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ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… Africa are multiple, diverse, and dynamic. Intersectional issues of gender, ethnicity, and race further complicate the … or where it appears to transgress…
ArticleThe Cabinet Reshuffle of 2017
… 2017, President Jacob Zuma exercised his constitutional rights as the head of the executive branch by appointing, … Exchange (JSE) are owned by black South…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… Nations Charter and the international Declaration of Human Rights. If it should appear that my Congress pleads strongly … of Assembly can be no substitute…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… cause of AIDS. 21 November, The South African Government issues a statement on mortality statistics, taking the five … the prestigious Nelson Mandela Award…
EventThe apartheid government establishes a Department for Coloured Affairs' (CAD)
… even further. The culmination of this was the Separate Representation of Voters Act, in which "Coloureds" were … population, waged a long battle to have…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
… were deprived of their political, economic, and social rights in the early 1900s and how did this reality pave the … a ‘settler nation’ where was no room for…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… leaders to the British not to compromise the few pitiful rights they had in the Cape were ignored. On 12 October 1908, … should be the basis of federal…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… the violence. A number of reports have highlighted various issues contributing to xenophobia; some of which include poor … attacks occur in certain…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the XIV Summit Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement, Havana, Cuba 14 September 2006
… made significant advances at key global conferences and on issues culminating, among others, in the historic Millennium … we are coherent in our solidarity…
ArticlePoverty and development
… One of the most important issues for women in South Africa has always been that of … Labour is still sometimes ignored. The South African Human Rights…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… on the lines of the Glen Grey Act of 1894. The 1936 Representation of Natives Act extends the principle of … responsibility for the Rolihlahla's education…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… Introduction: In the previous section, we have covered issues of race and science and how these dominated the 19th … a ‘settler nation’ where was no room for…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… home in Groote Schuur in Cape Town. One of the major issues tabled for discussion was the release of political … for their release. A working group to at…
Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on receiving a Honorary LLD degree at the University of the Witwatersrand 6 September 1991
… in developing our understanding of numerous other issues. Even outside of this we benefit a great deal from the … on the basis of one person one vote,…
Archive1990 - President De Klerk: State of the Nation Address, 2 February 1990
… dispensation in which every inhabitant will enjoy equal rights, treatment and opportunity in every sphere of … before I turn specifically to negotiation and…
FW de Klerk’s speech to Parliament, 2 February 1990
… dispensation in which every inhabitant will enjoy equal rights, treatment and opportunity in every sphere of … before I turn specifically to negotiation and…
'The People Accept the Challenge of the Nationalists' Statement issued by the National Executive of the A.N.C., April 6, 1963
… needs a leadership with the profound understanding of issues involved. It is our duty as a political organisation … regret. Their arrogance and contempt for…
OR Tambo Memorial Lecture delivered by President Jacob Zuma, 25 October 2015, Port Elizabeth
… African and selfless fighter for justice, freedom, human rights and equality, who sacrificed so much for his country. … and chairpersons of university…
Letter from Barney Pityana to Barry Streek
… The letter discusses the issue of SASO/NUSAS representation at the Commonwealth Students' Conference in the context of representation of the two…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the Constitutional Assembly on the occasion of the adoption of the new constitution Cape Town, 8 May 1996
… in waiting. This was to be expected, given the difficult issues we were dealing with;and given the tight negotiating … of the achievement we celebrate today…
ArticleTeachers League of South Africa (TLSA) conference in 1925
… the part of Coloured people on this and a number of other issues crystallised in the formation of the first Coloured … which in turn pushed them to organize…
African Claims in South Africa by Dr Xuma, ANC Conference, 1943
… of Africans within the Union of South Africa" and "Bill of Rights," Adopted by the ANC Annual Conference PREFACE In the … of self determination necessarily…
ArchiveThe Attitude of Coloured People Today: A paper presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1976
… on 17 March 1976 discussing Apartheid, the vote, Representation of Natives Act, Separate Representation of Voters Act, Coloured Elections, race …
Document 26 - Nelson Mandela’s reply to F. W. De Klerk
… workshop on the 23 - 24 Oct. 1995 to deal with critical issues relating to the political, social and economic … made in the workshop. The workshop focused…
Africans’ Claims in South Africa, 14 December 1943 by Alfred Xuma
… pages the reader will find what has been termed " Bill of Rights " and " The Atlantic Charter from the African’s Point … of self determination necessarily…
EventThe apartheid government establishes a Department for Coloured Affairs’ (CAD)
… even further. The culmination of this was the Separate Representation of Voters Act, in which "Coloureds" were … population, waged a long battle to have…
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… Union of South Africa within which blacks had such limited rights. Indian Opinion marked Gandhi's apprenticeship as a … Indian Opinion faced its first…
EventAlbertina Sisulu addresses a major anti-apartheid rally in London.
… government. The apartheid government was guilty of human rights abuses and persecution of anti-apartheid activists in … as well as religious organisations…
Albie Sachs: From freedom fighter to justice on South Africa’s Constitutional Court by Morris Arvoy
… Albie Sachs, an internationally known human rights activist and top judge in South Africa, suffered … Furthermore, he is an internationally acclaimed human…
ArchiveCHAPTER EIGHT: Indian Resistance Politics In Transition, 1990-1996 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book