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BiographyMarcus Solomon
Marcus Solomon was born in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, on 27 January 1939. His father, a waiter by profession, was a Hindu born of Tamil parents from Sri Lanka,…
Article20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014) - Profiles of the Presidents
… parties, culminating in the country’s first non-racial election in 1994. All legally eligible South Africans were …
EventPaul Kruger is elected president
… on 3 August 1881) for the first time. He won the election against Joubert with 3 471 votes to 1 171. Kruger … and announced a policy based on Christian…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 6: The South African War and Union
… eventually culminated in the first non-racial democratic election in 1994. The following is to be covered in this …
In Conclusion: The Decline and Fall of the Tricameral Parliament
… a seat in the new post-Apartheid parliament. >After the election of 2004, he entered into an alliance with the ANC, …
Chapter 3 - Gumede’s role in NNC and SANNC Politics, 1909 – 1919 ‘We pray that the people be allowed to live in peace in their own land’.
… not Aliens; both the Parliamentary Parties keep to their election manifestos that natives be properly and permanently … work of the Bantu Farmers' Union in…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… international support and help raise funds for its election campaign. On the first day of the conference, the … deadline to 4 March. 15 March, The ANC’s…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… goods or holding parties or celebrations. The Whites-only election of 5 May 1987 was preceded by a UDF call for … would be held. He announced that he would…
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… his award-winning photography of Nelson Mandela during the election near the end of his time in exile. Hallett’s … 140 black-and-white images of Nelson…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… In 1994, Mbete and other women ran for the April 1994 election to the South African Constituent Assembly on the ANC … Slate [13] . Indeed, numerous well…
EventPrime Minister, B.J.Vorster, states that South Africa is still committed to granting independence to Namibia before the end of 1978
… was to occur after South West Africa had held a general election. This election never took place, and South Africa continued to …
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… transformation” and that the decision to boycott the election came from being “sick and tired of being used as pawns by political elites who only 'care'…
ArticleHow did the Nazis construct an Aryan identity?
… This vivid poster from the September 1930 Reichstag election summarizes Nazi ideology in a single image. A Nazi … This vivid poster from the September 1930…
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… On 15 September 1910, South African held its first election after the formation of the Union and General Louis … in Johannesburg to hear the outcome of the…
Archive1994 - President De Klerk, State Of the Nation Address, 28 February 1994 (Before National Elections)
… fact that we have done so in the midst of the most crucial election campaign of our national history speaks for itself. … the importance which we attach to…
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
… Signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging 1904 First Municipal election held. Pietersburg’s population made up of 3,276 …
ArticleThe Freedom Charter Campaign
… village and township. The final stage would involve the election of delegates from each locality who would then meet …
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
… answer to the accusation that you are anti-white? A. Our reply has been officially given in a statement appearing in …
PlaceGuinea-Bissau
… fraud and irregularities, filed a motion to challenge the election results which decision by the Supreme Court is still … ECOWAS, followed by the European…
EventYoweri Kaguta Moseveni becomes president of Uganda
… power for the second time after multi-party elections. The election outcomes were contested as the opposition, the … Movement (UPM), believed the UPC had…
PlaceDarlington Dam- Lake Mentz
… exclaimed: 'Oh, Damn Mentz!' To which he received a polite reply: 'No, no, just Lake Mentz, will do!"' In the 1990s the …
Document 47 - “International Communist League Formed in South Africa”, International Bulletin of the International Communist League, New Series, 2, September 1934
… of receipt of our letters and the promise of a detailed reply at a later date, but up to the present no discussion …
Document 11 - Second letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… of 20 April 1961, to which you do not have the courtesy to reply or acknowledge receipt. In the letter referred to above …
EventGhana demands independence from Britain
… in the Gold Coast Legislative Assembly after a general election. The 1956 election returned the Convention People's Party (CPP) to …
EventUnited Nations lifts arms embargo on South Africa
… Following the election of Nelson Mandela as president of the government of … illegal arms trading by Armscor both before and after the election. Inquiries…
EventFormer Ivorian president is extradited to the ICC
… the Prosecutor for Gbagbo's involvement in the 2010 post-election violence. Gbagbo had refused to relinquish power following his defeat in the 2010 election,…
Src elections
… Black and white poster. SRC Election poster. …
ArchiveWill you be abroad on April 26 - 28?
… Black blueand white poster. IEC Logo. Election poster. …
Biography: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia's 'Iron Lady' by Alistair Boddy-Evans updated 08 August 2016
… Johnson-Sirleaf returned to Liberia in 1997 to contest the election. She came second to Charles Taylor (gaining 10% of … compared to his 75%) out of a field…
ArchiveHelp DP save EP
… Democratic Party election poster for Eastern Province. DP logo. …