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Document 40 - Anti-CAD, Why You Should Not Vote [1958]
… calling upon all Coloured voters NOT to vote in this dummy election. Here are some of the reasons why you should BOYCOTT … colour or sex or religion. II…
The Struggle Continues and Grows More Intense - Statement by O. R. Tambo, 23 August 1984
… the so-called new constitution in a total boycott of the election by our Indian compatriots. Such a massive boycott …
EventNational Party wins national elections
… National Party (NP) wins the South African general election with an outright majority. Race plays a critical …
EventLucas Mangope leaves Mmabatho due to uprising
… political activity in Bophuthatswana, a member of the anti-election Freedom Alliance. His stance caused widespread …
EventMangope calls out troops as unrest flares in Bophuthatswana
… homeland's government decided against registering for the election and the African National Congress (ANC) called for a …
ArchiveCHAPTER FIVE: The Politics Of Collaboration: The Campaign for Participation In The Tricameral Parliament by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
THE POLITICS OF COLLABORATION: THE CAMPAIGN FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE TRICAMERAL PARLIAMENT
… not known”. Understandably, the specificity of the “first election to parliament” for Indians, with its concomitant … with political optimism in its capacity…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the struggle continues and grows more intense, 23 August 1984
… the so-called new constitution in a total boycott of the election by our Indian compatriots. Such a massive boycott …
EventNamibians vote for a Constituent Assembly
… South West Africa People's Organisation (Swapo) won the election overwhelmingly and on 14 November Mr Martti …
EventF.W. De Klerk is inaugurated
… After the September general election, F.W. De Klerk was inaugurated as the new State …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Glossary
A map representing the ‘new’ Union of South Africa of 1956 (The British Cape Colony and the two Boer Republics: The Transvaal and the Orange Free State). …
BiographyNithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender
Nithianandan Ganese Govender (Elvis) was born on 1 November 1958 in Esperanza, a village on the south coast of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN), on the eastern…
EventApartheid becomes official policy
… was appointed the Minister of Finance. When the 1948 election campaign started, the UP failed to see that it was … hopes and fears for the future…
EventHelen Suzman condemns the Immorality Act in Parliament
… to South Africans eligible to vote. In the general election of 1961, the Progressives were nearly wiped out, and …
EventClarence Makwetu announces the PAC’s suspension of its armed struggle
… suspension of its armed struggle, thus opening the way for election participation by its members. With the ANC and the …
EventGoldstone Commission confirms SADF complicity in violence
… and intimidation in South Africa prior to the 1994 general election. During the first year of its existence the …
EventMarais Steyn dies
… to do more than keep Verwoerd busy in the run-up to the election. After years in the opposition, he defected to the …
EventA book claims that SA’s Nuclear weapons programme has continued since 1993
… others had been moved to Israel before the 1994 general election. President Nelson Mandela differed with the book …
BiographyOliver Tambo
… politics. The ANCYL resolved not to support his re-election as president unless he endorsed its Programme of …
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
… The transitional talks culminated in the first democratic election on 27 April 1994 eventually ushering in a democratic …
EventSA President Nelson Mandela to step down
… confirmed the rumours that he would not stand for re-election in 1999. This is in accordance to what he had …
Media briefing statement by ANC National Chairperson, Comrade Baleka Mbete, following the occasion of the Republic of South Sudans 9th July Independence Day Celebrations
… led an ANC delegation to Juba on sharing political and election experiences and to help SPLM prepare for their first ever elections. 2010: ANC further…
Document 16 - F. W. de Klerk’s speech at the opening of Parliament
… 1999 elections. There is a standing CC resolution for an Election Platform as a basis for COSATU's support for the ANC election campaign. The need for an…
ArticleThe 52nd ANC National Conference - Polokwane 2007
… members and would go on to win 8% of the votes in the 2009 election, leading to the party having 30 MPs in Parliament. …
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… announced that they would only support leaders for re-election at the ANC’s 53rd National Conference, held in …
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… defining modern day South Africa for generations. The 1910 election gave expression to the majority of white South …
Soweto and mounting pressure on the apartheid state, 1970s
… formed to resist the measure. In 1981 when the Council's election took place only 10% of the Indian voters cast their …
A Message to Every Voter from the African National Congress, April 1958
… in it, that we speak to you on the eve of this crucial election. We trust most earnestly that you will heed our …
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… with discussion on its constitution and the formal election of office bearers. It is now possible to reveal new …
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… Group for Namibia announces its proposal for a UN mediated election and the supervised withdrawal of South African … and police. 4-8 December 1978 The South…