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Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… Commission of Inquiry, in terms of section 84(2)(F) of the Constitution . The commission was known as the Marikana …
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… Commission of Inquiry, in terms of section 84(2)(F) of the Constitution . The commission was known as the Marikana …
Journals
… of fund-raising for future editions of the journal. The Constitution of the SAAAH indicates that the Editorial …
ArticleThe legacy of the French Revolution
… was based on the ideas of Rousseau and the American Constitution. It promised freedom to the people of France. …
ArticleMarikana Commission of Inquiry
… Commission of Inquiry, in terms of section 84(2)(F) of the Constitution . The commission was known as the Marikana …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… a Constituent Assembly to draft and adopt a democratic constitution; a sovereign Interim Government/Transitional … and 21 December 1991 to discuss…
EventPresident Cyril Ramaphosa appoints Justice Raymond Zondo as Chief Justice
… Ramaphosa has, in accordance with Section 174(3) of the Constitution, decided to appoint Deputy Chief Justice Raymond … subject to the process outlined in…
Address of the President of South Africa and Commander-in-Chief of the SANDF, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the Presidential Fleet Review, 5 September 2008, Simonstown
… of dignity would be enjoyed and celebrated by all. Our Constitution, the fundamental law of the Republic, enjoins us … integrity and its people in accordance…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… 1994 27 April,South Africa's interim constitution which was adopted in November 1993 came into … in as Executive Deputy Presidents under a provision in the…
PlaceConstitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg
… affluent Parktown and bureaucratic Braamfontein - is now Constitution Hill , the home of South Africa's highest court. Constitution Hill represents South…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the president’s budget debate in the Senate 18 June 1996
… of our society. In a matter of weeks, we expect the final constitution to be certified. And this may therefore be the … to take our democracy to new heights…
The Struggle Continues and Grows More Intense - Statement by O. R. Tambo, 23 August 1984
… Next week is another confrontation with the Botha constitution. Thousands of millions of people around the … are confident of a total rejection of the so…
EventDieter and Ruth Gerhard are detained
… Simonstown naval base. They were jailed in December 1983 after being convicted of spying for the Soviet Union. … Westport: Greenwood.|O'Malley, P., Pre…
BiographyMichael Guthrie Scott
This article was written by Ben Forstate and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship Michael Guthrie Scott was born on 30 July 1907 in the village…
PlaceHorse Memorial, junction of Cape and Russell Roads, Port Elizabeth
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 15 July 1983. …
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Beyers Naude is born
… raised in the heart of Afrikanerdom. Sources: Gastrow .S. (1983). Who's Who in South African Politics: Vol 2, …
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the struggle continues and grows more intense, 23 August 1984
… Next week is another confrontation with the Botha constitution. Thousands of millions of people around the … are confident of a total rejection of the so…
EventThe Democratic Party, now the Democratic Alliance, is formed
… the same policies of non-racialism, and retains the constitution drawn up by members of the Progressive Party in … in the negotiations leading to the…
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… sections of the African National Congress (ANC) - adopts a constitution which invites the affiliation of all African … Convention (AAC) issues a statement…
PlaceBeau Soleil Music Centre, Salisbury Road, Kenilworth
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 June 1983. The Beau Soleil Music Centre was officially opened on 15th April 1983 by the Western Cape…
EventViolence breaks out at the University of Zululand
… of political violence at the institution on 29 October 1983. Five of those killed were students who were supporters … violence at the University of Zululand…
Chaskalson transcended his bias and loyalties by Tony Leon, 4 December 2012
… it is comforting to look back at a seeming golden era of constitution-building and its architects, and lament the … of the Constitutional Court, in a way…
EventCedric Mayson is charged with treason
… the day before his case was due to resume on 18 April 1983. …
PlaceKyalami Grand Prix Circuit
… Sportscar Championship were hosted at Kyalami in 1974, 1983 and 1984 and the 500cc Motorcycle World Championship also visited Kyalami from 1983 to 1985…
ArticleThe Arniston
… National Monuments Council Act for shipwrecks (Gericke, 1983). This means that the ship, along with any other ship … Gericke, I., 1983. Grids and pumps for…
Negotiations, the ANC Vision of a New South African and the Indian Community Keynote Address by the President of the African National Congress, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… enter the period of the drafting and adoption of the new constitution by the Constituent Assembly It is during this … the Interim Government of National…
EventPFP Leader Colin Wells Eglin born
… National Party (NP) in parliament. Source: Gastrow .S. (1983). Who's Who in South African Politics: Vol 2, …
EventP.W. Botha is born
… from 1978 until 1984. Botha became president after 1983 constitutional amendments, which made provision for the …
EventDemocratic Party (DP) indicates its policies and outlines its proposed reforms
… stand on constitutional reform, calling for an entrenched constitution incorporating a Bill of Rights, an independent judiciary and for a federal…
ArchiveHow history will judge FW de Klerk by RW Johnson, politicsweb (28 November 2021)
… – and which has De Klerk’s fingerprints on it. The 1996 constitution is routinely praised as a splendid document but … the ANC has simply disregarded the…