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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…
Apartheid power in crisis
… years. Between 23 January and 22 December 1989, the Human Rights Commission had recorded 53 hunger strikes involving … of the security forces. In a move to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
'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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ArchiveCHAPTER EIGHT: Indian Resistance Politics In Transition, 1990-1996 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Balfour Declaration 1926
… COUNTRIES ¾ (a.) Procedure in Relation to Treaties 6 (b.) Representation at International Conference 8 (c.) General … time at our disposal, but came to the…