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ArchiveThe Women’s Jail at the Old Fort and its Impact by Claire Ennis
… searches and vaginal examinations, we talk of rape and forced intercourse with other prisoners, foreign objects, … this omnipresent fear. Many women…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… refused to believe that the government would be forced to repeal any laws by men and women breaking the law … leading the movement from afar. Problems that…
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… newly proletarianised, both black and white, who had been forced off the land and into ”¦ towns by economic hardship, … the futility of the NRC at a critical…
Archive2016 - President Zuma: State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2016
… District Six would be a whites only area, leading to the forced removals of more than 60 000 residents. The year 2016 also …
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
… the NEUM's Ten-points programme of minimum demands. This forced the APO president, S.M Rahim, to relinquish his …
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… Group Areas Act created residential segregation through forced removals and relocations. The Population Registration Act, … schools were limited, and many of…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications by Allison Drew
… Cosmos Desmond, author of The Discarded People, a book on forced removals in South Africa. Livingston Mqotsi and Desmond …
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
The Pondo people fiercely resisted the rise of the Colonisersand their attempts to reshape and re-engineer Pondoland and to co-opt their Chiefs. Violence…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… Sometimes whole communities are uprooted in this way and forced into a twilight existence. The internal refugee …
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… they are hence liable to register. Free Indians are also forced to carry passes or court arrest. The South African … in the Orange Free State. All Indian…
PlaceCape Winelands Airport, Fisantekraal
Nestled beautifully in the Western Cape winelands, Cape Winelands Airport (formerly Fisantekraal Airfield) is an ex-South African Airforce airfield now…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… reforms, “taking into account the status of victims of forced removals”. Furthermore, provision was made for a charter …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview
… men found themselves jobless in a foreign country and were forced to return to their homes. [29] Consequently, the … to enter “white areas” most black…
PlaceBurgersdorp, E.C.
The Merino sheep-farming Town of Burgersdorp, in the North Eastern Cape has been a pivotal point in Afrikaner: History; Culture and Religion. Many Towns in…
ArchiveAngola Group Discussion: Oatlands, Virginia, 18 March 1983
Minutes of a meeting with delegates from the United States of Amercia and South Africa to discuss the political and military situation in southern Africa wih…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
… thousands of workers and communities who staunchly oppose removals and resettlement orders. January 20, Dadoo issues a …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
1950 - 1960 In Fietas, Johannesburg, the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) initiates and implements the 'Decade of Defiance'. 1950 Florence Matomela…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
The ANC in the 1920s was largely weakened and suffered from both organisation incapacity and financial constraints. During this period, the party attempted to…
EventThe UN Security Council to lay down rules which would allow UN forces to enter Congo
On 6 August 1960, the United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Mr. Dag Hammarskjöld, asked the UN Security Council to lay down rules which would allow UN forces…
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… It also condemned the establishment of bantustans and forced removals of African people. 1972 4 February, The Security …
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… Sometimes whole communities are uprooted in this way and forced into a twilight existence. The internal refugee …
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… leading intellectual of the NP, Gerrit Viljoen , who was forced through illness to retire from Working Group 2, of … from their township homes or hostel…
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
… project established in 1979, to investigate forced removals under the Nationalist government’s policy of … In March, the launch of Omar Badsha 's book,…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
A cartoon illustrating the process of getting to the idealised “American Dream" Image Source Introduction Like communism in Russia, American capitalism…
EventSoweto agrees to pay rent
… unit R23-00 service charges such as electricity and sewage removals Resident would contribute R5-00 to the Greater …
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… families if authorities felt they had broken laws that forced them to carry passes. However, the government moved to …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
During the 1990s, behind-the-scenes negotiations between the government and the ANC gathered pace. As part of that process, the ANC, PAC and other parties were…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) was established on 2 April 1944, by Anton Lambede (who became the League’s first President), Nelson Mandela,…
EventChief Malaboch is taken prisoner
… (ZAR) Government. The authorities took action through forced removal, which ultimately resulted in the Malaboch …
EventThe UN Group of Experts on Apartheid proposes establishment of a National Convention to set a new course for the future of South Africa
The United Nations Group of Experts on Apartheid presented its report to the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN). The group suggested the creation of…