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… parliament. Repressive legislation The Internal Security Act, No. 74 of 1982 (ISA) is permanently in force (including … unbanning of banned organizations, the scrapping of local authorities and an end to compulsory military service. Other … up around the apartheid-created structures of homelands authorities and of black local authorities. As such they are …

… stages his Yoruba-language play lfe Owo (Love of Money) 1951 Pressure mounts in Egypt for England to leave occupied … Public Safety Act, Criminal Law Amendment Act, and the Bantu Education Act . Egypt becomes a republic, with General … Kenyatta is released from prison by British colonial authorities Tanganyika and Sierra Leone become independent …

… stages his Yoruba-language play lfe Owo (Love of Money) 1951 Pressure mounts in Egypt for England to leave occupied … Public Safety Act, Criminal Law Amendment Act, and the Bantu Education Act Egypt becomes a republic, with General … Kenyatta is released from prison by British colonial authorities Tanganyika and Sierra Leone become independent …

… rule and political independence. 1946 18 December, Bantu Stephen Biko born in Kingwilliamstown 1952 October, The … Black Consciousness. The Extension of University Education Act is passed, to channel students into segregated tertiary … with banned movements is hazardous, and university authorities are hostile to student political groups. …

… organizing boycotts and acting as a negotiator with white authorities. At Adams, sport provided an important meeting … October 1923, the Chamber of Mines newspaper Umteteli wa Bantu reported that "all kinds of sports are organized and in … initial, perhaps necessary, step towards the formation in 1951 of the anti-apartheid South African Soccer Federation. …

… P C Pelser, under the Suppression of the Communism Act. The Minister denied that this was at all related to his …

… starvation, sickness, illiteracy, and without homes. Every act of assistance to Britain means the crushing of our Indian … dangerous’ communists in the world in 1950. From July 1951 to February 1952, he illegally visited the United …

… his visits contravened the provisions of the Group Areas Act  (1950) he was arrested. It was at this stage that Clegg …

… him to become a teacher. Consequently, he went to Pretoria Bantu Normal College at Vlakfontein where he registered to … of Phokwaneand banned under the Suppression of Communism Act . Mogoba was to report to the police station every week, …

… Trustee and Vice chairperson of Arts and Culture Trust (ACT). She is also the former member of the board of the … A. Kotze.(1988) Organise and Act: The Natal Workers Theatre Movement 1983-1987. Durban: …

… Alliance led by the African National Congress. Listed in 1951 in terms of the Suppression of Communism Act, he was served banning orders in November 1953, which …

… facing removal in terms of the government’s  Group Areas Act  which forcefully removed people to new segregated …

… Abrahams was banned under the Suppression of Communism Act for a five year period , restricted to Paarl and was not …

… attended in Kekanastaad and married six years later in 1951. As a consequence of the injustices brought on by …

… Viljoen is born in Cape Town. 1920 The Native Affairs Act The ANC supports the militant strike by African … Ismail Gora is elected President. May, Frustrated White authorities finally resort to the use of force after the … in Johannesburg. Start of publication of Umteteli wa Bantu, African newspaper linked to the Chamber or Mines. 1 …

… students of the earlier generation 'worshipped the school authorities'! The first, recorded stoppages of lessons, … and just as steadfastly, the move was vetoed by the campus authorities. NUSAS was also keen to welcome the colleges into … at the beginning of 1975 was a directive from the Bantu Education Department that Afrikaans had to be used on …

… Cape. According to the terms of the Native Laws Amendment Act, women with Section 10(1)(a), (b), or (c) status were not … 10(1)(a), (b), and (c) rights were issued permits by local authorities which claimed that the documents were for their … the impending application of the Native Laws Amendment Act. Delivering a fiery speech to the crowd Dora Tamana, a …

… are linked up with the colour bar clauses in the Factories Act that was passed two years ago, with the undemocratic and … dependants. These are things they have asked for, which authorities of different kinds have stated over and over … the great struggle for human freedom. The Government must act NOW. Issued by the Communist Party of South Africa, Cape …

… They have sent deputations and submitted petitions to the authorities and they have tried to influence the course of … to the people of Britain, by whose Parliament the original Act of Union was approved. Next year it is proposed to … the world at large can bring home to the South African authorities that they must either mend their ways or suffer …

… KwaZulu Natal) banned these weapons. The Kwazulu Homeland authorities under the Chiefs and Headman Act , which empowered headmen and chiefs to outlaw the …

… was banned in April 1960 under the Unlawful Organisations Act. Mabizela did not complete his studies at the institution …

… to silence opposition. In 1972, the Internal Security Act gave police powers to detain people without trial for a … in the Black Consciousness (BC) movement was Stephen Bantu Biko, who was the main force behind the growth of the … over which African students clashed with the university authorities between 1960 and 1967. By 1967, many black …

… Africans entering urban areas, the Native Laws Amendment Act of 1952 (see info block). Pass laws required that … to Section 10 (1a-d) of the 1954 Native Urban Areas Act Africans could only stay in an urban area for more than … Sharpeville residents had to play hide and seek with the authorities, many unsuccessfully, getting arrested and forced …

… this. In 1950, the NP government passed the Group Areas Act, which designated specific areas for particular race … the whole community, preparing them for a showdown with authorities in what was expected to be a fierce resistance to … at this stage in anticipation of a confrontation between authorities determined to have their way and residents …

… government that resulted in the introduction of the Bantu Education Act in 1953. The rise of the Black Consciousness Movement … of African education from the churches and provincial authorities. This control was centralized in the Bantu …

… due to his unwillingness to collude with French authorities, who sought greater control over the oil rich … alleged suicide commando managed to assassinate him. This act was followed by summary trials and executions of a number …

… with the National Peace Secretariat, who had offered to act as intermediaries in talks with the Ciskei authorities. Click here to read about ANC's response on Bisho …