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EventInkatha Freedom Party boycotts parliament
… participation in both chambers of parliament and in the constitution-making process. IFP leader Chief Gatsha … them and Inkatha. Throughout the drafting of…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1953
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A joint planning council of the African National…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1952
A joint planning council of the African National Congress and the South African Indian Congress resolved to embark upon a mass campaign for the repeal of a…
Document 28 - Negotiations: a strategic perspective
… that "the right to lock out should not be included in the constitution". There is no reason why lock-outs need special … all references to the lock-out…
The Black Homeland Citizenship Act of 1970
… Citizenship Act) No 26 of 1970 was repealed by the Interim Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act No 200 of …
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of 60th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2015
… laid the foundation for the democratic South African Constitution. Comrades, Compatriots, Friends, The apartheid … As said earlier, it formed the basis of…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Bibliography
… Reconciliation, 2003 Ebrahim, Hassen, Soul of a Nation – Constitution-making in South Africa . Cape Town, Oxford … Maharaj, July 2002 Republic of South…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… control of the TIC. Not even the intervention of the SAIC officials and Rama Rau could pave the way for a … to different aides of the Wemmer Sports Ground…
Chapter 6 - Defining the agenda
… a united South Africa, could draft and adopt a democratic constitution. Delegates committed themselves to convene an … participation, general constitutional…
A Brief History of Niger - Part 1 by US Department of State
… on the inhabitants of the territories, the 1946 French constitution provided for decentralization of power and … some of Niger's laws and policies, and…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the state banquet in honour of President Abdou Diouf Pretoria, 30 July 1996
… conformity with the democratic principles embodied in the constitution. (D) All organs of government, including … and dedicated to defending the principles…
The Democratic Party (DP)
… stand on constitutional reform, calling for an entrenched Constitution incorporating a Bill of Rights, for an independent judiciary and for a federal…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… economic sanctions. The 1983 amendments to the existing constitution were also resisted. Government intransigence and … opposition to the regime, in 1983,…
Foreword - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… SOUTH AFRICAN-GOVERNMENT/NATIONAL PARTY TAKING NOTE of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 200 of 1993 … to Constitutional Principle XXXIV,…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… effort to make reforms by introducing the tricameral constitution: three parliaments were set up, one each for … was to fight for the upliftment of women and…
Dr. Nelson Mandela’s acceptance address at the Clark University Investiture Atlanta, Georgia, 10 July 1993
… that faces South Africa today is that of a Democratic Constitution, it is to that challenge that I shall address my … the founding of the ANC we have fought…
Chapter 3
… the Executive Committee was instructed to prepare a draft constitution. At this time the following were the … Two days later (1st July) the Executive…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… citizens’ rights are protected by the new South African constitution based on human rights. However, even though …
Make South Africa ungovernable: Broadcast on Radio Freedom: Oliver Tambo, 10 October 1984
… of implementing the provisions of its new apartheid constitution. The friend and instrument of the bloodthirsty … for their overwhelming rejection of Botha`s…
Make South Africa Ungovernable: Broadcast on Radio Freedom by O. R. Tambo, 10 October 1984
… of implementing the provisions of its new apartheid constitution. The friend and instrument of the bloodthirsty … for their overwhelming rejection of Botha's…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… The new constitution was negotiated between May 1994 and October 1996 … new, and was in fact as old as South Africa itself. The Constitution was not a…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Glossary
… religion that are usually a part of the Christian Church. Constitution The system of laws and principles that a state, …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 79th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1991
… of power to the people. This requires that a democratic constitution should be adopted, based on the principle of one … regime, which functions on the basis…
Address by ANC President, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, to the OAU Ad Hoc Committee for Southern Africa Arusha, 28 April 1992
… principles find the modalities for drawing up the constitution through an elected Constituent Assembly realise … political activity General constitutional…
Address of Nelson Mandela at his Investiture as Doctor of Laws Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August 1993
… more daunting challenge, that of crafting a democratic constitution. Ever since the foundation of the African National Congress, we have fought for a…
ArchiveFoundations of government in a democratic South Africa
… Paper listing the objectives of a new constitution and its principles. …
ArchiveAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern
… Draft Constitution of the African People's Democratic Union of …
EventBeverly Palesa Ditsie is the first out lesbian woman to address the United Nations about LGBT rights
… gay rights group. During the drafting of South Africa’s constitution, Ditsie was at the forefront of arguing for … on the basis of sexual orientation - the…