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Document 10 - Letter from Nelson Mandela to Sir de Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party
… charge that Convention with the task of drawing up a new Constitution for this country which would be acceptable to … for a single purpose - round-table…
62. Congress defends its stand on the colonisation scheme
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A colonisation scheme was suggested for Indian…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress On The Occasion Of the 105th Anniversary of the African National Congress Presented By President Jacob Zuma
… greater speed and urgency, following the prescripts of our Constitution. The provision of dignity to our people … South Africa becomes a constitutional…
ArchiveChapter 19 Last thoughts – for now by Denis Goldberg
… of the Freedom Charter and its realisation in our new Constitution makes everything government does take a very … nomination, even though it was legal in…
Chapter 4 - Removing the obstacles
… necessary to oversee an election before the drafting of a constitution; whether the new constitution should be drafted by a constituent assembly … and…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… 26 March 1970; commencement date not found Repealed by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act No 200 of … United Party reiterates his party’s…
60. Congress and the Non-European Co-operation Conference, 1927
… character and one which entirely corresponded with our own constitution, that I could not in all conscience refuse to … [and] were instructed to send at an…
EventHistory of December 16
… In the early 1960s the ANC, the SACP, COD, CPC and the SAIC mooted the idea of an armed struggle. At an ANC Working …
PlaceHobeni
Hobeni is a Village in Mbhashe Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The Mbhashe Municipality is a remote outpost of the Eastern…
EventTseko Simon Nkoli dies
… basis of sexual orientation in South Africa’s democratic constitution. Nkoli campaigned for the recognition and …
PlaceSeychelles
… Presidential and Legislative Elections held under a new Constitution in which President René was victorious. …
Giyani, Polokwane
… stepchildren despite their official status in the Constitution.” SABC 2 premiered South Africa’s first Xitsonga …
EventThe SA Constitutional Court abolishes the death penalty
… Procedure Act, was in conflict with the country's 1994 constitution. The ruling did not apply, however, to the crime …
PlaceOost-Eind Primary School, 70 Meintjes Street, Trevenna, Pretoria
… The department’s spokesperson Oupa Bodibe said: “The Constitution affords every child the right to education …
PlaceLiberia
… for Sierra Leone. Before departing they had signed a constitution requiring that an agent of the Society …
Document 32 - League of African Rights, Petition, 1929
… outside any organisation. After discussion on procedure a constitution was adopted in principle providing for …
EventAZAPO is re-launched in Roodepoort
… and leadership just before the launch of the party and its constitution resulted in its failure to launch. The …
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around property and land
… and if the expectation was that you would not have the constitution nor the guts to stick it out so long at …
Address to the Joint Session of the houses of Congress of the U.S.A. Washington, D.C., June 26, 1990
… are guaranteed and protected, through a democratic constitution, the rule of law, an entrenched bill of rights … determination of the mechanism which will…
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… him. He was fasting to oppose the newly proposed Indian constitution. This constitution would grant separate electorates to Hindus, … meant that caste…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… the Senate. This decision enabled clauses of the 1910 Constitution to be amended and were designed to increase the … the following months to form the ‘Women…
Say It out Loud - The 1907 Presidential Address, Outdshoorn, Cape, 7 January, 1907
… proud of in the generosity and comprehensiveness of their constitution which made no distinction between man and man on … FRANCHISE Some of their people,…
Death of a lion of the law, Arthur Chaskalson by Rebecca Davis, 3 December 2012
… officers into the process of enforcing Apartheid”. The Constitution, he said, did not simply dismantle the old … many, Chaskalson was the embodiment of the…
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… 1994 democratic election in South Africa, a new non-racial constitution was drawn up. It includes a Bill of Rights, and …
Interview with Oliver Tambo to Newsweek, 01 August 1980
… do not affect our people. Q : What do you think of the new constitution that is to be introduced in South Africa … the people of South Africa are left out of…
Reflections on the 1973 Durban strikes by Steven Freedman
… Durban changed the face of South Africa – the democratic constitution achieved in 1994 was a consequence of processes … in the struggle against apartheid and…
Nelson Mandela Letter to the United Party, 23 May 1961
… charge that Convention with the task of drawing up a new constitution for this country which would be acceptable to … African, for a single purpose-round…
Document 36 - The first hearing on certification: a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… to within their own capabilities lend solidarity. 8. CONSTITUTION The EXCO decided to undertake a campaign in defence of the constitution and democracy. In…
Document 27 - Record of Understanding
… amended to comply with section 32(1)(b) of the Constitution, i.e. access to information held by private … itself. A new beginning for our society is codified…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… In consultation with the South African Indian Congress (SAIC), it decides that Dadoo be sent overseas to assist the … Front (SAUF) in London. It is an…