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EventRecognition of the Customary Marriages Act comes into effect
… with customary law based on section 15(3) of the Constitution, stating that legislation must not be prevented …
EventZimbabwean politician and trade unionist Morgan Tsvangirai is born
… prime minister was abolished through an amendment to the constitution. He passed away on 14 February 2018 due to colon …
EventSouth Africa readmitted to United Nations
… Unity and the adoption of a non-racial and democratic constitution for the transitional period. The credentials of …
EventBantu Holomisa deposes Stella Sigcau as President of the Transkei
… President Nelson Mandela's cabinet, suspended the civilian constitution and refused South Africa's repeated demands for …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
… the Miracle by Max du Preez Chapter 3 - The South African Constitution: Birth Certificate of a Nation by Hassen Ebrahim …
ArticleAngolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events
… by dos Santos and Savimbi, resulting in a multiparty constitution. 29 September 1992 Angola holds its …
ArchiveBarberton Prison by Sloane Fuller
… of the specificities of how apartheid was carried out. In 1983, however, Barberton Prison became the target of the … in regard to Barberton. [15] Such was…
ArchiveInterview with Lybon Tiyani Mabasa
… for AZAPO and subsequently served as its president (1983-84), vice-president for political education (1985-86) …
PlaceBurkina Faso
… colony , it gained independence as Upper Volta in 1960. In 1983, Captain Thomas Sankara seized power and adopted radical …
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… and worked at the South African Library in Cape Town from 1983. Schoeman is the author of 18 novels and numerous works …
EventThe first recognised AIDS cases are reported in the USA
… as the source of what came to be defined as AIDS in 1983/84. HIV destroys blood cells called CD4+ T cells, which …
EventMilitary service becomes compulsory for White South African men.
… to 720 days in total. A movement in South Africa began in 1983 to co-ordinate various groups in the country who …
EventThe United Democratic Front (UDF) is dissolved
… The United Democratic Front (UDF) was formed in August 1983, and was one of the most prominent anti-apartheid …
Document 52 - International Secretariat of the International Communist League [B-L),Minutes of meeting, 23 April 1935 (Extract)
… of' the Lenin Club condemns (particularly the one on the constitution of the new party), the latter do not think they … the ranks of the organization itself'…
EventPeter “Terror” Mathebula dies
… matches, suffering 5 KOs. Mathebula retired from boxing in 1983. Peter “Terror” Mathebula died on 18 January 2020, in …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 103th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… shaping the pillars of our democracy as enshrined in our Constitution. This year represents the fifty-fifth … prescripts of the Freedom Charter find…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Joint Sitting of Parliament to Report on the Processing of Some Presidential Pardons: Cape Town, 21 November 2007.
… amnesty process. The Post-amble of South Africa’s Interim Constitution placed emphasis on reconciliation and the … conflicts of the past. To this end,…
The death of Mama Luthuli,16 December 1996
… days ago President Mandela signed into law a democratic constitution for South Africa. The ANC sends its deepest …
EventLibya becomes independent
… assisted the Libyan national assembly in drawing up a constitution for the new state. …
EventCODESA’s starting date set
… start of substantive negotiations on South Africa's future constitution, a Convention for a Democratic South Africa …
EventNamibians vote for a Constituent Assembly
… The Constituent Assembly was to draw up a new constitution for the territory as a sovereign state. More …
EventBarney Pityana is elected Chairman of Human Rights Commission
… (HRC), a statutory body provided for under the Interim Constitution, on its inaugural meeting on 2 October 1995 …
Closing address by President Nelson Mandela in the president’s budget debate Cape Town, 22 April 1998
… negotiated transition was based. They are contained in our constitution as the founding writ of our democracy. In that … that we in the majority party are…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the workshop for Human Rights Education Durban, 21 September 1994
… some of the economic and cultural rights in our interim Constitution. Our vision of bringing prosperity to all, has … young democracy. Although the…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Communications and the Battle of Ideas, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… in society, including the media, within the context of the Constitution of the Republic. These rights need to be weighed … is strategically placed to foster…
EventNational Party refuses to serve on Buthelezi Commission of Inquiry
The South African Prime Minister, P.W. Botha lashed out on the Buthelezi Commission of Inquiry concerning the future of Natal. Botha said that the National…
EventThe full citizenship of Coloured people is called for
… through the establishment of the Tricameral Parliament in 1983, which granted Coloureds limited political rights. The …
PlaceNZASM Station, George Norton Street, Krugersdorp
… railway system. It was declared a National Monument in 1983, devolved to a Gauteng Provincial Heritage Resource in …
EventSA and Mozambique revive Nkomati Accord
… neighbouring states. An embattled Botha toured Europe in 1983 promising reforms in the face of severe pressure within …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister and State President John Vorster is born
… then Minister of Information. Vorster died in Cape Town in 1983. …