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ArchiveChief Albert Luthuli Lecture, Africa and Freedom, delivered by the patron of the TMF, Thabo Mbeki, 10 December 2021
… Declaration of Human Rights which the UN had adopted in 1948. When the then Chairperson of the Nobel Committee, … inclusive. Thus, on average it lost 3%…
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…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… secured acceptance of a compromise plan providing for the election, on a separate roll, of three white 'Native … elements, including the main architects of…
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…
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…
Freedom Charter sold out the dispossessed by Motsoko Pheko (The Sowetan), 2 Feb 2012
… extremely poor and an 80% black majority. In 1943, 1944, 1948 and 1949, the Congress Youth League had formulated four …
Appendix 1: Freedom Fighters On The March: A Message From Dr. Y. M. Dadoo To The Indian People
… ahead. Since the advent of the Nationalist Governmentin 1948 our people have marched hand-in-hand with the African …
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…
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 …
Doing Oral History
… project 3: The impact of apartheid on peoples' lives - 1948-1960 Phase : General Education Certificate(GET) - Grade … the period between the National Party…
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…
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…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… signed in Washington D.C. on 1 January 1942. In 1948 the National Party (NP) came to power, introduced the … prepared go to the polls on 6 September of that…
EventSir John Robinson forms Natal's first ministry as Prime Minister
On 10 October 1893, Natal's first ministry was formed, with Sir John Robinson as Prime Minister, Minister of Education, and Colonial Secretary. Robinson, who…
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… He lost support and was defeated in the 1924 general election. This gave Hertzog's Nationalist Party and the …
Apartheid - The early 1980s
… for the executive, despite being conservative. The 1989 election lost the NP 37 seats, some to the Democratic Party , …
ArchiveAppendix 2 The Political Landscape of Cape Town, by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… Party(NP), with its platform of apartheid, during the 1948 elections. Though it did not command the highest number … service, town halls, recreational areas…
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…
Address by ANC President, Nelson R. Mandela, to the Ruth First tenth anniversary commemoration trust Cape Town, 17 August 1992
… eye I saw Pallo Jordan as I had last seen him when, during 1948, I spent a few days in his home. Similarly, I could see …
PlaceSteadville, Ladysmith
… Steadville High School and members of the community “In 1948-49 I was just a supporter of the ANC; I was not a proper …
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;…
Yet another Myth: Mbeki and the Monopolisation of Power by Thabo Mbeki, 25 January 2016
… for the support of the electorate on the basis of Election Manifestoes agreed by the ANC National Executive … honour the commitments it had made to the…
Document 136 - “Report on the Relationship of the Party to other Workers’ Organisations in South Africa”, Freedom 5, 4 August 1946
… conference and the Central Committee. On the question of election contests, which probably were very much in the minds … whether the considerable sums which…
ArchiveAziz Pahad: Rest in peace by David Kenvyn
I first met Aziz when I was a student at the London School of Economics. I met him through my involvement in the Anti-Apartheid Movement and the National…
A Message from Albert Luthuli to every Voter from the African National Congress, 1 April 1958
… in it, that we speak to you on the eve of this crucial election. We trust most earnestly that you will heed our …
PlaceFugard Theatre, Cape Town
… that took place after the release of Mandela, and his election as president as these events catapulted a shift in …
Document 98 - “The All African Convention”, Umlilo Mollo /The Flame, 1, 2, October 1936
… electoral districts, polling booths can be set up, and an election carried out, if possible on the same day as the …
PlaceMogwase, Bojanala Region
Mogwase lies near the Pilanesberg National Park. It falls under the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality juristriction and the seat of Bojanala Platinum, is…