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ArticleThe House in session
… to be wholly incompetent, and even collaborated with the NP in bolstering Apartheid laws in some instances. When …
The Ideology of the Black Consciousness Movement
… the Sharpeville massacre in 1960, the National Party (NP) government, which was formed in 1947, intensified its …
BiographyProfessor Kader Abdul Asmal
… He gradually saw a link between this tragedy in European history and his own life under apartheid. A significant …
BiographyNise Bulelwa Malange
… 1995 Children’s creative writing publication 1998 Oral history publication Book of poems …
BiographyKing Cetshwayo
… Eshowe. He was born in 1826, a very troubled period in the history of the Zulu kingdom. At time of his birth, Shaka …
BiographyJacob Hendrik Pierneef
… George VI Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth, National Cultural History and Open-Air Museum, Pretoria, National Museum, …
BiographyDr. Walter Benson Rubusana
… epic poetry, didactic Christian essays and Church history. As one of the earliest collections of the oral …
BiographyDavid Goldblatt
… not photograph any of the turning points in South African history, such as the 1973 Durban strikes or the June …
ArchiveCHAPTER EIGHT: Indian Resistance Politics In Transition, 1990-1996 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
EventDr. Connie Mulder is acquitted and discharged on charges of contempt
… In 1958, he became a member of the National Party (NP) and was the mayor of Randfontein. Ten years later he … The Citizen, the only English newspaper…
EventSmuts becomes Prime Minister
… parties, the Labour Party (LP) and National Party (NP), agreed to join forces against the South African Party … announced a general election to be held in…
PlaceSutherland, Northern Cape
… origins date back to the 1800's and the deep tracks of its History are clearly visible when exploring the Town. You can learn more about this History during…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… Photograph by Drum Photographer. Permission: Baileys History Archives Golden City Post Can Themba was born a Black … Photograph by Peter Magubane. Permission…
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… deputy president was leader of the Nationalist Party (NP). The NP withdrew from the GNU in June 1996 and Mbeki became the …
BiographySally Gross
… most challenging and important figures in our country’s history. Gross was born intersex and classified male at …
BiographyAlan Keith Brooks
… Together with Jeremy Brickhill, he wrote a book about the history of the young people's uprising of 1976, which was …
BiographyDiana Ferrus
… was thus published in the French law (a first in French history) that made it possible for her remains to be …
BiographyGcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile
… End Notes [1] Moosage, R., 2018. Missing-ness, History and Apartheid-era disappearances: The figuring of … Accessed [2022, July 18] Moosage, R., 2018…
BiographyJohn Maxwell Coetzee
… a pervasive question in his work: Is it possible to evade history? To do so he employs the character of a discredited …
BiographyTerry Bell
… qualifications International law Politics Economics History Creative media practice. …
EventP.W. Botha becomes Prime Minister
… which had been an article of faith for the National Party (NP) since 1948. The new prime minister told his fellow Whites … have to "adapt or die." The right…
BiographyJosiah Tshangana Gumede
… had opened up the territory to further White settlement. History has shown that Gumede’s fears were well-founded. The … thought into the ANC. It was an…
BiographyDr. Frene Noshir Ginwala
… uses very plain speech. Her analysis penetrates into legal history and epistemology but the language she uses is … in the first truly democratic elections of…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… struggle and are imbued with historical significance. The history of this constitutional development spans nine decades … D.C. on 1 January 1942. In 1948 the…
EventSouth Africa becomes a charter member of the United Nations
… the takeover of the government by the National Party (NP) in 1948 led to friction between the UN and South Africa. … The implementation of the policy of…
ArchiveNational Party election poster
… National Party election poster. Photograph of De Klerk. NP Llogo. …
EventGovernment tables the third Constitution of the Republic of South Africa before the House of Assembly
… it was approved by the ruling National Party (NP) majority. The Constitution created the tri-cameral … South African History Online, ‘South African…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister and State President John Vorster is born
… participation in WWII. The Conservative section of the NP were impressed by Vorster's membership of and involvement … of the OB during World War II. He…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… the upcoming general election. 26 May, the National Party (NP) contested the white-only national elections with a new … in response. Mandela was "stunned and…
ArticleChanging Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
… His celebrity had grown and this element of his history had been largely diluted, focusing instead on his … real pressure on the negotiations between the ANC…