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The turn to armed struggle
… came from the ANC, SACP, South African Indian Congress (SAIC) and the South African Coloured Peoples Organisation …
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… on, and if it is secret no one can see who you voted for. Constitution: A constitution is the highest law in a country. A constitution explains the rights…
ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
… interests of whites sits to negotiate South Africa's first constitution. 1909 19 August, The South Africa Act, South Africa's first constitution is passed by…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… and after democratization. The 1996 South African Constitution incorporated customary law into the South … ensuing legislative tensions between customary law…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… 1919. 4 June 1923 The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) is inaugurated on this day. January 1924 The Union … L. Barns; A. I. Kajee and S. R. Naidoo. 29…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… South Africa, which would draft and adopt a democratic constitution. Table of Contents Introduction Violence During … disagreement over the percentage needed…
ArticleCODESA 2 Timeline
… prescribing the status of regional government under a new constitution. 24 February 1992: De Klerk announces that a … agreed to at Codesa will be enshrined…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… South Africa, which would draft and adopt a democratic constitution. Table of Contents Introduction Important Events … negotiation forum to negotiate the…
ArticleBlack Sash
… The Women's Defence of the Constitution League In 1955 a small group of white … formed an organization called The Women's Defence of the Constitution League…
ArticleStructure of Government in South Africa
… the public and to make sure the democratic laws of the Constitution are kept. They also have to check that the Cabinet does its job and does not go against…
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… from 1 July. October, The South African Indian Committee (SAIC) is formed with the aim of repealing the £3 tax on … ‘The £3 tax: an appeal to the Empire” was…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… of the ANC and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC). Events leading up to the Defiance Campaign D.F. … van Riebeeck's arrival at the Cape in 1652, the…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… Congress (ANC) and South African Indian Congress (SAIC) initiated a cooperative initiative known as the … Programme of Action' of 1949. Volunteers from…
Article20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014) - Profiles of the Presidents
… advent to democracy was ushered through the 1993 Interim Constitution, drawn up through negotiations among various …
ArticleThe Founding of the SANNC
… of South Africa. • To Consider, amend, and adopt, the Constitution and Rules for the Society, Union or Congress. … Treasurer-General. A committee was…
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… of South Africa in 1910. With the adoption of the Union Constitution Act of 1910 the two dominant white political … 1950 the Nationalist Party headed by DF…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… press union, Solidarity News Service, Medu, and the ANC Constitution Committee, Klug inserted himself into the … United States, Bay Area Anti-Apartheid…
ArticleProgressive Federal Party (PFP)
… stand on constitutional reform, calling for: an entrenched Constitution incorporating a Bill of Rights an independent judiciary a federal Constitution in…
ArticleConvention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
… South Africa, which would draft and adopt a democratic constitution. CODESA 1 The first plenary session of the … were mandated to investigate the…
Pledging to Debate History: Values and education
… can learn about the basic human rights instilled in the Constitution and relate them to their own circumstances. … way process. They cannot be expected to…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… organisation was made at the annual congress of the Anti-SAIC Committee, which also decided on the creation of a … The immediate task of the UDF was to…
ArticleA White Referendum
… held a referendum to gauge White opinion on the new constitution and tricameral parliament – it baulked at … prove disastrous for business and the economy…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… by dynamics within the South African Indian Congress (SAIC). There was a general feeling of the need to rejuvenate … Congress (ANC) , the South African…
ArticleBantu education and the racist compartmentalizing of education
… under the Department of Indian Affairs. In 1976, the SAIC took over certain educational functions. Indian …
ArticleThe Freedom Charter Campaign
… The National Action Council (successor to the ANC/SAIC Joint Planning Council) reported a ‘disquieting lull …
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… of Professor Macmillian and Bram Fischer, draft a new constitution for the ANC. 16 December, The new ANC … ANC regarding the Smuts government racial policies…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… abolishing child labour and other working conditions. The ‘Constitution’ campaign was also aimed at influencing the amendment to the Constitution of the…
ArticleHistory of elections in South Africa
… of South Africa. The Act, which served as the Union's constitution until 1961, created a parliamentary government … of South Africa, an independent body…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… of this conference click here . 16 December, The new ANC constitution is adopted at the Congress’s annual conference. … elected to the Executive Committee…
Coetzee as Contractarian: Disgrace as Political Theory by Joshua Richman
… intellectual framework that shaped South Africa’s 1996 constitution. In portraying rural South Africa as a Hobbesian … between John Locke’s social contract…