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EventANC co-founder and journalist Pixley Seme dies
… Isaka Seme died in Johannesburg on 7 June 1951. He was a political activist, journalist, lawyer and a co-founder of …
EventHendrik Jacobus Coetsee is born
… during the transitional period negotiations with other political parties. After the first democratic elections, …
EventManuel Pinto da Costa becomes the president
… the President and the MLSTP became the nations' sole legal political party. Dr Manuel held the position until 1991, when …
EventDr. Albert Hertzog is attacked by Ben Schoeman
… as a member of Herstigte Nationale Party (HNP) a far-right political party that emerged in 1969, Dr. Albert Hertzog was …
EventNP Secretary-General Stoffel Van der Merwe resigns
… Former Minister of Education and professor of political science at the Rand Afrikaans University, Stoffel …
EventCosatu calls for three days national protest against the Labour Relations Amendment Bill (LRA)
… Labour Relations Amendment Bill (LRA) and restrictions on political organisations. The bill sought to curb the growing …
EventIndependent Democrats benefits from floorcrossing rule
… The Independent Democrats (ID), a political party which was formed by Patricia de Lille, who … September 2009]| Parliamentary monitoring group, " IDASA…
EventCharles Taylor wins presidential election
… majority in both houses of the legislature. However, political pandemonium returned to the country until a peace …
EventSouth Africa’s new constitution is approved
… assembly, which had representatives from all the major political parties and liberation organisations. The … Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern…
EventRobben Island is turned into a maximum security prison
… in 1961. It was used to incarcerate more than 3,000 political prisoners between 1961 and 1991, the most famous …
57. The Agreement does not touch the root of anti-Asiaticism
… It is a patent fact that the root causes are clashing of economic and racial interests and trade jealousy on the part …
ArchiveSouth Africa wants to make history compulsory at school. But can it? by Linda Chisholm (the Conversation.com), 1 June 2018
… including history, because it’s not seen as critical to economic development. In the meantime, however, students …
2004 New Year’s Eve Broadcast, 30 December 2003
… The economy is well poised to take advantage of the global economic recovery to achieve higher rates of growth, and …
Document 3 - Resolution on ‘the South African question’ adopted by the Executive Committee of the Communist International following the sixth Comintern congress
… Department of Finance is not prepared to subject its macro-economic parameters to public debate and input, neither does …
57. The Agreement does not touch the root cause of anti-Asiaticism
… It is a patent fact that the root causes are clashing of economic and racial interests and trade jealousy on the part …
PlaceDimbaza, Eastern Cape
… have been lost since 1994. Recently, the Department of Economic Affairs in Dimbaza invested R9 million in Dimbaza. …
Invitation to the TB Davie Memorial Lecture
… and Professor of Anthropology, African Studies and Political Science at Columbia University, New York. He … on colonialism and post-colonialism; on civil…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the murder of Griffiths Mxenge, 01 November 1981
… to contend with continued persecution at the hands of the political police. It is a measure of his courage and the … people`s cause, Griffiths also…
EventAfrican Mineworkers' strike starts
… which began during the strike, when trade union and political offices and homes of officials were raided … of the strike, however, was the impact it had on…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… relations imprinted themselves on South Africa’s political, social and economic structures for years to come. Black people were …
Trade unions and Popular Resistance in the 1980s and New Alliances and the Different Unions Traditions by Kaizer Thibedi
… is termed the ‘The CCAWUSA 1980s Independent Socialist Political Perspective’. The nature, practical manifestation … & Allied Workers’ Union), who promoted…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Workers, New Unions
… in to give aid to poor whites, and not to poor blacks. For political reasons, it encouraged capitalists to employ whites … workers — men and women — had the…
Address to the Botswana National Assembly, Gaborone, 11 March 2003
… this freedom has meant an end to costly destabilisation, economic sabotage and cross-border military aggression. … Africa's democratisation process with an…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter II - Functions of the Missionary
… rested with them. In all the complexities of the political scene in Southern Africa throughout the 19th … And this meant one thing, the establishment of the…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 11
… was Sorabjee Rustomjee, who, as we have seen, was Kajee's political rival. Congress affairs up to this time had been in … this judgment. "I spend too much,"…
EventCourt go-ahead for United Democratic Front meetings
… were not unlawful, but they nonetheless prohibited any political meetings in commemoration of the June 16 Soweto …
ArchiveThe African National Congress in exile: strategy and tactics 1960-1993
… the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Political Science. This dissertation is about the struggle …
After Apartheid – Culture in the New South Africa Vol. 2
… regime. In building a new, democratic nation, many social, political and economical problems still need to be solved …
Foreword, By Nelson Mandela
… affectionately, was a generous, jovial man with sufficient political foresight to realise that the problems of South …
EventDr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.
… of the African National Congress and took a little part in political discussions. In 1947 Nkomo returned to Rhodesia …