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A Message to Every Voter from the African National Congress, April 1958
… in it, that we speak to you on the eve of this crucial election. We trust most earnestly that you will heed our …
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… with discussion on its constitution and the formal election of office bearers. It is now possible to reveal new …
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… process. The victory of the CP in the Potchefstroom by-election on 19 February 1992 was a warning for the National … It was now uncertain whether the NP…
The Afrikaner Bond
… in the victory of the Nationalist Party (NP) in the election of 1948 , when the NP began to institute the apartheid … for: the Bond to put forward patriotic…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… of the Congress presided had been completed, the election of officials took place. A list of officials and … in the NIA. These members, on being notified of…
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… Mahomed, that had launched one of the most successful election boycott campaigns in the history of South Africa. …
ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
… an important role popularizing the UDF, by promoting anti-election campaigns and collecting signatures during the …
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
… Committee (TASC) be established to oppose the SAIC election. The Committee actively campaigned, with the NIC, …
ArticleTreason Trial 1956 - 1961
… be divided into electoral districts, and that a general election for representatives to the Congress of the People be …
ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
Awards 1960s 1964 Elected Honorary President of the Students' Union, University College, London. 1965 Elected Honorary President of the Students'…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… White South Africans go to the polls in the second general election since 1948. The Congress Alliance called for a national work …
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… the National Party's victory in the national elections of 1948. Upon their election the National Party - with the unofficial support of …
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… of 1991. The Group Areas Act, Act No 41 of 1950 After its election victory the National Party regime institutionalised … discriminatory and segregatory…
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… the power of the African vote. For instance, in the 1890 election which brought Rhodes to power as Prime Minster, the … White representatives. The law was…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
… Party and South African Labour Party wins the national election and General J.B.M. Hertzog becomes Prime Minister. … to meet with the Native Affairs…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… imposed. The National Party won 134 seats in the general election, the highest proportion ever gained by one party in … of South Africa. 1981 The National…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… Once the Nationalist Party government came into power in 1948, it embarked upon a robust and aggressive policy of slum … when the Nationalist Party formed…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… low cost houses for the growing African urban population. 1948-1979 During this period the Apartheid government passed …
Judaism
… and had no homeland until modern Israel was created in 1948. Image: many Jews travel to Jerusalem in Israel to pray …
ArticlePseudo-scientific racism and Social Darwinism
… would be awash with "inferiors." What is Genocide? In 1948, as a result of the Holocaust, the newly created United …
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… and held discussions with delegates of many countries. 1948, January - Passive Resistance entered its second phase. …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1930 - 1939
1930 October 5, The Asiatics Land Tenure (Amendment) Bill imposes segregation on Indians in the Transvaal. The South African Indian Congress meets at an…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… Ramodike saw him picked to represent the party in the 1994 election. But a storm of protests eventually saw him removed … with an overwhelming majority in…
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… African Party that prevailed in the Union’s first general election in September 1910, with Louis Botha as Prime … the White section of the population, and…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… 1930 a new factory is opened in Harrower Road and in 1948 its operations move to Neave Township. August, The … bread is suspended, and only permitted again…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… AWB leader Eugene Terre'Blanche proposed standing for election for the seat, but eventually scuttled his plan. In … Lucas Mangope became president, and in…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… in towns and cities across the country- to promote an election boycott and opposition to the apartheid state and … Prime Minister. August 31, Five days…
From Segregation to Apartheid
… itself. The nationalist regime that came into power in 1948 offered a hard solution to this crisis. Instead of …
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… (NP) came to power following the general elections in 1948, but its impact could be felt. The NP came and …
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… Archie Muller throughout the Eastern Cape in an election campaign for the Cape Provincial Council 1944 … After a long trial, the case is eventually withdrawn…