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ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… 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…
BiographyStella Nyanzi
Dr Stella Nyanzi was born in Masaka District, Buganda Kingdom in Uganda on 16 June 1974. Also known as Nnalongo (which means mother of twins), she is a medical…
BiographyMalcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti
Malcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti was born in 1924 in the Kwalera district of the Eastern Cape. Very soon after he was born, his father moved to East London to…
BiographyFanele Mbali
Fanele Mbali was born on 1 December 1937 in a village called Eqolweni. Mbali’s father, Charlton Babana Mkhonto and his brother William Ntozakhe decided on the…
ArticleThe South African General Elections: 2019
… legislatures in each province. This will be the sixth election held since the end of the apartheid system in 1994. This election will determine who will…
ArticleProgressive Federal Party (PFP)
… in South Africa's interim Constitution. In the 1961 election only Helen Suzman kept her seat in Parliament for … formed the Independent Movement to fight the…
Document 20 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the Secretary, Communist Party of South Africa, 22 September 1930
… C.P. P. O .Box 1176, CAPE TOWN. Dear Comrade, In reply to a letter from Com. Roux of the 18th inst., regarding … formula had been put forward as an amendment…
ArticleState of the Nation Addresses
… Africa. It is normally an annual event but in national election years there is one before the election and then one after. The SONA marks the opening of …
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… Prime Minister Jan Smuts to discuss it, but received a reply that Smuts was “not prepared to discuss proposals which …
The Mountain Committee
… hear the people’s grievances were ignored, and the only reply returned was that the meetings were illegal and should …
ArticleElections in post Apartheid South Africa
… to early in the twentieth century. The main parties in the election were products of political formations that were … see INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION…
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
… ultimately resulted in a new constitution and general election in 1954 and saw an expansion of numerous opposition …
BiographyPieter Willem Botha
… he helped organize the National Party (NP) during by-election campaigns and also became campus branch chairman. He …
BiographyHorst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
… chaired an ANC branch in Pretoria and was the party’s election agent for the area during the first democratic …
BiographyJacobus Herculaas de la Rey
… Louis Botha , he withdrew from the public eye until his election in 1907 to the self-governing Parliament of the …
EventSA and British governments clash over interpretation of the Simonstown Agreement
… arms. The British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart gave a reply to the South African communication, stating that … which was requested by Stewart. The…
The Role Of The Indian People In The South African Revolution: An Interview In 1968
… QUESTION: Dr. Dadoo, you have just published a leaflet which is the first public call you have made to the … in 1960. Can you tell us what the background to…
BiographySumboornam Pillay
Sumboornam (Sam) Pillay, who later became known as Sam Moodley, was born in 1948*. She grew up in the multi-cultural community of Dundee, Northern Natal (now…
BiographyKrishna Rabilal
Krishna Rabilal was born on 6 November 1952 to working class parents in the township of Merebank, south of Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). A quiet…
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…
Document 29 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 5 December 1928
… agitation and indignation as heretofore. and, at the Cape election, to concentrate mainly on the Cape vote and the 101 … by hand, and perhaps you will be…
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…
"Should we get rid of the whites?" - Albert Luthuli answer to a question, 5 March 1959
… want to get rid of the white man?" The following is the reply of Chief Lutuli.] My reply to the question is obviously "No. We do not want to get …
ArchiveLetter from Oliver Tambo to Comrade Ruigo
… from Oliver Tambo to Comrade Ruigo (Jack Simons), in reply to Simons's proposals regarding entering Zimbabwe. …
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…
ArchiveLetter from Jack Simons to Ronnie Kasrils
… Letter from Jack Simons to Ronnie Kasrils in reply to letter of 11 February 1984 regarding FRELIMO and …
ArchiveLetter from D Nokwe to Botswana National Front
… the Central Committee of the Botswana National Front, in reply to their accusation that the ANC attempted to …
ArchiveLetter from Shun Chetty and Company to Mrs. Modiagotla
… Lazarus Tsankie Modiakgotla in detention. Also contains a reply letter from the Divisional Commander of the Security …