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PlaceWelcome Cottage, Glencairn- Simonstown
… son Christoffel was the first speaker of the Cape House of Assembly; his grandson Johannes was elected President of the …
EventTony Leon is born
… D A is the current official opposition in the National Assembly. …
EventP.W. Botha becomes SA’s first Executive President
… created three houses of parliament, namely the House of Assembly for Whites, the House of Representatives for …
EventOubangi-Shari achieves independence as the Central African Republic
… who suspended the constitution and dissolved the National Assembly. On 23 March 2013, about 13 South African …
EventParliament passes legislation separating the people of South Africa into four distinct races
… The National Assembly voted in favour of the separation of the people of …
EventP.W. Botha becomes SA's first Executive President
… created three houses of parliament, namely the House of Assembly for Whites, the House of Representatives for …
Document 9 - Letter from W. H. Andrews to Tom Mann,” 26 December 1922
… of key individuals remain restricted. 2. Freedom of assembly, movement, association and speech and free political …
EventFifteen African states tabled a draft resolution at the UN denouncing racial discrimination
… South Africa. Proclaiming the Day in 1966, the General Assembly called on the international community to redouble …
EventSixty ANC refugees are airlifted out of Lesotho
… government in South Africa seized power. The National Assembly was dissolved, and executive and legislative powers …
EventThe Durban Supreme Court cancels the SA government's announcement concerning reclamation of the Ingwavuma region
… Piet Koornhof made his speech to the KwaZulu Legislative Assembly. …
ArchiveAppendix 5.1 The First Anniversary of the Declaration of the State of Palestine by Denis Goldberg
… a Crime Against Humanity by the United Nations General Assembly. Equally, the General Assembly has declared the Israeli oppression of the …
Comments and Observations on Proposals for a United Nations Security Council Resolution on Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, 1963
… is also important as following closely on the General Assembly resolution of October 11th, which called for the … avoid repeating appeals to South Africa. …
ANC caucus statement on death of Adelaide Tambo, 01 February 2007
… ANC Members of Parliament from both the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces, who began the …
EventJosiah Mutabuzi Isaya Kibira is the first African to be elected president of the LWF
… At the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Assembly held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Josiah Mutabuzi …
EventMass arrests in Pondoland
… Minister Francios Christiaan Erasmus informed the National Assembly that 4 769 Africans, 2 Europeans and 2 others had …
EventThe Riotous Assemblies Act Commences
… It was a clear case of suppressing freedom of speech and assembly, as both of these rights would disrupt the …
EventSir Thomas Cullinan (74), founder of the Premier Mine where the Cullinan diamond was discovered in 1907, dies.
… of Industries, a member of the Transvaal Legislative Assembly and the first Union Parliament of 1910. The Cullinan …
EventSA Prime Minister H. F. Verwoerd stabbed to death
… the face. Verwoed was sitting at his desk in the House of Assembly when Tsafendas attacked him with a knife. During his …
EventTobacco Products Control Ammendmant Bill passed
… The National Assembly votes by 213 to 106 to pass the Tobacco Products …
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meets President Kaizer Matanzima in Tongaat
… consist of three Parliamentary chambers: The House of Assembly (White representatives), The House of …
EventPLAN launches armed struggle against South Africa
… In 1973 a resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly declared 26 August, ‘Namibia Day’ to commemorate the …
EventUranium enrichment programme gets a boost from B.J. Vorster
… Johannes Vorster disclosed in July 1970 in the House of Assembly that the government has decided to make funds …
EventNkomo, leader of ZAPU forms a coalition government with Robert Mugabe
… in Zimbabwe. Nkomo's party won twenty seats in the new Assembly, all in his tribal homeland of Matabeleland. …
EventDr. Nico Diederichs is inaugurated as South Africa’s third State President
… was elected unanimously by a joint session of the House of Assembly and the Senate under the Chairmanship of Chief …
ArticleTransport on land
… could afford. The only way to do this was to improve the assembly line methods, which he did. Ford broke the Model T’s assembly into 84 steps, and trained…
PlaceNigeria
… continued until, in 1996, there were 36. A constituent assembly was elected in 1977 to draft a new constitution, … and vice president, the two houses of the…
ArticleANC January 8th Statements
… 1992 - The Year of Democratic Elections for a Constituent Assembly January 8th, 1991 - The Year of Mass Action for the …
EventManuel Pinto da Costa becomes the president
… the elections MLSTP won all 16 seats in the National Assembly. The constitution, which was promulgated on December …
EventDr. Albert Hertzog is attacked by Ben Schoeman
… by the Minister of Transport Ben Schoeman in the House of Assembly. This was not the first major clash between the two. …
EventAbortion legislation is passed
… The South African National Assembly passes the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (CTOP) …