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ArchiveSelf rule in the Transkei: a monstrous fraud
… The Bantu Authorities in Transkei have accepted a constitution, which the Unity Movement is unhappy about; to …
EventProgressive Federal Party is formed
… rights for all South Africans and the negotiation of a new constitution at a national convention. Liberal, mainly …
EventTranskei gains complete independence
… did not incorporate the apartheid ideology into its constitution, but became a multiracial state in which all …
54. South African Indian Congress: first annual report, 1924
… were passed and sent to the proper quarters. A provisional constitution for the creation of a South African Indian … for the more serious and important work…
EventSA Prime Minister P. W. Botha warns the country that confrontation will be inevitable if his proposed President's Council fails
South African Prime Minister P. W. Botha warns the country that confrontation will be inevitable if his proposed President's Council fails. The Council was…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… of a broad federation. A fourth summit in Athlone in April 1983 saw the unions agree that the proposed federation could … principle, and Cusa’s unions…
ArticleStrong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold
… Strong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF Formed in 1983 as a conglomeration of political, civic, church, student … former American President George H.W…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… the launch of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in August 1983, this pre-eminence was sealed, and the Black … but banned for five years, saw his banning…
Education for Service
… set in motion the process of drawing up and establishing a constitution that will ensure, inter alia: (a) that South … is exercised over the whole of its…
PlaceRailway Administration Building, bounded by Maitland-, Hanger, St Andrew and Harvey Streets, Bloemfontein
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 15 July 1983. The first railway line connected Bloemfontein to Cape …
PlaceOnderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 7 October 1983. As an academic training hospital, the OVAH is expected …
EventMass Democratic Movement (MDM) begins their Defiance Campaign
… Albertina Sisulu and Helen Joseph. The UDF was launched in 1983, and began its work by promoting protests and boycotts …
EventAcclaimed South African poet Sheila Cussons dies
… She wrote of this experience in Die swart kombuis. In 1983 Cussons returned to South Africa. Cussons' poetry works …
ArchiveA survey of race relations in South Africa: 1954-1955
… of Race Relations; Joint Councils and study circles; Constitution and powers of Parliament; Registration and …
EventDe Klerk announces a referendum to test his political reforms
… the CSRV[online],avaliable at www.csvr.org.za South Africa Constitution 1966-The demand for a negotiated settlement from …
EventThe Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) is launched
… As a result, Chapter 12 was drafted onto the South African constitution. …
ArchiveBiography of Dorothy Nyembe by Thomas Boatman
… became a founding mother of the South African democratic constitution and was an original member of the National … 1984 Another Landmark,” Dawn volume 7,…
EventMinister of Defence, PW Botha discloses that South Africa's northern borders are protected by a radar early warning system
Minister of Defence, PW Botha disclosed that South Africa's northern borders are protected by a radar complex constituting an early warning system, and that…
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… sexual freedom as a fundamental human right in the new constitution. In 1996, South Africa's new Constitution made discrimination based on sexual orientation…
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
… Congress holds its 44th annual conference in Bloemfontein. 1983 A railway line 1km from Bloemfontein is maliciously …
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa
… as the source of what came to be defined as AIDS in 1983/84. HIV destroys blood cells called CD4+ T cells, which …
Statement by Oliver Tambo on 16 June 1984
… history. Today, faced with the challenge of the Botha constitution and the August elections, we address an appeal, … is a just system of education in a just…
Statement on June 16 by O. R. Tambo, 1984
… history. Today, faced with the challenge of the Botha constitution and the August elections, we address an appeal, … is a just system of education in a just…
PlaceMajuba Power Station, Volksrust-Mpumalanga
… opened in South Africa after 1994. Construction started in 1983 and the first of its six units was placed in Commercial … opened in South Africa after 1994…
Article2016 in Review
… The ConCourt finds that Zuma did not uphold or defend the Constitution in regards to the Public Protector’s findings on … - 20 years since President Nelson…
ArticleWomen’s Rights and Representation
… by the full range of rights guaranteed in the new Constitution - the rights to life, dignity, privacy and … African society in line with the ideals expressed…
ArticleWomens Rights
… by the full range of rights guaranteed in the new Constitution - the rights to life, dignity, privacy and … African society in line with the ideals expressed…
Eulogy by President Jacob Zuma, at the Funeral Service of Advocate Mvuseni Edward Ngubane, at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 18 May 2012
… adopted the Interim and ultimately our current democratic Constitution in 1996, we had to embark on a tricky, painful … our commitment to advance the ideals…
EventUgandan Prime Minister, Milton Obote announces the proposed division of Buganda
… was dissolved. Prior to the adoption of the 1967 constitution, local government administration functions in …
EventManuel Pinto da Costa becomes the president
… MLSTP won all 16 seats in the National Assembly. The constitution, which was promulgated on December 12, 1975, …