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BiographyKate O’Regan
… up in Cape Town. She obtained her B.A. from the University of Cape Town in 1978 and her LL.B. (cum laude) from the same … an attorney in Johannesburg…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… The Society of Young Africa (SOYA) held its opening conference on 20th … 1953 the superintendent informed the Advisory Board of the Native Affairs Department…
'Opening Address' at Annual Conference of the South African Indian Congress by Dr. S. M. Molema, 25 January 1952
… beyond his wildest dreams in dispossessing them of their land, their liberty and their life, and ever since the … and no worthwhile united action was taken…
"Opening Address" at Annual Conference of the South Afri­can Indian Congress, by Dr. S. M. Molema, January 25, 1952
… beyond his wildest dreams in dispossessing them of their land, their liberty and their life, and ever since the … and no worthwhile united action was taken…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… Repealed by section 51 of the Second General Law Amendment Act No 94 of 1974. Mines and Works Act No 12 of 1911 … of the Mines and Works Amendment Act No 27…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The African Peoples Organisation and the Teachers League of South Africa
… Like their African counterparts, the organisations of the coloured elite came out strongly in support of the British war effort. They shared the same…
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… During the late 1970s and early 1980s the issue of drawing up a Workers’ Charter became a leading item on the agenda of the South African labour movement. It…
The Group Areas Act and Community Destruction in South Africa - The Struggle for Cato Manor in Durban
… South Africa, attention has been drawn to the destruction of Sophiatown in Johannesburg (Lodge 1983) and the razing of … 1988). In Durban, the implementation…
ArchiveApartheid, Urban Segregation, and the Local State: Durban and the Group Areas Act in South Africa
… Brij Maharaj, Department of Geography, University of Durban-Westville … There has been some speculation about the origins of the Group Areas Act (GAA), one…
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… The ascendancy of the apartheid government in 1948 signalled a descent into … activities. The party’s position on other issues such as land and the economy…
BiographyLettie Malindi
… Firgrove, near Stellenbosch, on 26 March 1922, the fifth of eleven children. Her father, John Matibi, was a railway … Africans to do so), and it was here…
BiographyMhlupeki Hlongwane
… 11 April 1957. Their banishment orders were a consequence of developments related to the killing of five police officers during a dagga raid in February 1956…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… The struggle for a shorter workday, a demand of major political significance for the working class dates … Afrikaans working class as well as the middle…
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… The telling of the history of South African Intelligence Agencies is … Hendrik van den Bergh though the Public Service Amendment Act (1969). The main aim of…
Lickard Aba
… Likard Aba was banned under Act No. 44 of 1950 (Suppression of Communism Act) Section 9. …
Document 51 - W. P. van Schoor, “The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa A. J. Abrahamse Memorial Lecture, Cathedral Hall, Cape Town, 5 October 1950
… Labour Policy enshrined this attitude as a law of the land. This transformation within 70 years was brought about … a permanent outpost against the…
Colonial history of Polokwane
… region, they set up settlements in various locations. One of the earliest settlements, in 1836, was in the … his findings to the Executive Council in…
The Hunter-Gatherers of Southern Africa: Summary
… believe that the San people were the descendants of the original Homo sapiens who lived in South Africa for at … Advanced weapons – Khoi/San were forced off…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… the depression and to settle finally the question of the "Native Bills", which had remained unsolved because the … and General Smuts, his government and…
ArticleAftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906
… The Bambatha Rebellion claimed the lives of 4000 Zulu and 30 white people and cost the colonial government £740,000. Some of the Zulu died fighting on the…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Formation of the International Socialist League (ISL)
… The out break of the First World War had profound consequences for the development of socialist labour politics in South Africa. Before the war, … Afrikaans…
BiographyWilliam H. "Bill" Andrews
… 1870 into a working-class family,he left school at the age of 13 years old,he immigrated to South Africa in 1893. He … and Labour Council.In 1905 he became…
BiographyEdward “Eddie” Roux
… Roux was born in the northern Transvaal in 1903, the son of an English mother and. an Afrikaner father. He grew up … In 1923 he joined the CPSA and was drawn…
BiographySadie Forman
… and writer, emigrated from Lithuania to South Africa in 1913. In 1952, Forman married Lionel Forman , a young fellow … communist movements. Four years later,…
The Nieuwe Republiek, with Lucas Meyer as president, is established in northern Natal, on land awarded to them by Dinizulu (Din
… Meyer as president, is established in northern Natal, on land awarded to them by Dinizulu (Din …
Presidents Joaquim Chissano and Nelson Mandela sign an agreement to allow South African farmers to settle and farm land in Moza
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … to allow South African farmers to settle and farm…
BiographyHudson William Edison Ntsanwisi
… at the Shiluvane Mission Station in the Letaba District of Limpopo. He was the eldest child in a family of three. … people. Thus it systematically…
BiographyMotsoko Pheko
… in Lesotho. In the late 1930s, after the sudden death of their parents, Pheko and his brother came to South Africa … entitled Can There Be Sustainable…
Labour Relations Amendment Act No 57 commences, redefining ‘employee’ to cover all Black workers, including local and foreign m
… Labour Relations Amendment Act No 57 commences, redefining ‘employee’ to cover all Black …
Industrial Conciliation Further Amendment Act No 61, prohibiting strikes and lockouts for any purpose unconnected with the empl
… Industrial Conciliation Further Amendment Act No 61, prohibiting strikes and lockouts for any purpose …