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BiographyBishop Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoba
… him to become a teacher. Consequently, he went to Pretoria Bantu Normal College at Vlakfontein where he registered to … of Phokwaneand banned under the…
BiographyElizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams
… Abrahams was banned under the Suppression of Communism Act for a five year period , restricted to Paarl and was not …
BiographyDavid Goldblatt
… facing removal in terms of the government’s Group Areas Act which forcefully removed people to new segregated …
BiographyPercy John "Jack" Hodgson
… 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,…
BiographyDawood Seedat
… starvation, sickness, illiteracy, and without homes. Every act of assistance to Britain means the crushing of our Indian … dangerous’ communists in the world…
BiographyJacob “Dancing Shoes” Morake
Jacob Morake was born on 8 December 1955, and grew up in Central Western Jabavu in Soweto near Johannesburg. He was 10 years old when, one bitterly cold night,…
The Mountain Committee
… in their Bizana district into open struggle against the authorities and their henchmen. But its series of huge … to carry out government policies through the…
BiographyRebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)
… attended in Kekanastaad and married six years later in 1951. As a consequence of the injustices brought on by …
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August
… 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…
Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943]
… 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…
ArticleNational Youth Uprising
… students of the earlier generation 'worshipped the school authorities'! The first, recorded stoppages of lessons, … and just as steadfastly, the move was…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… 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…
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… 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…
Joint Statement by Chief Albert Lutuli, Dr. G.M. Naicker and Peter Brown appealing to the British People to Boycott South Africa, 5 December 1959
… 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…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… the separation of citizens into so-called ‘White’, ‘Bantu’, ‘Coloured’ and ‘Asian’ suburbs. Apartheid legislation … New Brighton's population from 35,000…
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
… 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…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… 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…
ArticleThe influence of apartheid
… distinctive polychromatic style sometime between 1937 and 1951, probably soon after the election to power of the … of Ndebele leaders and officials from the…
EventButhelezi says Zulus would continue carrying cultural weapons
… KwaZulu Natal) banned these weapons. The Kwazulu Homeland authorities under the Chiefs and Headman Act , which empowered headmen and chiefs to outlaw the …
BiographyBuzwe Stanley Mabizela
… was banned in April 1960 under the Unlawful Organisations Act. Mabizela did not complete his studies at the institution …
BiographyBaldwin ‘Ben’ Sipho Ngubane
Dr Baldwin ‘Ben’ Sipho Ngubane was born on 22 October 1941 at the Inchanga Roman Catholic Mission in Camperdown, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN). He…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… 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…
ArticleAfrica South Art Initiative (ASAI)
Africa South Art Initiative (ASAI) is a non-profit company specialising in research and publication on the visual arts in Africa. ASAI began in 2005, concerned…
Indian Community
… Indians from purchasing any municipal land. The Slums Act was passed in 1934 in order improve conditions and to … a strong environment through conciliation…
BiographyArthur Albert Hugh Adams
… Adams remained adamant that this was not a political act. He lived in Camden Town with his partner, Edward …
BiographyDaniël Francois Malherbe
… became Die meul dreun (The mill rumbles) in 1943. One-act plays like Die uur van die rooi maan (The hour of the …
BiographyJanet Mary Cherry
… she was detained under Section 29 of the Internal Security Act and held in solitary confinement for three weeks without …
BiographyRuth First
… friend, Ronald Segal, described her death as ‘the final act of censorship’. Presidents, members of parliament and …
BiographyAdvocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels
… by the government, including the Suppression of Communism Act , which led to the persecution and imprisonment of many, …
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
… As late as 1947 Leveson introduced his exhibit "Meet the Bantu: A Story in Changing Cultures" by saying: These … financial backing of Jim Bailey, Drum began…