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ArticleNational Party (NP)
… organizations such as the African National Congress (ANC; founded in 1912) and the Industrial and Commercial … by the Pan-Africanist Congress (an offshoot of…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… (ANCYL) comes into power in the African National Congress (ANC) . ANCYL leaders include Nelson Mandela , Walter Sisulu , … and others. December 17 , The…
ArticlePoqo
… part of the time it was subdued by bannings and the ANC's growing stature as the more powerful liberation … Ruvu was conceived by Leballo to be similar to…
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… of South Africa in 1910. With the adoption of the Union Constitution Act of 1910 the two dominant white political … 1950 the Nationalist Party headed by DF…
ArticleSPEAK Magazine (1982 - 1994)
… earned reputation to revolutionize the South Africa’s new constitution. Because of SPEAK’s credible reputation and … of Women (NOW) , United Women’s Congress…
ArticleProgressive Federal Party (PFP)
… stand on constitutional reform, calling for: an entrenched Constitution incorporating a Bill of Rights an independent judiciary a federal Constitution in…
Article2016 in Review
… CEO JANUARY - 8th: Zuma delivers the annual 8 January ANC statement. Responses are mixed with all but his most … The ConCourt finds that Zuma did not uphold…
ArticleUnion, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy
… two British colonies of Natal and the Cape Province, the constitution explicitly excluded Blacks from participating in … of this objective was the passing of…
Pledging to Debate History: Values and education
… can learn about the basic human rights instilled in the Constitution and relate them to their own circumstances. … way process. They cannot be expected to…
ArticleA White Referendum
… held a referendum to gauge White opinion on the new constitution and tricameral parliament – it baulked at … prove disastrous for business and the economy…
ArticleCosatu timeline
… COSATU spends about R2 million campaigning for the ANC. After a decline in the vote towards the ANC, General secretary of COSATU, Zwelinzima Vavi warns the ……
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
… 1952 The African National Congress’ (ANC) Defiance Campaign against the South African Apartheid … coast) back to Namibia. 1998-1999 SWAPO amends the…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… later changes its name to the African National Congress (ANC) 1913 May, White miners declare a strike at the New … of contract under the “Masters and…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… President-General of the African National Congress (ANC). Walter Sisulu joins the African National Congress. The … Prof. Z. K. Matthews joins the African…
ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
… itself to be a different organisation that adopted ANC policies and the Freedom Charter over the Black … them. AZASO also secured political cooperation with…
Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? by Jessica Clarke
… including forced sexual contact. South Africa’s democratic constitution of 1994 (introduced in 1996) was very advanced … promising considerable change after…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… there was tension within the African National Congress (ANC) between those with different ideological and theoretical … struggle. Many members of the African…
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… from the CPNU to the African National Congress (ANC) , as reactionaries. Further misunderstanding manifested … Teachers' Educational and Professional…
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… by Algerian forces. Aligeria January 17 2013 Algeria ANC enforced a 50% representation of women in leadership for the first in its history. South Africa…
ArticleHistory of elections in South Africa
… of South Africa. The Act, which served as the Union's constitution until 1961, created a parliamentary government … of South Africa, an independent body…
Coetzee as Contractarian: Disgrace as Political Theory by Joshua Richman
… intellectual framework that shaped South Africa’s 1996 constitution. In portraying rural South Africa as a Hobbesian … between John Locke’s social contract…
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… basis for land restitution is provided by the 1993 Interim Constitution, section 25(7) of the 1996 Constitution and the Restitution of Land Rights Act. The…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… The 1980s witnessed an increase in attacks launched by the ANC through its armed MK inside South Africa. Conversely, the … up its attacks on neighboring…
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… which is currently led by the African National Congress (ANC) towards a more unified and strong South Africa. … the beginning, Inkatha became quite close…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
… the delegates selected by the country’s voters to write a constitution for an independent Namibia. The following year a new constitution was adopted and…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… Party of South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC) and the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) jointly … (1 May) to protest the banning of communist…
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… to the leadership of the African National Congress (ANC) in the liberation struggle. This article looks at the … and closely aligned itself with the politics…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… 1935 Govan Mbeki joins the African National Congress (ANC) 1938 Govan Mbeki receives a telegram about a job offer … disruption. Mandela and other high…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… held its first annual congress in 1956. Sactu joined the ANC-led Congress Alliance, and took part in many of the … but in 1958 the campaign drew limited…
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
… from the CPNU to the African National Congress (ANC) , as reactionaries. Further misunderstanding manifested … Teachers' Educational and Professional…