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ArticleInkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
… the National Party in 1983 when P.W. Botha introduced the tricameral parliament reforms to extend limited representation to …
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… starting points, he mentions De Klerk’s 1990 speech in Parliament, the first plenary of CODESA in December 1991, and … PAC; the IFP; and the coloured and…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… the third Constitution. This Constitution created the tricameral parliament, which meant there was a separate parliament for … development took place in 1983…
BiographyFranco Frescura
… streak as part of his political make-up; and of describing Parliament as “a pack of Neo-Nazis”. (Franco has since …
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… combined this with the campaign against the tri-cameral parliament . Riots, boycotts and indiscriminate police … elections. Albertina and Walter both became…
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… on Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). He was elected a Member of Parliament in 1994, after South Africa's first democratic … African National Congress (ANC) leader…
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
… by state reforms that culminated in the creation of the Tricameral Parliament. Coloured communities faced with the prospect of …
ArticleThe Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial, 1984
… The lead up to the trial began in 1984 following an anti-Tricameral Parliament protest, with the arrest of seven people, mainly … of their consulate. The…
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… so that they could elect three White representatives to Parliament. Jabavu and his associates decided to adjourn and … leaders a reasonable concession. In…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… were also visits from government officials, members of Parliament and other political figures from outside South … State President FW de Klerk, in his…
ArticleProvincial Leaders
… Africa's government is divided into a legislative body (Parliament), Executive body ( the Cabinet, who are also members of Parliament) and independent…
ArticleStructure of Government in South Africa
… three parts: the Executive (the Cabinet), the Legislature (Parliament), and Judiciary (the courts). The Executive – … departments. This is called the Cabinet…
BiographyJudge Jan Hendrik Steyn
… There was silence in the lift down from Mulder's office at Parliament. To the wide-eyed junior advocate, new to Cape …
BiographyRobert Sobukwe
… At the end of his three-year sentence on 3 May 1963, Parliament enacted a General Law Amendment Act. The Act …
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… won the general election by winning 131 of 165 seats in parliament. The Anti - South African Indian Council Committee … a State President with wide-ranging…
Apartheid stakeholders - where are they now?
… destabilisation into the future. Apartheid casualties The tricameral parliament (TCP) The tricameral parliament with its dominant white house, token …
BiographyProfessor Fatima Meer
… Activities since 1994 Although she was offered a seat in parliament in 1994, Fatima Meer declined the offer because of …
BiographyReggie Vandeyar
… who had participated in the racist tri-cameral Parliament; and the granting of bursaries to underprivileged …
Opening Address to the Conference on "Whites in A Changing South Africa", Convened by the Five Freedoms Forum and the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 1 July 1989
… accolade - they are parliamentarians, including the parliament's unfading star, the indefatigable Helen Suzman … as an example of how South Africans should…
ArticleCelebrating Freedom and Democracy
… and other laws The Constitution is a law passed by Parliament and it is the highest law in the land. All other … which are made by government. Laws made by…
Address to the Nation on Radio Freedom by O. R. Tambo, 22 July 1985
… councils. We have also overwhelmingly rejected Botha's tricameral parliament as well as the organs of local government … time has also come that those who…
Address by Oliver Tambo to the Nation on Radio Freedom, 22 July 1985
… councils. We have also overwhelmingly rejected Botha`s tricameral parliament as well as the organs of local government … time has also come that those who…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… remain neutral in the war and by winning a crucial vote in parliament (September 1939), Smuts became prime minister … with support of 64.8% of the White…
BiographyNokukhanya Luthuli
… February 2017. ↵ [27] Oakes, D.: “Anger that sparked 16km Parliament march,” Cape Times, … http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/anger-that-sparked-16km-parliament…
EventP.W. Botha becomes Prime Minister
… remaining Nationalists. One result of this was the new tricameral South African Constitution of 1983, which …
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… new constitution, passed in 1983, and his plans for a Tricameral Parliament . Elections in 1984 for the Coloured and Indian chambers of Parliament in August…
BiographyAbdool Karrim Essak
… the message that the time had come to make APDUSA the parliament of the people, and for it to make decisions on how …
ArticleArts and Cultural Development Network (ACDN)
… organizations. ‘ACDN’ made representation on policy to Parliament as well as lobbied aggressively ACDN was an … its brief life ACDN made representation on…
Independent Electoral Commission
… South Africa. Although publicly funded and accountable to parliament, the Commission is independent of the government. … elections, at the national level for…
ArticleThe South African general elections: Introduction
… The South Africa Act passed by the British Parliament in 1909 combined the self-governing British … requirements. However, only white men could be elected to…