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Sam De Beer
Samuel Johannes de Beer (born 19 August 1944) is a South African politician and former Christian minister who served in Parliament from 1974 to 2001, excepting a brief hiatus from 1998 to 1999. He subsequently joined the Gauteng Provincial Legislature. A former Dutch Reformed Church minister, de Beer entered politics during apartheid through the National Party (NP), which he represented in the House of Assembly from 1974 to 1994, serving the Geduld constituency. During that time, from 1991, he also served as Minister for Education and Training under President F. W. de Klerk. After South Africa's democratic transition, he represented the NP in the National Assembly from 1994 to 1998 and as NP leader in Gauteng from 1997 to 1998. In August 1998, de Beer defected to the United Democratic Movement (UDM), which he went on to represent in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2001. In February 2001, he defected for a second time, leaving the UDM for the African National Congress (ANC) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esmond Samuel De Beer
Esmond Samuel de Beer (15 September 1895 – 3 October 1990) was a New Zealand scholar, editor, collector, bibliophile and philanthropist. He was born in Dunedin, Otago, on 15 September 1895. De Beer was the grandson of Dunedin businessman Bendix Hallenstein, founder of Hallenstein Bros., a major New Zealand retailer, and nephew of avid collector Willi Fels, from whom he developed a love of books. The De Beers moved to London in 1910 when Esmond's father Isidore was made manager of Hallensteins' London office. He was educated at Mill Hill School, and in 1914 entered New College, Oxford, to read History. After serving on India's Northwest Frontier during the First World War, he returned home to gain an MA at the University of London in 1923.Esmond Samuel de Beer ' Dunedin Public Library website. De Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transvaal (province)
The Province of Transvaal (), commonly referred to as the Transvaal (; ), was a province of South Africa from 1910 until 1994, when a new constitution subdivided it following the end of apartheid. The name "Transvaal" refers to the province's geographical location to the north of the Vaal River. Its capital was Pretoria, which was also the country's executive capital. History In 1910, four British colonies united to form the Union of South Africa. The Transvaal Colony, which had been formed out of the bulk of the old South African Republic after the Second Boer War, became the Transvaal Province in the new union. Half a century later, in 1961, the union ceased to be part of the Commonwealth of Nations and became the South Africa, Republic of South Africa. The PWV Megalopolis, PWV (Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging) conurbation in the Transvaal, centred on Pretoria and Johannesburg, became South Africa's economic powerhouse, a position it still holds today as Gauteng Province. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 South African General Election
General elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 April 2004. The African National Congress (ANC) of President Thabo Mbeki, which came to power after the end of the apartheid system in 1994, was re-elected with an increased majority. These were the third elections held since the end of the apartheid era. The South African National Assembly consists of 400 members, elected by proportional representation. 200 members are elected from national party lists, the other 200 are elected from party lists in each of the nine provinces. The President of South Africa is chosen by the National Assembly after each election. The ANC, which had been in power since 1994, obtained 69.7% of votes cast on the national ballot, theoretically allowing them to change the constitution. Some 20.6-million people were registered for the 2004 general elections, which was about 2 million more than in 1999. About 76% of registered voters took part in the election, with the ANC receiving 69.7% of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 South African General Election
General elections were held in South Africa on 2 June 1999. The result was a landslide victory for the governing African National Congress (ANC), which gained fourteen seats. Incumbent president Nelson Mandela declined to seek re-election as president on grounds of his age. This election was notable for the sharp decline of the New National Party, previously the National Party (NP), which without former State President F. W. de Klerk lost more than half of their former support base. The liberal Democratic Party became the largest opposition party, after being the fifth largest party in the previous elections in 1994. The number of parties represented in the National Assembly increased to thirteen, with the United Democratic Movement, jointly headed by former National Party member Roelf Meyer, and former ANC member Bantu Holomisa, being the most successful of the newcomers with fourteen seats. National Assembly results Provincial legislature results Eastern Cape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marthinus Van Schalkwyk
Marthinus Christoffel Johannes van Schalkwyk (born 10 November 1959) is a South African politician, academic, and lawyer, who serves as High Commissioner to Australia. He previously served as MP and Minister of Tourism in the Cabinet of South Africa. Formerly Premier of the Western Cape and Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of South Africa, he was the leader of the New National Party from its inception on 8 September 1997 until its dissolution on 9 April 2005. He was appointed Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism in the Thabo Mbeki administration after merging his party with the ruling African National Congress (ANC), despite the poor performance of the former in the 2004 General Election. Early life and career Van Schalkwyk matriculated from Pietersburg High School in 1977. He was a national serviceman in the South African Defence Force (SADF) from 1978 to 1979 and later attended the Rand Afrikaans University, where he earned a Masters of Arts in political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danie Schutte
Daniel Pieter Antonie "Danie" Schutte (born 13 June 1947) is a South African politician and lawyer who was the last Minister of Home Affairs of the apartheid era from 1993 to 1994. He represented the National Party (NP) both in the apartheid-era House of Assembly and in the post-apartheid National Assembly. Schutte was the provincial leader of the NP in Natal province from 1993 to 1999. He also played a significant role in the negotiations to end apartheid. Although he retired from Parliament in 1999, he co-founded Nasionale Aksie with Cassie Aucamp in 2002. Early life and education Schutte was born on 13 June 1947 in Pretoria in the former Transvaal. He is Afrikaans. He attended Stellenbosch University, where he was a member of the executive committee of the Afrikaanse Studentebond. After graduating, he worked for a period as a state advocate in the attorney-general's office in Pietermaritzburg, but he later entered private practice as a lawyer. Early political career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanus Schoeman
Stefanus Johannes "Fanus" Schoeman (born 29 June 1945) is a South African politician and diplomat who represented the National Party (NP) in Parliament until 1999. Formerly the leader of the NP in Pretoria, he became a diplomat after leaving Parliament. Life and career Schoeman was born on 29 June 1945 and completed a bachelor's degree at the University of Pretoria. He represented the NP in the apartheid government, most proximately as Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development during the democratic transition of the early 1990s. In South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994, Schoeman was elected to an NP seat in the new National Assembly. During the legislative term that followed, he served as executive director of the NP and later as spokesperson to former President F. W. de Klerk. He was also the chair of the NP's regional branch in Pretoria; in 1997, de Klerk supported his bid to succeed Roelf Meyer as the NP's provincial leader in Gauteng, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roelf Meyer
Roelof Petrus Meyer GCOB (born 16 July 1947) is a South African politician and businessman. A Member of Parliament between 1979 and 1997, he was the chief negotiator for the National Party government during the negotiations to end apartheid. He later co-founded the United Democratic Movement. During his time in Parliament, Meyer served in the governments of three successive presidents: P. W. Botha, F. W. de Klerk, and Nelson Mandela. After resigning from the National Party in 1997, he co-founded the United Democratic Movement with Bantu Holomisa. He returned briefly to Parliament between 1999 and 2000 before retiring from frontline politics in January 2000. Early life and education Meyer, the youngest son of Eastern Cape farmer, Hudson Meyer and school teacher Hannah Meyer, née van Heerden, attended school in Ficksburg and studied law at the University of the Free State, where he completed B Comm (1968) and LLB (1971) degrees. At university, he was president of the con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 South African General Election
General elections were held in South Africa between 26 and 29 April 1994. The elections were the first in which citizens of all races were allowed to take part, and were therefore also the first held with universal suffrage. The election was conducted under the direction of the Independent Electoral Commission (South Africa), Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), and marked the culmination of the four-year process that Negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa, ended apartheid. Millions queued in lines over a four-day voting period. Altogether, 19,726,579 votes were counted, and 193,081 were rejected as invalid. As widely expected, the African National Congress (ANC), whose slate incorporated the labour confederation Congress of South African Trade Unions, COSATU and the South African Communist Party (SACP), won a sweeping victory, taking 62 percent of the vote, just short of the two-thirds majority required to unilaterally amend the Interim Constitution of South Africa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bantu Education Act, 1953
The Bantu ( Blacks ) Education Act 1953 (Act No. 47 of 1953; later renamed the Black Education Act, 1953) was a South African segregation law that legislated for several aspects of the apartheid system. Its major provision enforced racially-separated educational facilities; Even universities were made "tribal", and all but three missionary schools chose to close down when the government would no longer help to support their schools. Very few authorities continued using their own finances to support education for native Africans. In 1959, that type of education was extended to "non-white" universities and colleges with the Extension of University Education Act, 1959, and the University College of Fort Hare was taken over by the government and degraded to being part of the Bantu education system. It is often argued that the policy of Bantu (African) education was aimed to direct black or non-white youth to the unskilled labour market although Hendrik Verwoerd, the Minister of Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabinet Of F
Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to: Furniture * Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers * Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets * Filing cabinet, a piece of office furniture used to file folders * Arcade cabinet, a type of furniture which houses arcade games Government * Cabinet (government), a council of high-ranking members of government * Cabinet, term used for government entities that report directly to the governor's office in the state of Kentucky, US * War cabinet, typically set up in wartime Equipment * Loudspeaker enclosure * Computer case * A slotted screwdriver blade type * Serving area interface or telecoms cabinet Media * ''The Cabinet'' (TV series), an Australian political program * Cabinet (file format), a computer compressed file extension * ''Cabinet'' (magazine), on art and culture * ''Cabinet'' (album), by Spawn of Possession * '' Milford C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Rand
The East Rand is a major urban area located in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is the urban eastern part of Witwatersrand that is functionally merged with the Johannesburg conurbation. The region extends from Alberton in the west to Springs in the east, and south down to Nigel. It includes the towns of Bedfordview, Benoni, Boksburg, Brakpan, Edenvale, Germiston, Kempton Park, Linksfield and Modderfontein. The East Rand is known as the transport hub of Johannesburg and includes Africa's largest and second busiest airport, OR Tambo International Airport. After the end of apartheid, the municipal governments of the towns of the East Rand were combined (excluding Modderfontein and Linksfield), and eventually merged into a single administration: the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. History This area became settled by Europeans after a gold-bearing reef was discovered in 1886 and sparked the gold rush that gave rise to the establishment of Johann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
