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BiographyWinston Churchill Masakeng Saoli
… ANC meetings at the University of the Witwatersrand . Authorities imprisoned him in solitary confinement at John …
BiographyRev. Aldin Grout
… situation, as well as some conflict with the British authorities – who gained control over most of Natal in 1843. …
EventZulu King Zwelithini threatens to establish a separate Zulu state
… republics of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. In 1951, the Bantu Authorities Act established a basis for ethnic government in …
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… the time she was the only female among male comrades. In 1951, the TIYC sent Ahmed Kathrada as its representative to … of Voters Act, the Suppression of…
BiographyMadhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha
… Conference, which campaigned against the Native Land Act of 1913 . At this conference, a deputation was appointed … arose from the conditions created by the…
BiographyDr. Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (Dr Goonam)
… against the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act or “Ghetto Act” that limited the land available to Indians and … she had been sentenced to…
BiographyWolfie Kodesh
… with instigating mutiny. Charges were later dropped by the authorities. Kodesh returned to South Africa after the war … the CPSA was banned under the…
BiographyAmbrose Mzimkhulu Makiwane
… Trial. He also led protests against the Transfer Act of 1959. This piece of legislation sought to restrict the … and was to bring the university under the…
Mama Beshenga
… removals with the introduction of the Native Law Amendment Act , there was great panic and confusion within the … It was during this time also that the Group…
BiographyPoonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
… occupied a section of the house before the Pegging Act came into operation on 22 March 1943. On 16 April 1943 … first person to be arrested and charged under…
BiographyAdvocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
… and the CPSA in terms of the Suppression of Communism Act. Communism was condemned as a godless belief aiming at … Bram was "named" under the Suppression of…
Section 83 of the Criminal Procedure Act 56 of 1955 comes into effect. It was used to force journalists to reveal their sources
… Section 83 of the Criminal Procedure Act 56 of 1955 comes into effect. It was used to force …
Alleged date the Suppression of Communism Act, No 44 of 1950 is passed in parliament. 26 June is given in several sources, and
… Alleged date the Suppression of Communism Act, No 44 of 1950 is passed in parliament. 26 June is given …
Sithembele Zokwe, detained in terms of the Transkei Public Security Act of 1977, is shot dead at his home in Nqamakwe by police
… Zokwe, detained in terms of the Transkei Public Security Act of 1977, is shot dead at his home in Nqamakwe by police …
ArchiveRobert Gabriel Mugabe (1924 – 2019): A tragedy in three acts, Simon Allison, 6 September 2019, South Africa
BiographyJohannes Willem (Jan) Viljoen
… was creating trouble on the western border. Some authorities consider that, of all the hunters he came closest …
BiographySewsunker ‘Papwa’ Sewgolum
… amateur in “non-European” tournaments. Under pressure, the authorities permitted Sewgolum to play in the Natal Open in …
BiographyBettie du Toit
… of South Africa. She protested the Asiatic Land Tenure Act , also known as the Ghetto Act, and was one of the volunteers in the Defiance Campaign. … to her…
BiographyHarry Snitcher
… a better society could be achieved through communism. In 1951, the National Party-majority Parliament in separate … Provincial Division led by De Villiers CJ…
ArchiveZuleikha Mayat - South African author and activist who led a life of courage, compassion and integrity
BiographyJoyce Sikhakhane-Rankin
… Father Trevor Huddleston of the Anglican Church. In 1954 Bantu Education was introduced. The African National Congress … of the morning Joyce was arrested…
BiographyHendrik Jacobus (Kobie) Coetsee
… small claims court and pioneering the Matrimonial Property Act in 1984. This act had an important effect on the status of married women … rights had to be…
BiographyJob Shimankana Tabane
… in Mosenthal and enrolled for Standard two at Tweetepoort Bantu School where he studied until completing Standard five … removed to Diepkloof in Soweto under…
BiographyBasil Paul Petersen February
… landed February in prison twice under the 90 day detention act .Under the 90 day detention act, a police special unit called the special branch had the … on…
BiographyViola Hashe
… with deportation under Section 29 of the Urban Areas Act. No reasons were given for the notice except a vague … was done because in terms of the Industrial…
BiographyElmon Malele
… In 1961, he was charged under the Suppression of Communism Act for taking part in the activities of the Communist Party … 7 January 1977 in terms of section…
Archive"Isikhumbuzo" (Memorial): Self-authored obituary by Petros Sipho Mkhize, dedicated to Getruth Ndlovu, written while awaiting execution, Pretoria Central Prison, circa 1967
… his determination to be remembered on his own terms. The act of writing and decorating one's own memorial while still …
Siva Pillay
… betrayed and subsequently charged under the 1962 Sabotage Act on 21 October 1963. They were accused of acting in common … was banned, in terms of the…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… removals. The Group Areas Act came into effect on 30 March 1951 soon after the Classification Act. It immediately became … provided the context for the…
”Resolution against the Natives Land Act, 1913 and the Report of the Natives Land Commission”, by the South African Native National Congress, October 2, 1916
… ”Resolution against the Natives Land Act, 1913 and the Report of the Natives Land Commission”, by …