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BiographyHarry Garuba
Harry Garuba was born in Akure, southwestern Nigeria, in 1958. [1] At the young age of seventeen he was accepted to study English at the University of Ibadan…
BiographyPremanathan “Prema” Naidoo
Premanathan "Prema" Naidoo, the youngest son of Ama and Thambi Naidoo, was born in Doornfontein, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1945. He…
BiographyDr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy was born in Durban on 1 September 1958. He was the youngest of four sons. The family resided in Sea Cow Lake and later…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… around the country to hold demonstrations against the pass laws. 1929 The CPSA engages in struggles across South Africa … killed in violent clashes with the…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… a campaign of protest meetings and resolutions against the pass laws and the Hertzog Bills. It is attended by more than 100 … National Congress organ…
ArticleProvincial Leaders
… the government process is carried out according to the laws that have been passed in Parliament. For example the … run smoothly. Parliament is where the…
ArticleGrade 11 Topic 3 – Source-Based Questions
… Source Source 3A The source below shows how the Nuremberg laws affected Jews living in Germany Source 3A Imbued … 3.1.4 Use your own knowledge to explain how…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… behind the action. 1919 Makgatho supports a massive anti-pass campaign in Johannesburg. Again in this campaign, … organizational support to those…
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… at all ”” they were locked up at night, and had to have a pass to leave their place of employment. As they were … Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, 1921 While…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… with government policy and there were revolts against the pass laws, the poll tax, and government-inspired tribal … the leadership of Gertrude Mpheka,…
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… description of South African lifestyle under the draconian laws of apartheid." Lenasia Times "... (his) poems mirror …
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… to get them off the land. Commenced: 6 July 1951. Natives Laws Amendment Act of 1952 This Act effected amendments to … passes with them wherever they went…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1953
… campaign for the repeal of a battery of discriminatory laws, chief among them being the Pass laws, stock limitation regulations, the Group Areas Act, … and…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1952
… campaign for the repeal of a battery of discriminatory laws, chief among them being the Pass laws, stock limitation regulations, the Group Areas Act, … and…
BiographyLouis Botha
Louis Botha was born near Greytown in Natal in 1862. He was the son of Voortrekker parents and was brought up on a farm in the Free State, and was educated at…
Biography of Hugh Masekela by Fardin Rahman
… an accelerated approach in cracking down violators of the ‘pass laws’, which severely limited black South African citizens’ … movement in the country and…
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi was born in Munhango, Moxico Province in eastern Angola on 3 August 1934. Savimbi's primary education took place at Protestant mission…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… settlement of Europeans in Southern Africa. Dutch laws, customs and attitudes towards race were brought to … at all ”” they were locked up at night, and had…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… strikes were also criminal offences. Theoretically these laws applied to all races, but the courts held that the laws … authorities was, however, the…
BiographyShaleen Surtie-Richards
Legendary stage, film, and television actress, Shaleen Surtie-Richards, was born on 7 May 1955 in Upington, Cape Province (now Northern Cape). She attended…
BiographySimon Gqubule
Reverend Dr Simon Gqubule was born on 18 February 1928 at a place near Cookhouse, Transkei (now Eastern Cape). His family did not have a lot of money; his…
ArticlePassive Resistance in South Africa
… campaigns against the apartheid state, includes the anti pass, defiance and ECC campaigns among other such campaigns. … in South Africa, 1946-1948 Defiance…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… freehold title in the Urban Areas Bill. The issue of pass laws is discussed at a Native Conference, held under the …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… Naransammy Naidoo , and Yusuf S. Patel defy licensing laws and set up fruit stalls outside the City Hall without … which the militants oppose December 4,…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… on footpaths, and requests repeal or modification of laws. May 21, Raychandbhai, Gandhi's mentor, dies in Bombay. … that a deputation be sent to London to…
Grade 11 Archive
… in different parts of the world based their policies and laws on the new ideas about race that were developed by the Europeans at that time. Today these…
How the “Long walk to Freedom” began by E.S. Reddy
… walk-over to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow again and again before … easy walk to freedom anywhere, and…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… racially constructed group areas. Earlier discriminatory laws were often used as platforms for building new ones … for a closer look at this series of…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
… promoted by the National Party. (2 x 2) (4) There were laws that exclusively reserved jobs for white people. Black … Egyptian troops retreated they were…
ArticleRemembrance of Albertina Sisulu through the Work of Cartoonists
… champions Walter and Albertina Sisulu. Image Source NO PASS REQUIRED : For MaSisulu, says St. Peter in JERM'S … wishes of Nelson "Tata" Mandela, who's not…