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ArchiveNative Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act, Act No 48 of 1953
The Act was to provide for the prevention and settlement of native labour disputes and for the regulation of conditions of employment of…
ArchiveCriminal Law Amendment Act, No 8 of 1953
The Act was to provide for increased penalties for offences committed under certain circumstances; to prohibit the offer or acceptance of…
ArchiveNative Laws Amendment Act, Act No 54 of 1952
The Act was to amend the Native Labour Regulation Act, 1911, the Natives Land Act, 1013, the Native Administration Act, 1927 and the…
ArchivePrevention of Illegal Squatting Act, Act No 52 of 1951
The Act was to provide for the prevention and control of illegal squatting on public and private land.
ArchiveSeparate Representation of Voters Act, Act No 46 of 1951
The Act was to make provision for the separate representation in Parliament and in the provincial council of the province of the Cape of…
ArchiveBantu Authorities Act, Act No 68 of 1951
The Act was to provide for the establishment of certain Bantu authorities and to define their functions, to abolish the Natives…
ArchiveSuppression of Communism Act, Act No 44 of 1950
The Act was to declare the Communist Party of South Africa to be an unlawful organization; to make provision for declaring other…
ArchivePopulation Registration Act, Act No 30 of 1950
The Act was to make provision for the compilation of a Register of the Population of the Union; for the issue of Identity cards to persons…
ArchiveImmorality Amendment Act, Act No 21 of 1950
The Act was to amend the Immorality Act, 1927, so as to prohibit illicit carnal intercourse between Europeans and non-Europeans, and to…
ArchiveImmorality Act, Act No 5 of 1927
The Act was to prohibit illicit carnal intercourse between Europeans and natives and other Acts in relation thereto
ArchiveNatives (Urban Areas) Act, Act No 21 of 1923
The Act was to provide for improved conditions of residence for natives in or near urban areas and the better administration of native…
ArchiveThe Black Conciousness Movement in South Africa in the late 1960s
The purpose of this paper is to critically analyse the development of the Black conciousness movement in South Africa in the late 1970's…
ArchiveSteve Biko: after ten years
Barney Pityana was a close friend and colleague of Steve Biko, he was invited to preach the this sermon at Notting Hill Methodist Church…
Natives Land Act, Act No 27 of 1913
ArchiveThe birth of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
One day in July 1968 a group of students formed a separate caucus at the annual conference of the University Christian Movement being held…
ArchiveA White reaction to Black viewpoint
This journal article deals with the emergence of Black nationalism and the reaction of White (largely Afrikaner) Christians
ArchiveThe Black Peoples Convention
The article discusses the development of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and The Black Peoples Convention and their…
Theoria: a journal of studies in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
In June 1947, Theoria : a journal of studies of the Arts Faculty, Natal University College was published. Later, the title changed to,…
Searchlight South Africa: a Marxist journal of South African Studies
Searchlight South Africa: a Marxist journal of South African Studies was founded by Baruch Hirson from 1988-1993, and to a large extent…
SASPU Focus
SASPU Focus was a feature-orientated publication aimed largely at raising student awareness: at its annual congress during December 1981…
Sechaba
The African National Congress began publication of Sechaba in 1967. It documents the struggle, from the organisation's perspective, for…
Liberal Opinion/Reality
Liberal Opinion (1961-1968) was published by the Liberal Party of South Africa which was established in 1953 by Alan Paton, after the…
SASO Newsletter, 1970 - 1976
By the late 1960s many black students increasingly began to feel the frustration and disillusionment similar to that which had led to the…
Pro Veritate
ArchiveNew Age
Indian Opinion
Indian Opinion, a weekly newspaper, was first established and produced by Mohandas Gandhi ("Mahatma"), M.H. Nazar and Madanjit Viyavaharik…
Grassroots
Grassroots was started in 1980 as the first of a series of community newspapers designed to give a voice to the 'voiceless' and oppressed…
Democracy in Action
Democracy in action, published by the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA), outlines the extensive efforts of…
Africa South
Africa South, a journal edited by Ronald M. Segal (1932-2008) was launched in Cape Town in 1956. The journal was published quarterly while…
Descom Bulletin
In 1982, Neil Aggett, a Trade Unionist and Medical Doctor became the first white political prisoner to die in the detention under the…
Dawn
The official policy of the African National Congress was one of non-violence. However, after fifty years of non-violent struggle, Umkhonto…
Clarion Call
Clarion Call was published as the official journal of the KwaZulu Government, as a record of their activities, and as a mouthpiece of the…
TRAC (Transvaal Rural Action Committee) Newsletter, 1983 - 1990
TRAC, the Rural Action Committee, established in 1983 as a project of the Black Sash, published this Newsletter with the intention of…
ArchiveWork In Progress
Phakamani
Phakamani, meaning "stand up", reflecting the call to stand up and join the democratic forces inside South Africa and abroad to oppose the…
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
SASPU National was one of two publications produced by the South African Students Press Union (SASPU), the other being SASPU Focus. A non…
Speak - the voice of the community
Speak: the voice of the community, published by the Speak Community Newspaper Project, reflected the Transvaal communities' struggle…
Rixaka
Rixaka, the cultural journal of the African National Congress, was launched to establish a platform allowing full expression of the…
NUM News
NUM news, published by the National Union of Mineworkers, reflects the mineworkers struggle for liberation from racial discrimination…
Mayibuye
Mayibuye, published for many years as a small, underground newsletter, was one of three African National Congress publications alongside…
Phambili
Phambili, published by the Phambili Collective in Johannesburg, was a short lived publication comprising 3 issues published during 1988 and…
Izwi lase Township, 1982 - 1984
Izwi lase Township was published by Ditshwantsho tsa Rona. It offered notes and views about current and past events. Though mainly…
Isizwe
Isizwe = The Nation, the journal published by the United Democratic Front to stimulate discussion, debate and training within their ranks,…
Ikwezi
Ikwezi, a Xhosa word meaning "rising star", was a Marxist-Leninist journal devoted to proletarian socialist revolution in Southern Africa,…
Fosatu Worker News
Fosatu Worker News was first published in 1979 with the formation of the Federation of South African Trade Unions and was distributed…
ArchiveFrank Talk
Frank Talk, first published in March 1984, as the official publication of the Natal Region of AZAPO, the Azanian Peoples Organisation, was…
Fighting Talk
Fighting Talk was initially a publication of the Springbok Legion of ex-servicemen and women, until in February 1954 when the "Fighting…
Isisebenzi
Produced by the "Wages Commission", Isisebenzi was a newspaper for workers in Durban and Pietermaritzburg. It was published about once a…
East Cape Update
East Cape Update, published by East Cape News Agencies in Grahamstown, aimed to provide a reliable index of in-depth information and…
ArchiveCongress Resister 1983 - 1989
Congress Resister was published by the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC), which was formed at the turn of the twentieth century by Mahatma…