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The Soul Of The ANC Under Attack by Frank Chikane
… in the next four to nine years; and (3) Losing a national election in the next nine to fourteen years or so. It is … this would collapse the organisation or…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 99th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2011
… National Conference, the 10 Point Plan as well as the 2009 Election Manifesto. The outstanding improvement in the 2010 … sweeping advances in those that we…
Following the January meeting of health ministers in London, a decision is taken that December 1 become World Aids Day
The World Summit of Ministers of Health on Programmes for AIDS Prevention concluded in London with representatives from 140 national governments. The…
EventPresident Jacob Zuma steps down as President of South Africa
On the 14 February 2018, President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma announced his resignation with immediate effect, following years of scandals and internal disputes…
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan's Day
The decision to make December 16 a holiday named Dingaan's Day was in celebration for what Voortrekkers viewed as a 'victory' over Zulu warriors near the Ncome…
PlaceDriefontein, Mpumalanga
Found in the Municipality of: Mkhondo Gert Sibande District, Mpumalanga, South Africa. It has a Subtropical highland climate or temperate oceanic climate with…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 92th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2004
… the celebration of our 92nd Anniversary to launch our 2004 Election Manifesto. Quite appropriately, the Manifesto is … to determine this common destiny that…
”ASINAMALI”, WE HAVE NO MONEY
… examples of wages (including COLA) for 'unskilled' work in 1948 and 1957 were as follows: Industry 1948 1957 Building £2 3s. 4d. £3 4s. 2d. Chemical £2…
Chapter IV - A meaningful life
… freedom, which he trod. April 1974 brought a parliamentary election. In a Cape Town constituency an active group of … I was invited to speak at a mass…
EventThe National President of the Black People's Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
On 27 June 1976, almost two weeks after the Soweto Uprising on 16 June, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, the National President of the Black People's Convention (BPC),…
PlaceParliament of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town
… eventually removed. South Africa held its first democratic election in April 1994 under an interim Constitution. …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… with a larger majority than in the 1958 general election. 12 May, The General Law Amendment Act provides for … The Prime Minister announces that there will…
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
… gone on to be a radio operator in the Israeli air force in 1948, came home eventually and opened his own place selling … My father hoped that I would join…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 5
… years afterwards Indians had to be reckoned with during election campaigns. Kajee and his gang of Indian associates … often financed him, did the committee…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… of the accession to power of the Nationalist government in 1948 right up to the dying days of the eighties, a period of … include educational, consumer,…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… qualification. Indians as Non-Whites could both stand for election and send members to Parliament. In the South African …
PAC Constitution - Extract from Karis & Carter
… Regions who ipso facto become Deputy Presidents, for the election of a Senior Deputy President from among the number … NEC period of office, irrespective of…
PlaceSierra Leone
… coup led surprisingly to a multiparty presidential election and Sierra Leone became an independent nation on … https://www.sierra-leone.org/Docs/First…
PlaceEthiopia
… to face problems of famine and widespread poverty. An election took place in April 1993 with almost unanimous …
4. Conclusion
… anti-pass campaigns, ran several successful campaigns for election to the Advisory Council in Orlando Township, and …
ArchiveSonia Bunting: Continuous Compassion and Adamant Activism by Jack Lucas
… party capable of governance. [27] In Nelson Mandela’s 1994 election, 72-year-old Sonia Bunting was out canvasing … Bunting”. [28] Mark Guthrie, “South…
A Marxist critique of the Freedom Charter
… partners of imperialism in Africa. In South Africa after 1948 there was already a section of the local middle class … of the masses, through the RDP, Gear,…
ArchiveChapter 19 Last thoughts – for now by Denis Goldberg
… not as President but as Comrade Thabo, not to stand for re-election. That for me was the measure of the excessive … was that some of them had lost very…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
While colonialism and slavery flourished in the 18th century, the foundations of modern democracy were also being established. It is important to consider the…
ArchiveFrom eNcome over Bloedrivier to eNcome and Beyond by Ben Khumalo-Seegelken
… to the apartheid-regime in this part of the world [1948-1994]. When in 1952 – three years after the inauguration … The date, 16 December in and after 1838,…
African National Congress Women's League Constitution
… committee shall: 7.5.1 Meet as soon as possible after its election and allocate tasks and functions among its members … the following powers: Meet as soon as…
PlaceNtabankulu Municipality
… Alfred Nzo District Municipality after the 2011 municipal election. This is a local Municipality in the Eastern Cape, …
EventJazz veteran Dorothy Masuka dies
On 23 February 2019, Dorothy Masuka died at her home, surrounded by her children and grandchildren, after suffering from hypertension. Dorothy Masuka was…
PlaceSeshego, a Township
… Political parties became defined soon after the first election, held in 1973. The Lebowa People’s Party, under …