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ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
… Workers’ Union (FCWU) in 1941 to combat many of these issues that workers were enduring. The policies of the FCWU … she helped organise a local strike…
ArticleThe Interim South African Constitution 1993
… Park. Working groups were formed to deal with specific issues. The first multi-party meeting was named The … the IFP and the Bophuthatswana Government. Among…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… political discussions. After prisoners fought for more rights in prison, sport was eventually permitted. Zuma took … ANC set up the Motsuenyane Commission to…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… Town ). 3 February, Following problems over Indian trading rights and ownership of property in the municipal areas of … the Women's section of the Communist…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… to agitate amongst the black community for full democratic rights. May, The Broome Commission is established to inquire … of his court trial, under the…
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
… only with short-term gains, parochial, and apolitical issues like good food, codes of conduct, and assault by … as school fees, the use of corporal…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… (ICU) is established in Cape Town. Amongst some of the issues that galvanizes people around its banner were the land … until 1930. Hertzog tables four bills…
Political Report by Limpopo ANC Chairperson Cde Cassel Mathale during the Limpopo ANC Provincial General Council, 10 June 2012
… state economically. Africa is afforded non-permanent representation at the United Nations Security Council. Over … investigated even a single Western leader…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… of talks Announcement of date for November Preparation and issues ANC constitutional Principles NP constitutional … under a common voters’ roll; universally…
Grade 9 Archive
… that is no longer required in the curriculum. Human rights issues during and after World War II: When reading … in creating a more caring and just society in…
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… established at about this time too, and became active in issues relating to housing and squatting. Women also … that the national struggle for freedom rather…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… measure designed to restrict Indian trading and property rights in the gold mining areas of Transvaal. 8 October 1939 … and NIC are allowed only one…
The Court’s position in the justice system
… hear cases - is restricted to constitutional matters and issues connected with decisions on constitutional matters. … matters; may decide only constitutional…
The Boerenvereenigingen: precursor to the Afrikaner Bond
… in 1883. The movement began to become active on cultural issues soon after it emerged, making demands for the rights of Dutch speakers. The Zuid Afrikaansche…
ArticleMafika Pascal Gwala Annual Lecture
… the pivotal role of artists in promoting debate on human rights issues. The lecture series is in line with South African …
ArticleMafika Gwala Third Annual Lecture, 5 October 2017
… the pivotal role of artists in promoting debate on human rights issues. The lecture series is in line with South African …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the official opening of the Bram Fischer library at the legal resources centre Johannesburg, 27 September 1996
… homage to a great South African by addressing fundamental issues of law and society. Today we give further recognition … the Legal Resources Centre has…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… the prize was awarded purely for the advancement of human rights. Luthuli's Nobel Prize came at a critical juncture in … colonial powers to concentrate their…
BiographySimon van der Stel
… de Stade was created circa 1710 and is the earliest known representation of the original Constantia herenhuis and the …
BiographyNana Sita
… land - culminating in the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act of 1946 (the "Ghetto Act") - militants in … taken to court on December 10th, the…
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
… on Indian growers. The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act, 1946 (Act No. 28 of 1946) was a …
BiographyCharles W H Kohler
As the driving force behind the creation of the Ko-operatieve Wijn-bouwers Vereniging van Zuid-Afrika, Beperkt (The Co-operative Wine Growers' Association of…
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
… and to co-opt their Chiefs. Violence erupted around issues such as Chiefs who collaborated with the Apartheid … in 1889 and 1894, Sigcau granted mineral,…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… the system of racial segregation. Mandela became a civil rights leader, leading many against the Apartheid government. … to non-white people and took away…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… the Union of South Africa was adopted in 1910. This gave rights to the white minority but took away the right to vote … should be the basis of federal…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… . The Bill was implemented in order to remove voting rights of Coloured South Africans. The process to change the … the constitution by the National Party…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… organization that sought to unite Africans on political issues and fight for their political rights is formed in Port Elizabeth. 1887 The Imbumba Eliliso ……
Statement by Albert Luthuli to the council of the Institute of Race Relations, 19 December 1960
… with no prospect of ever being accorded full democratic rights on the same basis as their fellow white citizens. The … aspirations of the non-whites. This…
BiographyBheki Cele
Life and Early Career Bhekokwakhe (Bheki) Hamilton Cele was born on 22 April 1952 to Albertina Mtshali and Gillford Cele at uMuzumbe Mission Hospital near…
The South African Human Rights Commission
… Constitution. The Constitution also contains the Bill of Rights , which it describes as the 'cornerstone of democracy … the State to 'respect, protect,…