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EventThe United Party is formed
… merger between the National Party, under the leadership of General J.B.M. Hertzog, and the South African Party under General J.C. Smuts. In 1933 the two…
EventSmuts becomes Prime Minister
… General Jan Christian Smuts started his first term as prime … minister of the Union of South Africa after the death of General Louis Botha on 27 August 1919…
EventANC leader Nelson Mandela meets Boutros Boutros
… Nelson Mandela met with the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali at Dakar. The two leaders … President Clarence Makwetu also met with…
Constitution of the African National Congress (South Africa), January 1958
… committee, a membership card, signed by the Treasurer-General and endorsed by the secretary of such branch or … from the branches of the Congress elected by…
EventLouis Botha becomes Union’s first Prime Minister
… representing the Vryheid district in 1897 and also Boer general during Anglo-Boer War 2 , Louis Botha, was instructed by Governor-General Herbert Gladstone…
ArticleStructure of Government in South Africa
… all the Members of Parliament (MP's) that got seats in the general elections. There are 350 – 400 MP's in our National …
ArticleAfrican Nationalism
… I nationalists fostered moves for self-determination. As a general definition, African nationalism in South Africa can …
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… of seats held by it. 24 May, Cyril Ramaphosa , Secretary-General of the ANC, elected chairman of the Constituent … South Africa. [Resolution 919(1994)] 31…
EventSifiso Nkabinde is shot dead by assassins
… Sifiso Nkabinde, former Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Natal Midlands and at the time of his death secretary-general of the…
PlaceBethlehem, Free State
Bethlehem is located on the N5 road to the Free State Province, via Senekal and Winburg to the N1. Other regional roads in the Town are R76 road to Kroonstad …
PlaceStikland Cemetery
In a 1947, a letter to the Cape Town Clerk and the secretary of the Board of Trustees to the Cape Peninsula Cemeteries requested the establishment of a new…
Minutes of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, February 1-2, 1947
… Executive be deferred until the arrival of the Secretary-General" 2. CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS: The chairman reported … 2 and 3, hailing the decisions of the…
ArchiveA survey of race relations in South Africa: 1953-1954
… and those working in collaboration with them; General work making for improved race relations; Events … ouside the Union with bearing on South African…
EventHeroic act by boer soldier Windvogel
… During the South African War (Anglo-Boer War 2), General Kemp attacked Brigadier-General Dixon at Vlakfontein and captured the field guns. …
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… of skirmishes between pupils and police diminishes. A general stayaway is organised. There are reports of pupils … was imposed. The National Party won 134…
Chapter 17. Afrikaner Nationalism and the Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… leading the country back towards the Dark Ages. The late General Hertzog formed the Nationalist Party in 1912. Until … and, at certain periods, it was even…
EventOscar Dumisani Dhlomo, politician and businessman, is born
… He was later elected Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Secretary-General On 1 June 1990 Dhlomo resigned as Inkatha Secretary-General, the KwaZulu cabinet and the…
EventThe Angolan government announces a unilateral ceasefire
… the implementation of the Lusaka Peace Protocol. General Armando Da Cruz Neto, Deputy Head of FAA General Staff, and General Geraldo Abreu Kamorteiro, Chief…
Entering Namibia without visas
… It was on 27 October 1966 that the United Nations General Assembly terminated the mandate over South West … of the South African Government.] On 12 May…
Chronology
… J. B. M. Hertzog March 30 , United Transkeian Territories General Council supports retention of the Cape African … the Rev. Z. R. Mahabane succeeds Dr. Seme…
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1946
… returned from India and England feel confident that the General Assembly of UNO will deal with the South African … "I would like," Mr. Rustomjee said, "to…
EventMilitary coup is executed in Lesotho
… within the ranks of the military and the legislature. General Lekhanya, a 45-year-old career policeman, had served … to institute a democratic regime. The…
EventTerre’Blanche and his associates to face terrorism charges
… The Transvaal Attorney General announced that Eugène Terre'Blanche, leader of the … to the AWB, and in particular the four that the Attorney-General…
EventArmistice negotiations are concluded during the First Anglo-Boer War
… Transvaal War), a provisional armistice was agreed upon by General Evelyn Wood of the British forces and Republican General J.P. Joubert. This led to the…
Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Annual Conference Agenda, St Phillips School, Chapel Street. District 6, Cape Town, 18 January 1923
… of the Capitation Fee. 18. Report on the work of the General Executive Council, including General, Secretary's report for year 1922. 19. … yearly report. 20…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… in existence. 1906 Cigarette makers, influenced by the General Workers' Union and the Social Democratic Federation, … the release of the prisoners, when…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
… Hani is elected to the newly formed post of Assistant General Secretary. 1973 October, The South African Communist … could not have been transformed into a…
EventTrade Unionists convicted of kidnapping and assault
… suspended for three years was imposed. Naidoo, Secretary-General of COSATU, his deputy Mufamadi and Mayekiso, Secretary-General of the National Union of…
EventBoers defeat British in the battle of Ingogo (Anglo-Boer War 1)
… or Anglo-Transvaal War- a Boer force of about 200 (under General Nicolaas Smit) defeated a British force of about 600 (under the leadership of Major-General…
15th Anniversary of 1922 Rand Strike - South African Worker, 27 February 1937
… troops instructed by that arch-enemy of the workers, General Smuts. Many names come to our mind when we recall …