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ArchiveIn defence of the African image and heritage
… ANC booklet issued as a reply to the Central Committee of the South African Communist …
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… both locally and internationally. It was the first election in which all South Africans, registered on a common voters roll, could vote. The election took…
BiographyJoseph Chamberlain
… to Uitlander interests were set back by the Volksraad election of 1898, when Kruger was again elected as President …
BiographyNjinga Ana de Sousa
… ruled the Kingdom of Ndongo would be appointed after an election process where in which various members of the ruling …
Document 30 - Letter from S. P. Bunting fo E. R. Roux, 9 January 1929
… presume you had a letter [from] CG, who might be [-] for a reply instead of the procedure below, do which you like, I … his attack on the party, very…
Document 7 - ‘White South Africa.’ Two Voices.” The International, 27 January 1922
… South Africa" (or "Vote White," as per Kentridge's recent election handbills) is a double-edged cry. A recent leaflet issued by Mr. Hendrikz as Secretary of…
ArchiveLetter from Neville Curtis, President, NUSAS, to SRC Presidents and National Executive
… to disaffiliate from the National Union, and the reply from Neville Curtis to the Secretary of the Black …
17. Latief insists on his right to travel by any train
… the morning train of 8.35, I had the honour to receive a reply previous to this which is I regret to state not … only utilize the guard's van of the train in…
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… political influence. In the years leading up to the 1924 election, the South African Party (SAP), led by Louis Botha , … (LP) joined forces to defeat the…
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
… affairs, reported two months before the 1938 General Election that the United Party was still "a coalition rather … Government's position has been so…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… Government (1924-1938) After the Pact Government's 1924 election victory, South Africa had a new government. Hertzog … the white voters happy, and five years…
EventMacmillan’s 'winds of change’ speech in Parliament
… H.F. Verwoerd rejected Macmillan's assertions in his reply. …
Document 19 - Communist Party of South Africa, Memo on S.A.F.N.T.U. (1930)
… All-in Trade Union Conference at Cape Town. On a motion to reply merely that the Party could not raise funds even for … them or the Federation, adding that…
Document 58 - Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 18 February 1936
… We are extremely disappointed that we have so far had no reply to our letter of 17th January, 1936, relating to our … been thoroughly discussed. We shall…
ArticleKenyan Timeline
… in Kenya. 1961 February – KANU wins the first general election under the new constitutional dispensation, taking 16 … is re-elected as President in Kenya's…
ArticleNo Land, No House, No Vote Timeline
… No House, No Vote’ campaign against the 2006 municipal election in Durban. The campaign began with a march to Durban … political party forgets about our…
ArticleRemembering the Battle of Adwa
The year 1896 signifies an important moment in African history. In that year, on 1 March 1896, a historic battle between invading Italian forces and a strong…
EventSir Benjamin D'Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects
… patronage (see Frontier Wars for more information). In reply to a letter by the Rev. John Ayliff, on behalf of the …
BiographyTeboho MacDonald “Tsietsi” Mashinini
Teboho MacDonald "Tsietsi" Mashinini was born on 27 January 1957 in Central Western Jabavu, Soweto. Mashinini was the second son of Ramothibi, a lay preacher…
BiographyLivingstone Mqotsi
Livingstone Mqotsi (Livie) was born in the village of Rabula in the Keiskammahoek district in the former Ciskei, now Eastern Cape, on 18 April 1921. Mqotsi…
ArchiveWhere do we stand?: APDUSA and a nation free of race hatred and oppression
… apparently for their own protection. APDUSA wishes to reply by stating where they belong; and that there are only …
BiographySefako Mapogo Makgatho
… by a vote of 73 to 52 to Simon PetrusMatseke. This election marked the emergence of two factions in the …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.4 No.1 Oct-Dec 1959
… Prof. Maurice Pope. The Potato Harvest, Tony O’Dowd. The Reply of Makerere, Bernard de Bunsen. The Treason Trial, E.V. …
“Let Me Live - Letter to a European”: June 1946
… G. M. NAICKER, Chairman Passive Resistance Council From: Leaflet published by the Passive Resistance Council, Durban …
Document 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern
… received the following cable dated Berlin 22 October. Our reply by cable was sent on 25 October 1929 as follows. … The petition is couched in the form of a…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1800-2014
… release, his forgiveness of his captors, negotiation, his election victory and his willingness to step down after one …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… July 14, The Communist Party of South Africa, issues a leaflet, announcing, for the first time, to the country and … operating underground after its…
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… tasks of our time is to dissect this myth… and to give our reply to it, on the level of ideas and in the field of …
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… who play a role in their country by participating in an election. Secret ballot: A ballot is the piece of paper that …
Formation and launch of the UDF
… Memorial. Source: http://www.dacpm.org On the day of the election on 9 September 1989, more than 20people were killed … staged a stay a massive stay away in…