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Statement by President Mandela on receiving the report of the TRC Pretoria, 29 October 1998
… no longer the country it was when we adopted the Interim Constitution in 1993, when, together, we resolved to overcome … journey is the TRC of all of us. It…
Address by President Mandela on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Geneva, 19 May 1998
… happen again. We therefore elected to be governed by a constitution that protected all in equal measure. If our constitution was blind to the reality of…
ArchiveGuaranteeing fundamental freedoms in a new South Africa
… a bill of rights for South Africa; and drawing up a constitution that fully acknowledges the minority groups of …
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… of pass laws Planning the 1960 anti-pass campaigns: ANC and PAC At the annual conference of the African National Congress (ANC) held in Durban on 16 December…
EventSeparate Representation of Voters Amendment Act No 50 of 1968 is enacted
… found Repealed by s 101(1) of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act No 110 of 1983. …
Apartheid stakeholders - where are they now?
… representative government have been established under a constitution, initially in a negotiated interim form and now … the basis of the 'devil you know.' In…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… thesis can be viewed to be intrinsically linked with the ANC’s political stance as the original four wagon wheel spokes on the ANC’s flag represented the…
South Africa Communists Speak Documents from the history of the South African Communist Party 1915 - 1980
… The International, October 1 1915. Document 9: Provincial Constitution of the International Socialist League published … to the Executive of the Third…
ArticleSharpeville
… the country and the world. The African National Congress (ANC) President, Chief Albert Luthuli, called on people to … Unlawful Organisations Act, on 7 April…
ArchiveBiography of Dorothy Nyembe by Thomas Boatman
… in the African National Congress , specifically, the ANC Women’s League , the Federation of South African Women , … became a founding mother of the South…
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… During its long history of struggle, the ANC has always been in the vanguard of the struggle against … upon which the younger generÂations could build. When…
Indian South Africans timeline 1990-1999
… interim leadership group of the African National Congress (ANC) in 1990 and was elected to the National Assembly of the South African Parliament in 1994,…
ArticleManto Tshabalala-Msimang timeline 1940 - 2009
… one of 27 young members of the African National Congress (ANC) who goes into exile following the South African … of human resource development and deployment…
Indian South Africans timeline 1950-1959
… in his discussions with African National Congress (ANC) branches in Natal. ” Some took pride in the 1949 riots.’ … Naicker, in turn, delivered the opening…
Document 3 - Resolution on ‘the South African question’ adopted by the Executive Committee of the Communist International following the sixth Comintern congress
… will spell disaster for the economy. In terms of the constitution, "an act of parliament must provide for a … considered to be in line with the letter and…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Noticias, 05 August 1983, Maputo
… there has been talk of a change of strategy by the ANC. Has there really been any change? TAMBO : There hasn`t … casualties that they have had in…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Douglas Smith, declares a state of emergency
… yield to their demands without amendments to the colony's constitution, including a graduated extension of the …
EventOubangi-Shari achieves independence as the Central African Republic
… coup by Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa, who suspended the constitution and dissolved the National Assembly. On 23 March …
EventSouth African President Charles Roberts Swart opens the first session of the Transkei Legislative Assembly
… in office. His speech came a year after Transkei Constitution Act created a Legislative Assembly, based in …
EventThe Kingdom of Ashanti is formally annexed by Great Britain
… Tutu together with his chief priest, Ashanti changed the constitution and the symbols of office in order to expand the …
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… students aligned to the UDF and African National Congress (ANC) oppose an attempt by Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi of the … PW Botha declares that the UDF is an…
Article1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban
… Indian Congress (SAIC) and the African National Congress (ANC) formed a joint council "to advance and promote mutual … among our respective peoples." A.W.G…
EventSA Prime Minister P. W. Botha warns the country that confrontation will be inevitable if his proposed President's Council fails
South African Prime Minister P. W. Botha warns the country that confrontation will be inevitable if his proposed President's Council fails. The Council was…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… movements such as the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) were banned and … spared the wrath of the state. The…
ArchiveFrom the Archive | The workers’ struggle by Joe Foster (New Frame),28 Feb 2019
… Fosatu policy, was a direct challenge to the claims of the ANC and SACP to represent the nation as a whole, and is now … political activity. Internationally,…
Rivonia: Telling it as it was, 2 July 1988
… state claims that the 'headquarters' of the illegal ANC and Communist Party had been 'captured' of the trial and … in Dickens graphic phrase. The worst of…
Indian South Africans timeline 1980-1989
… replace Mosie Moolla , as the African National Congress (ANC) representative, for six months. 1983 December, 25,160 … Naidoo , was assassinated on an African…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… its ties to local nationalist organizations, such as the ANC. During the years it was banned, while the ANC continued to operate legally, the CPSA viewed the…
Statement on the release of the NDC decision, 29 February 2012
… and the organization on the matter, as informed by our Constitution. Issued by: Derek Hanekom Chairperson of the NDC …
ArchiveSelf rule in the Transkei: a monstrous fraud
… The Bantu Authorities in Transkei have accepted a constitution, which the Unity Movement is unhappy about; to …