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The turn to armed struggle
… came from the ANC, SACP, South African Indian Congress (SAIC) and the South African Coloured Peoples Organisation …
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… on, and if it is secret no one can see who you voted for. Constitution: A constitution is the highest law in a country. A constitution explains the rights…
ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
… interests of whites sits to negotiate South Africa's first constitution. 1909 19 August, The South Africa Act, South Africa's first constitution is passed by…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… and after democratization. The 1996 South African Constitution incorporated customary law into the South … ensuing legislative tensions between customary law…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… 1919. 4 June 1923 The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) is inaugurated on this day. January 1924 The Union … L. Barns; A. I. Kajee and S. R. Naidoo. 29…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… South Africa, which would draft and adopt a democratic constitution. Table of Contents Introduction Violence During … disagreement over the percentage needed…
BiographyJosiah Tshangana Gumede
… to advance their prosperity. The publication of the draft constitution of 1909 signalled to Gumede that Africans' … ANC in 1923) and contributed to the…
BiographyDr. Frene Noshir Ginwala
… Women’s League failed to implement a gender quota into the Constitution or as a mandate by all political parties, but … Dr. Ginwala was influential in…
EventNatal Indian Congress is formed
… later went on to form the South African Indian Congress (SAIC). Thereafter, many joint activities between the SAIC and African National Congress (ANC) were…
ArticleCODESA 2 Timeline
… prescribing the status of regional government under a new constitution. 24 February 1992: De Klerk announces that a … agreed to at Codesa will be enshrined…
BiographyAdelaine Florence Hain
Anti-apartheid activist Adelaine Hain who was successively jailed, banned and exiled to Britain in Pretoria in the early 1960s died peacefully on 8 September,…
54. South African Indian Congress: first annual report, 1924
… were passed and sent to the proper quarters. A provisional constitution for the creation of a South African Indian … for the more serious and important work…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… South Africa, which would draft and adopt a democratic constitution. Table of Contents Introduction Important Events … negotiation forum to negotiate the…
ArticleBlack Sash
… The Women's Defence of the Constitution League In 1955 a small group of white … formed an organization called The Women's Defence of the Constitution League…
ArticleStructure of Government in South Africa
… the public and to make sure the democratic laws of the Constitution are kept. They also have to check that the Cabinet does its job and does not go against…
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
… of contravening several sections of the national party’s constitution by the National Disciplinary Committee (NDC). …
Introduction
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The first set of documents in Part II relates to…
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… from 1 July. October, The South African Indian Committee (SAIC) is formed with the aim of repealing the £3 tax on … ‘The £3 tax: an appeal to the Empire” was…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… of the ANC and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC). Events leading up to the Defiance Campaign D.F. … van Riebeeck's arrival at the Cape in 1652, the…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… Congress (ANC) and South African Indian Congress (SAIC) initiated a cooperative initiative known as the … Programme of Action' of 1949. Volunteers from…
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
… universal political franchise ultimately resulted in a new constitution and general election in 1954 and saw an …
BiographyHorst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
… to devise and implement a system that would, within the Constitution and the rule of law, re-allocate fishing quotas …
BiographyPravin Jamnadas Gordhan
… oversight over the implementation of South Africa’s new constitution, adopted in 1996 and was elected to the SACP's …
EventBlacks in South Africa protest against segregation
… Congress (ANC) and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) at a meeting held on Freedom Square, Fordsburg … Gandhi in 1913. Dr. Yusuf Dadoo, chairperson of…
Article20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014) - Profiles of the Presidents
… advent to democracy was ushered through the 1993 Interim Constitution, drawn up through negotiations among various …
ArticleThe Founding of the SANNC
… of South Africa. • To Consider, amend, and adopt, the Constitution and Rules for the Society, Union or Congress. … Treasurer-General. A committee was…
77. The South African Indian Council: an assessment from within, 1978
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1966, the Government appointed a National…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… died in 1958, and Verwoerd succeeded him. A change in the constitution allowed for deputy ministers to be appointed for … Vorster also appointed PW Botha to…
EventANC adopts the Programme of Action
… campaign mounted by the South African Indian Conference (SAIC). In 1952, the young guard in the ANC, led by Walter … Oliver Tambo and Nelson Mandela, in…
EventSouth African Indian Congress opposes "Ghetto Act"
… A five-day conference of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) held in Cape Town , unanimously resolved to oppose the … pending a proposed round table…