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Chaskalson transcended his bias and loyalties by Tony Leon, 4 December 2012
… when he presented a draft that said the draft bill of rights would be interpreted in a manner consistent with a … able to rise to the challenge of…
Domestic work
… dispensation in which every inhabitant will enjoy equal rights, treatment and opportunity in every sphere of … before I turn specifically to negotiation and…
Ethnicity in Post-Apartheid Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative by Joshua Richman
… longer bears “any reality ... it is its own simulacrum [or representation]” (1981: 1736). This idea of “the real [being] … African musician and controversial…
Address by President Mandela at the 53rd United Nations General Assembly New York, 21 September 1998
… of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Born in the aftermath of the defeat of the Nazi and … We also look forward to the resolution of…
Chapter 9 - People’s Education and People’s Power: Mobilisation and Collective Action
… I make a distinction between struggles around education issues and those around political issues, all SANSCO's … were listed under some eight categories that…
Address by President Jacob Zuma, at the James Sebe Moroka Lecture, Northwest Province, 22 August 2012
… Claims document. The committee also produced a Bill of Rights, one of the key achievements for the ANC. The movement … of Communism Act, the Group Areas Act,…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, 20 June 1989, Stockholm
… that one person one vote is not acceptable and that "group rights" are not negotiable. Fundamental Issues Remain Yet we have been surprised to find that the …
Statement to the Ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, 20 June 1989
… that one person one vote is not acceptable and that "group rights" are not negotiable. Fundamental Issues Remain Yet we have been surprised to find that the …
Chapter 10
… educate them in its policy and interpret the concrete issues of the day in the light of this policy. There is no … ... is an intensive campaign and…
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… becoming one South Africa's most vocal advocates for human rights. Origins of opposition towards homosexuality and … nearly every aspect of life. Black…
ArticleLenin’s implementation of Leninism in Russia and the changes made
… and farms had been profit driven, neglecting basic human rights of workers. Exploitative working conditions existed … included a strong component on…
EventMarcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black nationalist who advocated the departure of African-Americans back to Africa, is born.
… first UNIA branch outside Jamaica. He began to address the issues of social, political and economic equality for black … African descent, with greater…
EventFreedom Day is celebrated in South Africa
… We are 15 years into our new democracy and many of these issues are still rife in our country. We are still a long way … the legacy of racism, inequality and…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1946-Press Reports on the Campaign
… The legislation dealing with land tenure and communal representation to be introduced by the Prime Minister, which … Nations Charter, showing a blatant…
PlaceKenya
… 1915, an order that swept away most remaining native land rights and rendered the indigenous people into landless … concessions to the popular demands for…
Address to Extraordinary Summit of the World Economic Forum 21 June 2003
… of apartheid existed. It reaffirmed the recognition of the rights of all people, including those of South Africa, to … then president of South Africa, F.W…
From death row in Pretoria Central Prison, October 1964 [Extract]
… representations to the Court. Objectors were free to raise issues not raised before, or to submit that the Court had … on remaining areas of contention,…
A celebration of 70 years of ‘African Claims’ - ANC by Zizi Kodwa, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… 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…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… present that they should resist this attack on their rights. The Indians concurred and prevailed upon him to … with this, the Congress meetings discussed and…
The 1994 South African Election by Phyllis Jordan
… this question, we will have to examine and analyze two issues: 1) The histories of the ANC and the National Party; … such as birth or race, shall in the eyes…
ArticleNatal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s
… with cultural workers to create plays that addressed issues faced by workers, supported protest action and … early days the focus was primarily on addressing…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… and amendments to the Immorality Act. In 1951 the Separate Representation of Voters Bill to remove Coloureds from the … It was in fact a process which sought…
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… were meeting, to discuss what action to take on national issues, and those nine years of Union had only increased … ( see pegging act and Asiatic Land Tenure…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official opening of the National House of Traditional Leaders, 23 February 2010, Old Assembly, Parliament, Cape Town
… freedom and democracy. We are living in an era where the rights that the people and their traditional leaders fought … leaders, We are aware that there are…
ArticleContemporary issues: Women’s struggle, 1900-1994
… access to education, employment, health care, and legal representation. Poverty is perhaps the most historical and … received formal recognition as equal…
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs
… to Islamic values. It also aims to create better political representation for South African Muslims. Due to its …
ArticleWorld War I
… approved the women’s suffrage clause by adopting the Representation of the People’s Bill. …
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… this book as the first secular Afrikaans book). [55] A representation of a madrassa, an Islamic religious school … White Afrikaners. [87] The struggle for…
Dr. Nelson Mandela’s acceptance address at the Clark University Investiture Atlanta, Georgia, 10 July 1993
… their aspirations. Since 1923, when the first ever Bill of Rights in South Africa was adopted by the ANC, human rights and the attainment of justice have…