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ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… peasant organisations such as Ikhongo and Makhuluspan. A leaflet entitled uKwayo isiKrweqe ne Khakha, published by …
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… third term as Congress President in December 1946, but his election came despite the objections. The Communists and … make support of their Programme a…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… electorate, and therefore decided to bring the next election forward to 1961. The NP had however only received a … their number up to 105 in the national…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… Black nurses was low. In 1949 Albertina supported Walter’s election as the first full-time Secretary-General of the ANC. … president in absentia. In an…
Document 123 - Statement of Dr Y. M. Dadoo, Secretary, Non-European United Front (Transvaal), before the Court, 6 September 1940
… and after proper deliberations it decided to issue a leaflet reflecting the true and accurate picture of the … time. It is my contention that the contents of…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… both locally and internationally. It was the first election in which all South Africans, registered on a common voters roll, could vote. The election took…
BiographyJoseph Chamberlain
… to Uitlander interests were set back by the Volksraad election of 1898, when Kruger was again elected as President …
BiographyNjinga Ana de Sousa
… ruled the Kingdom of Ndongo would be appointed after an election process where in which various members of the ruling …
Document 7 - ‘White South Africa.’ Two Voices.” The International, 27 January 1922
… South Africa" (or "Vote White," as per Kentridge's recent election handbills) is a double-edged cry. A recent leaflet issued by Mr. Hendrikz as Secretary of…
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… political influence. In the years leading up to the 1924 election, the South African Party (SAP), led by Louis Botha , … (LP) joined forces to defeat the…
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
… affairs, reported two months before the 1938 General Election that the United Party was still "a coalition rather … Government's position has been so…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… Government (1924-1938) After the Pact Government's 1924 election victory, South Africa had a new government. Hertzog … the white voters happy, and five years…
ArticleKenyan Timeline
… in Kenya. 1961 February – KANU wins the first general election under the new constitutional dispensation, taking 16 … is re-elected as President in Kenya's…
ArticleNo Land, No House, No Vote Timeline
… No House, No Vote’ campaign against the 2006 municipal election in Durban. The campaign began with a march to Durban … political party forgets about our…
BiographyTeboho MacDonald “Tsietsi” Mashinini
Teboho MacDonald "Tsietsi" Mashinini was born on 27 January 1957 in Central Western Jabavu, Soweto. Mashinini was the second son of Ramothibi, a lay preacher…
BiographyLivingstone Mqotsi
Livingstone Mqotsi (Livie) was born in the village of Rabula in the Keiskammahoek district in the former Ciskei, now Eastern Cape, on 18 April 1921. Mqotsi…
BiographySefako Mapogo Makgatho
… by a vote of 73 to 52 to Simon PetrusMatseke. This election marked the emergence of two factions in the …
“Let Me Live - Letter to a European”: June 1946
… G. M. NAICKER, Chairman Passive Resistance Council From: Leaflet published by the Passive Resistance Council, Durban …
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1800-2014
… release, his forgiveness of his captors, negotiation, his election victory and his willingness to step down after one …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… July 14, The Communist Party of South Africa, issues a leaflet, announcing, for the first time, to the country and … operating underground after its…
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… who play a role in their country by participating in an election. Secret ballot: A ballot is the piece of paper that …
Formation and launch of the UDF
… Memorial. Source: http://www.dacpm.org On the day of the election on 9 September 1989, more than 20people were killed … staged a stay a massive stay away in…
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, June 1968
… being interrogated by the Special Branch. 6. Last month a leaflet issued by Dr. Yusuf Dadoo was printed anddistributed widely within South Africa. A copy of…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… constitution after the BNP (23 seats) loses the January election to the Basutoland Congress Party (BCP, 36 seats); … becomes prime minister after the LCD…
Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the South African Federation of NativeTrade Unions, 20 September 1930
… and will attend in force. Coupled with this is a leaflet campaign on the Mines to familiarise the Mineworkers …
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
… engaged in these talks. President Thabo Mbeki. The 1994 election paved the way towards a new democratic dispensation … eligible voters, 19.7 million voted…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… schools and also about police brutality. On 30 August a leaflet drawn up by students at three Bonteheuwel schools … paid to White teachers -- seen as an…
ArticleLiberation Struggle in South Africa
… the 20th century up until South Africa's first democratic election in April 1994. This archive presents this history in …
ArticleIndian women workers, Durban’s clothing industry and the GWIU
… improve contact with workers. The union held a week-long election process for shop stewards, to guarantee that the …
ArticlePaul Kruger Timeline 1825-1904
… a failure. 1877 Paul Kruger is persuaded to stand in the election as he had support of the conservatives that wished … Shepstone annexes the Transvaal, as a…