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ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
… the KZN homeland, the IFP won the most votes (the election was marred by irregularities). One of the new … the country between Mbeki’s resignation in 2008…
We Shall Win. Joint Statement by Leaders of Liberation Movements at the fifth Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Algiers, 13 – 16 September 1968
… enemies in conditions where the simple distribution of a leaflet carries the death penalty, as in South Africa under …
ArchiveChapter 6 Underground in Joburg by Denis Goldberg
… three hanging figures, each with a slogan: “I gave out a leaflet”, “I spoke against apartheid”, “One person one vote” …
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… was substantially improved. In Johannesburg also, the election in 1940 of a new District Committee composed of … of the vote." Hilda Watts was elected, in an…
EventDr. Nico Diederichs is inaugurated as South Africa’s third State President
Dr. Nicholaas Diederichs (Nico), former Finance Minister, was inaugurated as South Africa's third state president, in succession of President Jim Fouche…
EventDivision in the Coloured Representative Council deepens
… to it. While the Labour party won more seats in the CPRC election, the scale was tipped in favour of the Federal Party …
Chapter 10 - A framework for negotiating the final constitution
… THE GENERAL ELECTION ON 27 APRIL 1994 was the product of negotiated … When the people of South Africa voted in this election, they voted to provide their…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… and it was resolved to go ahead with the strike action. A leaflet was drawn up explaining the events leading up to the … assist in speaking to the white…
ArchiveCHAPTER THREE: The Emergence Of Grassroots Politics, 1979-1981 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… History since 1948& In 1948 South Africa held a general election which was to be decided by the white population of … was enforced by the National Party (NP)…
EventSouth West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… government of Namibia. SWAPO won the first independent election in 1989 and Sam Nujoma became the first president of …
Indian passive resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948 by E. S. Reddy
… to own or occupy land. The bill also provided for the election by Indians - on a separate communal voters' role, … and black." On May 22, 1948, four days…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 2
… that it had much to do with the result of the general election in 1924 when the Nationalist party under the … with the Labour Party. One of its pledges…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the ANC National Conference on Reconstruction and Strategy NASREC, Johannesburg, 21 January 1994
… the game of chess, it does not represent our end game. Our election victory in April will enable us to take a great leap … we stand head and shoulders above…
PlaceBotswana
… in Botswana. The colonial government arranged for an election in 1965. These were the first general elections in … party. The party that wins the majority of…
Chapter 8 - Negotiating an end to the deadlock
… cent majority. It further proposed that there be a general election should the constitution not be completed within … the establishment of a transitional…
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women's League, is born
Gertrude Shope was born in Johannesburg, but grew up in Zimbabwe. She was trained as a teacher and went on to teach in Natal and Soweto. When she was 29 years…
Interview with Lulu Dube by Sbongiseni Dladla, Ohlange, JL Dube House, 21 March 2011
… was when Dr Nelson Mandela walked in here to cast his election vote. That was a special day in the history of …
Chaskalson transcended his bias and loyalties by Tony Leon, 4 December 2012
… disallowing old ID books for the 1999 general election and refusing to implement proportionality in the …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Glossary
… in proportion to the number of votes cast for them in the election. Contrast this to the constituency-based system, …
The defiance campaign by M. P. Naicker
… were set up to make arrangements for April 6. In a leaflet calling on the people to attend the meetings and … on December 16, 1961. Umkhonto declared in an…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 94th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2006
… legacy of the past... “As we approach the local government election campaign we will face the critical task of … NEC, taken in ch 2005, with respect to the…
EventMilton Obote (81), Uganda's former dictator, dies in a South African hospital
Obote, a member of the legislative council of Uganda from 1957, founded the Uganda People's Congress in 1960. Obote became Uganda's Prime Minister after…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… Dr. A.B. Xuma issues a statement on the upcoming general election. 26 May, The National Party wins the most seats in the general election on its policy of…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… Introduction In 1948 with the election of the National Party and the enforcement of an …
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… He lost support and was defeated in the 1924 general election. This gave Hertzog's Nationalist Party and the …
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… new turn in 1948. The National Party won the whites-only election in 1948 and began systematically to entrench its …
Apartheid - The early 1980s
… for the executive, despite being conservative. The 1989 election lost the NP 37 seats, some to the Democratic Party , …
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… Midlands. On 15 April 1953, the NP held a second general election and was returned to power. The Liberal Association …
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… to refuse to collaborate, to refrain from voting in an election ”¦”,3 but the fight for full and equal rights had … likely to alter electoral outcomes…