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Wallacedene, Cape Town
Wallacedene is an Informal Housing Settlement in the Eastern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. The Settlement was established during the 1980s when the…
ArticleA timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
… home. He had failed to uphold, defend and respect the Constitution as the supreme law of the land, the country’s … ordered by the public protector was…
EventGabon gains independence from France
… the 1990s Gabon introduced a multiparty system and a new constitution that allowed for a more transparent electoral …
EventA Whites-only referendum in SWA gives a support on Black majority.
… thousand of them voted yes on the Turnhalle draft constitution in May 1977, with almost 95 percent of them …
EventHelen Suzman is born
… times at Robben Island. When Nelson Mandela signed the new constitution in 1996, Suzman was along side him. In the …
Ahead of the Bushfire Festival: Five things you might not know about Swaziland
… III, became king in 1986 at the age of 18. Swaziland’s new constitution came into force in 2006 and includes a bill of rights. But these rights are limited…
De Klerk pays tribute to Mandela’s ‘unique contribution’
… in the process that led to the adoption of the interim constitution and our first democratic elections in April … courage, charm and commitment to…
Document 11 - Second letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… Convention to draw up a new non-racial and democratic Constitution for South Africa. The Conference Resolution … Convention of all South Africans to draw up…
Chapter 16. Coloured and Indian Members - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… organisation. There has never been a colour bar in the constitution of the union, but despite this very few of the … were employed. I assured them that,…
PlaceCape Town, Western Province
… until it was reaffirmed in the Bill of Rights of the SA Constitution of 1996 . Cape suburbia displayed a 'mixed' … in Courville St, Gardens. District Five…
ArticleGayle: The Language of Apartheid South Africa’s Gay Underground
The socio-political landscape of Apartheid South Africa was a challenging one for members of the LGBTQI+ community. Under the former National Party (NP),…
Remarks by the President of the African National Congress Comrade JG Zuma to Worker`s Day Durban, 1 May 2015
… ensured that the rights of workers are protected in our Constitution and many progressive laws. Chief amongst these … form and belong to trade unions which…
Speech by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Oliver Tambo Institute of Leadership, 17 July 2008, Kawaweta, Uganda
… to change to ensure that once the country had adopted a Constitution, the army, police and other security … had to play a constructive role as protectors of…
ANC National Conference, 13 July 1991
… Period. Negotiations. International Policy. The ANC`s Constitution. Umkhonto weSizwe. Building the ANC as an Organisation. The ANC adopted its new…
Arthur Chaskalson: 24 November 1931 - 1 December 2012 by Jeremy Gauntlett, 4 December 2012
… Wiechers and Ismail Mahomed, a drafter of the Namibian constitution following the Turnhalle talks. He was a natural leader in South Africa's constitution…
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
… election of a Constituent Assembly, which would drew up a constitution. On 21 March 1990 the country gained …
EventThe Draft South Africa Act is signed
… September 1909 and it came into force on 31 May 1910. The constitution in its final form had some federal traits in the …
EventThe State President F.W. de Klerk issues a proclamation adopting the new national flag and National Anthem of SA
… In terms of section 248 (1) of the Interim 1994 Constitution, and acting on the advice of the Transitional …
EventEugene Terre Blanche, controversial leader of the AWB ( Afrikaner Resistance Movement), is born in Ventersdorp.
… between various political parties for a new democratic constitution took place), the 'Battle of Ventersdorp', and …
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Introduction by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… in South Africa, not by a foreign power. The South African Constitution Act of 1910 laid the basis for the racism that … League and the Youth League, and the…
Introduction - My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… in South Africa, not by a foreign power. The South African Constitution Act of 1910 laid the basis for the racism that … League and the Youth League, and the…
Chapter 8 - Negotiating an end to the deadlock
… proposed that there be a general election should the constitution not be completed within three years. (The ANC … containing comprehensive amendments to the…
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
… a stable, multi-racial democracy was a live issue with a constitution being drawn up for the soon to be founded … paid lip service to the liberal democratic…
EventNRP leader, Vause Raw announces that his party is ready to give the President's Council a chance
The leader of the New Republic Party (NRP), Vause Raw announced that his party was ready to give the President's Council a chance as a start on the road to a…
ArchiveEulogy at funeral of Dr Mantombazana Tshabalala-Msimang, by Jacob Zuma, 22 December 2009, The Cathedral of Sacred Heart, Pretoria
… non-racialism and non-sexism, the supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law. The Bill of Rights in our Constitution enshrines the rights of all and…
Black consciousness and the land question by Pandelani Nefolovhodwe, 17 March 2015, South Africa
… CODESA, the land question was not resolved. The new Constitution which came as a result of the CODESA agreements, … and willing buyer principle. My own…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Ceremony to mark the Retirement of Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson and the Assumption of Office of Chief Justice Pius Langa and Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke: Houses of Parliament, Cape
… both the separation of powers that is entrenched in our Constitution, relating to the legislature, the executive and … Justice, we draw inspiration from the…
Statement On Behalf of the South Africa United Front, 1960, New York
… representing the ANC Vusumzi L. Make representing the PAC On October 5th, 1960, the "electorate" of the Union of …
PlaceSharpeville, Gauteng
… end of the row is a small Memorial in the colours of the PAC . In this graveyard is also the other big Memorial. It is …
PlaceMauritania
… Independent on November 28, 1960. By the terms of the constitution, Islam is the official state religion, but the …