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ArticleSudan’s Revolution
… teachers, among others, emerged as the orchestrating body. On 19th February Bashir declared a national emergency and … giving the military permission to…
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
… On 2 February 1990, the National Party government unbanned … and unbanned many people, including Nelson Mandela. On 20 and 21 December the first session of…
20 Years of Democracy - Profiles of the Presidents
… Africans were able to cast their vote for the first time on 27 April 1994 to mark the end of apartheid rule and … compatriots. Today South Africa is a new…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… in the diamonds mines in Kimberley. Black workers also go on strike in sympathy. The strike lasts a week and is … in Johannesburg formed in 1887. 1897 White…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott - Timeline
… The Writers' Guild of Great Britain called for an embargo on the sending of films to South Africa. 26 November 1965 — … Nations General Assembly adopted a…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement (BCM)
… On 12 September 1977, the Black Consciousness leader Steve … the world to the situation in South Africa. Biko’s funeral on 25 September was attended by some…
Dealing with the past and facing the future
… a Nuremberg trial. Source: pbs.org For a great website on the Nuremburg trials that includes guidance for teachers … punish the perpetrators of genocide…
ArticleNUSAS Wages Commission Timeline 1971-1973
… scientist Rick Turner lead the collective thinking on the establishment of the Commission. 8 June, The first … all sign an objection to the Wage Board's…
Township Uprising, 1984-1985
… On 3 September the Tricameral Parliament opened in Cape Town … declared a State of Emergency . The demonstration on 3 September was not the first protest…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… of the British Empire, and set up structures that took on a life of their own. Vella Pillay , Tennyson Makiwane , … first established the germ of the Anti…
Chapter 2 - No equality under the Union Jack, 1900 - 1910
… disadvantage to her when dealing with the Whites in Natal on the one hand, it may well have been an advantage to her in … Congress (hereinafter NNC) was…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… of Parliament, announcing the lifting of a 30-year ban on the ANC, the Pan African Congress (PAC), the South African … prisoners and the partial lifting of…
ArticleTimeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide
… this as there is no direct evidence for her claims. On the same day in Gobabis, Hereo chief Traugott Tjetjo and … at Okahandja, Leutnant Zürn, of Frau…
Historical Background of the Constitutional Court
… upon at multiparty talks , ushered in a legal order based on the concept of constitutional supremacy . From 27 April … limited in its legitimacy and its…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry (Platinum Sector) … 500 per month, and to support these…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry (Platinum Sector) … 500 per month, and to support these…
ArticleMarikana Commission of Inquiry
… mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry (Platinum Sector) … 500 per month, and to support these…
ArticleSouth Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990
… policy and the UNO South Africa and apartheid was placed on the agenda of the United Nations for the first time in … Campaign. The South West African…
Passage to Natal - The Journey
… Travelling conditions on the ships transporting workers from India were deplorable. … out, ever lurking. The Suffolk departed from Madras on 17 January 1878…
ArchiveEFF 2019 Election Manifesto
… emancipation. Black people remain landless, they remain on the margins of economic production and outside of … not maximising the potential thereof to…
ArticleColonial history of Nelspruit
… economy, and of how a seasonal cattle-grazing ground on the farm of a single family became first a railway siding … their animals down the escarpment each…
The appointment of Judges
… drawn from the legal profession and members of Parliament on the basis of proportional representation, was responsible … list of 100 to 25. The commission…
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
… repatriation and India’s refusal to permit a mass dumping on its territory forced the Nationalist Party government … Council to work with the department…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… Anti-SAIC Committee (TASC) at a conference in Johannesburg on 23 January 1983, but this part of his speech was … next day. After heated discussions agreement…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa 1910
… from the arming of large numbers of ‘blacks’ to fight on both sides of the war. This became a source of tension … denied the vote because of an inferior…
ArticleA History of Official Government HIV/AIDS Policy in South Africa
… issue was raised at the Fourth International Conference on Health in South Africa. A document was released following … infected. This document was entitled …
Raymond Tucker: Attorney interview with Rupert Taylor 26 January 2000, 32 St John Road, Houghton, Johannesburg
… what we’ve been looking at and what I’ve been focussing on in a lot of the interviews that I’ve done is the role of a … was done to destroy those…
Archive2005 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2005
… Madame Speaker, we are privileged to have among us, as on previous occasions, our distinguished Chief Justice, Judge … he will be discharged from active…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Second Joint Sitting of the Third Democratic Parliament Cape Town: February 11 2005
… Madame Speaker, we are privileged to have among us, as on previous occasions, our distinguished Chief Justice, Judge … he will be discharged from active…
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
… African country south of the Sahara to gain independence on 6 March 1957. Its independence served an inspiration to … the first Conference of Independent…