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… federation, in 1985, he said: "The struggle to form one democratic trade union centre has been hard and protracted. … has therefore added enormously to the strength of the democratic movement as a whole and is a victory which this … country there is no other political formation that the party has worked with except the ANC. The SACP needs Cosatu …

… First Native Land Act passed 1914 Formation of National Party Railway connection to Messina completed Armed uprising … 1899-1902. This was suppressed a year later 1924 National Party victory in elections. 1925 Formation of Zion Christian … September, Outbreak of the second World War. 1948 National Party elected to government. Introduction of total …

… The team is composed of Whites-only. 1948 The National Party comes to power in South Africa after winning the national elections. 1950 The National Party enacts the Group Areas Act defining the separate … divided along racial boundaries. 1953 The National Party enacts the Reservation of Separate Amenities Act …

… and aloofness. Above all, the President treated his own party, the African National Congress, as if it were no more … Programme (RDP). While the RDP originated from the broad democratic movement, it was presented to and adopted by our … as Government policy after the formation of our first democratic government in 1994. Later that perspective also …

… fair nor just, and we shall never rest content until the democratic principle which is conceded for Europeans is … who are denied the franchise. Neither the Nationalist Party nor the United Party represent or are supported by the African National …

… joins the Bakers Union that was set up by the Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA). 1929 At the second SA …  suggests to Kotane that he should join the Communist Party. At first Kotane refuses, saying he is too busy with … his job at the bakery to become the compositor of the party paper Umsebenzi (worker). Kotane moves to the Soviet …

… or Non-European, to form a United Front to fight for full democratic rights, was made by Dr. Yusuf Dadoo and Dr. G. M. … for the Indians was the logical outcome of the United Party's segregation programme but because the leaders of the United Party did not make their intentions clear, the electorate …

… by showing the groundswell of unity backing up the ANC's democratic demands. It could not, of course, be the "people's … who sent delegates to it and supported it, that the democratic will of the majority would always be frustrated … but an end to their enslavement by capitalism. A Communist Party member has disclosed how the committee on which he …

… for the Pretoria regime. For, the realisation of a democratic dispensation, and the attendant emergence of a … by Frederick de Klerk, the newly-installed ruling National Party leader, succeeding P.W. Botha. De Klerk declared … conference, a very significant momentum was achieved. Democratic organisations, including trade unions and civic …

… in building the unity of all the oppressed people and democratic whites of that country in a common struggle … of the Non-European United Front, and of the Communist Party when it was revived as a clandestine organisation. And … for Indian freedom. The unity of the oppressed people and democratic whites, advocated by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and …

… virulent form, the apartheid policy of the Nationalist Party, race relations have deteriorated to dangerous levels, … and positively work for the realisation of a true democratic South Africa, and not a South Africa of "Whites … to." I hope this conference will get us headed to a truly democratic South Africa. I agree with one of my colleagues …

… but the name change was announced several months ago. The Democratic Alliance, as the official opposition in the … Kgotso Morapela, the province's other large political party, they supported the name change. “It is the view of the …

… among others: 16.1 South Africa shall become a united, democratic and non-racial state. 16.2 All its people shall … All shall have the right to form and join any political party of their choice provided that this is not in …

… among others: 16.1 South Africa shall become a united, democratic and non-racial state. 16.2 All its people shall … All shall have the right to form and join any political party of their choice provided that this is not in …

… resistance politics. ANC stalwarts Barbara Masekela (a democratic South Africa’s Ambassador to France), was the head …

… At last, we shall, together, set ourselves on the path to democratic rule. This historic moment in the transition to … Constituent Assembly which will also function as a democratic and non-racial Interim Parliament and an Interim … they are able to place the national interest above their party political and personal agendas they will confine …

… From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 The end of the 1960s was another … that the Party was, in effect, a leader of the national democratic struggle. This interpretation, as shown later, … There is even a questioning of the wisdom of the present democratic phase of our revolution led by the ANC.11 "Marks …

… Namibia) on 19 April 1960 by Herman Toivo ja Toivo. The party was originally formed to advocated immediate Namibian … from South Africa and became the country’s leading party following independence in 1990. The SWA territory was … Army but later SWAPO was backed by the Angolan ruling party, Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, the …

… that he had been an active supporter of the Communist Party and requested that the Minister let him have full … Dr Monty Naicker was an active supporter of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) even though he addressed its … the result that there is now the manifestation of a more democratic outlook in quarters where none existed before. The …

… political aspirations, established by the National Party to spread its message and strengthen its power base. … venture. They were intended to sell not news so much as a party line.’ [1] The history of the press houses and their … between newspapers, press houses and the National Party. A far from complete list, it will be more fully …

… Communist Party Calls Mass Demonstration to Commemorate", South African … and murder and kill. UNITED DEMONSTRATION The Communist Party of South Africa calls for a MASS DEMONSTRATION ON … must be present at this demonstration. The Communist Party has written to the S.A. Trades & Labour Council, the …

… After coming to power in 1948, the National Party-led government began implementing apartheid by passing … Freedom Day, until 1994, when the date of the first democratic elections, 27 April, became an official public … group of the Congress of Democrats and the Cape Town Democratic League. Rusty Bernstein makes the keynote speech. …

… Our Vision is a Democratic Society (Speech at a public meeting organized by … must be our vision, a vision of South Africa as a fully democratic country. It cannot in honesty be claimed that she … whose auspices you are meeting here, but also the Liberal Party, the Labour Party, the Black Sash, and many Church …

… for the regime’s end. She helped establish the Centre party in 1968, at the time the only party dedicated to a non-racial future, and became its press … on the media. In 1991 she was a founding member of the Democratic Forum party (later the Forum party), which was in …

… of Good Hope, Natal and the Boer Republics. The National Party (NP) , after its ascendance to power in 1948, … in the Western Cape. It was fronted by the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) , which called a public meeting … representative. The CPNU rallied behind the United Party (UP) candidates, while the NEUM boycotted elections. …

… by the African National Congress, South African Communist Party and other political organisations to mount protest … MK suspended the armed struggle as negotiations for a democratic South Africa gathered momentum. Day of Reconciliation After the first democratic elections in 1994, December 16 continued to form …

… the Constitutional Assembly. However, the demand for a democratic constitutional dispensation was not new, and was … Accordingly, their vision also included a just and democratic constitutional dispensation. The rise of … period also saw the rise of the South African Communist Party (SACP), which already had a growing base amongst the …

… including student bodies, trade unions, the Communist Party and sections of the British Labour Party. After the banning of the ANC in 1960 and the … he exclaimed that he was “prepared to die” for a free and democratic South Africa. May, Minister of Justice, B.J. …

… the African National Congress (Transvaal), the Communist Party of South Africa, the Indian Congress and the African … The Committee decided that, for the first time in the Party's history the ANC would call for a day of mourning and … been celebrated on 27 April, in commemoration of the first democratic elections held in South Africa in 1994. …

… make up the whole. These possibilities for fundamental and democratic transformation, away from the life destroying … and perhaps more daunting challenge, that of crafting a democratic constitution. Ever since the foundation of the … to the principles of a democratic order based on a multi-party system, with the promise that a free South Africa shall …