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BiographyHarry Heinz Schwarz
… in order to concentrate on politics. Beginning in the late 1960s, Schwarz rose to national prominence as a rising … (1974 to 1991), Schwarz forcefully…
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… the Government passed the Native Trust and Land Act . This legislation increased the size of the African reserves from … position of Africans and abolish all…
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… in accordance with the above. Revision of the labour legislation and its application to the mines and agriculture. … was thrust by the National Party. The…
BiographyCecyl Esau
… at the UWC, the old male and female hostels built in the 1960s and 1970s were renamed Cassinga and Cecil Esau. During …
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… all and any opposition to apartheid, instituting security legislation that allowed the police to ban, detain or house … Justices A van der Sandt and HA Fagan…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… the Unlawful Organisations Bill, which was the legislation behind the banning of the SACP, was broad enough … at the end of 1953 after the government passed…
Poqo political trials and the execution of its operatives in the 1960s
… the apartheid government adopted extremely repressive legislation, creating a legal framework to deal effectively … structures and networks of the ANC and…
BiographyMichael Guthrie Scott
… what he found to be the root cause of these issues, racist legislation, Scott set up what would become the Campaign for … sections of the community, the…
ArticleBlack Sash
… as they stood to demonstrate against discriminatory legislation. It was initially formed to protest against the … Black Sash and the FSAW failed to…
ArticleLiberation Struggle in South Africa
… histories, resources and further reading lists, legislation listings, timelines and galleries. …
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… The landscape of Black political activity in the 1960s was different that of the previous decade. The … by the state, fled into exile. A barrage of…
ArticleA Brief History of Pageview
… 1945 and 1960. To read more about the people, politics, legislation and removals during this period please have a … is paid to those who fought against…
ArticlePort Elizabeth the Segregated city
… ‘White’ areas subject to a permit system which Apartheid legislation subsequently extended into the now-infamous … the implementation of racially-motivated…
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
… Vlok had two options: neutralising Goniwe through security legislation, or bringing him “back into the fold” by …
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… The 1960s marked an important watershed in South Africa's … in its resolve. The government also enacted draconian legislation at this time, trying to slow…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… shortly after the shootings © Museum Africa. The 1960s marked an important watershed in South Africa's … in its resolve. The government also enacted…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
… The PAC opposed every piece of the government's apartheid legislation, Sobukwe often told his audiences, but when a … the PAC aimed at "closing the tap from…
Soweto and mounting pressure on the apartheid state, 1970s
… was a new source of resistance that had arisen in the late 1960s among students who formed the student body the South … National Indian Council set up by the…
ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
… unionise, but once they did, they were able to influence legislation and gain benefits that helped them better their … efforts were the laws that governed…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… Repression takes many forms, from the blunt controls of legislation to the more subtle controls of what has come to … the apartheid regime has empowered…
Article1967 Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967
… The 1967 Terrorism Act was one the most important pieces of legislation passed by the South African apartheid regime. … without precedent. The security laws…
ArticleIndian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and Segregation
… Introduction The concept of segregation Discriminatory legislation up to 1924 Political Legislation Economic Legislation Legislation regarding Indians…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… of World War II and continued growing into the 1950s and 1960s. In response to this growth and increased employment … are reflected in the government's most…
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… the border in Morocco. Source: Pretoria News Library. The 1960s period marked an important watershed in South Africa’s … Source: South African National…
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… individuals whose lives were affected by anti-homosexual legislation during the apartheid and their continuing fight … and even during the contemporary times…
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… background, and what the world was like in the 1960s. This will help us contextualise the Black … 'big picture') towards the end of the 1980s. During the…
ArticleSouth African Defence Force (SADF)
… Africa dispatched 400 000 men, full-time and part-time. Legislation The South African Defence Act, signed in 1912 by …
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… novelty of apartheid was the pervasiveness of its racist legislation. Apartheid can be defined as the de jure version … and the right to live in certain…
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
Like all other Black ethnic groups, the Coloureds also fell victim to segregation and repressive legislations enacted by Colonial and successive governments…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… to land lost to land lost during the Frontier Wars, legislation reduced Xhosa political autonomy. Over time, … ‘Bantu’, ‘Coloured’ and ‘Asian’ suburbs…