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Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… trade union leadership, in which the Council’s constitution was to be restricted in membership to the … for the ANC and South African Indian Congress (the…
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… African Communist Party (SACP), the South Indian Congress (SAIC) and the Congress of Democrats (COD). Apart from these …
EventThe African National Congress (ANC) calls a meeting to chart a way forward for the Defiance Campaign
… Executives from the South African Indian Congress (SAIC), the African People Organisation (APO) and the …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… to the leaders of the ANC, South African Indian Congress (SAIC), APO and the Coloured People's National Union … to exist as it had not been dissolved in…
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… of eleven official languages. The South African Constitution provides equal human, political and social … and hold office. Section 9.3 of the Bill of…
ArticleGrade 12 - Topic 3 - Civil Society protests 1950s to 1990s
… This was the founding of the Women’s Defence of the Constitution, the symbol of the organisation, a constitution draped in a black sash, showed their…
The appointment of Judges
… members. The appointment process, set out in the interim constitution, required the president - again, in consultation … relevant: the core issue was what…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament
… as farcical. It was dissolved when a new interim constitution came into effect which abolished Apartheid …
ArticleBlack Women’s Federation
… where the organisation was launched, the women adopted a constitution and resolved to deal with issues related to …
ArticleSouth Africa - First 20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014)
… advent to democracy was ushered through the 1993 Interim Constitution, drawn up through negotiations among various …
Intersex South Africa (ISSA)
Intersex South Africa (ISSA) is an organization founded in 2010 by late activist Sally Gross. According to ISSA’s manifesto, the goals of their mission include…
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… central to the making of contemporary South Africa. The Constitution of South Africa was adopted in order to: … justice and fundamental human rights..." …
20 Years of Democracy - Profiles of the Presidents
… advent to democracy was ushered through the 1993 Interim Constitution, drawn up through negotiations among various …
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Three - By Riashnee Pather
… the Indian community. The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) of which PR remained a member convened a conference in … the legislation. Smuts refused this…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… Congresses failed hopelessly not only by violating the Constitution, but also in disregarding the resolutions … Organisation (APO), the South African Indian…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… 19 August - 20 August, The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) holds an Emergency Conference in Johannesburg. The … Sigamoney, P.S. Joshi, E. Mall and S.B…
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… of the ANC and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC). After the successes of 6 April the date for the start …
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… formal establishment of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) in 1923. May 1, The Union’s House of Assembly sets up a …
EventThe Defiance Campaign against apartheid laws begins
… Congress (ANC), the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) and the Coloured People’s Congress, was launched. It …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… (Bendix 1989: 305). 1980 Republic of South African Constitution Fifth Amendment Act No 101: Abolished the … African Indian Council Committee and the…
BiographyJohn Langalibalele Dube
… Convention in March 1909, where delegates called for a constitution giving ‘full and equal rights’ for all Blacks, …
South African Prime Ministers from the National Party
… rule in 1994. Under South Africa's first non-racial Constitution, adopted in 1994, the head of state (and of …
Fourthly, as to the NATIVE QUESTION
… I The Constitution of South Africa shall provide for the … protected by entrenched and justiciable provisions in the Constitution, which shall be drafted…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… 3: The period of the drafting and adoption of the new constitution by the Constituent Assembly. (In this phase we … the ANC would be a major player; adopt a…
How cases reach the Constitutional Court
… important principle relating to the interpretation of the Constitution has been raised and will consider whether there … justice to do so. As for direct…
ArchiveThe Soul of a Nation
… of South Africa unite around a common respect for the Constitution ' Serialisation of The Soul of a Nation - Constitution-Making in South Africa . We will…
ArticleThe Arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck in the Cape - 6 April 1652
… Joint Planning Council (made up of members from the ANC, SAIC, SACP and COD) held mass meetings and demonstrations …
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… delegates in attendance joined the EFF and adopted the constitution and the founding manifesto. The EFF had more … Motsi 18.Parks Khayane 19.Patrick Sindane…
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… formation of the Society, proceeded with discussion on its constitution and the formal election of office bearers. It is … mentions, "consideration will be…
Chapter 14 - Epilogue: lessons from the negotiating table
… The new constitution is a celebration of the creativity of the South … and a new South Africa was produced, which is why this Constitution is referred to as…