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ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… (now Polokwane) in March 1982. He was granted leave to appeal, but his family did not have money to finance the appeal and he was hanged at Pretoria Central…
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
… the TARC made a breakthrough when it managed to have the Appeal Court overturn the government regulations. NEUM … culminated in the formation of a 33-member…
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
… Minister of Police Adriaan Vlok chaired a meeting of the Action Committee at Police HQ. This “Secret” document, … a “works committee” that would recommend a…
BiographyWilliam Andrew ‘Willie’ Hofmeyr
… of Apartheid, Hofmeyr shifted his focus from the protest action to legal representation and council ofpeople detained …
BiographyEugène Ney Terre’Blanche
… semi-secret organisation for five years. Its first public action, undertaken in 1979, was to tar and feather prominent …
BiographyNadine Gordimer
… Nadine was also a prominent member of the Anti-Censorship Action Group and won the CNA Literary Award four times, the …
BiographyArchibald Jacob Gumede
… , Gumede participated in the formation of an Education Action Committee to deal with the problems at African …
ArticleThe Women’s Charter
… as a whole as long as we women are kept in bondage. An Appeal: We women appeal to all progressive organisations, to members of the … is formed for the…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… on his proposals to segregate Indians. After a final appeal to the Prime Minister the representatives came away … a Union-wide Segregation Bill and the…
ArticleStructure of Government in South Africa
… are the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal. The Constitutional Court has the highest say on … does not go against the constitution. The…
Document 67 - Letter from the African Metal Trades Union, Johannesburg, to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 21 February 1937
… of our conditions, and they force us to take strike action against them to protect our elementary rights. We ask … concessions from the bosses, namely the…
Chapter 28. I Fight Back
… For many months the committee had been discussing what action the union should take. In the event of Swart making an … two counts, the sentences to run…
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… the TARC made a breakthrough when it managed to have the Appeal Court overturn the government regulations. NEUM … culminated in the formation of a 33-member…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… African Indian Congress (SAIC) added their voices to the appeal. In November 1959 a Boycott Committee was formed, and … including the Movement for Colonial…
ArticleGarveyism: Early 1900s philosophy
… it was in the Transkei that Garveyism had most appeal. Here, a devastating series of crop failures, cattle … The boycott was halted after six months of…
ArticleThe Natal Workers Theatre Movement Timeline
… time activists enlist new members to embark on cultural action. The Durban Workers Cultural Local (DWCL) is formed. … the most important plays to come out of…
BiographyJacqueline Daane-van Rensburg
… in local newspaper about a local primary school taking action against Apartheid where she was the guest speaker and …
BiographyHemant Kumar Waghmarae
… Riots triggered his anger against Apartheid into organised action. Ismail Meer phoned his Uncle, Dr. Jaga, to inform him …
Chaskalson was a pillar of strength in my battle against HIV/Aids by Justice Edwin Cameron - Constitutional Court, 9 December 2012
… confiding in him about my HIV status. I had to argue an appeal about a young man whose doctor betrayed his trust by … of my own condition, made me fear that…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… Walter has his first experience of organized industrial action. 1931 At mid-year, some time after his 120-day … house arrest. 19 April, While awaiting the…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… State, it took time for the world to take notice and action. That said, one year before the implementation of … in 1947, India had been the first…
28. The Dealer’s Licences Act is an attempt to weed out smaller traders
… of the Law, their decision was final, and there was no appeal to the Supreme Court of the Colony. The following … of the town councils or the town boards,…
28. The Dealers’ Licenses Act is an attempt to weed out small traders
… of the Law, their decision was final, and there was no appeal to the Supreme Court of the Colony. The following … of the town councils or the town boards,…
BiographyJames la Guma
… got his first taste of spontaneous working-class political action when he participated in the so-called 'hooligan riots' …
Statement at the 2053rd meeting of the Security Council by Mfanafuthi Johnstone (Johnny) Makatini, 9 December 1977
… when the Council at long last appears to be poised for action against the apartheidregime. The unanimous adoption of … It is important to recall that, since…
ArticleOn Trial: State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others by Norman Levy
… in Salisbury, Rhodesia, but the matter had now gone on appeal. The magistrate (Van Greunen) responded unpredictably. … word” as some comrades suggested, but…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
… Cameron, a judge of the South African Supreme Court of Appeal founds the Aids Law Project (ALP), which forms part of … to the Hiv/Aids epidemic , prepared…
Statement On Behalf of the South Africa United Front, 1960, New York
… of the Government of the Union of South Africa and to appeal for speedy international intervention at the United Nations level. United Nations Action The…
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… it was acknowledged that Ideas needed to be connected to action. This was inspired by utopian thinking. It created … were no clear demands that were made…
Intersex South Africa (ISSA)
… silence around the treatment of intersex people, and to appeal to both the Department of Justice and Constitutional …