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ArchiveGuaranteeing fundamental freedoms in a new South Africa
… a bill of rights for South Africa; and drawing up a constitution that fully acknowledges the minority groups of …
EventSeparate Representation of Voters Amendment Act No 50 of 1968 is enacted
… found Repealed by s 101(1) of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act No 110 of 1983. …
EventMandela and de Klerk agree to restart talks
… was at the time beginning to chart a way forward on a new constitution for the country. Mandela accused President F. W. …
South Africa Communists Speak Documents from the history of the South African Communist Party 1915 - 1980
… The International, October 1 1915. Document 9: Provincial Constitution of the International Socialist League published … to the Executive of the Third…
Document 3 - Resolution on ‘the South African question’ adopted by the Executive Committee of the Communist International following the sixth Comintern congress
… will spell disaster for the economy. In terms of the constitution, "an act of parliament must provide for a … considered to be in line with the letter and…
Apartheid stakeholders - where are they now?
… representative government have been established under a constitution, initially in a negotiated interim form and now … the basis of the 'devil you know.' In…
Enuga S Reddy: Notes on meeting with Dr. Cassim Jadwat -1997
… visa. He asked Dr. Jadwat to go as representative of SAIC (South African Indian Congress and lobby the delegates. …
85. Charter for Change, 1981
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai One hundred and ten organisations met in Durban…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Douglas Smith, declares a state of emergency
… yield to their demands without amendments to the colony's constitution, including a graduated extension of the …
EventOubangi-Shari achieves independence as the Central African Republic
… coup by Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa, who suspended the constitution and dissolved the National Assembly. On 23 March …
EventSouth African President Charles Roberts Swart opens the first session of the Transkei Legislative Assembly
… in office. His speech came a year after Transkei Constitution Act created a Legislative Assembly, based in …
EventThe Kingdom of Ashanti is formally annexed by Great Britain
… Tutu together with his chief priest, Ashanti changed the constitution and the symbols of office in order to expand the …
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… sexual freedom as a fundamental human right in the new constitution. In 1996, South Africa's new Constitution made discrimination based on sexual orientation…
Statement on the release of the NDC decision, 29 February 2012
… and the organization on the matter, as informed by our Constitution. Issued by: Derek Hanekom Chairperson of the NDC …
ArchiveSelf rule in the Transkei: a monstrous fraud
… The Bantu Authorities in Transkei have accepted a constitution, which the Unity Movement is unhappy about; to …
EventProgressive Federal Party is formed
… rights for all South Africans and the negotiation of a new constitution at a national convention. Liberal, mainly …
EventTranskei gains complete independence
… did not incorporate the apartheid ideology into its constitution, but became a multiracial state in which all …
Article2016 in Review
… The ConCourt finds that Zuma did not uphold or defend the Constitution in regards to the Public Protector’s findings on … - 20 years since President Nelson…
ArticleWomen’s Rights and Representation
… by the full range of rights guaranteed in the new Constitution - the rights to life, dignity, privacy and … African society in line with the ideals expressed…
ArticleWomens Rights
… by the full range of rights guaranteed in the new Constitution - the rights to life, dignity, privacy and … African society in line with the ideals expressed…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… joined a delegation of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) sent to the 1946 session of the United Nations General … raised by the Government of India…
Education for Service
… set in motion the process of drawing up and establishing a constitution that will ensure, inter alia: (a) that South … is exercised over the whole of its…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on 16 June 1984
… history. Today, faced with the challenge of the Botha constitution and the August elections, we address an appeal, … is a just system of education in a just…
Statement on June 16 by O. R. Tambo, 1984
… history. Today, faced with the challenge of the Botha constitution and the August elections, we address an appeal, … is a just system of education in a just…
ArchiveA survey of race relations in South Africa: 1954-1955
… of Race Relations; Joint Councils and study circles; Constitution and powers of Parliament; Registration and …
EventDe Klerk announces a referendum to test his political reforms
… the CSRV[online],avaliable at www.csvr.org.za South Africa Constitution 1966-The demand for a negotiated settlement from …
EventThe Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) is launched
… As a result, Chapter 12 was drafted onto the South African constitution. …
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meets President Kaizer Matanzima in Tongaat
… Government introduced an amendment to the South African constitution to create a new structure of Parliament. The new …
Eulogy by President Jacob Zuma, at the Funeral Service of Advocate Mvuseni Edward Ngubane, at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 18 May 2012
… adopted the Interim and ultimately our current democratic Constitution in 1996, we had to embark on a tricky, painful … our commitment to advance the ideals…
EventSA Prime Minister P. W. Botha warns the country that confrontation will be inevitable if his proposed President's Council fails
South African Prime Minister P. W. Botha warns the country that confrontation will be inevitable if his proposed President's Council fails. The Council was…