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The Boerenvereenigingen: precursor to the Afrikaner Bond
… to oppose the Bill as well as to represent farmers in Parliament. He rejected calls for farmers to stop producing … colonial farmers of all kinds, to secure…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1980 - 1989 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… opened in Ramadan 1986. 1984 Muslim organisations reject Tricameral Parliament 135 The White South African Government's plan for … Muslim organisations took…
Chapter X - Final word
… extra-parliamentary constituency. The old all-white Parliament is gone. We have a new constitution. We have three Houses of Parliament, one for the whites,…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… [viii] In October a step toward reform was taken by the parliament when they repealed the Separate Amenities Act … would be dealt with by the transitional,…
ArticleProgressive Federal Party (PFP)
… In the 1961 election only Helen Suzman kept her seat in Parliament for the PP. Thus began one of the great … of racial discrimination in the whole South…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… to coincide with the government's introduction of the tricameral legislation in August for the Coloured and Indian … and Indian opposition through the…
O. R. Tambo Interview with Mayibuye on the Current Situation in South Africa and Southern Africa in General 1984
… they have no alternative, which makes the so-called tricameral parliament a total farce. What then are the challenges of the … basis of a united, democratic…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Mayibuye on the current situation in South Africa and Southern Africa in general, 01 March 1984
… they have no alternative, which makes the so-called tricameral parliament a total farce. What then are the challenges of the … basis of a united, democratic…
Writer’s of The Constitution
… Thabo Mbeki addresses the nation at the opening of Parliament in Cape Town Constitutional Assembly After the elections in 1994 the new Parliament - working…
Apartheid power in crisis
… in its extreme form) is, since F.W. de Klerk's address to parliament on 2 February 1990, something of the past. … the apartheid system. Central power is…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… , Denis Worrall and Wynand Malan, the DP won 36 seats in Parliament in the general election of September that year. … In the 1961 election, only Helen Suzman…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… elected to collect one million signatures to present to Parliament of which Dadoo was elected Vice-Chair. Following … Dr. Moroka, as “Commander-in-Chief.” On…
ArticleHistory of elections in South Africa
… Introduction The South Africa Act passed by the British Parliament in 1909 combined the self-governing British … requirements. However, only white men could…
ArticleThe South African Strategic Defence Procurement Package known as “The Arms Deal”
… the National Assembly and was supported by all parties in parliament. The then PAC leader Patricia de Lille who is … City of Cape Town became a whistleblower…
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
… the election, with only 11 parties securing seats in Parliament. In 2014 13 parties secured seats in Parliament. The election saw the lowest voter turnout…
BiographyDimitri Tsafendas
… was hired as a temporary messenger in the South African Parliament in Cape Town. It was while working there and …
Apartheid-Crime in aftermath of democratic elections May 1994, December 1996
… Nelson Mandela as president. Opening of first democratic parliament of South Africa. Constitutional court established. … December Truth and Reconciliation…
Introduction
… Nelson Mandela as president. Opening of first democratic parliament of South Africa . Constitutional court … December Truth and Reconciliation Commission…
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… I remember that before he was given leave of absence from Parliament, he, one evening, drove for several hours looking … many of you. And he wanted to know…
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… of the pending disfranchisement of the Cape Natives by the Parliament of South Africa. The following resolutions by Mr. … Bill and Native Land and Trust Bill…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… of this body would lay the basis for the constitution of a tricameral Parliament. Commenced: 1 August 1983 Repealed by the … pending constitutional changes…
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… Laws Amendment Act, Number 37 of 1963, was rushed through Parliament and applied retroactively to June 27 th 1962, … and Redistribution Strategy (GEAR)…
BiographySefako Mapogo Makgatho
… the Union of South Africa. His efforts were rewarded when parliament passed the Native Taxation and Development Act in …
ArticleConstitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
… the Republic of South Africa , 1996, was drawn up by the Parliament elected in 1994 in the first non-racial elections … Interim Constitution was endorsed by…
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… effectively ran the country, completely overshadowing parliament and even the cabinet. After economic collapse … (which gathered strength in 1984 around…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… at the head of what was effectively a Broederbond cell in parliament.9 Ardent Broeders like Malan and Strijdom later … the legal profession, the FAK, the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… a delegation to the Native Economic Commission (NEC). The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Statute of … Transvaal. 8 October, Kader Asmal , future…
Delegations and dialogue between ANC and internal non government groups
… achieving meaningful reforms through the institutions of parliament and government. Big business, more in touch with … idea of bringing a delegation of…
ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
… F. W. de Klerk delivers a speech at the opening of Parliament announcing the unbanning of the African National … in form and would function alongside the…