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… 1948 26 May,  DF Malan 's National Party government follows up its election victory with the … Unity 1949 December, New leadership elected to African National Congress (ANC) Youth League including Walter Sisulu …

… prisoners and the return of exiles and the formal all party negotiations which drafted an interim constitution. The … 1991 and 1992. The South African government, the African National Congress (ANC) , the South African Communist Party … 7 million eligible voters, 19.7 million voted in the 1994 national election. The election was won by the ANC with 62.65 …

… 1948 May 26 , The National Party (NP) wins election and immediately introduces apartheid … December , A new leadership nurtured in the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) comes into power in …

… carried by white members. Despite this, the Conservative Party opposed the reforms believing they undermined … 1983 shortly after the proposed constitution, launched national campaigns to challenge and destabilise the apartheid … drafted the Indian and Coloured communities into the National parliament without any real sharing of political …

… completion of the course. February, The South African National Native Congress (SANNC) helps to organise a strike … July – 1 August, The founding conference of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) takes place in Cape Town and the … Freedom Party , would become a rival to the African National Congress (formerly the SANNC) at the end of the …

… Declaration. January 1991: Nelson Mandela calls for an all-party congress to negotiate the way to a constituent … and adds that this will be on the agenda of a multi-party congress. September 1991: The NP publishes a formal … proposals in September 1991. 14 September 1991: The National Peace Accord (NPA) singing ceremony is held at the …

… Timeline: 1950 - 1959 1950 January 6-8, The Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) holds its last legal conference … prior to its dissolution. February, At an African National Congress (ANC) meeting of 10 000 people, at Newtown … support a call for a general strike. The Transvaal African National Congress, Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC), African …

… Afrikaners. In 1906-1907 South Africa fielded its first national rugby team on a tour of the British Isles. The … for his acceptance into Wilberforce University. At the party Msikinya listed his membership in the Rovers Rugby … politics, and nearly all former Springboks supported the National Party – the eventual architects of apartheid. Many …

… by disparate political groupings such as the old United Party, the subsequent Progressive Party and the African National Congress . The National Party , in contrast, viewed South Africa as a …

… Mandela succeeds Peter Mda as the new president of African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) . Walter Sisulu 's … the Guardian Newspaper after the banning of the Communist Party of South Africa. January, A crowd of Blacks in … is held in Johannesburg. It attacks the African National Congress (ANC) Programme of Action . March,  Dr A.B. …

… included the Native Land Act of 1913 and the Pass laws . National Party victory 1948 National Party’s Logo. Image source The National Party ’s …

… of Afrikaner political aspirations, established by the National Party to spread its message and strengthen its power base. … relationships between newspapers, press houses and the National Party. A far from complete list, it will be more … Afrikaner Bond: The history of a South African Political Party, 1880-1911. Oxford University Press, Cape Town; …

… and the Zulu nationalist movement called Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) . Inkatha resisted apartheid to some extent, but also opposed the African National Congress (ANC) . Inkatha refused independence for Kwazulu which was offered to them by the National Party (NP) . But hostility between Inkatha and the …

… elections for a Legislative Assembly. The Het Volk, a party of the Afrikaners in the Transvaal wins the election … South Africa is established. 1912 The South African Native National Congress (SANNC) is established in Bloemfontein … condemns its savagery. 1914 January, The South African National Party (SANP) is formed under General Herztog …

… a new political, social and economic order. 27 April, The national flag was designed by a former South African State … Commission releases the provisional results of the national elections with the African National Congress (ANC) … topping the list with  54 percent, while the National Party (NP) followed with 33 percent and the Inkatha Freedom …

… Municipal Area. Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act (National States Citizenship Act) No 26: Required all black … of citizenship of his respective ‘homeland’. 6 March, The National Party manifesto reaffirms its belief in separate development …

… since the dawn of democracy in 1994. The ruling African National Congress (ANC), which won the election, was in the … Front Plus, saw their support soar. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) made a comeback, and saw a moderate increase in … deep reservations, we would cast our notional vote, at the national level, for the ANC”. Business Leadership SA, which …

… and was not something that was thought about only after National Party (NP) victory in 1948. In the 1830s when some Afrikaners … among the settler population. This was played out in the National convention of 1908 The most important reason for the …

… of a series of meetings which took place between the National Party officials and leaders of the ANC who were imprisoned. … in order to possibly negotiate a settlement of the African National Congress ’ armed struggle. [iii] A road map for …

… in 1991 as an initiative to influence government policy at national and provincial levels. It was started by Western … organisations to influence government policy at the national and provincial levels. During its brief life ACDN … arts and culture task force for the National Party led western Cape Government. ACDN lost momentum and …

… Nelson Mandela was elected the president of the African National Congress (ANC), and his friend and colleague, Oliver Tambo , was elected the ANC’s national chairperson. Mandela continued to negotiate with … by the assassination of ANC and South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Chris Hani on 10 April 1993. Mandela was …

… statements had gotten him suspended from the African National Congress (ANC) for 5 years. Malema was found guilty by the ANC’s National Disciplinary Committee (NDC) of sowing divisions … non-governmental organisation, a platform, or a political party which contested power.  On 27 July 2013, the EFF …

… March, The Johannesburg branch of the Communist Party of South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC) and the Transvaal Indian Congress … as the Congress Alliance. The ANC and SACP called for a national day of action on June 26th.12 May, The Immorality …

… behind the legislation of the 1913 Land Act. When the National Party (NP) was formed in 1915, most farmers in the OFS left the South African Party (SAP for the National Party. …

… mining. This task first fell to the South African Party that prevailed in the Union’s first general election in … Bunting among its senior leaders, the party was the first national party formed to contest elections after Union was … and sentenced to six-month terms in prison, the African National Congress , then just a year old and called the South …

… services or visiting the Voortrekker Monument. Until the National Party seized power in 1948, this day was observed as Dingane's Day . After 1948 the National Party government set about politicising this day to …

… Sisulu and Professor Z. K. Matthews join the African National Congress (ANC). 7 July, The Executive Committees of … of the growing relationship between the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and the ANC, Dr. A.B. Xuma uses … long statement on ‘ The Policy and Platform of the African National Congress ’ November, Moses Kotane presides over the …

… in 1943, women were officially allowed into the African National Congress (ANC). In 1948, they created a women’s … equality was one of the main arguments among these multi-party conferences. With the new elections happening, women … stopped pursuing their beliefs. The Start of the ANC The National Party was the South African primary political party …

… The referendum was a gamble for both De Klerk and the National Party (NP) and an opportunity to silence the white … opposed to negotiations between the NP and the African National Congress (ANC) to end apartheid. During the second …