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General Law Amendment Act No 37 commences. Section 17, the ninety-day detention law, authorises any commissioned officer to det
… General Law Amendment Act No 37 commences. Section 17, the ninety-day detention …
BiographyMadhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha
… Genealogical Tree Madhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha, the son of Dukuza, was born on 19 July 1879 at the Noodsberg Mission Station in the County of Victoria,…
BiographyMoses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida
… near Pietermaritzburg on 14 October 1923,he was one of seven children in a rural family that was later forced off the land.Mabhida could not pursue his…
BiographyFrederik van Zyl Slabbert
… Hoërskool School in 1958. He was head boy and captain of the first rugby and cricket teams. In 1959 he began … studying towards a B.A. Classics degree at the…
BiographyDean Hutton
… their experiences made them tend towards being an observer of people more than a participant. They constantly drew sketches of people, striving for realism -…
BiographyLucas Manyane Mangope
… Lucas Manyane Mangope was born west of Zeerust near Bechuanaland border on December 27,1923,the son of a local chief,Mangope graduated from St Peter's…
BiographyAdvocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
… State. He was born into a prominent Afrikaans family, son of Percy Ulrich Fischer, at the time a member of the Bloemfontein Bar. Percy later became a much…
ArticleBantu education and the racist compartmentalizing of education
… government appointed the Eiselen Commission with the task of considering African education provision. The Commission … ‘resorting to radical measures’ for…
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
… Before presenting the history and impact of resistance photography we must consider the historical … Life," "Photographs of Native Life A Camera Sermon," …
ArticleThe Mendi Decoration of Bravery
… South African citizens who have performed an extraordinary act of bravery that placed their lives in great danger, or who … lost their own lives including in…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… Far from being a united force for a significant part of the 1930s, the ANC was plagued by divisions and … Select Committee of Parliament table two measures:…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… is Passed. The Native Affairs Act was yet another spin-off of the South African Native Affairs Commissions report of … on the lines of the Glen Grey Act of…
BiographyHarry Snitcher
… in Uniondale and then in Gouda. After the premature death of his father in 1924, the young Snitcher and his four … with additional income. He matriculated…
Mama Beshenga
… During the 1960s, at the height of the forced removals with the introduction of the Native Law Amendment Act , there was great panic and confusion within the…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… fragmented African trade unions into a large federation of non-racial trade unions. There was a need for solid trade unions after the failure of the African…
The Black Face of Apartheid
… Biko was critical of the homeland (Bantustan) policy. At the height of his influence, between 1963 and 1976, Steve Biko called … SASO and BPC leaders were…
BiographyBettie du Toit
… her growing up at a boarding school under the guardianship of the Dutch Reformed Church at Platteland in the Transvaal. … the 19-year-old Du Toit offered her…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… Prior to the passage of apartheid laws both Black and White South Africans played … program. In 1950 the National Party passed the Group Areas Act defining…
BiographyCaesarina Kona Makhoere
… worker. At a young age she was forcibly removed in terms of the Group Areas Act and relocated to Mamelodi with her family. During the … Vlakfontein…
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
… Introduction This feature examines the history of forced removals in Johannesburg up to the destruction of Sophiatown. It begins by establishing the link…
Chapter 4 - In search of Justice; Gumede in England, 1919-21
… ‘The laws of Queen Victoria had been hidden. Natives should fight to regain them’. Gumede - Harris, 8 … the natives” and the first step towards granting them…
ArticleA Culture of Survival
… the city. Workers' wages did not keep pace with the cost of subsistence, and most black families lived below the bread … often had to supplement their…
BiographyZachariah Keodirelang Matthews
… was born 20th October, in 1901 Kimberley , the son of Peter Motsielwa and Martha Mooketsi Matthews, a Tswana … Cape voter and his cousin, Sol Plaatje , a…
BiographyPaul Ramadiba Mokgathle
… and his followers. Mokgathle was then fined a number of cattle and apparently used force to recover the cattle … they tried to mediate but failed. Mokgathle…
BiographyJeremiah Moraka
… (NC) to Moraka’s pleas for help. Sometime later, one of the sons discovered Maphuti Moraka in a Pietersburg … how she got to Pietersburg or indicate the…
Biography of Caiphus Semenya
… a cultural figure such as Mr. Semenya, an understanding of the social environment in South Africa is essential. The White minority rule of South Africa and…
Group Areas Act No 36 commences. While in theory this was not discriminatory legislation, it was implemented in a way that was
… Group Areas Act No 36 commences. While in theory this was not …
Message to the Natal Indian Congress Secretariat: Call for an All-In Conference to Fight the Group Areas Act, November 1955
… Call for an All-In Conference to Fight the Group Areas Act, November 1955 …
The first person to be banned under the 1976 Internal Security Act, Fatima Meer, is banned again for a further five years.
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , … first person to be banned under the 1976 Internal…
The Separate Amenities Act racially segregating public facilities is repealed by 105 votes to 38 with one abstention in the Hou
… (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , … The Separate Amenities Act racially…