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ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bound to strike back by Emilia Potenza
… could have their workers tried for these 'crimes', the courts were often ineffective. As a result, there was very … Champion. He concentrated on fighting…
EventWalter Sisulu's appeal is dismissed
The Transvaal section of the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by the African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Walter Sisulu against a six years…
PlaceAddington Hospital, Durban
The first functional Hospital in Durban: "The Bayside Hospital", was situated on the Victoria Embankment at the site now occupied by the Supreme Court. In 1879…
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
Introduction The Constitutional Court’s ruling that Afrikaans as a language of instruction has to be content with a marginal place at Stellenbosch…
EventSwaziland welcomes SA's offer to hand over parts of KaNgwane and KwaZulu
The Swaziland government welcomed South Africa's offer to hand over parts of KaNgwane and KwaZulu to Swaziland, since, it claims the territory is historically…
ArticleAfrica’s Millennium Development Goals
… is off-track with all the Millennium Development Goals. [xiii] Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, former president Nigeria, dually … the Millennium Goals. New York:…
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
… of four a day previous to my having afforded them relief. [xiii] Thus the Flor da Bahia went on its way, taking along … Trade, (London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd,…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1953
… for well over a month. The matter was tested in the courts of law; the sentences imposed on them in the lower courts were annulled by the Appellate Division…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1952
… for well over a month. The matter was tested in the courts of law; the sentences imposed on them in the lower courts were annulled by the Appellate Division…
Chapter 10. Cleaning Up the Clothing Industry - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… that the demands for back pay could not be enforced in the courts. A special Council meeting was called to consider the … for back pay could no longer be…
PlaceElandsfontein Farm, Pretoria
Our farm, Elandsfontein, is about 18 km (25 min drive) from Pretoria, about 25 km (45 min drive) from Johannesburg; and about 25 min drive from Jan Smuts…
ArticleTswana
… for its complex legal system, involving a hierarchy of courts and mediators, and harsh punishments for those found …
PlaceWallacedene, Cape Town
Wallacedene is an Informal Housing Settlement in the Eastern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. The Settlement was established during the 1980s when the…
Archive2005 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2005
… from the Charter. We have also launched three community courts and started 8 pilots in six provinces; and we have … other programmes, to: speed up the…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Second Joint Sitting of the Third Democratic Parliament Cape Town: February 11 2005
… from the Charter. We have also launched three community courts and started 8 pilots in six provinces; and we have … other programmes, to: speed up the…
PlaceBotshabelo, Motheo Region near Bloemfontein
Botshabelo, which means 'place of refuge', is the largest Township in the Free State, after Soweto which is the largest in the South Africa. Botshabelo and…
PlaceLekwa-Teemane Municipality, North West
Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West Province. It neighbours the following…
PlaceEastern Cape Province
… . The City has numerous bowling greens, tennis and squash courts and golf clubs with grand views of the Indian Ocean. …
PlaceJohannesburg Art Gallery
… the extension makes room for two open-air sculpture courts by creating two floors which rise no higher than the …
PlaceThe South African Police Service Museum
The Muizenberg Police Museum, also known as South African Police Services (SAPS) Museum, is situated on the Main Road in Muizenberg, Cape Town, Western Cape…
EventCanaan Banana is found guilty of sexual offences
Former Zimbabwean president and minister of the Methodist church, Canaan Banana, was found guilty by the Harare High Court on eleven charges of sodomy,…
INTERNATIONAL NGO CONFERENCE AGAINST APARTHEID AND COLONIALISM IN AFRICA Geneva, 2 - 4 September 1974
Statement by Sean MacBride United Nations Commissioner for Namibia Having had the honour and privilege of presiding over the Special NGO Committee on Human…
PlaceBethal
Established in 1880, Bethal is a small farming town, in Mpumalanga. Farming in potatoes, maize, sunflower seeds, sorghum and rye. There is also a large amount…
Post-detention weapons
… Africa, it has consistently used parliament and the law courts to implement this policy and to stifle opposition to … have been heavily dependent upon the…
PlaceBloemhof, North West
Bloemhof is an agricultural Town of about 28,000 inhabitants situated; on the banks of the Vaal River in North West Province of South Africa. It was founded in…
ArticleCustomary Marriages in South Africa: Understanding The Recognition of Customary Marriages Act of 1998
… have limited contractual capacity and limited access to courts. Later, Section 11A was incorporated into the BAA and …
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
… farmers began sinking into debt and facing the bankruptcy courts. In the words of a White farmer at the time: "Many a …
10 YEARS PROJECT
… factors which are commonly taken into account by national courts: (i) The motive of the offender - i.e. was it a …
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… was intensified as government had set up Special Criminal Courts. Roux says, “In addition to holding street corner …
The Wider Significance of the Judgement of the Constitutional Court on the “Nkandla Matter” by Thabo Mbeki, 11 April 2016
… Parliament implements all Decisions handed down by the Courts relating to Parliament, consistent with the Separation … that have crucial and sensitive…