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ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… maintain the consensus it had achieved when it adopted the Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in … announces that South Africa would…
EventDr. Hendrik Verwoerd announces his plan to grant Transkei independence
… The General Assembly of the United Nations rejected the declaration of independence as invalid, and called upon all …
BiographyMattheus Uys Krige
… involved, had become unavoidable. Nevertheless, Britain’s declaration of war plunged the South African cabinet into … of humanity.” He believed that he was…
THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE IS ON IN EARNEST, Durban, 12 December 1959
… Nationalist Party Government since it came into power in 1948, is the largest in the Unions history. The number … showing that like the Nationalist Party,…
EventForces of the White Rhodesian regime (UDI) attack a nationalist guerrilla base in Mozambique
… declared itself independent through the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI). A White settler government …
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
… an about turn from his announcement of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence on 11 November 1965. On this … 2012)| Morden History Sourcebook , ‘Rhodesia…
ArticleDespite the 1994 political victory against apartheid, its economic legacy persists by Haydn Cornish-Jenkins
… Apartheid was introduced by the National Party in 1948 following their election success; the system was … groups (Deegan, 2001). The freedom charter called…
Address to United Nations Security Council, by Nelson Mandela, 15 July 1992, New York United States
… an extremely critical situation has arisen. Whereas in the Declaration of Intent adopted at the Convention for a … brought us to the point in 1989 when, in…
EventUS Secretary of State Colin Powell is heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit.
… roar of disbelief - nobody was silent." The Johannesburg Declaration was the main outcome of the Summit. Critics …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… first constitution 8 Jan 1912 Formation of the ANC 1948 National Party comes to power 1955 26 June, Adoption of … Mandela meets Botha at Tuynhuys 1989 21…
ArticleLegacy: A Timeline of HIV/AIDS by Carlos Motta
… two years after eliminating the same ban. 2012 The Oslo Declaration on HIV Criminalization, a ten-point declaration calling for the end of criminal…
Burundi: The ambiguous coup by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 14 May 2015
… accord which ended the country’s long civil war, and his declaration was welcomed by anti-Nkurunziza protestors. … as loyal to the opposition. The surprise…
EventGeneral Barry Hertzog, former South African Prime Minister, dies
… (SAP). He was instrumental in bringing about the Balfour Declaration (1926), which was one of the first steps to South …
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… societies under their rule despite the United Nations declaration that all people have the right to …
ArchiveAppendix 1: Time Line of South African history by Denis Goldberg
… for equal rights for all people, the first modern call for universal human rights. 1946/47 Strikes by African mineworkers were crushed. 1948 Afrikaner…
Address, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening of the World Summit for Sustainable Development Johannesburg, 26 August 2002
… global conventions because its outcome, the Millennium Declaration, constitutes a united pledge made by the world's … of everybody in this village demands…
The Reunited National Party is founded by Malan and Hertzog
… to find a formula for unity. On 27 November 1939 a declaration appeared in the press that the Parliamentary … and Malan deputising him. This party went on to…
EventFormer Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere dies
… not taking military action against Ian Smith's Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) in Southern Rhodesia (now …
PlaceConstitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg
… Women. Other milestones include the African Union’s declaration of 2010–2020 as the: ' African Women’s Decade !' … court. Other milestones include the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… an increasingly racist government. In elections held in 1948, the National Party seized power and set in motion plans … chaired by Professor D. D. T. Jabavu…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
… May Day was declared a public holiday. Despite this declaration, the first celebration of May Day in the …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… and discrimination. He spent six years at Wits, from 1943 -1948, but, owing to the dire circumstances under which he … chaired by Professor D. D. T. Jabavu…
ArticleSouth Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990
… African people. In 1989 the General Assembly adopted the "Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in … went against the principles of the…
Address at the Commonwealth Local Government Forum, 4 March 2003
… leaders and representatives adopted the "Local Government Declaration" and the "Johannesburg Call". The 'Declaration' asserted in part, that there are four ……
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
… groups at this event. All parties agreed to support the Declaration of Intent, which said that they would begin … such as the commitment to a multiparty…
Islam
… is also someone who can repeat the Shahada, which is a declaration of faith, and understands and believes it …
Address to a Joint Session of the Parliament of Pakistan Islamabad, 4 May 1999
… and India and we welcomed the conclusion of the Lahore Declaration. It is our earnest hope that the spirit which led to the signing of the Lahore Declaration…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… were endorsed by 26 allies in the United Nations Declaration signed in Washington D.C. on 1 January 1942. In 1948 the National Party (NP) came to power,…
EventZimbabawean Independence Day
… government after Ian Douglas Smith made a Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) from Britain. This was …
BiographyMakhanda Nxele
… a stand to unite for “the Brereton raid marked a clear declaration of war to which the amaXhosa responded with …