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EventGabon gains independence from France
… the 1990s Gabon introduced a multiparty system and a new constitution that allowed for a more transparent electoral …
EventA Whites-only referendum in SWA gives a support on Black majority.
… thousand of them voted yes on the Turnhalle draft constitution in May 1977, with almost 95 percent of them …
EventANC Constitutional proposals are disclosed
… The ANC recognised that even after the adoption of a new constitution, there may still be a need for establishing a …
EventHelen Suzman is born
… times at Robben Island. When Nelson Mandela signed the new constitution in 1996, Suzman was along side him. In the …
A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief by Alfred Temba Qabula
… in his head as he drove around on a fork-lift truck. In 1983 he joined the Metal and Workers Union, helping …
EventCarl Niehaus is sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason for being a member of ANC underground
… along with his fiancÁƒÂƒ©e Johanna (Jansie) Lourens in 1983. Both were convicted of treason, and on 24 November, …
PlaceBergtheil House, 16 Queen’s Avenue, Westville
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 December 1983. …
ArticleA timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
… home. He had failed to uphold, defend and respect the Constitution as the supreme law of the land, the country’s … ordered by the public protector was…
Ahead of the Bushfire Festival: Five things you might not know about Swaziland
… III, became king in 1986 at the age of 18. Swaziland’s new constitution came into force in 2006 and includes a bill of rights. But these rights are limited…
De Klerk pays tribute to Mandela’s ‘unique contribution’
… in the process that led to the adoption of the interim constitution and our first democratic elections in April … courage, charm and commitment to…
Document 11 - Second letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… Convention to draw up a new non-racial and democratic Constitution for South Africa. The Conference Resolution … Convention of all South Africans to draw up…
Chapter 16. Coloured and Indian Members - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… organisation. There has never been a colour bar in the constitution of the union, but despite this very few of the … were employed. I assured them that,…
PlaceCape Town, Western Province
… until it was reaffirmed in the Bill of Rights of the SA Constitution of 1996 . Cape suburbia displayed a 'mixed' … in Courville St, Gardens. District Five…
ArticleGayle: The Language of Apartheid South Africa’s Gay Underground
The socio-political landscape of Apartheid South Africa was a challenging one for members of the LGBTQI+ community. Under the former National Party (NP),…
Remarks by the President of the African National Congress Comrade JG Zuma to Worker`s Day Durban, 1 May 2015
… ensured that the rights of workers are protected in our Constitution and many progressive laws. Chief amongst these … form and belong to trade unions which…
Speech by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Oliver Tambo Institute of Leadership, 17 July 2008, Kawaweta, Uganda
… to change to ensure that once the country had adopted a Constitution, the army, police and other security … had to play a constructive role as protectors of…
ANC National Conference, 13 July 1991
… Period. Negotiations. International Policy. The ANC`s Constitution. Umkhonto weSizwe. Building the ANC as an Organisation. The ANC adopted its new…
Arthur Chaskalson: 24 November 1931 - 1 December 2012 by Jeremy Gauntlett, 4 December 2012
… Wiechers and Ismail Mahomed, a drafter of the Namibian constitution following the Turnhalle talks. He was a natural leader in South Africa's constitution…
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
… election of a Constituent Assembly, which would drew up a constitution. On 21 March 1990 the country gained …
EventThe Draft South Africa Act is signed
… September 1909 and it came into force on 31 May 1910. The constitution in its final form had some federal traits in the …
EventThe State President F.W. de Klerk issues a proclamation adopting the new national flag and National Anthem of SA
… In terms of section 248 (1) of the Interim 1994 Constitution, and acting on the advice of the Transitional …
EventEugene Terre Blanche, controversial leader of the AWB ( Afrikaner Resistance Movement), is born in Ventersdorp.
… between various political parties for a new democratic constitution took place), the 'Battle of Ventersdorp', and …
EventNRP leader, Vause Raw announces that his party is ready to give the President's Council a chance
The leader of the New Republic Party (NRP), Vause Raw announced that his party was ready to give the President's Council a chance as a start on the road to a…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… attacked 12 ANC 'terrorist targets' within Lesotho. 1983 20 May, 19 South African Defence Force (SADF) and South … Following the African National Congress ’s…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… assassination attempts.Deployed to Maputo, Mozambique. 1983-1984 Plays a key role in suppressing the mutiny in MK camps in Angola. 1983 Hani is appointed…
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
… a stable, multi-racial democracy was a live issue with a constitution being drawn up for the soon to be founded … paid lip service to the liberal democratic…
Nelson Mandela Sending Photographs
… almost as she was when I last saw her in London. 31 March 1983 Had it not been for your visits, wonderful letters and … a collection of sacred words, but God…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… the formation of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 1983. And it was the influence of these NEUM members in …
Conflict among civic organisations
… in the breaking away of 40 organisations from the DBAC in 1983 who renamed their new organisation the Cape Action …
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… and sponsored by government in most of its activities. In 1983 NUSAS forged an alliance with the newly formed United …