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EventThe Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) is launched
… Leaders part of the organisation had become one of the ANC's most important rural partners. After the demise of … As a result, Chapter 12 was drafted onto…
BiographySimon Gqubule
… the conflicts between the African National Congress ( ANC ) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) , he was involved in … member of the Federal Theological Seminary…
De Klerk pays tribute to Mandela’s ‘unique contribution’
… Machel, the Mandela family and their friends, to the ANC and indeed to the entire South African nation," said De … that the release would have to be delayed…
EventDate is set for constitutional talks
… for the start of negotiations on South Africa's future constitution. Delegates agreed that the proposed multiparty … accused the government and the African…
EventMultiparty negotiating forum meets for the first time since December 1993
… December 1993 to discuss the African National Congress (ANC)'s proposals. The ANC had proposed inclusion of a constitutional principle on … the proposed…
EventCPSA is founded
… Section of the Communist International) and adopted its constitution and manifesto. It also elected an executive with … In 1928 the CPSA and the African…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… failed to secure the two-thirds majority required by the constitution to abolish the voting rights. Secondly when the … Act of 1953 This Act was passed as a…
EventCourt approves same-sex couple's right to marry
… based on the equal rights provision in South Africa's constitution. After a long legal battle the Supreme Court of … its citizens. In response to the court's…
EventBantu Holomisa deposes Stella Sigcau as President of the Transkei
… Defence Force (TDF), a staunch African National Congress (ANC) activist, led a bloodless coup against the Transkei … President Nelson Mandela's cabinet,…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
… the National Party (NP) to the African National Congress (ANC). Contrary to many predictions, South Africa avoided a … the Miracle by Max du Preez Chapter 3 …
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… the British colonial government introduced the Burns constitution in 1946. The Burns constitution, based on the Westminster model, incorporated … Though…
Why protect worker’s rights?
… emerged as a strong political force. South Africa's Constitution now goes far in guaranteeing workers' rights, … bargaining. The right to strike is written…
BiographyYusuf Joe Jacobs
… on educational issues. The school was to cater for young ANC cadres returning from exile, as well as those in the …
BiographyGraeme Williams
… Reuters in 1989 covering the transition from apartheid to ANC rule as a photographer. In 1991 he started contributing …
Address to Extraordinary Summit of the World Economic Forum 21 June 2003
… bodies came to meet the African National Congress (ANC) outside South Africa, which by this time had mobilised … government. These groups also came to…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… officially allowed into the African National Congress (ANC). In 1948, they created a women’s organization call the ANC Women’s League (ANCWL). These…
When your position can't be sustained, create a scarecrow - The Menace of Post-Apartheid South Africa by Thabo Mbeki, 18 January 2016
… It is obvious that when the ANC became a ruling party in 1994 we could not foresee and … these could not pay as much attention to work in the ANC as they…
The Development of Indian Political Movements in South Africa, 1924 - 1946 by Essop Pahad
… > INTRO | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ABBR. | BIOS | SAIC CONSTITUTION | CAPE TOWN AGREEMENT | MANIFESTOES | … Deshmukh, Ramrao Madhaurao , 1945 -1946. (BACK TO TOP)…
Resignation of Cde Zweli Mkhize a Premier of Kwazulu-Natal, 22 August 2013
… by Comrade Zweli Mkhize are in adherence to our constitution which stipulates that as Treasurer-General of … December 2012 at Mangaung, he should be full…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 2 - Explaining the Miracle by Max du Preez
… through our freely elected representatives, adopt this Constitution as the supreme law of the Republic so as to Heal … and in the next few years imprisoned…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
… Kadalie, the founder of the Industrial put forward a new constitution for the Industrial and Commercial Workers's … of the Industrial and Commercial Union …
EventCODESA’s starting date set
… start of substantive negotiations on South Africa's future constitution, a Convention for a Democratic South Africa … The delegations of the African National…
EventNamibians vote for a Constituent Assembly
… The Constituent Assembly was to draw up a new constitution for the territory as a sovereign state. More … also entailed the removal of African National…
BiographyPoonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather (PR) was born in Mauritius in 1895. His grandfather settled in that country after emigrating from Tanjore in India in the 1840s. PR…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… rulers. The formation of the union of South Africa and its constitution Constitutional discussions towards Union took … of objecting to the draft South…
EventCODESA II Talks end in deadlock
… movements including the African National Congress (ANC) fail to reach agreement on certain key issues. CODESA … could not reach agreement on an interim…
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… through the Empire, from the Statute of Westminster to the Constitution of the NRC or the CAC; from the creation of a … Representative Council (NRC) in 1935 …
ArchiveChapter 19 Last thoughts – for now by Denis Goldberg
… of the Freedom Charter and its realisation in our new Constitution makes everything government does take a very … that has been a very positive development…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… (then South African Native National Convention-SANNC). The ANC declared its aim to bring all Africans together as one … The South African Native National…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… itself to challenge the rising Afrikaner nationalism. The ANC which was weak in the 1920 and 1930s was consolidated … a more radical campaigning agenda. The…