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EventBeyers Naudé is served with his second banning order
… the comprehensive security law, the Internal Security Act of 1982, and the order could not be questioned in court …
EventThami Mazwai, former journalist and anti-apartheid activist, is jailed for two years
… a former fellow student-leader charged under the Terrorism Act. At the time Mazwai was a journalist with the Sowetan. In …
EventGeneral H. Van Den Bergh blames the SACP for anti
… in South Africa, in particular the General Law Amendment Act of 1963. The legislation became part of the Apartheid …
EventNotorious Pirate, Captain William Kidd, is reportedly sighted off the coast of Cape Town
… silver and valuable silk. This was considered to be an act of piracy, as Kidd was only commissioned to attack French …
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… as consequence was arrested in 1976 under the Terrorism Act and sentenced to 15 years in prison. While serving his …
Address at the official opening of the ASB Congress on 28 June 1971 in the Aula, Pretoria
… did not expect of or tell Coloureds to integrate with the Bantu, or the Zulu the Xhosa, the Venda with the Tswana and … which exist today for the Coloureds…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Preface
… preparing to launch Passive Resistance against the "Ghetto Act'. Their struggle was not only for their rights but for … against the South African government…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… The meeting was banned in terms of the Riotous Assemblies Act, and the decision banning the meeting was conveyed by a … of African trade unions under the…
ArticlePlacing the film “Inxeba – The Wound” in Historical Review
… African coming-of-age drama, 'The Wound'”, Shadow and Act, 17 August 2017, accessed 19 September 2017, … African coming-of-age drama, 'The Wound'”, Shadow…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… In Langa a task force called Lutsha (youth) was formed to act as a military and defence unit of Poqo. Each task force … were arrested by the security police…
Forward to Mass Action for People's Power! Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 77th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1989
… on the basis of our perspective of people's power, we must act to destroy these structures. We must launch the biggest … of replacing this institution with a…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 77th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1989
… on the basis of our perspective of people`s power, we must act to destroy these structures. We must launch the biggest … of replacing this institution with a…
Speech on the Occasion of Installation as the Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare and on being Awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by O. R. Tambo, 19 October 1991
… to succumb to the dictates of the University of Fort Hare Act - the brainchild of Verwoerd and his colleagues, this … be freed from the shackles of the…
Address to The 3rd Summit of The ACP Heads of State and Government Nadi, Fiji, 18 July 2002
… between these countries and ourselves, we have to act together in solidarity, using our combined strength to … Accordingly, we have taken the necessary…
Chapter 2. The Early History of the Garment Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… under the provisions of the Industrial Conciliation Act. I was also appointed secretary to the Council on a … and was later repealed. In 1918, the first…
Chapter 22. A Slight Case of Blackmail - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Sections 53, 54 and 55 of the Industrial Conciliation Act give the court power to order an employer, convicted for … the cumbersome provisions of the…
Say It out Loud - The 1929 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 1st April, 1929
… and a person born before the commencement of the Act whose father or mother is or was a Native and whose other … and it has not raised the unskilled workers'…
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
… drafted in terms of Chapter 5 of the interim Constitution (Act 200 of 1993). On May 8, 1996, the Constitutional Assembly …
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… the 1993 Interim Constitution and later through the 1996 Act of Parliament. The IEC’s main aim is to strengthen …
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
… the law, and an attorney-general was appointed to act as public prosecutor. Appeals were made directly to the …
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… reasons. First, it involved taking civilian hostage, an act akin to terrorism. Second, the incident led to the death …
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… the epidemic came after the hardships of the 1913 Land Act, war-time inflation, the droughts of 1914-1916, and …
The Hunter-Gatherers of Southern Africa: Summary
… change from childhood into adulthood. Initiation is the act of somebody becoming a member of a group, often with a …
The appointment of Judges
… constitutionality of section 217 of the Criminal Procedure Act, which put the burden on an accused who claimed that a …
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 11 - 15 by Carol Hermer
… to adminiÂstration buildings, shops leased out by the Bantu Board, beerhalls, bottlestores and many other buildings … for their calmness. 11 Mr. MacLachlan,…
Reflections on the 1973 Durban strikes by Steven Freedman
… power can challenge those who have it, but only if they act together. The lesson was taught by the Durban strikes of … is, rather, that the organisation…
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
… in the preamble to the National Heritage Resources Act (1999), and its purpose was to “encourage communities to … as forced removals were instigated through…
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
… not eligible for benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Act and the Unemployment Insurance Fund [xxiv] . Domestic …
Message to the People of South Africa on the 68th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1980
… this case we want to refer to what Nelson Mandela wrote in 1953 under the very appropriate title: "The Shifting Sands of … certainty that this year and in…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 68th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1980
… this case we want to refer to what Nelson Mandela wrote in 1953 under the very appropriate title: "The Shifting Sands of … certainty that this year and in…