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ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… over a mass rally in Johannesburg as part of the anti-election campaign. 11 May: On behalf of the ANC, Xuma … on the Youth League’s position – they would…
Document 29 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 5 December 1928
… agitation and indignation as heretofore. and, at the Cape election, to concentrate mainly on the Cape vote and the 101 …
ArticleCosatu timeline
… African President Jacob Zuma , who was standing for re-election as ANC president that same year. 2013 Zwelinzima …
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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, …
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…
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…
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…
Document 3 - Letter from F. A. W. Lucas to James Ramsay MacDonald,
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 3 - Letter from F. A. W. Lucas7 to James Ramsay…
EventSir John Robinson forms Natal's first ministry as Prime Minister
On 10 October 1893, Natal's first ministry was formed, with Sir John Robinson as Prime Minister, Minister of Education, and Colonial Secretary. Robinson, who…
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 , …