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EventCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, first state president of South Africa, is born
… (NP), he won a seat for Ladybrand in the parliamentary election. When the fusion between the NP and South African … and became Minister of Justice when the…
EventSeretse Khama is asked to renounce chieftaincy
… he married an English woman, Ruth Williams in September 1948, in England, without the permission of the tribal … come under the control of white Afrikaner…
BiographyBheki Cele
Life and Early Career Bhekokwakhe (Bheki) Hamilton Cele was born on 22 April 1952 to Albertina Mtshali and Gillford Cele at uMuzumbe Mission Hospital near…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… policies. When the Nationalist Party (NP) won the election in 1948, it gave Afrikaner nationalists the opportunity to fully … nationalist leaders with enough…
BiographyColine Williams
… mines at various locations across the Peninsula as an anti-election campaign. Some of the other targeted areas were …
BiographyDr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy was born in Durban on 1 September 1958. He was the youngest of four sons. The family resided in Sea Cow Lake and later…
BiographyIrene Menell (nee Manderstam)
Born in 1932, Irene Menell (nee Manderstam) spent her early life moving from one place to the next, completing her primary and secondary schooling in the…
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… period after the ascent to power of the National Party in 1948 was difficult for Kies and his comrades. They were not … in this context, arose with the…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… sides came to an agreement, and a fresh presidential election is organised. 1863 April, An earthquake damages … established. 1940 Rustenburg Platinum Mines…
EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
… described him as "superb orator and witty debater." In 1948 Eban became Israel's United Nations (UN) representative … as ambassador to the United States from…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… with an alternative to Smuts' ruling SAP. The NP and LP election pact brought these two partners a clear victory in the 1924 general election, although the…
EventAlbert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President
… Party victory and the imple- mentation of Apartheid in 1948, the ANC launched the Programme of Action strikes and … the president-general on 16 October 1952…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… first constitution 8 Jan 1912 Formation of the ANC 1948 National Party comes to power 1955 26 June, Adoption of … 1994 27 April, South Africa’s first…
BiographyProfessor Fatima Meer
… South African’s voted in the country's first democratic election. Activities since 1994 Although she was offered a …
BiographyDenis Theodore Goldberg
… of the people it was meant to serve. He supported the election of Cyril Ramaphosa as president and hoped for …
BiographyPaul Weinberg
… Electoral Commission during South Africa's 1994 election period (the book An End to Waiting includes this …
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… can take a huge toll on lives. Under apartheid In 1948 Buthelezi enrolled to study history and “Bantu …
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1999
… Constitution, the President could only officially set the election date after 30 April, but Nelson Mandela announced that he had revealed the election date…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… Broederbond policy. By the time Malan became premier in 1948 dependable members of the Broederbond were carefully … only after the Afrikaner nationalist…
BiographyStella Nyanzi
Dr Stella Nyanzi was born in Masaka District, Buganda Kingdom in Uganda on 16 June 1974. Also known as Nnalongo (which means mother of twins), she is a medical…
BiographyMalcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti
Malcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti was born in 1924 in the Kwalera district of the Eastern Cape. Very soon after he was born, his father moved to East London to…
BiographyFanele Mbali
Fanele Mbali was born on 1 December 1937 in a village called Eqolweni. Mbali’s father, Charlton Babana Mkhonto and his brother William Ntozakhe decided on the…
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
… Act of 1913 and the Pass laws . National Party victory 1948 National Party’s Logo. Image source The National Party ’s victory in the 1948 elections can be…
Pretoria the Segregated city
… Selbourne Marabastad Pretoria the Segregated city Post-1948 Legislation This period marks the beginning of the rise … a very segregated country, apartheid…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… Malan, the DP won 36 seats in Parliament in the general election of September that year. However, the history of the … in South Africa's interim Constitution…
Biography: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia's 'Iron Lady' by Alistair Boddy-Evans updated 08 August 2016
… and social integration." Gaining an Education From 1948 to 55 Ellen Johnson studied accounts and economics at … Johnson-Sirleaf returned to Liberia in 1997…
ArticleThe South African General Elections: 2019
… legislatures in each province. This will be the sixth election held since the end of the apartheid system in 1994. This election will determine who will…
ArticleProgressive Federal Party (PFP)
… in South Africa's interim Constitution. In the 1961 election only Helen Suzman kept her seat in Parliament for … formed the Independent Movement to fight the…
ArticleThe aftermath of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… Monument. Until the National Party seized power in 1948, this day was observed as Dingane's Day . After 1948 the National Party government set about…
ArticleState of the Nation Addresses
… Africa. It is normally an annual event but in national election years there is one before the election and then one after. The SONA marks the opening of …