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EventTranskei Constitution Act No 48 commences
… authority was replaced by a partially elected legislative assembly, consisting of 64 traditional leaders and 45 elected …
38. The Natal Franchise Bill, 1894: Do not make our sons pariahs
… the election of members for the Honourable the Legislative Assembly. And a few have got sufficient property … first approached the Honourable the Legislative…
EventSA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster reveals that SA scientists have succeeded in developing a new process for uranium enrichment
… Balthazar Johannes Vorster announced in the House of Assembly in Cape Town that South African scientists have …
EventWorld Refugee Day
… The General Assembly decided that 20 June would be celebrated as World …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… Dr J Moroka nor the Communists 2 December, The General Assembly of the United Nations declares, "a policy of 'racial … of 13 Asian and Arab States requests…
The Wider Significance of the Judgement of the Constitutional Court on the “Nkandla Matter” by Thabo Mbeki, 11 April 2016
… of “Economic Freedom Fighters v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others; Democratic Alliance v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others [2016] ZACC 11…
Tribute to the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid - Statement at the Meeting of the Special Committee on its Tenth Anniversary by O. R. Tambo, New York, 2 April 1973
… marking today, was set up by the United Nations General Assembly, charged with the task of uninterruptedly pursuing … pursuance of the decisions of the…
EventLibya becomes independent
… to independence. The Council assisted the Libyan national assembly in drawing up a constitution for the new state. …
EventAfrikaans becomes the official language of the Union of South Africa
… No 8 of 1925 was passed at a joint sitting of the House of Assembly and the Senate. By this Act Dutch was replaced by …
Statement of the ANC National Disciplinary committee in the case of Mbulelo Goniwe, 14 December 2006
… of office in the ANC and the ANC Caucus in the National Assembly to obtain sexual and other undue advantage from … office, interacted with political parties…
EventProtest against gender- based violence throughout South Africa
… government to bring back the death penalty. The National Assembly speaker, Thandi Modise addressed the protesters …
EventANC makes demands changes to facilitate democratic elections
… free and fair elections, elections for a constituent assembly and an interim government of national unity before …
EventSouth Africa mandated to govern South
… development of the inhabitants. In 1946, the Legislative Assembly of South-West Africa in Windhoek requested …
EventFrene Noshir Ginwala, former speaker of the SA Parliament, is born
… is probably her serving as the speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa from 1994 to 2004. …
EventRecord of Understanding is agreed to by the SA government and the ANC
… set up a timetable for establishing a constitutional assembly, an interim government and dealing with political …
EventNine policemen are killed in Cato Manor riots in Durban, shortly before the infamous Sharpville Massacre
… incident. An emergency meeting was held in the House of Assembly where the Minister of Justice, Mr. Erasmus refused …
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… Franchise Bill” , introduced in the Natal legislative assembly to deprive Indians of their right to vote. He thus …
EventArchibald Gumede, former President of the United Democratic Front, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
… practice. In 1994 Gumede became a member of the National Assembly of South Africa. He died in June 1998 at the age of …
EventNational Party wins general election
… did not have to stand for re-election yet. The number of Assembly seats for White voters in South Africa had been …
EventBlacks boycott municipal elections
… most workers on the Reef went to work. The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly rejected the municipal elections as a …
EventHealth Minister Tshabalala-Msimang announces that SA pledges R20 million to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria
… announced at a meeting of the World Health Assembly in Geneva that South Africa was pledging R20 million …
EventOn 14 November 2006, parliament approved the controversial Civil Unions Bill, which provided for same-sex marriage
… to support the bill, which was passed by the National Assembly 230 to 41. The measure was opposed by almost all …
Message from Dr. AB Xuma, President-General of ANC, to the United Nations, 22 January 1946
… of South West Africa 22 January 1946 The Chairman General Assembly United Nations Organization Westminster London …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… for its massive repression and for its defiance of General Assembly and Security Council resolutions. Inter alia it … Mentioned particularly are the…
Introduction of A Crime Against Humanity
… it is a matter of history that the United Nations General Assembly adopted a number of resolutions declaring the system … of censure culminated in the…
ArticleZulu
… was defined. On 30 March 1972 the first Legislative Assembly of KwaZulu was constituted by South African … 1994. He led a walkout of Zulu delegates from the…
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
… into a secondary industry centre. In 1923, Ford began its assembly line in Port Elizabeth. This was followed by the …
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… which contested power. On 27 July 2013, the EFF National Assembly convened at Uncle Tom’s Hall in Orlando West, …
EventThe UN Special Committee on Apartheid reports on SA
… Committee against Apartheid was established by the General Assembly - under resolution 1761 (XVII) of November 6, 1962, …
EventEquatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain
… escalating pressure from the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, the journey to independence was underway. On 12 …