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ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… liberation movements. The African National Congress , (ANC) South African Communist Party (SACP), the Indian … the government’s racially biased polices…
ArticlePeople and Culture of South Africa
… books etc, to this feature during the year. The country's Constitution guarantees equal status to 11 official languages … languages spoken in South Africa…
ArticleTrevor Andrew Manuel and Economic Freedom Fighters - High Court of South Africa - Gauteng Local Division - Johannesburg
… a fundamental freedom protected by section 16 [2] of the Constitution, human dignity is stated in section 1 of the Constitution to be a foundational value of…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… replaced by Pixley Seme . The formation of the Independent ANC Fietas, Johannesburg: 'Africans' are moved out of the … Seme, the founding father the African…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… Amendment Act. Working together with the CPSA, the ANC responded by launching the Defiance Campaign and rallying … Charter. Organisations with members…
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… of eleven official languages. The South African Constitution provides equal human, political and social … and hold office. Section 9.3 of the Bill of…
ArticleGrade 12 - Topic 3 - Civil Society protests 1950s to 1990s
… This was the founding of the Women’s Defence of the Constitution, the symbol of the organisation, a constitution draped in a black sash, showed their…
The appointment of Judges
… members. The appointment process, set out in the interim constitution, required the president - again, in consultation … relevant: the core issue was what…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament
… as farcical. It was dissolved when a new interim constitution came into effect which abolished Apartheid …
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
… organisations like the African National Congress (ANC), SACP, Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and other … through “offering its territory as a rear-guard to…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… as prime minister. 1970 Chief Leabua Jonathan suspends the constitution after the BNP (23 seats) loses the January … sympathizer, Edgar Mahlomola Motuba, is…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… and Settlers Indian Association) That the whole of the Constitution and Rules of the Congress, with such additions … and Settlers’ Association might put…
The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut
… that the RDB set up the Afrikaner business institute. Its constitution called for the 'closest possible cooperation … and cooperating with the new democratic…
ArticleBlack Women’s Federation
… where the organisation was launched, the women adopted a constitution and resolved to deal with issues related to …
ArticleSouth Africa - First 20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014)
… advent to democracy was ushered through the 1993 Interim Constitution, drawn up through negotiations among various …
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… central to the making of contemporary South Africa. The Constitution of South Africa was adopted in order to: … justice and fundamental human rights..." …
Intersex South Africa (ISSA)
Intersex South Africa (ISSA) is an organization founded in 2010 by late activist Sally Gross. According to ISSA’s manifesto, the goals of their mission include…
Biography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
… Malibongwe and One Never Knows. Keywords Lindiwe Mabuza, ANC, Chief Representative, One Never Knows, Malibongwe, South … theirs’. [15] She joined the African…
20 Years of Democracy - Profiles of the Presidents
… advent to democracy was ushered through the 1993 Interim Constitution, drawn up through negotiations among various …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… 6 February, Walter Sisulu attends a secret meeting of the ANC at Macosa house, Johannesburg, with Ahmed Kathrada . March, The ANC announces that its anti…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… for the strike on Freedom Day with Mandela as an ANC Youth League member and Kathrada as a Communist Party member. Soon after, at a meeting of the ANC and…
South African Prime Ministers from the National Party
… rule in 1994. Under South Africa's first non-racial Constitution, adopted in 1994, the head of state (and of …
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… 1994 democratic election in South Africa, a new non-racial constitution was drawn up. It includes a Bill of Rights, and … to O.R. Tambo International Airport…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… in December 1960. It charted the way forward following the ANC and PAC’s banning and the government’s holding of a … of all races” to decide on a new non…
How cases reach the Constitutional Court
… important principle relating to the interpretation of the Constitution has been raised and will consider whether there … justice to do so. As for direct…
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… Boesman, a member of the banned African National Congress (ANC) , was convicted of the 1985 killing of Mellina Fass, a … Vuyisile Mini , a trade union…
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… formation of the Society, proceeded with discussion on its constitution and the formal election of office bearers. It is … mentions, "consideration will be…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… not accepted as members of the African National Congress (ANC) when it was formed in 1912. This acceptance only came in … to protest the permit requirement…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… government Prime Ministers were: The government changed in constitution from 1979 under the next Prime Minister, P.W. … was founded and demanded rights for …
ArticleAftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906
… of Africans, Coloured and Indians from the new Union constitution, forced the new urban European educated and …