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ArticleUnion, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy
… The 1910 election: The Union of SA The first election that created the modern South African state, held in … to this political dispensation began with the…
BiographyBheki Cele
Life and Early Career Bhekokwakhe (Bheki) Hamilton Cele was born on 22 April 1952 to Albertina Mtshali and Gillford Cele at uMuzumbe Mission Hospital near…
ArchiveCHAPTER 8 - Leading from behind Virtue and necessity, April 1984-June 1985 by Howard Barrell
… the few days separating the coloured from the Indian election days. 17 The extent of the boycotts in the two … the 14 UDF leaders detained shortly before the…
BiographyMotlotlehi – His Majesty King Constantine Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho
… his control in the country after his party lost the election. Moshoeshoe went into temporary exile in the …
BiographyIrene Menell (nee Manderstam)
Born in 1932, Irene Menell (nee Manderstam) spent her early life moving from one place to the next, completing her primary and secondary schooling in the…
BiographyColine Williams
… mines at various locations across the Peninsula as an anti-election campaign. Some of the other targeted areas were …
BiographyRajes Pillay
Rajaluxmi Pillay (also known as Rajes) was born on 4 August 1944 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). Her parents were from Kimberley in the…
BiographyDr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy was born in Durban on 1 September 1958. He was the youngest of four sons. The family resided in Sea Cow Lake and later…
BiographyProfessor Fatima Meer
… South African’s voted in the country's first democratic election. Activities since 1994 Although she was offered a …
BiographyDenis Theodore Goldberg
… of the people it was meant to serve. He supported the election of Cyril Ramaphosa as president and hoped for …
BiographyPaul Weinberg
… Electoral Commission during South Africa's 1994 election period (the book An End to Waiting includes this …
Chapter 4 - THE PARTY AND THE “SOLDIERS OF LUTHULI”
… Year/Date Material Distribution Mid-1966 "Freedom" leaflet to celebrate the 45 11 ' anniversary of the Party Mass internal posting November 1967 "Freedom"…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1999
… Constitution, the President could only officially set the election date after 30 April, but Nelson Mandela announced that he had revealed the election date…
New tactics in the revolt
… under the doors of houses in Soweto by the students. The leaflet was brought out under the name of the ANC, signifying … hardship following the solidarity…
BiographyMichael Guthrie Scott
… sovereignty. This matter was further complicated by the election of Indira Gandhi, whose stance against Naga … sovereignty. This matter was further…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… Malan, the DP won 36 seats in Parliament in the general election of September that year. However, the history of the … in South Africa's interim Constitution…
BiographyStella Nyanzi
Dr Stella Nyanzi was born in Masaka District, Buganda Kingdom in Uganda on 16 June 1974. Also known as Nnalongo (which means mother of twins), she is a medical…
BiographyMalcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti
Malcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti was born in 1924 in the Kwalera district of the Eastern Cape. Very soon after he was born, his father moved to East London to…
BiographyFanele Mbali
Fanele Mbali was born on 1 December 1937 in a village called Eqolweni. Mbali’s father, Charlton Babana Mkhonto and his brother William Ntozakhe decided on the…
ArticleThe South African General Elections: 2019
… legislatures in each province. This will be the sixth election held since the end of the apartheid system in 1994. This election will determine who will…
ArticleProgressive Federal Party (PFP)
… in South Africa's interim Constitution. In the 1961 election only Helen Suzman kept her seat in Parliament for … formed the Independent Movement to fight the…
ArticleState of the Nation Addresses
… Africa. It is normally an annual event but in national election years there is one before the election and then one after. The SONA marks the opening of …
ArticleElections in post Apartheid South Africa
… to early in the twentieth century. The main parties in the election were products of political formations that were … see INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION…
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
… ultimately resulted in a new constitution and general election in 1954 and saw an expansion of numerous opposition …
BiographyPieter Willem Botha
… he helped organize the National Party (NP) during by-election campaigns and also became campus branch chairman. He …
BiographyHorst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
… chaired an ANC branch in Pretoria and was the party’s election agent for the area during the first democratic …
BiographyJacobus Herculaas de la Rey
… Louis Botha , he withdrew from the public eye until his election in 1907 to the self-governing Parliament of the …
The Role Of The Indian People In The South African Revolution: An Interview In 1968
… QUESTION: Dr. Dadoo, you have just published a leaflet which is the first public call you have made to the … in 1960. Can you tell us what the background to…
BiographySumboornam Pillay
Sumboornam (Sam) Pillay, who later became known as Sam Moodley, was born in 1948*. She grew up in the multi-cultural community of Dundee, Northern Natal (now…
BiographyKrishna Rabilal
Krishna Rabilal was born on 6 November 1952 to working class parents in the township of Merebank, south of Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). A quiet…