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Representation & Reality: Portraits of women’s lives in the Western Cape 1948 - 1976 by Helen Scanlon
… Representation & Reality: Portraits of women’s lives in the Western Cape 1948 - 1976 by Helen …
EventReservation of Separate Amenities Act No 49 commences
… The National Party (NP) government developed the concept of allocation of resources such as general infrastructure, education and jobs and formalised this…
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… Indian High School, he came under the influence of Dr. Yusuf Dadoo and the Cachalia brothers, who were … Movement against the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian…
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
… Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1960, was President-General of the African National Congress (ANC) from December 1952 … by mine management, who saw in them…
BiographyDr. Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (Dr Goonam)
… Sabbai before attending English school . At the young age of 11, she became a pupil teacher, earning a salary of 10 … protested against the Asiatic Land…
ArchiveA Lunatic Act
… A Lunatic Act …
Archive`Welfare` Act
… `Welfare` Act …
ArchiveA balancing act
… A balancing act …
BiographyViola Hashe
… In the early 1950s she was elected Assistant Secretary of the Chemical Workers Union and the Dairy Workers Union. … with deportation under Section 29 of the…
The Group Areas Act, Act No. 41, 1950, Parliament of Republic of South Africa (Original Document)
… The Group Areas Act, Act No. 41, 1950, Parliament of Republic of South Africa (Original Document) …
Event90-Days Act comences
… The General Laws Amendment Act of 1964 (passed in 1963) or the 90-Day Act, commences on … without trial, for 90 days. Further, on the expiration of such, the…
EventSuppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950 approved in Parliament
… The Suppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950, according to which the Communist Party of South … Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history…
BiographyLawrence Ndzanga
… Mr Lawrence Ndzanga,aged 53, a former secretary of the Railway Workers Union and a national executive committee member of the South African Congress Trade…
EventAbolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act is adopted
… under President F.W. de Klerk adopted the Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act 108 of 1991, which scrapped the segregation laws relating to the ……
BiographyLevi Mabe
… Levi Mabe was one of the six, alongside Jeremiah Mabe, accused of various … was rejected by the Supreme Court on the basis that ‘the Natives concerned were…
Centenary of the 1913 Land Act By Colin Bundy, 18 April 2013
… Why consider the history of a hundred-year old law? Surely the Marikana massacre and … more urgent? In fact, there are direct links between the Natives' Land…
EventRecognition of the Customary Marriages Act comes into effect
… The Recognition of the Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 came into effect after an investigation by the South … 2001/02 , Pretoria: GCIS, p. 373.| Justice…
Event200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act
… The 25 March 2007 saw the 200-year-celebration of the abolishment of the slave trade in the British Empire. The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act was passed…
BiographyJeremiah Rakoko Mabe
… Rakoko Mabe, and his councilors and a large section of the community opposed the introduction of Bantu … was rejected by the Supreme Court on the basis that …
Population Registration Act Repeal Act No 114 commences.
… Population Registration Act Repeal Act No 114 commences. …
ArchiveBuilders of the nation: 12: the Labour Relations Act
… Multicoloured poster produced for the Department of Labour by the Mayibuye Centre, UWC. Artwork of people protesting and people celebrating the new Labour…
ArchiveThe abolishing of the Group Areas Act: A political milestone
… Statement regarding the abolishing of an Act that displaced approximately 630 000 people and reserved over 84% of the country's land for white people should…
BiographyJohn Tengo Jabavu
… into his lessons. It was not long before he became one of the brightest boys in school and only a boy when he took … against anti-African legislation…
EventMembers of SASO and BPC held under Terrorism Act
… Fourteen people, including leading members of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and the … Convention (BPC) are arrested and held under the…
Correctional Services Act No. 111 of 1998
… Correctional Services Act No. 111 of 1998 …
State of Emergency Act No 86 commences.
… State of Emergency Act No 86 commences. …
Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act
… Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act …
State of Emergency Act No 86 commences.
… State of Emergency Act No 86 commences. …
EventNIC calls for Passive Resistance against Ghetto Act
… was designated "Resistance Day" to mark the beginning of Passive Resistance against the Ghetto Act or The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act…
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… Province (now Eastern Cape). Xuma was the seventh child of Abraham Mangali Xuma and Elizabeth Cupase Xuma, devout … concession. In April 1936, the Union…