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EventIngrid Jonker, SA poet, commits suicide.
… On 24 May 1994, in his State of the Nation Address to Parliament in Cape Town, President Nelson Mandela read one of …
EventSA colonies meet to consider and adopt the South Africa Act, which leads to the Union of South Africa
… up. The South Africa Act of 1909 was an Act of the British Parliament which created the Union of South Africa from the …
EventKitchener succeeds Roberts as Commander-in-Chief
… General "for distinguished service," the thanks of British parliament and a grant of £50,000. He was also included in …
EventThe Native Land Act is passed
… Orange Free State was forbidden. According to debates in Parliament, the Act was passed in order to limit friction …
Archive2016 - President Zuma: State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2016
… members of the judiciary, The President of the Pan African Parliament, Mr Roger Nkodo Dang, Ministers and Deputy … ndimadekwana, Thank you for the…
Say It out Loud - The 1923 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 3rd April, 1923
… the sanction of the Secretary of State of the Imperial Parliament " . This is virtually a grave reflection on white … descent should be eligible for election…
Chapter 3
… they were concerned about was the pro-British majority in Parliament. They needed the Africans vote for their own … Boer. Thus the African vote would ensure…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at May day rally, 01 May 1987, Stockholm
… in shamelessly racist elections for a racist whites-only parliament. We know you are, like us, outraged by this gross … is allocated to southern Africa, and…
Time for ANC members to speak out when democracy is at stake by Denis Goldberg (Sunday Times), 17 April 2016
… publicly declared. Our minister of defence then misled parliament by stating that the president's private homestead … ground. But we are now repeating an…
Document 99 - Edwin T. Mofutsanyana, “All-African Convention: Masses Must Support It”, South African Worker, 9 January 1937
… The coming elections for the Senators, Members of Parliament and Members of the Representational Council are … persuade and win over Hertzog and Co., and do…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Glossary
… law just by being passed by the majority of the members of Parliament; it cannot take effect as law until it is … Africa this is done when the President…
Say It out Loud - The 1913 Presidential Address, Kimberley, Cape, 11th October, 1913
… the capital of the Orange Free State. Your member of Parliament has stated that in Kimberley our people are a … under discussion, I expressed myself thus: …
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… of an eight-hour working day. With just four MPs in parliament, the party tried to push through a bill to … demands had to be secured by bringing the public…
Article“The Dark and Heavy Shadow”: Gender Based Violence and Anti-Gender-Based-Violence Campaigns in South Africa
… in solidarity on the streets of Cape Town in a march to parliament. The crowd carried hundreds of signs crying for … ↵ [15] Parliament of the Republic of…
EventThe new ochre-red, white and green tri-colour of the Transkei is adopted
… Constitution Act of 1963, an Act of the South African Parliament, made provision for the adoption of a Transkei …
EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
… from 1950 until his election to the Knesset (Israeli parliament) in 1959. A member of the Labour Party, he held …
EventWinston Churchill, is captured by Boer forces during the Anglo-Boer War
… turned his attention to politics, winning a seat in Parliament in the 1906 general election. He became the …
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
… fields. 1875 First post office is accommodated in the Old Parliament building on Market Square. The Weslyan and …
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Introduction by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the president’s budget debate in the National Assembly 20 June 1996
… Honourable Members; Ladies and Gentlemen. Tomorrow parliament rises for the winter recess. I am certain we will … in these past five months. Quite often, our…
Document 104 - Boycott the Elections! The Spark, 3,4, April 1937
… to conceal or deny during the passage of the Bills through Parliament and during the jubilant celebrations in the Free … not succeed in wrecking the Bills,…
PlaceBoys High School, Pretoria
… scholars, several government ministers and members of parliament, 8 judges of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South …
EventCôte d’Ivoire gains independence from France
… first trade union in 1944. He was elected to the French Parliament in Paris, and became the first African minister in …
Hendrik Verwoerd’s response to the ‘Winds of Change’ speech
… Made to the South Africa Parliament on 3 February 1960: The tendency in Africa for …
PlaceLand Claims Court of South Africa, Randburg
… and the Labour Tenants Act. These two acts were enacted by Parliament to protect farm dwellers/workers from …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1920 - 1929
… Smuts’ Government introduces the Class Areas Bill in Parliament. The Bill would enable the Government to …
A Message from Albert Luthuli to every Voter from the African National Congress, 1 April 1958
… to exercise your right to vote for your representative in Parliament. You may perhaps ask what this has to do with us, who have no votes. It has a great deal…
Document 105 - John Gomas, “Cape Town: Liberation League Activities”, South African Worker, 17 April 1937
… Indian, Malay and White workers - during this session of parliament. The Marketing Bill provides for setting up of … present to lay before the Select…
Document 29 - Kenneth Hendrickse, “The Opposition in Congress”, The Citizen 3, 3, 4 March 1958
… reject both separate representation and the "minority" parliament. While their support of the demand for a boycott of all the elections to the bogus…
ArchiveA Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… Indians respond 64. Congress addresses the Union Parliament, 1946 Protest and emerging defiance, 1947-1960 … Indian Congress calls for a national convention…