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ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 6: The South African War and Union
… principles: that the country needed to put in place laws to limit black access to political power, and when Union … in the Union. The offensive gathered…
ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
… the 1960s, the Government introduced a number of security laws, including the General Laws Amendment Act (90-day detention law) and later the …
The Ideology of the Black Consciousness Movement
… widespread civil unrest. It did this by passing harsher laws, extending its use of torture, imprisonment and … began to organise trade unions in defiance of…
Document 22 - Report of the first National Conference of Women held in the Trades Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 April 1954
… women from the special disabilities suffered by them under laws, customs and conventions, and strive for a genuine South … mine-owners and factory-owners. To…
PlaceAG Bain Monument, Grahamstown
… This is a bronze plaque on a cairn at the top of the Ecca Pass, 12 km South of Grahamstown. It was erected in 1964 by … writer and road-builder, who…
ArticleGrade 11 - What were the consequences when pseudo-scientific ideas of Race became integral to government policies and legislation in the 19th and 20th centuries?
… For instance in USA, between 1907 and 1943, sterilization laws were passed in 30 states. This was done to prevent … Americans were discriminated against by…
"Apartheid - the Indictment": Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sactions agains South Africa by O. R. Tambo, April 1964
… Republic, having been reconstituted, declared, in its laws, that "The people will not permit the equalisation … and knitting it into a fine mesh, the…
Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sanctions Against South Africa, 1 April 1964, London
… Republic, having been reconstituted, declared, in its laws, that "The people will not permit the equalisation of … and knitting it into a fine mesh, the…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa 1910
… abdicated its responsibility to influence the policies and laws enacted by South Africa. During this process, Britain … legislative procedures that would be…
ArticleStrong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold
… which says yes to homelands, the Group Areas Act, to laws which make us believe that we are separate and unequal. … he noted that ‘ The term ‘right’ does not…
PlaceKeur River Bridge
… Situated on the Historic Montagu Pass this bridge was built in 1847. This solid bridge was … and built by Henry Ford White (who also built the Montagu Pass…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
… to hold a strike on 1 May 1950 to protest against the pass laws and other discriminatory legislation. The strike was … conditions in Hendrik Verwoerd ’s…
Chapter 4 - In search of Justice; Gumede in England, 1919-21
… ‘The laws of Queen Victoria had been hidden. Natives should fight … on the colour of the natives of South Africa such as the Pass Laws, Curfew Bells and…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… Ahmed Kathrada . March, The ANC announces that its anti-pass campaign will start at the end of March 1960. March - … shooting at peaceful demonstrators in…
Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
… disabilities would be placed upon us, or that the very laws that England had prevented Mr. Kruger from putting into … a mosque thereon. The Transvaal…
Say It out Loud - Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
… disabilities would be placed upon us, or that the very laws that England had prevented Mr. Kruger from putting into … a mosque thereon. The Transvaal…
ArticleNew Africa Theatre Project
… South African themed theatre, which defied apartheid laws. It was initially housed in Observatory, Cape Town. In …
Books and further reading links relating to Right to Organise
… Townships and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940, Labour Laws Readings Callinicos, L. (1981). Gold and Workers …
PlaceWallacedene, Cape Town
… was established during the 1980s when the relaxation of pass laws allowed rural Populations, to be able to migrate to … was established during the 1980s when…
Reports of the Passive Resistance Councils: Natal and Transvaal 1946 - 1946
… fundamental human rights is too brief a period in which to pass a verdict on it. A proper evaluation can only be made … the democratic people of the world…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… cities, and therefore demanded the strict application of pass laws. In the election of 26 May 1948, D.F. Malan's National … and the burning of passbooks. In…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 2 - Explaining the Miracle by Max du Preez
… when they tried to stop a mass demonstration against the pass laws at Sharpeville . The massacre led to a hardening of … of the Rubicon ; it was expected to…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… court officials. 3. Freedom of residence and the repeal of laws such as the Natives Act that restrict this freedom. 4. Freedom of movement, and the repeal of…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
… the actions of the state and calling for an end to pass laws. 30 March, The state declared a state of emergency . 1 … the South African Congress of Trade…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… McNeil Jr. Ideological propaganda and stringent censorship laws were two massive obstacles resistance photographers … in South Africa, the South African…
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… an active role in the Campaign of Defiance Against Unjust Laws during which, in 1952, many were arrested. They also … and more than 1,000 were convicted in…
Document 130 - Communists in Conference: The 1943/44 National Conference of the Communist Party of South Africa
… contention is that on a question like the abolition of the Pass Laws the Communist Party must go the whole hog in support of the Anti-Pass Campaign." Yusuf…
American Supporters of the Defiance Campaign by George M. Houser
… anniversary of the "Campaign of Defiance against Unjust Laws" - Mr. Houser describes the work of the Americans for … themselves to "declare war" on apartheid…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… was in power from 1948 to 1994 and created unfair laws in order to segregated Coloured and Black South Africans … March 21, 1960, five thousand South…
An Appeal to the people of South West Africa by Nelson Mandela
… and freedom, like ours, are everywhere chained to pass laws, imposed on your people and ours by Verwoerd's police …