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EventThe Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is approved by Parliament
… and were to serve as a guide to the Constitutional Assembly (CA), which was responsible for drawing up the final …
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… Party (SAP) won the majority number of seats in the House Assembly forming the first government of the Union of South …
ArchiveThe Final Prize: Family - chapter 1
… crowd of bemused whites standing on the periphery of the assembly. A few onlookers turned their heads towards me, but …
PlaceBotswana
… model . The Tswana Kgotla- meaning a traditional assembly which made part of government structures. To make … of the House of Chiefs are not elected. The…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… Congress (SAIC) in 1923. May 1, The Union’s House of Assembly sets up a Select Committee, to look into Indians …
EventAs part of a defiance campaign against the apartheid Government, SA is hit by a nationwide wave of protests
… for over 3 years; which prohibited freedom of speech, assembly and association and under which arbitrary detention …
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… Institute and regularly addressed the Institutes’ weekly assembly. While in Moscow, he continued writing articles, …
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 11
… editors, and to do what he could in the lobbies of the assembly. These days were full of interest if not of great … He left the matter too late. When the…
EventThe first ‘Bantustans’ or ‘homelands’ comes into existence when the Transkei Regional Authority is instituted
… Development, De Wet Nel, opened the Transkei Legislative Assembly at Umtata. Chief Kaiser Matanzima was installed as …
EventSouth Africa closes its borders with Lesotho
… government in South Africa seized power. The National Assembly was dissolved, and executive and legislative powers …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… first democratic election 1994-1996 Constitutional Assembly writes the new Constitution 1995 TRC begins its work …
Address delivered by Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African National Congress to the graduation ceremony at MEDUNSA 23 March 1991
… process. That is why we believe that a Constituent Assembly, elected on the basis of one person one vote is the … forum for making the new Constitution. The…
EventZANU-PF under Robert Mugabe wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe becomes president
… of the 80 common roll seats in the new 100-seat House of Assembly with 63 per cent of the national vote. The …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… of 83. 23 July, ANC stalwart and member of the National Assembly, Wilton Mkwayi , dies. The ANC releases a press … addresses the 62nd session of the United…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… introduced the report at a resumed session of the General Assembly held on 20 July. The General Assembly decided to hold a full discussion of the report from…
PlaceLodge de Goede Hoop, Stal Square, Cape Town
… Parliament from 1854 to 1884 when the present House of Assembly was completed. In February 1892 the Lodge, together …
PlaceGoodwood
… and earth-moving equipment. There is also a large motor-assembly plant and printing-works. Goodwood is separated by …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister and State President John Vorster is born
… white representatives of Coloured people in the National Assembly. Vorster retired as prime minister after twelve …
Chapter 8 - Negotiating an end to the deadlock
… issues, including an interim government, the constituent assembly, constitutional principles, and issues of political … came with the NP's agreement that the…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… Gandhi read about the intentions of the Natal Legislative Assembly to disenfranchise the Indians, and immediately …
Document 37 - The Bill of Rights
… and that constitutes incitement to cause harm. 17. Assembly, demonstration, picket and petition Everyone has the … days from the date of the declaration,…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… to the latter's discretion. January 20, Natal Legislative Assembly passed Indian Immigration (Licences) Act Amendment … question". April 25, Smuts withdrew…
BiographyKing Dingane ka Senzangakhona
Dingane ka Senzangakhona was born in 1795 to father Chief Senzangakhona and mother Mpikase kaMlilela Ngobese who was Senzangakhona's sixth and ‘great wife'. [i…
EventThe first 'Bantustans' or 'homelands' comes into existence when the Transkei Regional Authority is instituted
… Development, De Wet Nel, opened the Transkei Legislative Assembly at Umtata. Chief Kaiser Matanzima was installed as …
Negotiations, the ANC Vision of a New South African and the Indian Community Keynote Address by the President of the African National Congress, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… won a certain proportion of the seats in the Constituent Assembly. This proposal is designed to create national unity … Government of National Unity and a…
Statement on Human Rights Year by Oliver Tambo, 01 June 1968
… adoption of the Declaration by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 had a special significance. The failure of …
Chronology
… to the minister of Native affairs September 4 , House of Assembly votes 80-67 to enter World War II; resignation of … May 22 – 24 , First Transvaal-Orange…
EventProceedings against SA start in the International Court of Justice
… territory, administered by the UN. In 1949, the General Assembly of the UN decided to ask the International Court of …
EventMalawi voters take part in the first multiparty election in three decades
… rally in January 1993. On 16 May 1994, the National Assembly adopted a provisional constitution, and on 17 May …
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… held in Queenstown. The Conference endorses the idea of an assembly of the people. 1954 The ban on Chief Luthuli expires … the liberation anthem Nkosi Sikel…