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Chapter 10 - A framework for negotiating the final constitution
… The election produced 490 political leaders at national level: 400 in the National Assembly and 90 in the senate. In terms of section … mandated forum, and…
EventFormer premier of Mpumalanga, Afrikaans poet and lawyer, Mathews Phosa is born
… in Mbombela Township in Nelspruit. Phosa was an African National Congress (ANC) political campaigner and lawyer. He … that was to being the process of…
EventFormer NP member Roelf Meyer is born
… Roelf Meyer, former politician and National Party (NP) negotiator at the Convention for a Democratic … key major political parties, namely the NP and the…
EventZANU-PF wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe
… The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) won the first free … Joshua Nkomo and his Patriotic Front-ZAPU (PF-ZAPU) party trailed Mugabe's…
EventDr Kenneth Kaunda, former president of Zambia, is born
… Organising Secretary of the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress for the Northern Province. In 1959, Kaunda broke away from the ANC and formed his…
ArchiveThe Arthur Chaskalson I knew by George Bizos, 5 December 2012
… would never have been a secret member of a political party Speech by George Bizos SC, Constitutional Litigation … Roma in the then Basutoland. The election…
BiographyMakhosi “Tholi” Nyoka
… struggle. In 2010, Nyoka was posthumously awarded the National Order of Mendi for Bravery in Gold. She was awarded … Exiled MK member of the African National…
BiographySparrow Mkonto
… policemen) Mgoduka, Faku and an askari, (an African National Congress (ANC) guerrilla turned security policeman) …
BiographyHaile Selassie I
… this was their final stand. Afterwards, Ethiopia lost its national independence. The following year Selassie was forced …
BiographyYvonne Mokgoro
… and presented papers and participated in a myriad of national and international conferences, seminars and …
BiographyProfessor Emeritus Phillip Tobias
… in anti-apartheid politics, and was the chair of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). Tobias, …
BiographyMaggie Resha
… at Holy Cross that she first read about the African National Congress (ANC) in a copy of The Bantu World. The … Member of the ANC and office-bearer,…
BiographyBonisile John Kani
… of the Market Theatre Laboratory and chairman of the National Arts Council of South Africa. He is currently …
BiographyFather Trevor Huddleston
… the highest award given by the African National Congress (ANC) to people who have made an …
BiographyNavanethem (Navi) Pillay
… as possible”. In South Africa, as a member of the Women's National Coalition, she contributed to the inclusion of the … High Commissioner for Human Rights,…
ArchiveThe current internal political situation: briefing notes
… African National Congress briefing notes on the South African … situation. Covers the political crisis within the ruling party, background to the present…
EventSA politician Roelf Meyer resigns.
… Roelf Meyer announces his resignation as the leader of the National Party (NP) in Gauteng and also as Member of Parliament. A …
EventPresident Jacob Zuma steps down as President of South Africa
… of scandals and internal disputes. The ruling African National Congress (ANC) formally asked Zuma, 75, to resign … did not understand why he was being told…
EventVan Zyl Slabbert is elected as the leader of the PFP
… Zyl Slabbert was elected as the leader of the opposition party, the Progressive Federal Party (PFP). He took over from Colin Wells Eglin, who was elected the…
EventIFP proposes a truce with ANC
… The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) proposed a truce with the African National Congress (ANC) as an effort to distil violent …
100 Years ‘Emancipation of Slaves’ by John Gomas, 1 December 1934, South Africa
… of Slaves” First Published: 1st December 1934 as A call to National and Social Emancipation . The pamphlet was sold for … Written: by John Gomas District…
EventThe 'Afrikaner Volksfront' is founded
… up of twenty-one right wing parties, known as Afrikaner National Front (Afrikaner Volksfront or AVF) was founded by … as result of mounting right wing…
PlaceSophiatown
… inner City of Johannesburg. The JCC was controlled by the National Party (NP). These new arrivals had no place to go; thus they … of metal sheets and excess…
ArticleHow Lenin and Stalin are remembered today?
… due to growing popularity, both within the communist party and amongst the Russian public. Stalin managed to maintain his position as party secretary and…
EventPrime Minister, D.F. Malan retires
… Dr D.F. Malan, leader of the National Party (NP) and first prime minister of the NP government that … Advocate J.G. Strijdom as prime minister and leader of…
Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
… photographed a meeting of the local branch of the National Party, all elderly whites. [14] Billy Partridge best achieved … together was a desire to undermine…
Document 48 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Native Question (Majority) (1934)
… of living. The first task of a revolutionary workers' party must therefore be to bring class-consciousness to every … class struggle and agrarian revolution…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
… history is the 1994 transfer of political power from the National Party (NP) to the African National Congress (ANC). Contrary to many predictions, South …
ArchiveSpeech delivered by Joe Slovo
… history of the SACP and its association with the African National Congress. Outlines the strategic aims of the Party. …
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… revolutionary faction of the German Social Democratic Party that was anti-war.It agitated for mass strikes among … In January 1919 the Spartacist League…