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Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… of South Africa in 1910. With the adoption of the Union Constitution Act of 1910 the two dominant white political … 1950 the Nationalist Party headed by DF…
ArticleProgressive Federal Party (PFP)
… stand on constitutional reform, calling for: an entrenched Constitution incorporating a Bill of Rights an independent judiciary a federal Constitution in…
BiographyGeorge Arthur Heard
Journalist George Arthur Heard was the elder son of Arthur Henry Heard, inspector of works in Bloemfontein, and his wife, Millicent Agnes Elliot. He was one of…
BiographyJeanette Carlson
… of Black people– the sash symbolised the death of the constitution. Carlson joined the organisation and joined the …
BiographyAziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad
… “which asserts that we have collectively violated the Constitution and acted illegally and criminally and [are] …
Pledging to Debate History: Values and education
… can learn about the basic human rights instilled in the Constitution and relate them to their own circumstances. … way process. They cannot be expected to…
ArticleA White Referendum
… held a referendum to gauge White opinion on the new constitution and tricameral parliament – it baulked at … prove disastrous for business and the economy…
ArchiveSouth African Students Organisation: Constitution and standing rules: adopted as revised and amended at the 2nd General Students Council, July 1971, Durban
… South African Students Organisation: Constitution and standing rules: adopted as revised and …
BiographyOliver Tambo
… revision of the ANC came to be known as the Tambo Constitution. All the while he had to carry the burden of … a high-powered Commission of ANC legal people…
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… a “fast unto death” to protest the newly proposed Indian constitution. It granted separate electorates to Hindus, … because it would write caste…
ArchiveThe Soul of a Nation
… of South Africa unite around a common respect for the Constitution ' Serialisation of The Soul of a Nation - Constitution-Making in South Africa . We will…
Chapter 1 - Introduction
… 1996, the signatures on the country's new and final Constitution fixed a milestone beside the road of South … and marked the way for a new democratic order…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… abolishing child labour and other working conditions. The ‘Constitution’ campaign was also aimed at influencing the amendment to the Constitution of the…
ArticleHistory of elections in South Africa
… of South Africa. The Act, which served as the Union's constitution until 1961, created a parliamentary government … of South Africa, an independent body…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… functionally invoke change. The league worked to develop a constitution that would establish a concrete set of goals, … National Conferences to discuss and…
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… basis for land restitution is provided by the 1993 Interim Constitution, section 25(7) of the 1996 Constitution and the Restitution of Land Rights Act. The…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… transition to democracy. Two months later, the Interim Constitution under which South Africa was to be governed … The IEC was established in terms of the…
BiographyJomo Kenyatta
… in 1966) the Kiambu Mafia became worried: according to the constitution when the president died the vice-president would …
Archive1994 - President De Klerk, State Of the Nation Address, 28 February 1994 (Before National Elections)
… has convened to adopt important amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 1993. The … concerns have not been accommodated in the…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… AFRICAN-GOVERNMENT/ NATIONAL PARTY TAKING NOTE of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 200 of 1993 … to Constitutional Principle XXXIV,…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
… the delegates selected by the country’s voters to write a constitution for an independent Namibia. The following year a new constitution was adopted and…
South African Government of National Unity (GNU) – 1994 – 1999
… African National Congress (ANC). Clause 88 of the interim Constitution of South Africa provided for the establishment … The mission of the GNUwas to oversee…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… on constitutional reform, and called for an entrenched Constitution that incorporated a Bill of Rights. This Bill of … would provide for an independent…
Chapter 14 - Epilogue: lessons from the negotiating table
… The new constitution is a celebration of the creativity of the South … and a new South Africa was produced, which is why this Constitution is referred to as…
BiographyShadrack Fuba Zibi
Chief of the Mbuto (Mbuthweni) section of the Hlubi group of tribes, was the son of Fuba III and the grandson of Zibi II. He was educated at Love dale…
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… the British colonial government introduced the Burns constitution in 1946. The Burns constitution, based on the Westminster model, incorporated … Though…
Why protect worker’s rights?
… emerged as a strong political force. South Africa's Constitution now goes far in guaranteeing workers' rights, … bargaining. The right to strike is written…
The Development of Indian Political Movements in South Africa, 1924 - 1946 by Essop Pahad
… > INTRO | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ABBR. | BIOS | SAIC CONSTITUTION | CAPE TOWN AGREEMENT | MANIFESTOES | … Deshmukh, Ramrao Madhaurao , 1945 -1946. (BACK TO TOP)…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… of Coloured South Africans. The process to change the constitution that protected Coloured voting rights involved … the initial six women into the Women’s…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
… Kadalie, the founder of the Industrial put forward a new constitution for the Industrial and Commercial Workers's … of the Industrial and Commercial Union …