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EventCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, first state president of South Africa, is born
… and became Minister of Justice when the NP won the 1948 election. In this capacity, Swart played a great role in …
PlaceBenin
Benin’s political history after colonialism was characterized by an early period of multiparty competition that proved unstable, and multiple interventions by…
Chapter 12 - Certification of the final constitution
Within twenty-four hours of adoption, the executive director of the Constitutional Assembly began receiving calls from the Constitutional Court enquiring how…
60. Congress and the Non-European Co-operation Conference, 1927
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Even though the South African Indian Congress…
PlaceSani Pass, KwaZulu Natal
… scenery, changing weather conditions. On 26th October, 1948, Godfrey Edmonds (an ex Royal Air Force , Spitfire …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 3 - The South African Constitution: Birth Certificate of a Nation by Hassen Ebrahim
From the book: Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education Much of the research for this contribution has been…
Africans’ Claims in South Africa, 14 December 1943 by Alfred Xuma
Preface In the following pages the reader will find what has been termed "Bill of Rights" and "The Atlantic Charter from the African’s Point of View". This…
Chapter 5 - Preparing to negotiate
It took nearly two years of formal talks to remove the obstacles in the path of multi-party negotiations. However, it was not until nearly ten months after…
Country Divided in Black and White by Holland Cotter, 1 July 2010
… South African facts. A resonant survey of his work from 1948 to 2009 at the Jewish Museum, records the everyday … “South African Photographs: David Goldblatt…
Chapter 20. Malan’s Road to a New South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… or workers' organisations. Mr. B. J. Schoeman, who in 1948 when the Nationalist Government came to power, was … the poorer for it". (Hansard, Vol. II, Col…
Polokwane the Segregated city
… Contents The Segregated City, 1910-1948 The Apartheid City A decade of Turbulence, 1976-86 … apartheid era Homeland politics The Segregated City, 1910-1948…
PlaceLutheran Church, Martin Melck House and Sexton House, Strand Street, Cape Town.
… and the rest of the complex was proclaimed on 29 April 1948. …
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Social Transformation, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
Report on Commissions 1. The two commissions received an input on major issues for discussion. The input took for granted that the discussion document that…
PlaceHuguenot Monument, Franschoek
… completed in 1945 at a cost of £22 000. On the 17 April 1948 marked the beginning or first Public viewing and an …
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Opening Address by President Jacob Zuma, Midrand, 26 June 2012
National Chairperson, Deputy President Comrade Kgalema Motlanthe, ANC Officials and Members of the National Executive Committee, ANC leadership of all…
Document 91. ‘April 6: People’s Protest Day’. Flyer issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress
April 6: People's Protest Day The African National Congress has served notice on the Government that the Non-European people can no longer go on tolerating …
PlaceChris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg
… had bought the hospital for one million pounds. On 1 April 1948, the black section of Johannesburg Hospital (known as … has been towards training of health…
National General Council 2005: Consolidated Report on Sectoral Strategies, 3 July 2005
LEGISLATURE, GOVERNANCE AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS 1. PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY Participatory democracy can be enhanced by addressing the following issues: …
David Goldblatt by Jean Dykstra, 11 September 2011
… sized black-and-white prints, 150 altogether, dating from 1948 to 2008. Understanding the full significance of the …
PlaceVryburg, Bophirima Region
… Church Of England Renovated this huge Mission abandoned in 1948, by the London Missionary Society - which is …
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… and was elected as a Member of Parliament for Kimberley in 1948 under the United Party. After the death of his father in …
PlaceKroonstad
… Minister Sibusiso Joel "S'bu" Ndebele (born 17 October 1948), led this ceremony. He was the Minister of Correctional …
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was launched on 1 December 1985, at the height of the struggle against apartheid. As a federation, it…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… Once the Nationalist Party government came into power in 1948, it embarked upon a robust and aggressive policy of slum … when the Nationalist Party formed…
10 YEARS PROJECT
close Document 28 Negotiations: a strategic perspective 25 November 1992 As adopted by the National Executive Committee of the African National…
ArticlePseudo-scientific racism and Social Darwinism
… would be awash with "inferiors." What is Genocide? In 1948, as a result of the Holocaust, the newly created United …
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… and held discussions with delegates of many countries. 1948, January - Passive Resistance entered its second phase. …
Judaism
… and had no homeland until modern Israel was created in 1948. Image: many Jews travel to Jerusalem in Israel to pray …
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… The black leadership watched the election campaign of 1948 with weary resignation. The NP's election platform …
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… low cost houses for the growing African urban population. 1948-1979 During this period the Apartheid government passed …