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ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… was intensified as government had set up Special Criminal Courts. Roux says, “In addition to holding street corner …
ArticleHistory of slavery and early colonisation in South Africa
… to tell the story clearly when she appeared before the law courts 22 years later. When Reijnier returned to the … them. Some brought complaints against their…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… own democratic structures, street committees and people’s courts, to administer their communities, Troops and police … mobilisation for protest. In some…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… own democratic structures, street committees and people's courts, to administer their communities, Troops and police … mobilisation for protest. In some…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… February 1, saying the Bill nowhere excluded appeal to law courts; system of domicile certificates all over Union was … opinion regarding UIRB (1912) in…
ArticleA History of Lückhoff High School, 1932-1969
… for land located next to the Mosque in Banhoek Road. [xiii] The double story house of Mr Lamberts in Andringa … Stellenbosch School Board Minutes, 27…
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
Like all other Black ethnic groups, the Coloureds also fell victim to segregation and repressive legislations enacted by Colonial and successive governments…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… of Emergency to override existing laws and oversight by courts. Although the Defiance Campaign did not achieve its …
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… a round of four provincial congresses of the NP in 1990. [xiii] Sparks outlines these proposals: “There should be a … Helen Suzman , Colin Eglin , Zach de…
Article1967 Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967
… and would be a ‘civilized’ response, executed through the courts rather than with force. (col. 3762) However, Pelser … as vague as the Terrorism Act””should…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Mughal Empire
… musicians, philosophers and engineers in his various courts across Delhi, Agra and Fatehphur Sikri. [31] … artists fled the capital and took refuge in…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… and hawkers and denies them the right of appeal to law courts. May 14, Gandhi writes to Cartwright and Lane, saying …
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… chiefs and leaders. Since 2008, when the Traditional Courts Bill (TCB) was tabled, much criticisms has been … .|Joubert, P., (2012), Traditional Courts Bill …
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… Theoretically these laws applied to all races, but the courts held that the laws were applicable only to unskilled … 177,890 Africans were arrested and…
ArticleThe Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930
… disenchanted Muslims were forced to resort to the secular courts as a neutral arbiter. Memon traders formed a Natal … on the unlimited power of Memon…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… in Chancellor House opposite the Johannesburg Magistrate Courts. Nelson Mandela writes an article entitled ‘ We Defy ’ … which denied Black people the option…
ArticleIndentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
… to Indians without fear of them having recourse to the courts. The “Indian question” was a key political issue in …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
Impact of Slave Trade and Colonisation on Indigenous Societies at the Cape Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper: Grade 10 Past Exam Paper …
ArticleVlakplaas and the History of Apartheid's Death Squad
Vlakplaas is the name of an undercover counterinsurgency division of the apartheid police that operated in the 1980s. Vlakplaas is also referred to as C, C1…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… Africa in Chancellor House, opposite the magistrates' courts in downtown Johannesburg. About these years Mandela …
'Presidential Address' by the Rev. J. A. Calata, ANC (Cape), July 1948
… attitude of the African people towards South African law courts. It will assist the new movement for Penal Reform …
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… 177,890 Africans were arrested and brought before the courts for failure to pay tax. Extension of University …
Community histories of Rustenburg
Afrikaans Community (1838-1899) The First White Inhabitants It is documented that the first pioneers from the Eastern Cape undertook a hunting expedition…
ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
… 86 shelters for victims, 62 designated sexual offence courts and 10 Thuthuzela (‘comfort’) care centres which …
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… traders and hawkers and denies them the right of appeal to courts of law. 27 June, A Parsee, Sorabji Shapurji Adajania, …
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… the “legal discipline” so long applied by counsel in the courts was challenged. What might have been a dreary, formal … laws or to seek the protection of the…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… and in it discusses street committees and people’s courts as the ‘organs of people’s power’. From the outset, …
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
… the legislation dealing with group areas came before the courts (South African Institute of Race Relations, 1960: … but also any part of a controlled area…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the presidential desk in Washington Image Source Essay Question: To what extent did Roosevelt’s New Deal succeed in mitigating…
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
In the 1920s, with the First World War (1914-1918) over, the pattern of female employment began to change. The war and the protectionist policy of the Pact…