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A list of people prohibited from attending gatherings is published in the Government Gazette

Date
30 Jul 1962
Updated
30 Sep 2019
A list of people prohibited from attending gatherings is published in the Government Gazette

Under the provisions of the General Law Amendment Act of 1962 a list of 102 persons prohibited from attending gatherings was published in the Government Gazette. Amongst those prohibited from attending public meetings were African National Congress (ANC) leaders. They included Albert Luthuli, Oliver Tambo, Walter Sisulu, Duma Nokwe, Ronald Segal, and Benjamin Turok. Patrick Duncan, linked to the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) was also named. At the time of its publication liberation movements like ANC, South African Communist Party(SACP), PAC and other liberation movements were banned under the Unlawful Organisations Act.

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  1. 01O’Malley P. ‘1962’, from O’Malley: The Heart of Hope, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org(Accessed: 07 June 2012)
  2. 02South African History Online, ‘African National Congress (ANC)’, [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za(Accessed: 07 June 2012)

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2012, July 27). A list of people prohibited from attending gatherings is published in the Government Gazette. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089123

South African History Online (2012) 'A list of people prohibited from attending gatherings is published in the Government Gazette', South African History Online, 27 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089123 (Accessed: 11 September 2026).

South African History Online, A list of people prohibited from attending gatherings is published in the Government Gazette [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089123, (accessed 11 September 2026).

"A list of people prohibited from attending gatherings is published in the Government Gazette." South African History Online, 27 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089123. Accessed 11 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "A list of people prohibited from attending gatherings is published in the Government Gazette." South African History Online. July 27, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089123.

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