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Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, June 1968
… being interrogated by the Special Branch. 6. Last month a leaflet issued by Dr. Yusuf Dadoo was printed anddistributed widely within South Africa. A copy of…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… constitution after the BNP (23 seats) loses the January election to the Basutoland Congress Party (BCP, 36 seats); … becomes prime minister after the LCD…
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
… engaged in these talks. President Thabo Mbeki. The 1994 election paved the way towards a new democratic dispensation … eligible voters, 19.7 million voted…
EventJ.J. Hadebe replies to Thabo Mbeki’s plea
… was right for him to join uMkhonto weSizwe (MK). In his reply, Hadebe wrote; “We (ANC) are agreeable that you should …
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… of a 33-member Franchise Action Council (FRAC) as a direct reply to the government's Bill. Sundra Pillay was elected the … two-third majority in the senate…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… schools and also about police brutality. On 30 August a leaflet drawn up by students at three Bonteheuwel schools … paid to White teachers -- seen as an…
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 …
Chapter XII - Can we be free?
… its case, once and for all. Our defence counsel would reply and then ”” the judgement. It was a bitter experience … took a militant stand, or tried to! We…
ArticleLiberation Struggle in South Africa
… the 20th century up until South Africa's first democratic election in April 1994. This archive presents this history in …
ArticleIndian women workers, Durban’s clothing industry and the GWIU
… improve contact with workers. The union held a week-long election process for shop stewards, to guarantee that the …
ArticlePaul Kruger Timeline 1825-1904
… a failure. 1877 Paul Kruger is persuaded to stand in the election as he had support of the conservatives that wished … Shepstone annexes the Transvaal, as a…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
… into a governing party. SWAPO won the first and second election five years later. During its second term in office, … popular votes and 55 out of 78 seats in…
Document 4 - “The Great Native Strike”, “ The International, 27 February 1920
… leader. The only lead given has been by the I.S.L., whose leaflet, "Don't Scab," has been distributed at crucial …
An Appeal to the people of South West Africa by Nelson Mandela
… Secretary, All-in African National Action Council 1. Leaflet issued by the All-in African National Council, signed …
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… with the UDF and thus the ANC and also because of the election of Chief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo of KwaZulu-Natal was … leaders, a position that gained much…
69. ‘Moderate Indians’ form the Natal Indian Organisation
… 'all-or-nothing' policy, to which question no definite reply was given. They further declared they were all in … which was not in conformity with their…
ArticleSouth Africa - First 20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014)
… parties, culminating in the country’s first non-racial election in 1994. All legally eligible South Africans were …
South African Constitution 1996
… country is governed, The establishment of parliament, the election of the president, the creation and government of …
20 Years of Democracy - Profiles of the Presidents
… parties, culminating in the country’s first non-racial election in 1994. All legally eligible South Africans were …
Polokwane the Segregated city
… the apartheid era, Homeland politics In the first general election of the Union, held on 15 September 1910, the South African Party came to power. The…
ArchiveAppendix 4 Manifesto of Umkhonto we Sizwe by Denis Goldberg
… Leaflet issued by the Command of Umkhonto we Sizwe, 16th …
Chapter 26. Further Attacks-Passport Case - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… clause from the agreement. We went further. We issued a leaflet to all members, stating that those who wished to …
ArticleTimeline Interim Constitution 1991 to 1993
… Africa’s first democratic one-person-one-vote non-racial election. …
Statement by Oliver Tambo on South African Raid on Matola, 05 February 1981
… not know independence. And the enemy is attacking: Let us Reply! ES Reddy …
Interview with Oliver Tambo to Radio Freedom, 01 April 1981
… [The following was a reply by Mr. Tambo to a question on Radio Freedom concerning …
Nelson Mandela Letter to F.W. de Klerk, 9 July 1992
… July, 1992 Dear Mr. De Klerk I acknowledge receipt of your reply dated 2nd July, 1992. It is unfortunate that your reply has not addressed the issues I…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… sides came to an agreement, and a fresh presidential election is organised. 1863 April, An earthquake damages … Lucas Mangope becomes president, and in the…
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
… that the party stood a chance of winning a general election. In February 1992 a third by-election was held in Potchefstroom to fill a seat left vacant ……
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… On April 1 an Emergency Committee of the ANC issued a leaflet calling for an end to the state of emergency, release … While reaffirming the demand for full…
Document 22 - Letter from Douglas Wolton to E. R. Roux, 8 May 1928
… recently. I haven't the dates handy, but was not able to reply earlier as the question of the World Congress was not …