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ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… published. Helen Suzman represents the United Party in Parliament. 1954 Florence Matomela is elected Cape Provincial … is formed and Helen Suzman is the only…
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…
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…
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…
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 ……
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
ArticleBlack Sash
… which asked for a two thirds majority of both houses of parliament to remove coloureds from the common voters role. …
EventSA Prime Minister P. W. Botha warns the country that confrontation will be inevitable if his proposed President's Council fails
… allow for a role for both Indian and Coloured people in parliament but which still excluded direct political …
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…