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EventSouth West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… government of Namibia. SWAPO won the first independent election in 1989 and Sam Nujoma became the first president of …
Indian passive resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948 by E. S. Reddy
… to own or occupy land. The bill also provided for the election by Indians - on a separate communal voters' role, … and black." On May 22, 1948, four days…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 2
… that it had much to do with the result of the general election in 1924 when the Nationalist party under the … with the Labour Party. One of its pledges…
Chapter II - More of the same
… experts how powerful it might have been and got the casual reply, "Oh, probably not lethal but you might have lost an … "How nice to see you in my service…
Chapter 8
… revealing session of the rulers' Parliament, what was our reply? What should it have been? In reply to the outrages and the intolerable conditions imposed ……
ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
… or by public transport to hear Vernon Berrange argue in reply to Van Niekerk’s outline of the state’s case against … (pathetic in each of his three roles)…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the ANC National Conference on Reconstruction and Strategy NASREC, Johannesburg, 21 January 1994
… the game of chess, it does not represent our end game. Our election victory in April will enable us to take a great leap … we stand head and shoulders above…
PlaceBotswana
… in Botswana. The colonial government arranged for an election in 1965. These were the first general elections in … party. The party that wins the majority of…
Chapter 8 - Negotiating an end to the deadlock
… cent majority. It further proposed that there be a general election should the constitution not be completed within … the establishment of a transitional…
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women's League, is born
Gertrude Shope was born in Johannesburg, but grew up in Zimbabwe. She was trained as a teacher and went on to teach in Natal and Soweto. When she was 29 years…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… new turn in 1948. The National Party won the whites-only election in 1948 and began systematically to entrench its … these passes until victory is ours' (…
Interview with Lulu Dube by Sbongiseni Dladla, Ohlange, JL Dube House, 21 March 2011
… was when Dr Nelson Mandela walked in here to cast his election vote. That was a special day in the history of …
Chaskalson transcended his bias and loyalties by Tony Leon, 4 December 2012
… disallowing old ID books for the 1999 general election and refusing to implement proportionality in the …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Glossary
… in proportion to the number of votes cast for them in the election. Contrast this to the constituency-based system, …
The defiance campaign by M. P. Naicker
… were set up to make arrangements for April 6. In a leaflet calling on the people to attend the meetings and … on December 16, 1961. Umkhonto declared in an…
Chapter 3 - THE MOROGORO AFTERMATH
… that of General Secretary and that you consider the election or appointment of a suitable person as General … trying to establish his own units, and received…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 94th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2006
… legacy of the past... “As we approach the local government election campaign we will face the critical task of … NEC, taken in ch 2005, with respect to the…
EventMilton Obote (81), Uganda's former dictator, dies in a South African hospital
Obote, a member of the legislative council of Uganda from 1957, founded the Uganda People's Congress in 1960. Obote became Uganda's Prime Minister after…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… Dr. A.B. Xuma issues a statement on the upcoming general election. 26 May, The National Party wins the most seats in the general election on its policy of…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… Introduction In 1948 with the election of the National Party and the enforcement of an …
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… He lost support and was defeated in the 1924 general election. This gave Hertzog's Nationalist Party and the …
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… new turn in 1948. The National Party won the whites-only election in 1948 and began systematically to entrench its …
Apartheid - The early 1980s
… for the executive, despite being conservative. The 1989 election lost the NP 37 seats, some to the Democratic Party , …
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… Midlands. On 15 April 1953, the NP held a second general election and was returned to power. The Liberal Association …
Document 3 - Letter from F. A. W. Lucas to James Ramsay MacDonald,
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 3 - Letter from F. A. W. Lucas7 to James Ramsay…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1946
… South Africa's Sincere Friend, Gandhi J.C Smuts' cabled reply to Mahatma Gandhi, 21 March 1946 I much appreciate your … be sent from India to organise and…
Chapter IX - Treason - South African style 2
… this special fashion" and "I am going to suggest that this reply is due to tiredness on your part." To which Murray … the devastating picture of black life…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… the leaders of the political parties. In the Fauresmith by-election the National Party retains its seat against a double … P.J. Ref: RP 90-81 1981 The…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… with the all-white Labour Party, defeating Smuts’ in the election that followed the 1922 miners’ strike. The Pact … Party (HNP) was reasonably short and…
Constitution of the African National Congress (South Africa), January 1958
… shall hold office for three years and be eligible for re-election. Nomination shall be by delegates at the Conference; … the National Executive Committee;…