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ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… bomb explodes at the Laudium home of a Pretoria municipal election candidate. 15 November, Barend Strydom kills 5 …
ArticleAmersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa
… this period is the National Party winning the white election in 1948 and the process of instituting formal …
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… were ignored. The reason is that after the 1948 general election the Nationalist Party (NP) emerged victorious and …
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… and every one of them received a detailed and considered reply. Here Bessie really revealed her courteous concern and …
Chapter 4 - Removing the obstacles
… whether an interim government was necessary to oversee an election before the drafting of a constitution; whether the … drafted by a constituent assembly …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 108th Anniversary of the African National Congress by Cyril Ramaphosa, 8 January 2020
… social and economic challenges that the ANC’s 2019 Election Manifesto presents a radical programme to grow … full implementation of the measures outlined in…
ArticleA Spiral of Trials by Norman Levy
… being made by the union to the Smit Commission. It was an election year and Smuts (careful not to commit himself to … six years of the union’s existence had…
Chapter 13. General Strike, 1932
… began to take a hand in the strike. There was a by-election pending in Germiston and the Nationalist Party was … them that the strike was having a serious…
Chapter 14
… Professor Z. K. Matthews, M.R.C. in chief, did not reply to any of the vital points raised by the Convention … for non-collaboration and for the boycott of…
The Wankie Campaign
… fire from us. That fusillade, the furious nature of that reply, drove away the enemy. They simply ran for their dear …
Document 8 - S. P. Bunting, The “Colonial” Labour Front, 23 October 1922
… black men - "natives". Why then the antagonism? The common reply is "colour prejudice". That is certainly potent enough; …
VI - The Inquest
… have been naked since I came here". The magistrate made no reply. 6 September Biko taken for interrogation to Room 619 …
Chapter 18. Disrupting the Trade Unions
… (Signed) D. B. H. Grobbelaar. Here is an extract from my reply: "I am quite prepared to allow the thousands of …
PlaceSenteeko Dam
Senteeko Dam, officially "My Own Dam" near Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa, is facing an imminent risk of failure due to severe erosion and undercutting of…
ArchiveThis violence is not unique to SA by Daniel Magaziner, 09 September 2019
Every time there is violence of a particular sort in SA I think about 1949. In mid-January of that year a single incident between an Indian shopkeeper and a…
PlaceNamibia
… with the UN over South West Africa as a tool in his election campaign before 1948. The National Party (NP) … spite of world opinion. After the NP won the…
Chapter IV - Becoming an activist
… I joined the Labour Party and became engrossed in Solly's election campaign. He stood in Doornfontein, mainly a … every night for a couple of months, either…
Chapter 9
… went on between the people and the quislings. The by-election caused by the death of Mr. Hemming, Transkei Native … The various White candidates who offered…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… written by representatives of the people, determined by an election. These opposing visions made it difficult for … unity’ for a defined period after the…
A Brief History of Mali by US Department of State updated 01 October 2015
… elections. President Konaré won the presidential election against scant opposition on 11 May. General …
PlaceNiger
… Many years later, despite the apparent referendum and election victories, Mamadou Tandja and his actions remained …
Address by President Nelson Mandela on receiving the freedom of the city of Bloemfontein 16 May 1997
… all the residents of Heidedal should participate in the by-election next week, and choose a representative who will …
Document 21 - ANC National Consultative Conference: resolutions for the coming year
… COSATU also played a decisive role in the overwhelming election victory by the ANC. COSATU's campaign for an ANC …
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… His outstanding qualities as a mass leader led to his election as the Transvaal President and Deputy National …
Say It out Loud - The Education Bill, 1906
… and just way of electing the members is by a popular election. According to the Bill, however, the Governor will … the best men are for some trivial reason…
PlaceBothasig, Cape Town
The Cape Town Suburb of Bothasig is known for the wonderful Christmas lights displays that residents have been putting up for the last few Years. Decorated…
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… the CPSA at the third Congress in 1924. At the time of the election, a senior member of the CPSA, Solomon Buirski …
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… 1948 May 26 , The National Party (NP) wins election and immediately introduces apartheid (separateness) …
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… invited to participate, it set preconditions such as the election of a constituent assembly, solving of the "land …
Chapter I - Learning to live a half life
… for my banning and house arrest orders. I received a reply as ludicrous as the one asked for at the time of my … me long to work out an interim plan while I…