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… in the name of God.  The Transvaal Asiatic Registration Act was promulgated in 1907 when the Transvaal obtained … The latter agreed that the Transvaal Asiatic Registration Act would be repealed after the voluntary registration of … face of punitive measures and economic hardships.  In June 1909, Gandhi travelled to London to plead the Indian cause in …

… Motshwarateu, recently allowed into the racially exclusive SA Amatuer Athletics Union, breaks the national 5 000m record … After being allowed into the racially exclusive SA Amateur Athletics Union, Matthews Motshwarateu, breaks the …

… their right to own land, which were imposed by the Pegging Act (Trading and Occupation of Land (Transvaal and Natal) Restriction Act of 1943). The ensuing modifications to the act that the government agreed to did not satisfy Naicker. In …

… in 1975, was arrested, charged under the Terrorism Act and jailed for seven years. After his release he returned … Breyten Breytenbach; SA poet, activist and painter, receives the Hertzog Prize for …

… for five years under the Suppression of Communism Act . The restriction was extended in 1959 for a further five … against the implementation of the Bantu Education Act (1953) in 1955. The bans served on him proved an obstacle … in 1955 and qualified as an advocate. The Group Areas Act (1950) and Natives (Urban Areas) Act, however, prevented …

… Herbert Hayton Castens, first SA rugby captain and also captain of the first SA cricket team to tour overseas, dies in London. …

… Air services is inaugurated in SA with the amalgamation of a London-based company and a SA-based company under the name of the …

… The SA delegation to the UN walks out during the debate on apartheid, claiming that it is interfering with SA domestic affairs. …

… Despite discussions with the SA Rugby Board, the ANC asks the International Rugby Board to prohibit a SA tour of the World Rugb …

… SA Minister of Foreign Affairs Pik Botha warns that SA will not tolerate the introduction of Cuban troops and …

… A SA woman, Olivia Forsyth, allegedly a spy for the SA government against the ANC, who has been holed up in the …

… Helen Beatrice May Joseph, SA political and human rights activist, dies in Johannesburg. She came to SA in 1931 and, with Lilia …

… was one of four AWB members charged under the Terrorism Act after weapons were found buried on the farm of his … Christians. He said the AWB would take over with might in SA if the Government capitulated to the ANC.  In February …

… removals with the introduction of the Native Law Amendment Act , there was great panic and confusion within the … It was during this time also that the Group Areas Act was implemented, dividing the people in urban area into …

… against the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act, commonly referred to as the " Ghetto Act ". The Act sought to give Indians limited political representation …

… successful farmer and promoter of dairy farming and also SA minister of Lands and Works, dies in Ixopo, Natal. … successful farmer and promoter of dairy farming and also SA minister of Lands and Works, dies …

… and the CPSA in terms of the Suppression of Communism Act. Communism was condemned as a godless belief aiming at … Bram was "named" under the Suppression of Communism Act in 1950. Nevertheless, on 2 November the next year he was … 1953 saw Bram banned under the Suppression of Communism Act from most gatherings and from the Congress of Democrats. …

… Call for an All-In Conference to Fight the Group Areas Act, November 1955 …

… Blacks (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act No 67 commences, repealing the laws relating to the …

… Dangerous Weapons Act No 71, prohibiting the possession of weapons, which could …

… Internal Security Amendment Act No 22, prohibiting any meeting of more than twenty …

… Group Areas Act No 36 commences. While in theory this was not …

… The Separate Amenities Act racially segregating public facilities is repealed by 105 …

… Aliens and Travellers Control Act No 29, providing for the control and monitoring of …

… Aliens and Travellers Control Act No 29, providing for the control and monitoring of …

… first person to be banned under the 1976 Internal Security Act, Fatima Meer, is banned again for a further five years. …

… the contravention of the 1913 Immigrants Regulations Act and are s …

… is found guilty on ten points of subversive act …

… Internal Security Amendment Act No 22, prohibiting any meeting of more than twenty …

… Minister of Community Development relaxes the Group Areas Act permit system and announces that Blacks will in future be …