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A tribute to Indres Naidoo by Glen Moss
… in September 1973 and shortly thereafter renamed the Human Rights Committee. The HRC was ‘chaired by Mohammed Timol, who … ‘Over the next few months, I…
ArchiveA Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… to Lord Selborne, 1905 Constitutional and political issues Introduction 38. The Natal Franchise Bill, 1894: Do … the root of anti-Asiaticism 58. Congress…
PlaceComoros
… After the Second World War, the Islands were given representation in the French National Parliament. On 6th July …
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the president’s budget debate in the Senate 18 June 1996
… as a nation to higher forms of political relations and representation. The dissolution of the Senate is not the … implications of references to individual…
Document 35 - “New Tactics Proposed for N.R.C. Boycott: Xuma’s Address to African Congress”, The Guardian, 18 December 1947
… in implementing the resolution to boycott the Natives Representation Act of 1936. GIVING SMUTS A CHANCE We urge …
Address to the Joint Session of the houses of Congress of the U.S.A. Washington, D.C., June 26, 1990
… liberty and the pursuit of happiness are fundamental human rights which are not only inalienable but must, if necessary, … of state. We are engaged in a…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… Zimbabwe. 5 April, The ANC makes a submission to the Human Rights Commission Hearing on ‘Racism in the Media’. 24 April, … its scheduled meeting in…
Class, Consciousness and Organisation: Conclusion by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… of the Commonwealth . 17 November, The Restitution of Land Rights Bill is passed by President Nelson Mandela and signed … in 1999. 1 March, The Commission on…
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… violence contained in this report is drawn from 24 monthly issues of the HRC Area Repression Report, comprising the … leading to a State of Emergency. It…
Closing speech by ANC President Jacob Zuma by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… former secretary general referred to the many unresolved issues that still plague the organization. The occurrences of … conference, is that if the…
Links & Partnerships
… story (large focus on South Africa and more contemporary issues). Robben Island Mayibuye Centre Archive South African … African History Archive - SAHA is an…
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… 75% of the population. The Act of Union denied them voting-rights in the Transvaal and Orange Free State areas, and in … the CPSA focussed on organising…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… campaigns, closing down shebeens and taking up social issues. Although it functioned as a sort of social workers' … Explaining that he upheld the right of…
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… 75% of the population. The Act of Union denied them voting-rights in the Transvaal and Orange Free State areas, and in … the CPSA focussed on organising…
Africa’s photojournalists: The wars are not over by Greg Marinovich (Daily Maverick), 25 June 2013
… communicate things that are around me, find the ways that issues can be discussed in a constructive manner. “Sometimes … point is that... human beings should…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to Parliament National Assembly, Cape Town, 5 February 1999
… first meeting between government and the ANC, two central issues needed to be addressed: " .. .firstly, the demand for … many. But let us focus for a brief…
Archive1999 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 5 February 1999 (Before National Elections)
… first meeting between government and the ANC, two central issues needed to be addressed: " .. .firstly, the demand for … many. But let us focus for a brief…
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… and economic purposes. Politically, White people had the rights to vote, access to state security and protection as well as representation in the National…
ArticleA history of Apartheid in South Africa
… Act, 1949 Immorality Amendment Act, 1950 Separate Representation of Voters Act, 1951 Resistance before 1960 …
The appointment of Judges
… and members of Parliament on the basis of proportional representation, was responsible for whittling down the … Others; Shibi v Sithole and Others; South…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… SANNC (later renamed ANC) in 1912, dies June, The Separate Representation of Voters Bill to remove Coloureds from the …
Address at the 8th Asean Summit, 5 November 2002
… countries and therefore the denial of democracy and human rights to millions of Africans; the growing and further … for the Continent to act together to…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the High Diamond Council, Antwerp, Belgium: 15th November 2004
… starting from access to resources e.g., land and mining rights, finance, capacity building and transfer of skills up … Council would know and expect, what we…
Chapter 27. The Police State in Action
… ten million oppressed non-Europeans were demanding their rights, but they were doing so peacefully, without signs of … appeared on the 10th February 1950,…
FREEDOM IN OUR LIFETIME, Durban, December 12-14, 1958
… Roll to a separate roll and giving them a mere token representation in Parliament? ii. to have allocated them, … industry which bars them from skilled work…
Freedom movement in South Africa: Its International impact by E.S Reddy
… Louisville and Los Angeles ”¦.we’d have our civil rights.” The Black people in the United States were groping … instrumental in educating public opinion on…
ArchiveAppendix 7 South Africa, the transition to democracy and the banning of torture, by Denis Goldberg
… forces say there is no future without torture! Human rights activists say that with torture there is no future … who believe in the development of society to…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Closing Address by President Jacob Zuma, Gallagher Estates, 29 June 2012
… Charter, engaged on various organisational and policy issues to finalise recommendations to the 53rd national … recommendations on a number of social…
Pretoria Socialist Society
… Nations Charter and the international Declaration of Human Rights. If it should appear that my Congress pleads strongly … of Assembly can be no substitute…