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ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)
… its victory in the 1948 elections, the National Party (NP) dominated all White Government further entrenched its … designed to suppress the majority of the…
ArticleConvention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
… during the opening session of CODESA. Dawie de Villiers, NP Chris Hani, SACP Helen Suzman Nelson Mandela, ANC Absent … democracy, this was not so for the…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… Preparation and issues ANC constitutional Principles NP constitutional Principles IFP Constitutional Principles DP … African National Congress (ANC) and the…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… Britain was becoming strong. In 1923 the National Party (NP) and Labour Party (LP) formed a pact to win the general … Britain while others (who formed the…
ArticleUnion, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy
… 11 TOTAL 121 Source: http://www.southafrica.to/history/history.html 1929 Elections: The last “white males … white rule and keeping them away from the urban…
ArticleElections in post Apartheid South Africa
… in April 1994. There is little doubt that coming from a history of a racially divided society, people voted for their … were only three main political…
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
… is widely documented, considered as the Nationalist Party (NP) government's model for its urban apartheid legislation … are still glaring gaps in critical…
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
… was a gamble for both De Klerk and the National Party (NP) and an opportunity to silence the white right-wing. The … (CP) in March 1982 after its members…
South African Government of National Unity (GNU) – 1994 – 1999
… National Party withdraws from the GNU The National Party (NP) held its Federal Executive Committee where it decided to … Unity with effect from 30 June 1996…
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… to sell not news so much as a party line.’ [1] The history of the press houses and their publications is a … Naspers, linked to Willie Hofmeyr, Sanlam and…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… on 19 February 1992 was a warning for the National Party (NP), as it had been for decades a safe seat. It was now uncertain whether the NP could win a…
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… James Hertzog , and the creation of the National Party (NP) , which favoured a two stream policy of separate, but … the hand, and English-speaking Whites on…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… that was thought about only after National Party (NP) victory in 1948. In the 1830s when some Afrikaners left … the country for the next eighty years. South…
Apartheid - The early 1980s
… strength of united black resistance. The National Party (NP) government had initially used a 'divide and rule' … This was done through the new constitution…
ArticleCODESA 1 Timeline
… the agenda of a multi-party congress. September 1991: The NP publishes a formal statement of its constitutional … November, a Secret Pact is undertaken…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… the enigmatic histories of these institutions of Afrikaner history and to piece together their origins and links with … both grew out of a period of…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… president following Botha’s resignation and which gave the NP victory in the “general elections.” The proposal which … Mandela suggested contained a power…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… settlement by the then ruling Nationalist Party (NP). The four-year transition period, from February 1990 to … decades. Right-wing elements within the…
In Conclusion: The Decline and Fall of the Tricameral Parliament
… the ANC. Botha suffered a stroke in January 1989, and the NP chose FW de Klerk as the party leader, and in August 1989 … South Africa). In the tricameral…
ArticleCODESA 2 Timeline
… of negotiations and the reform process. 30 March 1992: The NP agrees on the need to reorganize the SABC. 30 March 1992: … citizens. 08 May 1992: In Working…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… discrimination became necessary after the National Party (NP) came to power in 1948, and racial segregation and … now commemorated each year as Women's Day…
Participants in CODESA (1,2, Working Groups and Administration)
… of Sub-Group 4 in Working Group 4] Roelf Meyer [NP, Daily Management Committee] Reverend T.J. Mohapi … 2] MR I.M. Richards [Labour Party, CODESA 2] A.C…
South African Prime Ministers from the National Party
… South African Prime Ministers from the NP (equivalent to the position of President today): Following … as the President. South African State Presidents from…
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… from their homes and land. Photo from book Soweto: A History by Philip Bonner and Lauren Segal Young men from all … B. M. Hertzog. Hertzog, the founder of…
ArticleSouth African Constitutional Development Timeline 1902 - 1997
… 2-4 May, The Groote Schuur Accord: the National Party (NP) and the African National Congress (ANC) agree on a common … Committee and other specific members…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… was still a fledgling organisation when National Party (NP) came to power following the general elections in 1948, but its impact could be felt. The NP came…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… Cape. Image source Growing up he learnt about African history and the unfair discrimination faced by non-whites … Fighting for peace Apartheid was introduced…
ArticleTowards a people’s culture - Art and Resistance under Apartheid
… was one of the most important turning points in the history of South Africa. It triggered a chain of events, from … on their support or opposition to the…
ArticleThe Politics Behind Water
… 1956 was implemented eight years after the National Party (NP) came into power at the start of Apartheid. [11] This … and Smallholding Irrigation Schemes in…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… process of negotiations between the Nationalist Party (NP) government and the African National Congress (ANC). In … the ANC withdrew from the negotiations,…