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Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… does not proceed with the agenda until it received a full reply to the questions. Africans, he said, had tolerated the … he said, of a threat to the…
EventSouth African football legend Steve Mokone is born 23 March 1923
Steve ‘Kalamazoo’ Mokone was born in Doornfontein, Johannesburg. He became the first black professional footballer to play in Europe, when he signed for the…
EventThe 'Afrikaner Volksfront' is founded
Afrikaner Volksfront flag A new coalition made up of twenty-one right wing parties, known as Afrikaner National Front (Afrikaner Volksfront or AVF) was…
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first democratic President
After South Africa's first national democratic elections in April 1994, Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first democratic President at the Union…
PlaceClaremont Main Road Mosque
… Imam Rashied also facilitated political education and election-related discussions in 1994 just before the first … in the mid 1960s to late 1970s. The first…
Constitution of the ANC Youth League, 1944
… must resign and the Speaker must immediately conduct election. (e) Conference shall elect the President and his … The National Executive Committee shall…
ArticleSudan’s Revolution
In December 2018, protesters took to the streets in response to austerity measures[i] imposed by then Sudanese president Omar al Bashir. Bashir had…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures (Panel 1). Convenor: Janet Cherry
Analysis of the role of the SACP in formulating the development policies of the ANC: The case of the National Development Plan (NPD) Co-Authors: Lolonga…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… over a mass rally in Johannesburg as part of the anti-election campaign. 11 May: On behalf of the ANC, Xuma … on the Youth League’s position – they would…
A tireless campaigner by Jaspreet Kindra, 29 October 2003, South Africa
… families, was pushed into the ANC's 2000 local government election manifesto by the Congress of South African Trade …
The kanga, womanhood and how Zuma's 2006 rape trial changed the meaning of the fabric by Ra'eesa Pather (Mail and Guardian), 10 Aug 2016
… young women protested in front of Zuma as he spoke at the election results ceremony, one of them held a placard that in …
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the state banquet in honour of President Abdou Diouf Pretoria, 30 July 1996
… vote. (F) Every voter shall have the right to stand for election and to be elected to all legislative bodies. …
ArticleCosatu timeline
… African President Jacob Zuma , who was standing for re-election as ANC president that same year. 2013 Zwelinzima …
EventPresident Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the State of the Nation address
On 16 February 2019, Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his first State of the Nation Address at the parliament as the newly elected president of South Africa. This…
EventP.W. Botha becomes SA's first Executive President
South Africa's Prime Minister since 1978, P.W. Botha, was unanimously elected by eighty-eight members of the Electoral College to the office of first executive…
ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
… the KZN homeland, the IFP won the most votes (the election was marred by irregularities). One of the new … the country between Mbeki’s resignation in 2008…
We Shall Win. Joint Statement by Leaders of Liberation Movements at the fifth Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Algiers, 13 – 16 September 1968
… enemies in conditions where the simple distribution of a leaflet carries the death penalty, as in South Africa under …
ArchiveChapter 6 Underground in Joburg by Denis Goldberg
… three hanging figures, each with a slogan: “I gave out a leaflet”, “I spoke against apartheid”, “One person one vote” …
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… was substantially improved. In Johannesburg also, the election in 1940 of a new District Committee composed of … of the vote." Hilda Watts was elected, in an…
Chapter 16. Coloured and Indian Members - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… even understanding what was wanted, she blurted out the reply she had been coached to give. It was absolutely … you paid?" I asked. "In notes, in silver? How…
EventDr. Nico Diederichs is inaugurated as South Africa’s third State President
Dr. Nicholaas Diederichs (Nico), former Finance Minister, was inaugurated as South Africa's third state president, in succession of President Jim Fouche…
EventDivision in the Coloured Representative Council deepens
… to it. While the Labour party won more seats in the CPRC election, the scale was tipped in favour of the Federal Party …
Chapter 10 - A framework for negotiating the final constitution
… THE GENERAL ELECTION ON 27 APRIL 1994 was the product of negotiated … When the people of South Africa voted in this election, they voted to provide their…
Chapter Two - The year with the ICU: 1921 - 1926
… to Kadalie as "a rogue as any of the others". In a reply to the "libelous letter" (sic) Kadalie was emphatic … been placed above those of the masses. Indeed,…
Input by Secretary General Gwede Mantashe on ANC Policies and the NDP at Wits University, 25 July 2013
… the invitation you proposed that I should seek to reply to a broad range of questions, such as: What is the NDP …
Congress of the People - I was there
… evidence in the treason trial which was the government`s reply to COP. During these lunch-breaks, we met and mingled …
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 8
… linked with other questions set down for the Minister's reply on the same day. At this time the South African Indian …
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… and it was resolved to go ahead with the strike action. A leaflet was drawn up explaining the events leading up to the … assist in speaking to the white…
ArchiveCHAPTER THREE: The Emergence Of Grassroots Politics, 1979-1981 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… History since 1948& In 1948 South Africa held a general election which was to be decided by the white population of … was enforced by the National Party (NP)…