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ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
… into a governing party. SWAPO won the first and second election five years later. During its second term in office, … popular votes and 55 out of 78 seats in…
Document 4 - “The Great Native Strike”, “ The International, 27 February 1920
… leader. The only lead given has been by the I.S.L., whose leaflet, "Don't Scab," has been distributed at crucial …
An Appeal to the people of South West Africa by Nelson Mandela
… Secretary, All-in African National Action Council 1. Leaflet issued by the All-in African National Council, signed …
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… with the UDF and thus the ANC and also because of the election of Chief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo of KwaZulu-Natal was … leaders, a position that gained much…
ArticleSouth Africa - First 20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014)
… parties, culminating in the country’s first non-racial election in 1994. All legally eligible South Africans were …
South African Constitution 1996
… country is governed, The establishment of parliament, the election of the president, the creation and government of …
20 Years of Democracy - Profiles of the Presidents
… parties, culminating in the country’s first non-racial election in 1994. All legally eligible South Africans were …
Polokwane the Segregated city
… the apartheid era, Homeland politics In the first general election of the Union, held on 15 September 1910, the South African Party came to power. The…
ArchiveAppendix 4 Manifesto of Umkhonto we Sizwe by Denis Goldberg
… Leaflet issued by the Command of Umkhonto we Sizwe, 16th …
Document 60 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to the Communist League of South Africa, 3 March 1936
… from the realities with which we are faced. Again, in your leaflet, "Fight the Native Bills", you say, "we must prepare …
Chapter 26. Further Attacks-Passport Case - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… clause from the agreement. We went further. We issued a leaflet to all members, stating that those who wished to …
ArticleTimeline Interim Constitution 1991 to 1993
… Africa’s first democratic one-person-one-vote non-racial election. …
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… sides came to an agreement, and a fresh presidential election is organised. 1863 April, An earthquake damages … Lucas Mangope becomes president, and in the…
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
… that the party stood a chance of winning a general election. In February 1992 a third by-election was held in Potchefstroom to fill a seat left vacant ……
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… On April 1 an Emergency Committee of the ANC issued a leaflet calling for an end to the state of emergency, release … While reaffirming the demand for full…
ArticleCommercial, Catering & Allied Workers Union of South Africa (CCAWUSA)
… of the union that is responsible for policy development, election of leadership and programmes is a national congress …
Apartheid-Crime in aftermath of democratic elections May 1994, December 1996
… muscle emerged to challenge the validity of the election results or to pose a threat to their acceptance. On …
Introduction
… muscle emerged to challenge the validity of the election results or to pose a threat to their acceptance. On …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… the government would not resume until ANC demands for an election to a constituent assembly, a transitional … international support and help raise funds for…
BiographyWilliam Cock
In 1849, Cape Town lived up to its reputation for giving visiting vessels a rousing reception. But this was a reception with a difference; it was in fact a…
Independent Electoral Commission
… a sustainable organisation with the ability to deliver an election for any level of government within six weeks. …
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
… and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This election changed the history of South…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… with an alternative to Smuts' ruling SAP. The NP and LP election pact brought these two partners a clear victory in the 1924 general election, although the…
EventThe third democratic elections in SA are held
… Congress (ANC) received 67.7% of the votes. The 2004 election also marked a decade of democracy in South Africa. … elections had taken place exactly a decade…
The Democratic Party (DP)
… 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…
ArticleDevelopments leading to the New Dispensation
… the ranks of the White population: in the 1981 general election the Progressive Federal Party increased its vote to …
EventSmuts becomes Prime Minister
… forces against the South African Party (SAP) in the next election. When his party lost Wakkerstroom in a by-election in April 1924, reducing the majority of…
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
… actively campaigned for a boycott of the SAIC and the election. These boycotts began in August and were kicked off … 1981. Of the 45 members of the Council,…
ArticleThe formation of the SANNC/ANC
… advancement was to use their vote to influence the election men who would be sympathetic to Black aspirations. … changes through the following: peaceful…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… 1999 3 June, Thabo Mbeki issues a statement on the ANC’s election victory. 14 June Thabo Mbeki is elected president of … 2004 will be the date for South…