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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 …
ArchiveHamba kahle Jennifer Davis 1933-2019
… movement. In 1994, Jennifer served as an official election observer in South Africa’s first free elections and …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… the leaders of the political parties. In the Fauresmith by-election the National Party retains its seat against a double … P.J. Ref: RP 90-81 1981 The…
Constitution of the African National Congress (South Africa), January 1958
… shall hold office for three years and be eligible for re-election. Nomination shall be by delegates at the Conference; … the National Executive Committee;…
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…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… with the all-white Labour Party, defeating Smuts’ in the election that followed the 1922 miners’ strike. The Pact … Party (HNP) was reasonably short and…
Yet another Myth: Mbeki and the Monopolisation of Power by Thabo Mbeki, 25 January 2016
… for the support of the electorate on the basis of Election Manifestoes agreed by the ANC National Executive … honour the commitments it had made to the…
Document 136 - “Report on the Relationship of the Party to other Workers’ Organisations in South Africa”, Freedom 5, 4 August 1946
… conference and the Central Committee. On the question of election contests, which probably were very much in the minds … whether the considerable sums which…
Class, Consciousness and Organisation: Conclusion by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArchiveAziz Pahad: Rest in peace by David Kenvyn
I first met Aziz when I was a student at the London School of Economics. I met him through my involvement in the Anti-Apartheid Movement and the National…
A Message from Albert Luthuli to every Voter from the African National Congress, 1 April 1958
… in it, that we speak to you on the eve of this crucial election. We trust most earnestly that you will heed our …
PlaceFugard Theatre, Cape Town
… that took place after the release of Mandela, and his election as president as these events catapulted a shift in …
Document 98 - “The All African Convention”, Umlilo Mollo /The Flame, 1, 2, October 1936
… electoral districts, polling booths can be set up, and an election carried out, if possible on the same day as the …
The Soul Of The ANC Under Attack by Frank Chikane
… in the next four to nine years; and (3) Losing a national election in the next nine to fourteen years or so. It is … this would collapse the organisation or…
PlaceMogwase, Bojanala Region
Mogwase lies near the Pilanesberg National Park. It falls under the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality juristriction and the seat of Bojanala Platinum, is…
Document 31 - S.O.Y.A. National Executive Committee, The Maritzburg Conferences and the Tasks of the Immediate Future, 31 May 1959
… [....] It is therefore against the full background of this leaflet that we expect the whole Soya and all the …
Following the January meeting of health ministers in London, a decision is taken that December 1 become World Aids Day
The World Summit of Ministers of Health on Programmes for AIDS Prevention concluded in London with representatives from 140 national governments. The…
EventPresident Jacob Zuma steps down as President of South Africa
On the 14 February 2018, President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma announced his resignation with immediate effect, following years of scandals and internal disputes…
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan's Day
The decision to make December 16 a holiday named Dingaan's Day was in celebration for what Voortrekkers viewed as a 'victory' over Zulu warriors near the Ncome…
PlaceDriefontein, Mpumalanga
Found in the Municipality of: Mkhondo Gert Sibande District, Mpumalanga, South Africa. It has a Subtropical highland climate or temperate oceanic climate with…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 92th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2004
… the celebration of our 92nd Anniversary to launch our 2004 Election Manifesto. Quite appropriately, the Manifesto is … to determine this common destiny that…
Chapter IV - A meaningful life
… freedom, which he trod. April 1974 brought a parliamentary election. In a Cape Town constituency an active group of … I was invited to speak at a mass…
EventThe National President of the Black People's Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
On 27 June 1976, almost two weeks after the Soweto Uprising on 16 June, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, the National President of the Black People's Convention (BPC),…
PlaceParliament of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town
… eventually removed. South Africa held its first democratic election in April 1994 under an interim Constitution. …
Chapter 10
… etc. Periodically the whole population is thrown into an election fever for the so-called representatives and … to agree with the people over the boycott,…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 5
… years afterwards Indians had to be reckoned with during election campaigns. Kajee and his gang of Indian associates … often financed him, did the committee…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… qualification. Indians as Non-Whites could both stand for election and send members to Parliament. In the South African …
PAC Constitution - Extract from Karis & Carter
… Regions who ipso facto become Deputy Presidents, for the election of a Senior Deputy President from among the number … NEC period of office, irrespective of…
PlaceSierra Leone
… coup led surprisingly to a multiparty presidential election and Sierra Leone became an independent nation on … https://www.sierra-leone.org/Docs/First…