit a right in this Chapter, the limitation must comply with section 36(1). … the extent that the legislation may limit…
The Court’s position in the justice system
… issues connected with decisions on constitutional matters. Chapter 8 of the final Constitution, entitled "Courts and …
ArticleGayle: The Language of Apartheid South Africa’s Gay Underground
… trying to survive during the country’s most painful chapter; a moment in time when their very existence was …
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
… Village . Johannesburg: Heritage Committee, Transvaal Chapter of the Institute of South African Architects. GUEDES, …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… to reconsider our tactics. In my mind we are closing a chapter on this question of a non-violent policy." Various …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) is a political party whose presence in the South African political landscape spans just over half a century. The PAC’s…
The South African Human Rights Commission
… rights cannot be left to individuals or the government, Chapter Nine of the Constitution creates independent national …
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 3) The Broederbond Just as it was the white man’s way … of Africans from the common voters…
Defining the term 'Bantu'
… article is based on an essay from Kees van der Waal’s chapter in “Critical Essays on Afrikaans Places of Memory” …