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EventFormer Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd is born
… Adv. J.G. Strijdom. On 3 September, in his first speech in parliament as prime minister, he gave indications of the …
EventFrederik Willem de Klerk is elected President of South Africa
… movements was received with mixed feelings in-and outside Parliament. On 17 March, 1992, De Klerk succeeded in gaining …
Archive1995 - President Mandela: State of the Nation Address, 24 February 1995 (after National Elections)
… such trials and tribulations; there should be a vibrant parliament. I therefore wish to express my sincere … by suspending their active participation in the…
Group Areas Act and Its Effects on Indian People in Natal, May 1956 by Dr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
… OF THE ACT 1. The Group Areas Act enacted by the Union Parliament over six years ago in 1950 may be described as the … policy of apartheid. 6. When this…
PlaceAndalusia, Cape and Transvaal Border
… about the administration until in 1964 it was decided by Parliament that the Town would fall in the Cape Province. …
EventJan Christoffel Greyling Kemp, general during South African War, is born
… South African War (the Second Anglo-Boer War), Member of Parliament and SA minister of agriculture, was born in the …
EventNational Party unveils its policy plan focusing on anti-poverty strategies
… held. However, its members would retain their seats in parliament. …
EventThe energy and chemical company, Sasol, is registered
… of Sasol began in 1927 when a White Paper was tabled in Parliament to investigate the establishment of a South …
EventWWII: SA troops to fight in Europe
… South African prime minister, General J.C. Smuts, asked parliament's approval to send troops to Europe, contrary to …
EventAt a summit SA Trade Unions resolve to defy apartheid and labour laws
… after the Wiehahn commission on labour was tabled before parliament. Click here to read more about labour and Wiehahn …
EventThe participants at the multi-party forum negotiations agreed on both new structures of the police and defence force
… (SAPS), which would be established and regulated by parliament. The South African Defence Force (SADF) would also …
EventNP set to withdraw from GNU
… Klerk held, however its members retaining their seats in parliament. Another National Party member Roelof Meyer said …
EventKenyan independence hero Bildad Kaggia dies after a long illness
… When Kenya gained independence, Kaggia became a member of parliament and served as minister in Jomo Kenyatta’s cabinet. …
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… the National Party (NP) was able to gain a majority in parliament. South Africa rejoined the Commonwealth in June …
Statement of the ANC National Disciplinary committee in the case of Mbulelo Goniwe, 14 December 2006
… leading role in the Caucus and the Political Committee of Parliament. Parliament enjoys a special status in our national … of the ANC believes that there is…
EventNelson Mandela is elected Deputy President of the ANC
… In 1990, at the opening of parliament, former state president F.W De Klerk made an …
EventThe Second General Election is held in the Union of SA
… third largest party, with twenty-seven seats in the Union Parliament. It secured seven in the Cape Province, sixteen in …
EventSecurity officials report that levels of political violence have dropped significantly in SA
… President F.W. de Klerk made a speech at the opening of Parliament, announcing among other measures, the lifting of a …
EventHarold Macmillan begins his “winds of change” tour of Africa
… Prime Minister on 3 February 1960 to the South African Parliament in Cape Town. In his speech, Macmillan said; "The …
EventChief Kaiser Matanzima is elected Chief Minister
… attempts by POQO operatives. After the South African Parliament had passed the Transkei Constitution Act which …
EventCharles Nqakula , Minister of Safety and Security and Chairperson of the SACP, is born
… in June 2006 when he responded to opposition MP's in parliament (who were not satisfied that enough was being done …
EventJoe Slovo is born
… which were won by the ANC, Slovo became Member of Parliament and Minister of Housing in the Government of …
EventPresentation of South African National budget of 1991
… Finance Minister Barend du Plesis presented in parliament a budget offering a large tax incentive to …
EventCODESA 1 convenes in Johannesburg
… creation of a transitional government and a representative parliament. Seventeen of the nineteen parties agreed to …
EventDeath sentence for Rapists
… the figures reported on the, " The Times " and released by Parliament that since 1984, 115 people were hanged, two of …
EventGerman action in Herero Revolt is condemned in the Reichstag
… Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the German Reichstag (Parliament), condemned the "suppression war" against the …
EventThe Congo Free State is established by King Leopold of Belgium
… range from 5 million to 22 million. In 1908, the Belgian parliament eventually annexed the Congo, as a colony of …
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… and woman over the age of 21 to elect and be elected to Parliament, Provincial Councils and all other Divisional and …
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… The third issue was the failure of the South African Parliament to repeal the 3-pound tax on all …
10 YEARS PROJECT
… people have come to view with alarm every new session of Parliament because it has meant the passing of more … the African Trade Union Movement. The current…