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Jafta Kgalabi Masemola
… Makhudu was principal. In 1958, he joined the African National Congress Youth League . In 1959, he joined the Pan …
BiographyVusumzi (Vusi) Linda Make
… others. Make was described as a ringleader and an African National Congress (ANC) member who was “violently opposed to … person, Civil Rights Activist,…
BiographyBilly Paddock
… then South African government for change. Paddock rose to national prominence as a result of his decision not to serve …
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
… their lives during the Basotho war of 1865-1866. 1877 The National Museum is established in the former First Raadsaal. … Raadsaal) is built at the top end of…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… such as the establishment of a State Duma , the multi-party system, and the Russian Constitution of 1906. The 1905 … wages with limited land rights and…
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… insisted that the Freedom Charter paved the way for national liberation but not for an end to capitalism. A … submit themselves to the leadership of the…
EventDr. Albert Hertzog is attacked by Ben Schoeman
… During his first speech as a member of Herstigte Nationale Party (HNP) a far-right political party that emerged in 1969, … speech. At that time Hertzog was…
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… Amendment Act (1969). The main aim of BOSS was to monitor national security, as well as to recognize any potential … 1st 1978, the name of BOSS changed to…
EventNP holds federal congress
… Following its withdrawal from the African National Congress (ANC)-led Government of National Unity, the National Party held its federal congress (1 - 3…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament, 1983-1984
… planned for from the 1976/7 provincial congress of the National Party (NP), and once it became a reality in 1984, it … or a 'no' vote. Parties to both the…
BiographyNomhle Nkonyeni
… by President Cyril Ramaphosa when she was honoured with National Order of Ikhamanga. On 10 July 2019, Nkonyeni passed …
Mashwabada Victor ''Castro'' Mayatula
… Transkei,attended Lovedale and was a member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in the late 1940s. He …
BiographyKlaas Matlala
… held other compatriots. He was a Ma-Congress [ African National Congress - ANC)] supporter and key member of the …
BiographyNgila Micheal Muendane
… and the South African Police, Members of the South African National Defence force, Youth in general and Emerging famers. …
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… year that the UDHR was accepted at the UNO in 1948, the National Party came to power in South Africa. They put into practice … whites, and oppressed blacks…
EventJaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan independence leader dies
… away from democracy, resigned to form his own opposition party. The new party, Kenya People’s Union (KPU) was … the government. In his quest for democracy,…
BiographyMono Badela
… That quality was evident in Badela's bylines that came to national prominence on this paper's predecessor - the Sunday … (Pebco) and the Congress of SA…
EventDe Klerk resigns as NP leader
… president announced his retirement as the leader of the National Party (NP) and from public life. It was under his leadership … where banned liberation…
ArticleDespite the 1994 political victory against apartheid, its economic legacy persists by Haydn Cornish-Jenkins
… Rise and Fall of Apartheid Apartheid was introduced by the National Party in 1948 following their election success; the system … in the anti-apartheid…
EventDr. Andries P. Treurnicht is re-elected NP leader in the Transvaal
… Statistics and Tourism, was unanimously re-elected as the National Party's (NP)leader in the Transvaal. As the chief spokesman … that the party will…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… what you learnt in Grade 9. Apartheid in South Africa The National Party come to power in 1948 and governed the country … demanded rights for 'coloured'…
Disbanding, 1990-1991
… F.W. De Klerk announced the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC), South African Communist Party (SACP), Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and other ……
EventThe NNP joins the ANC
… The New National Party (NNP) announced its dissolution and merger with the ruling African National Congress (ANC). A NNP statement said that individual ……
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 3 - Afrikaner Nationalism in the 1930s and 1940s by Albert Grundlingh
… volksmoeder was an integral element in the national ethos. It was the volksmoeder who had to transmit … It claimed to stand aloof from the sordid squabbles…
PlaceLebowa
… of the North Sotho people. It became a semi-independent national state in 1972. The territory was fragmented into six … was designated by the South African…
ArticleIndentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
… man…”. The repatriation of Indians was a key issue in the National Party election manifesto in 1948: “The party holds the view that Indians are a foreign and…
Chapter Three - The Black Republic Question and the Third Period
… of the Third International paid scant attention to the national and colonial struggle (under which the South African … the publicity given by it to the…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… many with links to the political movements. 1948 The National Party comes to power in South Africa on a ticket to enforce … members, the organisation has…
EventThe Rand Revolt breaks out
… links to the newly formed South African Communist Party (SACP) under the leadership of W. H. Andrews and the … ally of the Labour Movement and General J. B…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… not afford to rent office space. It was the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) that provided the union with … neighbouring countries. The party then…