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Nelson Mandela and the last Afrikaner leaders by Hermann Giliomee (Politics Web), 12 May 2015
… of the unexpected National Party victory in the 1948 election. Privately Eben DÁ¶nges, who as Minister for the … organisation, there were mixed feelings…
Chapter Five - The Fighter for Black Unity: 1935 - 1945
… by the Trotskyists, led by Goolam Gool, to boycott the election for the NRC, were rejected by the ANC leaders. After … for seats on the Council. The ANC also…
ArchiveThe 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott and its unsung heroes by Roseinnes Phahle, June 2019
… to the NEUM. And so it was that except for issuing a leaflet – preaching, without soiling their hands, from an …
PlaceSenteeko Dam
Senteeko Dam, officially "My Own Dam" near Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa, is facing an imminent risk of failure due to severe erosion and undercutting of…
ArchiveThis violence is not unique to SA by Daniel Magaziner, 09 September 2019
Every time there is violence of a particular sort in SA I think about 1949. In mid-January of that year a single incident between an Indian shopkeeper and a…
PlaceNamibia
… with the UN over South West Africa as a tool in his election campaign before 1948. The National Party (NP) … spite of world opinion. After the NP won the…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 4 February 1974 in reply to a motion of no confidence in the Government by the Leader of the Opposition
… a further mandate from the people. He announced a general election for 24 April 1974. The hon. the Leader of the … themselves in for if they supported them…
Chapter IV - Becoming an activist
… I joined the Labour Party and became engrossed in Solly's election campaign. He stood in Doornfontein, mainly a … every night for a couple of months, either…
Chapter 9
… went on between the people and the quislings. The by-election caused by the death of Mr. Hemming, Transkei Native … The various White candidates who offered…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… written by representatives of the people, determined by an election. These opposing visions made it difficult for … unity’ for a defined period after the…
A Brief History of Mali by US Department of State updated 01 October 2015
… elections. President Konaré won the presidential election against scant opposition on 11 May. General …
PlaceNiger
… Many years later, despite the apparent referendum and election victories, Mamadou Tandja and his actions remained …
Address by President Nelson Mandela on receiving the freedom of the city of Bloemfontein 16 May 1997
… all the residents of Heidedal should participate in the by-election next week, and choose a representative who will …
Document 21 - ANC National Consultative Conference: resolutions for the coming year
… COSATU also played a decisive role in the overwhelming election victory by the ANC. COSATU's campaign for an ANC …
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… His outstanding qualities as a mass leader led to his election as the Transvaal President and Deputy National …
Say It out Loud - The Education Bill, 1906
… and just way of electing the members is by a popular election. According to the Bill, however, the Governor will … the best men are for some trivial reason…
PlaceBothasig, Cape Town
The Cape Town Suburb of Bothasig is known for the wonderful Christmas lights displays that residents have been putting up for the last few Years. Decorated…
ArchiveThe Trotskyist Groups in South Africa - A Retrospective View by Baruch Hirson (Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line: Revolutionary History: Volume 4, No. 4, 1993, South Africa)
… were no visits for consultations, no conferences, and no election of committees. Contact was maintained through the … countries who feared Nazism, Jaffe…
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… two-third majority in the senate. The Act provided for the election of two White provincial councillors in Cape Town by …
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… the CPSA at the third Congress in 1924. At the time of the election, a senior member of the CPSA, Solomon Buirski …
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… 1948 May 26 , The National Party (NP) wins election and immediately introduces apartheid (separateness) …
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… invited to participate, it set preconditions such as the election of a constituent assembly, solving of the "land …
Challenges of Leadership in the Current Phase, 1 July 1997
… principle of their leaders making themselves available for election to the NEC. This is besides the call for organised … whereas the ANC`s organisational…
Chapter 5: The Socio-Economic impact of Vigilantes and Political Violence in Kwazulu-Natal
… the announcement of the date of the upcoming national election in 1994. Vandalism was the talk of the day. … was the refusal of Buthelezi's IFP to take part…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official opening of the National House of Traditional Leaders, 23 February 2010, Old Assembly, Parliament, Cape Town
… year also marks the 75th anniversary of the democratic election as chief, of Inkosi Albert Luthuli by the people of … to our people in all areas that we…
Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-business summit 30 March 1994
… than one. Firstly, in the hustle-bustle of a hard-fought election campaign, it stands out as a forum for calm, … about some of the distortions we are coming…
Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-Business Summit 30 March 1994
… than one. Firstly, in the hustle-bustle of a hard-fought election campaign, it stands out as a forum for calm, … about some of the distortions we are coming…
ArchiveHistory for the Future by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
It is 20 years since the first Truth and Reconciliation hearing took place... The TRC was a unique political compromise forged during the years of…
Remarks by the President of the African National Congress Comrade JG Zuma to Worker`s Day Durban, 1 May 2015
… this amounts to 10 billion rand. The ANC has in its 2014 election manifesto committed itself to investigate a national …
Statement by Oliver Tambo at lunch hosted by the Foreign Minister of Venezuela, 13 July 1987, Caracas
… the situation. Last May, Botha called a new "whites only" election, from which he claims to have received a mandate to …