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EventEllen Khuzwayo is born
… Dr Nnoseng Ellen Kate Khuzwayo, ANC member of parliament and noted writer of Call me Woman (winner of CNA …
EventDe Klerk calls for stringent safety measures
… and other serious crimes and would permit a free vote in parliament on the issue. These measures were aimed at curbing …
Dr Piet Koornhof, one of the most controversial figures in South African history, dies
… his comrades when he joined the ANC, serving as Member of Parliament. His eldest son, Dr Gerhard Koornhof, also joined …
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Some Aspects of the Native Bills
… pseudo-franchise. To us the Representation of Natives in Parliament Bill constitutes the crux of the proposed … prescriptive right to indigenous Africans by…
EventLesotho's deputy Prime Minister shot
… the mutiny over a planned government probe into the army. Parliament, whose members probably fear for their own safety, …
”The Future of the Bill”. Editorial in August 15, 1894
… HUMBLY SHEWETH. 1. That a Bill has been passed by the Cape Parliament, entitled a "Bill to provide for the disposal of … Districts". 2. That the said Bill…
Address by I. B. Tabata, AAC Conference, December 16,1941
… and purpose. Before the Native Bills were introduced into Parliament, not many Africans were fully aware that they have … realise that the Government, the…
EventThe University of Port Elizabeth is founded
… came into being on 31 January 1964 with the adoption by Parliament of Act 1 of 1964. The first academic year …
EventTony Leon is born
… Leon was born in Durban. In 1994 he was elected Member of Parliament and leader of Democratic Party. He succeeded Zech …
EventP.W. Botha becomes SA’s first Executive President
… in 1984. The constitution further created three houses of parliament, namely the House of Assembly for Whites, the …
EventWynand Malan leads the newly formed National Democratic Movement
… Former National Party (NP) member of parliament, Wynand Malan, lead the newly formed Afrikaans …
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki is inaugurated at Union Buildings
… of South Africa. He was unanimously appointed by the new parliament on 14 June and inaugurated two days later at a …
EventCyril Ramaphosa resigns as ANC Secretary-General
… National Congress Secretary-General, as well as from Parliament. Speculation around Ramaphosa's resignation was …
EventUN troops arrive in Congo to help deal with the political crisis
… State of South Kasai, with Joseph Ngalula as head of parliament. The events leading to the secession of the two …
Event18,000 people have been detained since the declaration of the State of Emergency in March
… The Government of the Republic of South Africa announced in Parliament that 18,000 people had been arrested and detained …
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… Immigration and Registration (Further Provision) Bill in Parliament. It defines Indians as aliens and recommends … The following measures taken while Bill is…
EventANC denies responsibilities for the unrest in homelands
… allegations levelled at his party by the South African parliament and press that the ANC was responsible for the …
EventDurban mass meeting endorses Smuts and Gandhi agreement
… Gandhi. Following the Gandhi-Smuts deliberations the Union parliament passed the Indian Relief Act on 26 June 1914, …
EventANC President, Oliver Tambo, denies that the ANC is in secret negotiations with the South African government
… government. His denial came two months after a Member of Parliament and leader of the Progressive Federal Party, Dr. …
ArticleThe Freedom Charter by Norman Levy
… about such a movement. Its aim is not to destroy parliament but to convert it into a true parliament of the people, not to restrict the vote to one … to it,…
ArticleTimeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide
… Order. 9 December, After weeks of pressure by the German parliament, the Kaiser finally tells Lothar von Trotha to … was unhappy with the war in South-West…
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… Nigeria May 14 2013 State of Emergency The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) made a declaration on press freedom in Africa. South Africa May 15 2013 Pan-African…
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
… that all pass laws should be looked into. Members of Parliament from the Orange Free State supported a strict … The Women’s petition was tabled for…
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… Land Act, 1913, on Local Government in South Africa” from Parliament of the Republic of South Africa [online] Available at http://www.parliament.gov.za…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… was a requirement that a two-thirds majority of parliament would be necessary to make any changes to the … and colonies, and only whites could gain election…
Joint Statement by Chief Albert Lutuli, Dr. G.M. Naicker and Peter Brown appealing to the British People to Boycott South Africa, 5 December 1959
… almost completely lost their right to be represented in Parliament, their right to take any job for which they are … abroad and particularly to the people of…
Document 3 - Peace Treaty of Vereeniging
… Today's opening address of President Nelson Mandela to parliament will go down in the history of our country as one … are needed. On the occasion of this,…
Pamphlet by Professor Z. K. Matthews, published in November 1946
… the Bills which the late General Hertzog had placed before Parliament in an attempt to arrive at what he considered … or which, one or other Minister had…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Disfranchisement of the Cape Native
… the motives inspiring the officials of the then British Parliament were born of the essential Christian ethic, … 1909 when under the Union Act; the right of…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… whip, Tony Yengeni, resigns from his position as Member of Parliament after being found guilty of fraud. 19 March, Tony … is sentenced to four years in…