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The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… A free market economy; Job and pension security for civil servants; Strong regional government; The maintenance … battle hardened troops who had completed…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 99th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2011
… vigorously adhere to the principles of unity, selfless service, collective leadership, democratic centralism, … and community and public works programmes to…
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
… W.E.B. Du Bois, a staunch advocate of African culture and history, who propounded the idea that colonialism lay at the … and set African states on a path to…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… would still be taught in schools and used in courts. A civil government would replace the military administration. …
Student Politics in the Era of Democracy
… should they relate to government, to political parties and civil society formations, what kind of alliances should they …
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… workers struggles against employers, including mobilizing civil servants. …
ArticleBlack People’s Convention (BPC)
… white, liberal and English-speaking political parties and civil society formations. White university students in …
France in 1789
… like the French Revolution, and sometimes leads to civil war. There are however political revolutions that are …
ArticleThe Freedom Charter
… mothers; Miners, domestic workers, farm workers and civil servants shall have the same rights as all others who …
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament, 1983-1984
… different racial groups, various regions and religions. Civil rights were focused on, amid discussions on freedom and …
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… 1960 - Dr Naicker played a key role in planning a mass civil disobedience movement. The initiative was taken by the …
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… Whites being the first White South Africans convicted for civil disobedience against the National Party government. …
EventStudents at Lovedale strike against new Code of Conduct
… of the new Headmaster who had just returned from military service. The strike was organised by an organisation called …
EventThree Zimbabwean intelligence officers stand trial for a bomb attack on an ANC house
… The three were recruited by the South African intelligence service after 1980 to carry out destabilisation activities in …
EventUS Secretary of State Colin Powell is heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit.
… environmental commitments. Sources: Environmental News Service. "U.S. Secretary of State Booed, Jeered at Summit" …
PlaceBethlehem, Free State
… Comfortable accommodation, lively entertainment, and service with a smile, characterize this frontier – themed … of Adventure! The Bethlehem Museum is one…
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… receiving a first in sociology, anthropology, economic history and native administration. 1947 First gets a job at … years. 1963 First’s South West Africa ,…
ArticleLand: dispossession, resistance and restitution
… Introduction The history of white colonial land dispossession began at the … socio-political landscape. This feature focuses on the history of the Land…
PlacePaarden Eiland
… SARS, the CID officially began its work in March 2006. The history of the association of industrialists in the area goes … https://www.paarden-eiland.co.za…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at a Joint Sitting of the Houses of Parliament on the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town, 8 May 2006
… Our religious, trade union, business and other leaders of civil society; Your Excellencies Ambassadors, High … obliges us, too, to promote the development of…
Remembering the enslaved in Cape Town by Sam North
… As a city, Cape Town sits on top of an uncomfortable history of colonialism, slavery, and formal racial segregation. This history has an uneasy relationship…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… Introduction Full feature on the History of Women’s struggle in South Africa will give a … of the largest political protest marches in South African…
The significance of the Bulhoek massacre today by Sam Matiase, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… epitomized by the 1921 Bulhoek Massacre. Following a long history and the spreading of Christian evangelism in the … Victor Ndlangisa, John Ntlangweni and…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Closing Address by President Jacob Zuma, Gallagher Estates, 29 June 2012
… conference. We have met during a significant week in our history. On the 26th of June the historic Congress of the … issues relating to the creation of a…
Chapter 8- Gumede walks the ANC and SACP tightrope, 1930–46‘
… December 1930. The African delegates condemned the Native Service Contract Bill as “a measure aimed at the introduction … the NAC in December 1932. Gumede…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… major developments inside South Africa barely mentioned in history is the formation of the Soweto Students League … SSL failed to make an impression in its…
James Stewart - the ANC fighter who spoke truth to power by Martin Plaut, 1 February 2016
… Bisseker high school in East London and was studying for a civil engineering degree at the University of the … Clive L. Glaser (Professor of 20th century…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the 5th National Congress of COSATU 7 September 1994
… the apartheid state structures, to ensure that the public service is representative of society as a whole and to … co-ordinating socio-economic strategies…
The CASA Conference
… into the AABN at the International Institute of Social History. The conference included the participation of the …
The National Flag
… are a synopsis of principal elements of the country's flag history. Individual colours, or colour combinations have …