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B.J. Vorster - Select Speeches
… most sought after. As a speaker he is equally at home in Parliament as WELL as in his appearances outside Parliament. There is always a serious undertone in…
ArticleThe African Union and Regional Economic Integration
… monetary union and electing the first Pan-African Parliament (by 2028) The framework of the Abuja Treaty has … While several provisions are made for the Pan…
Women at the start of the 20th century
… vote (although a black man could not become a member of parliament), but elsewhere in South Africa black people … law was only grudgingly passed, by an all…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… victory she became members of the nations first democratic parliament. In 1998, while still working as a Member of Parliament, Nontsikelelo Albertina…
PlaceFisantekraal, Cape Winelands
… from informal Settlements in Fisantekraal marched to Parliament . They where protesting over the first RDP houses … the start. Residents marched from…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1930-1939
… remove elements favourable to Indians, gives evidence in Parliament favouring voluntary segregation in an attempt to … banquet to honour a delegation of…
ArchiveInterview with Peter Donald Hjul
… Party government and the United Party opposition in Parliament, he joined the Liberal Party at its inception. … active part in unsuccessful efforts to elect…
Say It out Loud - Protest against the Women’s Enfranchisement Act, and the Franchise Amendment Bill, 1931
… discussion, I expressed myself as follows: "In a Central Parliament there would be the danger of the policy of the … course, we still have today European…
PlaceCompany Gardens in Cape Town
… The Company's Garden is situated, past the back of Parliament and ' Tuynhuys ', (the President’s official … George's Cathedral ; the Slave Lodge, and the…
PlaceCape Town City Hall, Darling Street
… Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis : "As a former Member of Parliament and now Mayor of Cape Town, today marks a … this year. However, I am proud that we were…
Event200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act
… Abolition of the Slave Trade Act was passed by the British Parliament on 25 March 1807. It outlawed slave trade within … throughout the British Empire was…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1999
… Nelson Mandela , announced to the National Assembly (Parliament) that the second non-racial general elections …
The National Anthem
… acquired the copyright and this was confirmed by Act of Parliament in 1959. In 1952 the official English version of …
EventPresident F. W. de Klerk rings in cabinet changes
… size and for the first time appointed non-White members of Parliament (MPs) to cabinet posts. Five members retired to … of discredited and discarded figures…
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
… The announcement by President F. W. de Klerk in parliament on 10 February 1990, that Nelson Mandela would be … but always with conditions. As de Klerk's…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… President F. W. de Klerk makes a speech at the opening of Parliament, announcing the lifting of a 30-year ban on the … Nelson Mandela. 24 January, President…
ArticleSPEAK Magazine (1982 - 1994)
… for women’s rights was not. As a female member of the new parliament put it in an interview with SPEAK , ‘ now as never … their communities. Because the…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… leaders of the Opposition and other prominent members of Parliament. She is also present in Parliament during its discussions of the Bill. The Government ……
ArticleThe Union of South Africa 1910
… reached at the National Convention of 1908 by the British Parliament. This is to say that draft laws, such as language … – travelled to Britain in order to…
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
… While the defeats did not weaken the NP and its control of parliament, it emboldened the CP to further harden its stance … from playing in Australia. On 12…
ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… people detained: by 6 May 1960 the government revealed in Parliament that 18,000 persons had been arrested and detained … President FW de Klerk announced at…
PlaceBeaufort West, Cape Town
… West. Molteno had been elected to the Cape Colony's first parliament in 1854 , representing Beaufort, the first Municipality. From his first entry into…
Baleka Mbete: In The Centre Of The Maelstrom by Greg Nicolson (Daily Maverick), 17 February 2015, South Africa
… even worked with UNESCO. She served as Deputy Speaker of Parliament for eight years, Speaker for another four, briefly … of Pollsmoor Prison after he was…
The Wider Significance of the Judgement of the Constitutional Court on the “Nkandla Matter” by Thabo Mbeki, 11 April 2016
… that: • whatever Political Party/s present candidates to Parliament for election to the post of President of the … responsibilities in our Constitutional…
ArticleBlack Sash
… which asked for a two thirds majority of both houses of parliament to remove coloureds from the common voters role. …
Learning about local history through pictures
… was named after Charles B Adderley, a member of British Parliament who fought against the British appeal to turn Cape …
EventHendrik Verwoerd becomes Prime Minister
… along its own lines. Consequently, under his leadership parliament ratified the Promotion of Bantu Self-Government … of government that the NP was able to…
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… of the South African Party (SAP) won 67 out 130 seats in parliament making it the majority. The Unionist Party (UP) … to hear the outcome of the…
Archive1994 - President De Klerk, State Of the Nation Address, 28 February 1994 (Before National Elections)
… Mr Speaker This Parliament has convened to adopt important amendments to the … will in general prevail over laws passed by the national parliament on matters…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… form of federation should be adopted in which the Federal Parliament exercises such powers only as are specifically … franchise. (d) The basis of…