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BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… a “fast unto death” to protest the newly proposed Indian constitution. It granted separate electorates to Hindus, … because it would write caste…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… failed to secure the two-thirds majority required by the constitution to abolish the voting rights. Secondly when the … of the Republic of South Africa…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… for dealing in prohibited dependence producing drugs 1983 Johannes Theron for the murder of ex-Senator Dr …
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
… fatigues and labour which would be injurious to a European constitution’. [xxxvi] Paradoxically, despite their ‘low … the 19th century, (Centre for African…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Glossary
… Studies Series 34. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983, 281 pp.,£ 22.50/$44.50, ISBN 0 521 24285 1." Africa 58, …
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… abolishing child labour and other working conditions. The ‘Constitution’ campaign was also aimed at influencing the amendment to the Constitution of the…
ArticleHistory of elections in South Africa
… of South Africa. The Act, which served as the Union's constitution until 1961, created a parliamentary government … of South Africa, an independent body…
ArticleCape Youth Congress (CAYCO)
… Youth Congress (CAYCO) was formed in the province in July 1983 bringing together 35 youth groups. It was the formation … under discussion from 1981. On the…
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
… In the first four years of its existence from 1979 to 1983, AZAPO included in its ranks activists increasingly … A History of the United Democratic Front in…
Coetzee as Contractarian: Disgrace as Political Theory by Joshua Richman
… intellectual framework that shaped South Africa’s 1996 constitution. In portraying rural South Africa as a Hobbesian … between John Locke’s social contract…
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…
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
… Growth and Political Change (1974); Redefining Politics (1983); Democracy and Development (1996); States of …
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…
ArticleSPEAK Magazine (1982 - 1994)
… earned reputation to revolutionize the South Africa’s new constitution. Because of SPEAK’s credible reputation and … important for South African women…
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…
Protest Art
… The formation of the United Democratic Movement (UDF) in 1983 amalgamated many grassroot organisations under one …
BiographyJomo Kenyatta
… in 1966) the Kiambu Mafia became worried: according to the constitution when the president died the vice-president would …
Formation and launch of the UDF
… launch of the United Democratic Front (UDF) on 20 August 1983 in a community hall in Rocklands, Mitchell’s Plain in … AZAPO and the Independent trade union…
Cecile Mella
… influences in Montpellier, in the south of France in 1983. After studying literature, history and philosophy, she …
O. R. Tambo Interview with Mayibuye on the Current Situation in South Africa and Southern Africa in General 1984
… so-called elections. Botha's attempt to tamper with the constitution which we reject, was an attempt on his part to … for united action. We called for Unity…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Mayibuye on the current situation in South Africa and Southern Africa in general, 01 March 1984
… so-called elections. Botha`s attempt to tamper with the constitution which we reject, was an attempt on his part to … for united action. We called for Unity…
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…
The Afrikaner Bond
… in the Patriot, and on 4 July 1879 he published a draft constitution for the proposed Bond, which reiterated the … at the second Richmond Congress, the…
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…
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… widespread unrest in Soweto. In the period from 1978 to 1983, when townships on the East Rand and other parts of the … that Soweto erupted. During the same…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
… national launch of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 1983 and the festivities surrounding Bishop Desmond Tutu’s …
ArticlePoqo
… and the organisation fell apart. The PAC in exile (1976-1983) In the 1960s there were conflicts in South Africa … by problems ranging from the suspension of…
ArchiveThe Women’s Jail at the Old Fort and its Impact by Claire Ennis
… would not improve from this event, but worsen. By 1983, the prison had become derelict and inadequate; with the creation of a new prison, the Fort was closed…