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Jun 1, 2024 · June 1, 2024. The African National Congress lost its political monopoly on South Africa after election results on Saturday showed that with almost all of the votes counted, the party had received ...
May 29, 2024 · Communist Party of South Africa. Ruth First (born May 4, 1925, Johannesburg, South Africa—died August 17, 1982, Maputo, Mozambique) was a South African activist, scholar, and journalist known for her relentless opposition to South Africa’s discriminatory policy of apartheid. She was assassinated while living in exile.
6 days ago · With nearly 99% of votes counted, the once-dominant ANC had received just over 40% in the election, well short of the majority it had held since the famed all-race vote of 1994 that ended apartheid.
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2 days ago · Nadir of Americanrace relations. The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation, "Jim Crow" being a pejorative term for an African American. [1] Such laws remained in force until 1965. [2]
May 29, 2024 · Apartheid South Africa, 1948-1980 This link opens in a new window Makes available British government files from various Foreign Offices spanning the period 1948 to 1980. Includes letters, diplomatic dispatches, reports, trial papers, activist biographies and first-hand accounts.
May 27, 2024 · South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) swept to power in 1994 on a pledge to “build a better life for all,” winning almost 63% of the vote in the country’s first democratic ...
May 29, 2024 · Millions of South Africans are voting in what is expected to be the most pivotal general election since the end of apartheid. For months, polls have shown the ruling African National Congress (ANC ...
