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… for sanctions against South Africa. 14 July, Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), announces its functioning as … forms South Africa’s first African political party - the Democratic Party. Its aims include the retention of the … of Communism Act. 6 April, The Chairman of the opposition Democratic Party in the Transkei, KM. Gunzana, is elected …

… with the African National Congress (ANC), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and covert elements in apartheid government … KwaZulu Natal. At the time Archie Gumede , a United Democratic Front (UDF) leader, claimed that the attack had …

… March, The Johannesburg branch of the Communist Party of South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC) … from the gunfire. The protest also led to the Communist Party being banned. The experience was a pivotal moment in … this new position and together with Tambo and Communists Party general secretary Moses Kotane , they joined their …

… ANC, holds the key to peace in this country. The United Democratic Front and its main affiliates, the Congress of … exceptions, these blacks are the creation of the National Party and, throughout the years, they have served as its … the other in its defence of white privilege. Although the Democratic Party is the most progressive parliamentary party, …

… years leading up to the 1924 election, the South African Party (SAP), led by Louis Botha , supported a one stream … Justice, James Hertzog , and the creation of the National Party (NP) , which favoured a two stream policy of separate, … English-speaking Whites on the other. The NP and Labour Party (LP)  joined forces to defeat the SAP in the 1924 …

… elections for a Legislative Assembly. The Het Volk, a party of the Afrikaners in the Transvaal wins the election … its savagery. 1914 January, The South African National Party (SANP) is formed under General Herztog following a rift … active support to the striking workers. 1922 The Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) is formed. In the beginning it …

… From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 The Bram Fischer era In the … among the first to leave, making his contribution to the Party's 5th Congress from exile; Moses Kotane, JB Marks, Joe … this time is to promote the further unity of the national democratic movement, for the liberation of our country, as a …

… of the Union, held on 15 September 1910, the South African Party came to power. The election saw the SAP win 68 seats, … Britain, General Hertzog broke away to form the National Party.  The NP did well in the 1915 election, reflecting the … first Pietersburg branch in December 1939. The National Party stepped up its election campaign, and Dr HF Verwoerd, …

… bronze statue of Mandela is unveiled. 14 April, The third democratic elections are held and won by the ANC with an … Zuma. 27 November, The predominantly White New National Party (NNP) joins a coalition with the ruling ANC.   2005 … the ANC would garner just under 61% of the votes with the Democratic Alliance winning just under 24%. June, Nelson …

… leading up to the Defiance Campaign D.F. Malan's National Party (NP) government followed up its unexpected election … that provided a context for the mounting tide of popular democratic resistance to the apartheid state in the 1950s. On …

… It is obvious that when the ANC became a ruling party in 1994 we could not foresee and prepare for all the … of South Africa from an apartheid state to a democratic Republic. This meant that especially the National … discussion within the ranks of our organisation and broad democratic movement. This built on a long-held view within …

… colonialism, and Madiba the first President of a free and democratic South Africa. Comrades and friends, Before going … 1948 election victory of the Afrikaner-dominated National Party, the Youth League drew up a Programme of Action calling … against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live …

… Chief Mangosuthu Buthelez i, leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) , who established a good relationship with the ruling National Party. He also distanced himself from the African National … South Africa. However in 1996, under South Africa’s, new Democratic Constitution the Homelands were dismantled and …

… regime; and then from the African National Congress/United Democratic Front/Congress of South African Trade Union …

… The formation of the United Democratic Movement (UDF) in 1983 amalgamated many grassroot …

… was to play a leading role in the affairs of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) , for 17 years, noted in his … people between the ages of 14 and 28. This provided the Party with its main source of recruits. In 1922, the YCL … passed by the Conference was not to apply to the Labour Party for affiliation as it had done regularly in the past …

… with even more determination the tasks of our National Democratic Revolution; to build a united, non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous South Africa. Key milestones … the international front. This work includes strengthening party to party relations, government to government relations, …

… leadership of Dr. Nkrumah and the Convention People's Party, has actively interested itself in the liberation of … from White domination, and has held out the vision of a democratic United States of Afrika. We regard it as the … States of Africa; a union of free, sovereign independent democratic states of Africa. For the lasting peace of Afrika …

… Documents from the history of the South African Communist Party, 1915-1980, London: Inkululeko. Callinicos, Luli … Zoutpansberg Balemi Association: The ANC, the Communist Party and Rural Organization, 1939-1955 " , Journal of … (1986), "The Freedom Charter and the Theory of National Democratic Revolution", Transformation, 1, 6-38. Johns, …

… safety of the public to be declared unlawful. The National Party government believed that by banning the ANC and PAC … the South African government in order to replace it with a democratic order which represented all the peoples of the … government. With the ANC, PAC and South African Communist Party banned, and Mandela and his fellow leaders in jail or …

… with other ANC-aligned formations such as the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Congress of South African … guiding principle was the struggle for the creation of a democratic South Africa free of racist oppression and … like, were seen as the foundations of people?s power and democratic control of campuses. At the time of the launch of …

… it impossible to achieve what is possible to achieve in a party. African nationalism has to my mind been sufficiently … and served as a 'launching pad' for the mass popular democratic struggles of the early 1950s. These struggles were … organisations with the view towards obtaining full democratic rights for all. The League against Fascism and …

… illegally aged 20 and joined the South African Communist Party. He had already left for Canada as a seaman on a Greek …

… 5 September 1928 General Secretary C.P.S.A. [Communist Party of South Africa] Dear Douglas, I am at present … men to free yourselves from slavery' . The demands of the democratic revolution in Africa (the franchise, abolition of … They said that the C.P.S.A. had committed Social-Democratic sins of the gravest nature and had to be severely …

… and win freedom" - and called on Indians, coloureds and "democratic Europeans" to join this struggle. This was strong … SACTU, in the various Congress organisations, and in the Party itself - to prevent the transformation of the movement … systematic extension and strengthening of the independent, democratic trade union organisations of the workers at the …

… From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 On 10 December 1996, the … of South African history, and marked the way for a new democratic order. The Constitution was also the birth …

… the rights of all people in our country and affirms the democratic values of human dignity, equality and freedom. … which includes the right- a.     to form a political party; b.    to participate in the activities of, or recruit … limitation is reasonable and justifiable in an open and democratic society based on human dignity, equality and …

… on the death penalty in 1990. Later, in 1993, the National Party (NP) re-enacted the death penalty, but no one was executed. After the first democratic election in April 1994, a new constitutional … Five, ten, or even twenty years before the first democratic election in 1994, many of South Africa’s political …

… immediate future of politics in Benin just as the later democratic transition would. The main political contenders … under the Union Progressiste Dahoméenne (UPD), but the party quickly splintered into the three ethnic and regionally … various regional and vocational groups, as approved by the party. Unlike Togo, the army’s ethnic composition did not …