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"Form united front now": Interview with Albert Luthuli, 5 May 1962
"The violence and terror that could be unleashed by the Government against all its opponents once it is armed with the draconian powers implicit in the…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… AFRICAN-GOVERNMENT/ NATIONAL PARTY TAKING NOTE of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 200 of 1993 … to Constitutional Principle XXXIV,…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
… the delegates selected by the country’s voters to write a constitution for an independent Namibia. The following year a new constitution was adopted and…
South African Government of National Unity (GNU) – 1994 – 1999
… African National Congress (ANC). Clause 88 of the interim Constitution of South Africa provided for the establishment … The mission of the GNUwas to oversee…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… on constitutional reform, and called for an entrenched Constitution that incorporated a Bill of Rights. This Bill of … would provide for an independent…
Introduction
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1961 the South African Government gave…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… declared itself willing to co-operate with the ANC and SAIC to bring about political change. Women and rural … economy. In the 1940s the South African Indian…
EventSmuts refuses call to postpone Anti
… During the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Conference held in Cape Town, a deputation of sixty …
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… to hold elections for the South African Indian Council (SAIC) which was a puppet advisory body to the government that … the state on Indian affairs. June,…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… the end of the year. October 2 The Republic of Transkei Constitution Act is passed. 30 November, 700 people were in … African Indian Council Committee and…
ArchiveMajority rule: some notes
… and the articles look closely at the roles that the ANC, SAIC and the Unity Movement, play in the Majority Rule in the …
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… the British colonial government introduced the Burns constitution in 1946. The Burns constitution, based on the Westminster model, incorporated … Though…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 3: Dont help sellouts to get R40 000 a year
… held in 1981, in which the government offered the SAIC to the Indian people. The liberatory movement introduced …
Why protect worker’s rights?
… emerged as a strong political force. South Africa's Constitution now goes far in guaranteeing workers' rights, … bargaining. The right to strike is written…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… of Coloured South Africans. The process to change the constitution that protected Coloured voting rights involved … the initial six women into the Women’s…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
… Kadalie, the founder of the Industrial put forward a new constitution for the Industrial and Commercial Workers's … of the Industrial and Commercial Union …
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… rulers. The formation of the union of South Africa and its constitution Constitutional discussions towards Union took … of objecting to the draft South…
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… to participate. In 1996, Mandela signed into law a new constitution for the nation, establishing a strong central … rights of minorities and the freedom of…
EventMandela is awarded the Joliot Curie Gold Medal for Peace
… a former President of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) and the leader of the anti-apartheid movement in …
EventNelson Mandela is acquitted of high treason
… Party (SACP) and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC). These mass arrests were executed a year after the …
EventTrader and art collector Habib Rajab is born
… inaugural meeting of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC), he was elected as member of its executive committee …
EventThe 41st annual conference of the ANC in Queenstown gets underway
… of the ANC and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC). The period 1950 -1952 began with a commitment to mass …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1946
… to serve, then they should come out into the open." SAIC and PRC representatives in conflict at UNO The South … have been consulted by the delegation from…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Deputations
… of the Natal Indian Congress, has declared that the SAIC delegation to India will accept a compromise settlement … while the "radicals" had taken over the…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Source-based Questions
… freedom and equality that formed the basis of their constitution and protests. Source D: The United States of … online origin, see footnote [6] Source E:…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… than government institutions. [vii] Section 212 of the Constitution of South Africa states that: (1) National … lower positions. [xx] Traditional leadership…
ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… as Cecil John Rhodes . Heritage and the South African Constitution A constitution is the guiding law on a country's values and rules. A constitution directs…
ArticleWhy protect children’s rights?
… for care and protection. As a result, the drafters of our Constitution have made children's rights a priority - and … the prohibition was inconsistent with…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… the NIC rejected the South African Indian Council (SAIC) and Local Affairs Committees (LAC) as well as those who … Africa on 26 June 1990. November, The NIC…
ArchiveBibliography by Howard Barrell
… Congress of South Africa on the Farcical Socalled New Constitution', telex copy, n.d. [circa September 1984]. … Africa (Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1987)…