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EventSA President Nelson Mandela to step down
… confirmed the rumours that he would not stand for re-election in 1999. This is in accordance to what he had …
ArticleLand, Labour and Apartheid
… would later be replaced with the policy of apartheid in 1948. The 1913 Land Act set aside 7.5% of the land in South …
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… as well as during the Apartheid period which begun in 1948. Race is defined as a social concept referring to a … ://welections.wordpress.com/guide-to-the…
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… that he was not, in fact, a card-carrying member. 1948 The Path of Thunder is published in both England and the …
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 … black organisation, there were mixed…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… of the World Health Organisation (WHO). 6 May, final election results announced by the Independent Electoral … Nelson Mandela announces he will not be…
Media briefing statement by ANC National Chairperson, Comrade Baleka Mbete, following the occasion of the Republic of South Sudans 9th July Independence Day Celebrations
… led an ANC delegation to Juba on sharing political and election experiences and to help SPLM prepare for their first ever elections. 2010: ANC further…
Document 16 - F. W. de Klerk’s speech at the opening of Parliament
… 1999 elections. There is a standing CC resolution for an Election Platform as a basis for COSATU's support for the ANC election campaign. The need for an…
EventDr Albert Hertzog confirms that television would not be introduced in South Africa
… was the governing party of South Africa from June 4th 1948 until May 9th 1994, and was disbanded in 2005... …
ArticleThe 52nd ANC National Conference - Polokwane 2007
… members and would go on to win 8% of the votes in the 2009 election, leading to the party having 30 MPs in Parliament. …
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… announced that they would only support leaders for re-election at the ANC’s 53rd National Conference, held in …
Soweto and mounting pressure on the apartheid state, 1970s
… formed to resist the measure. In 1981 when the Council's election took place only 10% of the Indian voters cast their …
A Message to Every Voter from the African National Congress, April 1958
… in it, that we speak to you on the eve of this crucial election. We trust most earnestly that you will heed our …
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… with discussion on its constitution and the formal election of office bearers. It is now possible to reveal new …
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… process. The victory of the CP in the Potchefstroom by-election on 19 February 1992 was a warning for the National … It was now uncertain whether the NP…
ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
… “What does the world have to say?”) was born on July 14, 1948, the eldest son of Paramount Chief Cyprian Bhekuzulu and … the KZN homeland, the IFP won the…
EventThe last sitting of an all-white Parliament
… White political domination was maintained through the election of national office holders and by the extension of … from independence to mid-1997 , Westport:…
EventRhodesia adopts new constitution
… eliminating discriminatory laws and agreeing to a general election whereby the government would reflect the true …
EventLucas Mangope, Bophuthatswana homeland leader is deposed
… as well as not wanting to take part in the general election that was to be held during that year. In December …
EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
… flared once more after the announcement of the General Election of 1994, because of attempts of both the ANC and the …
EventSouth African Parliament repeals The Separate Amenities Act of 1953
… system of petty apartheid by the time of 1994 general election that brought the ANC to power. …
EventInkatha Freedom Party boycotts parliament
… party only agreed to participate in the first democratic election in April 1994, after the ANC and NP had committed …
PlaceSani Pass, KwaZulu Natal
… scenery, changing weather conditions. On 26th October, 1948, Godfrey Edmonds (an ex Royal Air Force , Spitfire …
Country Divided in Black and White by Holland Cotter, 1 July 2010
… South African facts. A resonant survey of his work from 1948 to 2009 at the Jewish Museum, records the everyday … “South African Photographs: David Goldblatt…
Chapter 20. Malan’s Road to a New South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… or workers' organisations. Mr. B. J. Schoeman, who in 1948 when the Nationalist Government came to power, was … the poorer for it". (Hansard, Vol. II, Col…
EventANC flag raised at the funeral of John ‘Hennie’ Ferus
… withheld party participation in the 1981 general election, in which the National Party won another landslide …
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
… were overcome the necessary preparations were made for the election of a Constituent Assembly, which would drew up a …
EventFormer NP leader Sam de Beer joins UDM
… potential of achieving its goals, as expressed in its election manifesto, have faded away. Under these …
EventCyril Ramaphosa is born
… was elected to his first full term as President after an election victory by the ANC. He is the 5th democratically …
PlaceLutheran Church, Martin Melck House and Sexton House, Strand Street, Cape Town.
… and the rest of the complex was proclaimed on 29 April 1948. …