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ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… In 1948 the Nationalist Party (NP) won the election, and began to introduce the policy of …
EventNew Prime Minister P.W. Botha appoints cabinet ministers
… for Bloemfontein West and Chairman of the National Party (NP) defence group in Parliament, Kobie Coetzee. … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African…
EventThe Conservative Party decides on talks with National Party and expel a member
… (CP) caucus agreed to hold talks with the National Party (NP) on setting up a White state (volkstaat). The caucus …
EventDe Klerk announces referendum date
… South African president and leader of National Party (NP) F.W. De Klerk promulgated the date for the referendum on …
EventBotha announces third naval base
… of Prime Minister under the ruling National Party (NP). Later, in August 1961, Verwoed endorsed Botha for the … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern…
BiographyPetros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)
… Such campaigns had deep roots in South African liberation history, dating back to the 1952 Defiance Campaign organized … the holding cells, and exhibitions…
EventThe Nationalist Party wins election with a reduced majority in the National Assembly
… on 29 April 1981, voters returned the National Party (NP) to power, albeit with a reduced majority in the House of … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999), Southern…
EventThe New Republic Party is formed
… Federal Party (PFP) or the ruling National Party (NP). In the elections which were held in the second half of … Sources: Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five…
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… in 1914 by the formation of the Afrikaner National Party (NP) under General Hertzog . The NP dedicated itself to racial separation, hierarchical … Land…
BiographyOlive Peace Landman
… in Port Elizabeth. Endnotes [i] Anderson, E (1987) A History of the Xhosa of the Northern Cape, 1795 – 1879, UCT …
BiographyDulcie Howes
… she deserves it all." (From Marina Grut's book T he History of Ballet in South Africa ) Dulcie was born in Little …
EventParties start submission to the TRC
… effort to apologise. Click here to read National Party's (NP) submission before the TRC Click here For African National … Kalley, J. A. et al (1999)…
Emissaries from Russia
… Africa is on the brink of disaster for which we hold the NP government entirely responsible. Specific and concrete …
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… the Johannesburg General Hospital. The Nationalist Party (NP) gains a majority of seats in the Union Parliament, … becomes the scene of the most sustained…
EventSteytler launches a nationwide protest campaign against the General Laws Amendment Bill
… on 2 May 1963 by Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd's National Party (NP) government. … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of…
EventWynand Malan leads the newly formed National Democratic Movement
… Former National Party (NP) member of parliament, Wynand Malan, lead the newly formed …
EventF. W. de Klerk is implicated
… der Merwe further alleged that the entire National party (NP) leadership knew about this operation and at times …
EventJ.C. Smuts calls general election
… suffered a defeat at the hands of the Nationalist Party (NP), which won sixty-three seats, and Labour Party winning …
EventRebel commando leader Fourie is executed
… and was a potent factor in the rise of the National Party (NP). … Rousseau.|Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev…
EventPrime Minister Louis Botha resigns because of conflict with Hertzog
… cabinet. Hertzog subsequently formed the National Party (NP) as an opposition to the ruling South African Party (SAP). … Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five…
EventPieter Willem Botha resigns as state President of SA
… elections. In 1990 Botha resigned from the National Party (NP) in protest against President F.W. de Klerk's reform … resigns from the National Party’ , from…
EventJoe Kachingwe is appointed Malawi’s first Ambassador to South Africa
… in May 1970. Vorster and his party, the National Party (NP) were enthusiastically received in Malawi. Following this … J.A. and Schoeman, E. (1999) ‘Southern…
EventA new right-wing group Aksie Eie Toekoms (Action for our Own Future) (AET) is founded in Pretoria.
… were disenchanted with then ruling National Party (NP) and its leaning towards desegregation. Lubbe and his … Schoeman E. And Andor L.E, (1999), South…
BiographyMoses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida
… Swaziland, where his strong attachment to Zulu culture and history is said to have earned him the affection of the aged …
BiographyIrene Menell (nee Manderstam)
… and is widely recognised as a key event in African jazz history. Furthermore, it was during this time that Menell …
EventSouth Africa’s first multiracial elections start
… the ANC (who won the election), the National Party (NP), and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) shared the executive …
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meets President Kaizer Matanzima in Tongaat
… which exclude blacks. In 1983, the National Party (NP) Government introduced an amendment to the South African … www.nelsonmandela.org.za [21 November 2012]|…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… by the United Party, a coalition of the National Party (NP) of J B M Hertzog and the South African Party (SAP) of J C … Party, opposed to the United Party,…
Nelson Mandela and the last Afrikaner leaders by Hermann Giliomee (Politics Web), 12 May 2015
… historians in the world. In his twelve volume A Study of History he argued that the critically important factor in … growing black and coloured population…
EventSpecial Committee on Apartheid publishes its first Interim Report
… The Apartheid policy was introduced by the National Party (NP) after it won the heavily contested elections of 1948 … (Accessed: 12 April 2013)|Britanica, …