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ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
… that there is an extensive divergence between women’s rights in legislation and the current reality they face. In … gender equality and ranks tenth globally…
BiographyDr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang
… in Exile. The purpose of this body was to look at health issues specific to the exile community, including mental … which focused heavily on gender and…
BiographyDr. Abu Baker Asvat
… funding for schools, poorer equipment, and the nutritional issues associated with poverty. He published articles and … Asvat was able to instill an awareness…
BiographyHerbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo
… with the Natal government for Black South African rights. The political divide was first evident during the … vigorous gesture and movement.... We want…
BiographyMewa Ramgobin
… Parliament in 1984 , which gave limited parliamentary representation to Coloured and Indian people only, Ramgobin …
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
… the Population Registration Act of 1950 and the Separate Representation of Voters Act of 1951. Coloureds, who enjoyed limited voting rights and privileged…
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… the Population Registration Act of 1950 and the Separate Representation of Voters Act of 1951. Coloureds, who enjoyed limited voting rights and privileged…
ArticleConvention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
… Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini and the KwaZulu homeland. Issues After the negotiating parties had agreed and signed … decisions relating to the constitution…
ArticleIndian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and Segregation
… Grundlingh, 1998: 36). Article 8 of the Treaty made voting rights by black people conditional on the consent of the … locations. The recommendations aimed to…
EventThe last sitting of an all-white Parliament
… and Indians were denied the right to parliamentary representation. White political domination was maintained … of an all-white parliament. By 1964, limited…
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
… labour conditions and denial of African trades union rights. In 1972 Tariq was forced to leave school early (after … political processes and to look at…
BiographyLouis Botha
… reconstruction of property, and postponing black voting rights until after representative government had been … first, but he disapproved of Hertzog's…
Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
… to reach some sort of agreement on the land and property issues. On 29 March 1944, the SAIC presented a memorandum to … and political affairs. The Asiatic…
BiographySefako Mapogo Makgatho
… In his view, “this Act is fraught with the most momentous issues, as it infringes on the common rights of the people. In all countries and among all nations…
BiographyJane Gool
… disenfranchisement and the creation of the dummy Native Representation Council (NRC). When people rallied to oppose …
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… (AAC), an organised body that intends to promote African rights through boycotts. The AAC chooses Bloemfontein because … L. T. Mtimkulu is carried out:-That…
ArticleSPEAK Magazine (1982 - 1994)
… the next four decades, women continued to fight for their rights not just against the restrictions of apartheid but … together women from different…
ArchiveSpeak
… by Speak Collective, is a publication focussing on issues of interest mainly to women. Violence against women, … transmitted diseases, better work conditions…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… South African government and focuses on improving women’s issues within the country as well as increasing women’s … System The ANC Women’s League in the…
BiographyDenis Theodore Goldberg
… for Israel. The fact that he was prepared to debate issues in a civil manner has given Zionists the effrontery to … him its Satyagraha Award for his…
BiographyPercy John "Jack" Hodgson
… the early 1950’s protesting the unconstitutional Separate Representation of Voters Bill, which sought to remove the …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… and Country in the hour of greatest need be denied any rights and privileges at the gift of the State? I answer … of the meeting click here . 26 July, The…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… Coloured troops in the armed services and that democratic rights be extended. July, The Executive Committees of the All … Justice. Report Click here 26 July,…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… to agitate amongst the black community for full democratic rights. 14 March, The Lawrence Committee, established in 1939 … trial under emergency regulations…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… in the Senate in order to pass the Separate Representation of Voters Bill. As a part of the legislation … political views. Though the current and historical…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… the White, Christian, Afrikaans patriarchal minority. The rights of Black people were violated and were subjected to … November, after a rush of agreements…
BiographyMarcus Solomon
… for two months on charges of public violence. Children’s rights activism In 1983 Solomon was a founder member of the … nation-wide socialist organization to…
BiographyCecyl Esau
… to be organised and mobilised around bread and butter issues and to address the national political situation as a … and Jacob Esau. Today he works on…
BiographyArthur Albert Hugh Adams
… some 20 years before. “South Africa 1959” is not a literal representation of an event – Picasso never went to Guernica, …
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… was calculated by the prison authorities to undercut their rights as men to wear long pants and shoes. This demonstrates … The two parties had previously…