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The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… functionally invoke change. The league worked to develop a constitution that would establish a concrete set of goals, … National Conferences to discuss and…
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… basis for land restitution is provided by the 1993 Interim Constitution, section 25(7) of the 1996 Constitution and the Restitution of Land Rights Act. The…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… Campaign . The ANC, the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) embarked … document would eventually become the…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… transition to democracy. Two months later, the Interim Constitution under which South Africa was to be governed … The IEC was established in terms of the…
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… the Freedom Charter. The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) and the South African Congress of Democrats (SACOD) … also participated. The SACPO, the ANC,…
1947-Joint Declaration of Cooperation
… appeal by the President and the Joint Secretaries of the SAIC against the Cape Supreme Court decision affecting the rights of the SAIC to hold meetings…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… Congress (ANC) and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) took place. This was followed by the Congress of the … forces of the 1950s composed of the…
ArticleThe Congress of the People, Kliptown 1955
… The National Action Council (successor to the ANC/SAIC Joint Planning Council) reported a ‘disquieting lull …
10 YEARS PROJECT
… AFRICAN-GOVERNMENT/ NATIONAL PARTY TAKING NOTE of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 200 of 1993 … to Constitutional Principle XXXIV,…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
… the delegates selected by the country’s voters to write a constitution for an independent Namibia. The following year a new constitution was adopted and…
South African Government of National Unity (GNU) – 1994 – 1999
… African National Congress (ANC). Clause 88 of the interim Constitution of South Africa provided for the establishment … The mission of the GNUwas to oversee…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… on constitutional reform, and called for an entrenched Constitution that incorporated a Bill of Rights. This Bill of … would provide for an independent…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… declared itself willing to co-operate with the ANC and SAIC to bring about political change. Women and rural … economy. In the 1940s the South African Indian…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… to hold elections for the South African Indian Council (SAIC) which was a puppet advisory body to the government that … the state on Indian affairs. June,…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… the end of the year. October 2 The Republic of Transkei Constitution Act is passed. 30 November, 700 people were in … African Indian Council Committee and…
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… the British colonial government introduced the Burns constitution in 1946. The Burns constitution, based on the Westminster model, incorporated … Though…
Why protect worker’s rights?
… emerged as a strong political force. South Africa's Constitution now goes far in guaranteeing workers' rights, … bargaining. The right to strike is written…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… of Coloured South Africans. The process to change the constitution that protected Coloured voting rights involved … the initial six women into the Women’s…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
… Kadalie, the founder of the Industrial put forward a new constitution for the Industrial and Commercial Workers's … of the Industrial and Commercial Union …
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… rulers. The formation of the union of South Africa and its constitution Constitutional discussions towards Union took … of objecting to the draft South…
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… to participate. In 1996, Mandela signed into law a new constitution for the nation, establishing a strong central … rights of minorities and the freedom of…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Source-based Questions
… freedom and equality that formed the basis of their constitution and protests. Source D: The United States of … online origin, see footnote [6] Source E:…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… than government institutions. [vii] Section 212 of the Constitution of South Africa states that: (1) National … lower positions. [xx] Traditional leadership…
ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… as Cecil John Rhodes . Heritage and the South African Constitution A constitution is the guiding law on a country's values and rules. A constitution directs…
ArticleWhy protect children’s rights?
… for care and protection. As a result, the drafters of our Constitution have made children's rights a priority - and … the prohibition was inconsistent with…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… the NIC rejected the South African Indian Council (SAIC) and Local Affairs Committees (LAC) as well as those who … Africa on 26 June 1990. November, The NIC…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… MPNF was not distracted from its efforts to draft a new constitution that would pave way for elections. On 18 November 1993 the MPNF ratified the interim…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
In March 2015 students at the University of Cape Town (UCT), Western Cape, launched a student movement, namely #Rhodes Must Fall which focused on the…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1999
… be held on 2 June 1999. According to the terms of the Constitution, the President could only officially set the … the ANC had the necessary majority to…
The National Anthem
… of Section 248 (1) together with Section 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, No 200 of 1993, … ("Die Stem van Suid-Afrika). In terms of…