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Remarks by the President of the African National Congress Comrade JG Zuma to Worker`s Day Durban, 1 May 2015
… ensured that the rights of workers are protected in our Constitution and many progressive laws. Chief amongst these … form and belong to trade unions which…
Speech by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Oliver Tambo Institute of Leadership, 17 July 2008, Kawaweta, Uganda
… to change to ensure that once the country had adopted a Constitution, the army, police and other security … had to play a constructive role as protectors of…
ANC National Conference, 13 July 1991
… Period. Negotiations. International Policy. The ANC`s Constitution. Umkhonto weSizwe. Building the ANC as an Organisation. The ANC adopted its new…
Arthur Chaskalson: 24 November 1931 - 1 December 2012 by Jeremy Gauntlett, 4 December 2012
… Wiechers and Ismail Mahomed, a drafter of the Namibian constitution following the Turnhalle talks. He was a natural leader in South Africa's constitution…
ArticleGayle: The Language of Apartheid South Africa’s Gay Underground
The socio-political landscape of Apartheid South Africa was a challenging one for members of the LGBTQI+ community. Under the former National Party (NP),…
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
… election of a Constituent Assembly, which would drew up a constitution. On 21 March 1990 the country gained …
EventThe Draft South Africa Act is signed
… September 1909 and it came into force on 31 May 1910. The constitution in its final form had some federal traits in the …
EventThe State President F.W. de Klerk issues a proclamation adopting the new national flag and National Anthem of SA
… In terms of section 248 (1) of the Interim 1994 Constitution, and acting on the advice of the Transitional …
EventEugene Terre Blanche, controversial leader of the AWB ( Afrikaner Resistance Movement), is born in Ventersdorp.
… between various political parties for a new democratic constitution took place), the 'Battle of Ventersdorp', and …
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
… a stable, multi-racial democracy was a live issue with a constitution being drawn up for the soon to be founded … paid lip service to the liberal democratic…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… with the AAC and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) in a broad Unity movement. It was a plan that was far … changes, this time in the South African…
EventCODESA’s starting date is set
… start of substantive negotiations on South Africa's future constitution through the Convention for a Democratic South …
Chapter 8 - Negotiating an end to the deadlock
… proposed that there be a general election should the constitution not be completed within three years. (The ANC … containing comprehensive amendments to the…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… parties, and relaxed the Group Areas Act. In 1984, a new constitution was enacted which provided for a Tricameral … by de Klerk and Mandela, began efforts to…
PlaceMauritania
… Independent on November 28, 1960. By the terms of the constitution, Islam is the official state religion, but the …
Fatima Meer: Portfolio
… objective, which is the drafting and adoption of the new Constitution for South Africa by democratically elected …
EventRichard J. Goldstone, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of SA, is born
… tasked with assisting in the drafting of the South African Constitution, which was adopted in 1996. From August 1994 to …
EventCar bomb explodes outside Air Force headquarters
… of the Black population in parliament through a Tricameral Constitution. The ANC was strongly opposed to this step, …
EventAn application to the Pretoria Supreme Court, to declare the Freedom of Choice to Terminate Pregnancy Law unconstitutional, fails.
… on Gender Equality, a statutory body created by the constitution. The three groups' application against the law …
EventThe consortium Midi Television is awarded the first privately owned free
… the government's willingness to defend the South African constitution and media freedom, thereby avoiding the …
ArchiveEulogy at funeral of Dr Mantombazana Tshabalala-Msimang, by Jacob Zuma, 22 December 2009, The Cathedral of Sacred Heart, Pretoria
… non-racialism and non-sexism, the supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law. The Bill of Rights in our Constitution enshrines the rights of all and…
Black consciousness and the land question by Pandelani Nefolovhodwe, 17 March 2015, South Africa
… CODESA, the land question was not resolved. The new Constitution which came as a result of the CODESA agreements, … and willing buyer principle. My own…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Ceremony to mark the Retirement of Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson and the Assumption of Office of Chief Justice Pius Langa and Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke: Houses of Parliament, Cape
… both the separation of powers that is entrenched in our Constitution, relating to the legislature, the executive and … Justice, we draw inspiration from the…
ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
… establish branches at the various campuses and to draft a constitution. From the outset, its leaders were involved in …
ArticleAfrican Traditional Religion
… traditions and religious faiths. In South Africa the constitution protects freedom of religion. Everyone is free …
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
… American states? representatives draw up a federal constitution. 1789 Serious conflict develops between Spain …
ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… organisations, and trade unions. According to its constitution, the objectives of the Federation were to bring …
Press Statement concerning the Five-Year Plan presented by F.W. De Klerk to the National Party Conference by O. R. Tambo, 30 June 1989
… and reaffirming race as the basic plank of the constitution. Political rights will continue to be defined on … through the device of group rights written…
Press Statement by Oliver Tambo concerning the five-year plan presented by FW De Klerk to the National Party Conference, 30 June 1989
… and reaffirming race as the basic plank of the constitution. Political rights will continue to be defined on … through the device of group rights written…
My Body Was Dying by Edwin Cameron (The Con), 10 March 2016
… Now we had started on the road to democracy, with a Constitution that included all South Africans equally in the … frailty. I had lived to see democracy…