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EventJames Thaele, co-founder of the African National Congress (ANC) branch in Cape Town, passes away
James M. Thaele, radical politician, journalist, teacher and co-founder of the African National Congress (ANC) branch in Cape Town, died in Cape Town. He was…
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
… Assembly would continue to be the country's only directly elected house of parliament, but the Senate would be replaced …
ArticleThe Namibian struggle for independence – 1966 – 1990 – a historical background
… Alliance (DTA) won 29% with 21 seats. Sam Nujoma was elected the president of the country. Namibia had its first …
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… with representatives from nine regional structures being elected to the national executive. It adopted the Freedom …
Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943]
… the members of the Commission and not democratically elected by the Coloured and Malay communities, and that the …
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
… the system increased taxes, a shift away from elected authority and reduction in popular participation. The …
Document 5 - Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa adopted at the seventh annual conference of the Party
… when he really particularly expressed that, was after Hani's assassination... What do you recall of Mandela's … anything, because that 1993 was touch and go…
Address to the National Assembly of the Republic of Hungary Budapest, 3 May 1999
… It is indeed a very great honour to stand before the elected representatives of the Hungarian people. I am humbled … that your invitation is not to me…
Address by President Nelson Mandela North West stadium Welkom, 27 August 1995
… to involve joint responsibility. The government that you elected as well as your communities, have to be committed to … State have also worked hard to ensure…
PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng Province
… of the South African Congress of Democrats and became the Secretary of its Natal Branch in 1954. He was also Chairman … He was a member of the South African…
Americans for South African Resistance, 25 June 1982
… Secretaries of the Campaign were Walter M. Sisulu, the Secretary General of the African National Congress, and Yusuf A. Cachalia, Secretary-General of the…
Chapter 28. I Fight Back - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… "We, the workers of United Dress, want Mr. Sachs as our secretary and no-one else. He fought our battle loyally and … by the loyalty of the workers. All the…
ArchiveSouth Africa in World War One, 31 October 2018
… so that they could be transferred elsewhere. The colonial secretary, Lord Harcourt, readily accepted Botha’s offer and … ( WWI and the People of South Africa…
Luthuli House to be auctioned over R25m debt?, 20 August 2017
… the ANC during the 2014 national elections. On Friday, ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said the party's lawyers … deputy Cyril Ramaphosa, treasurer…
20. Johannesburg Parsees claim special status
… Pachai A petition dated 17 September 1906 was sent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies by three Parsees, … discussing the Asiatic Law Draft Ordinance,…
Cecil John Rhodes, warts and all by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 22 December 2015
… he was steadfastly assisted first by his beloved private secretary (and sole beneficiary in one of his early wills) … of U.S. House of Representatives Dean…
Address, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening of the World Summit for Sustainable Development Johannesburg, 26 August 2002
… Mr Nitin Desai, Secretary-General of the World Summit for Sustainable … interaction. In this regard, I am privileged to thank the Secretary General of the…
Cosatu special congress, Day Two: Numsa, Vavi walloped by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 15 July 2015, South Africa
… expelled metalworkers union Numsa and the ousted general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi believed that, had they secured a … This appeared to be directed at the…
PlaceTimour Hall Primary School, Plumstead
… first formally constituted Parent Teacher Association was elected. After much discussion, application was made to the …
EventPeter Mokaba is born
… as in 1999. After his time in parliament, Mokoba was then elected to serve as the deputy minister of the Department of …
ANC National Executive Committee by ANC, December, 2012, 53rd ANC Annual Conference, Mangaung
… Committee The current National Executive Committee as elected at the 53rd National Conference in Mangaung December …
Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk, 26 June 1992
… that the Constituent Assembly should further: (a) Be elected by all the people of South Africa, defined as all … Africa as at 1910. (b) Be composed of 50% of…
EventSouth African football legend Steve Mokone is born 23 March 1923
… for the English Club Coventry in 1955. In 1959 he was elected Europe’s best soccer player. He is regarded as the …
EventThe 'Afrikaner Volksfront' is founded
… African Defence Force (SADF). Gen. Constant Viljoen was elected as the leader of the movement. The AVF was founded as …
Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps and Visit of the President, 19 June 2013
… 0761020830 Issued by: Comrade Zamani Saul Provincial Secretary African National Congress NC Enquiries: Comrade …
PlaceRaadsaal Building, Church Square, Pretoria
… to house the offices of the State President, the State Secretary, the Commandant General, the Registrar of Deeds, …
EventNatal Indian Organisation delegation meets Premier Smuts
… World War and Kajee held moderate views. Kajee, the former Secretary General of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) …
EventHundreds of thousands of people killed as tsunamis devastate large swathes of South and Southeast Asia, coming as far as South Africa
… operation would be the costliest in human history. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan stated that reconstruction would …
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 4 - Participatory Democracy
… directly connected with the enterprise, There would be an elected workers' council, whose members would continue as … prevent a new bureaucratic hierarchy…
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first democratic President
After South Africa's first national democratic elections in April 1994, Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first democratic President at the Union…