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Entering Namibia without visas
… 1967, the General Assembly established a United Nations Council for South West Africa. [1] It requested the Council to contact South African authorities to…
PlaceCity Hall, Port Elizabeth
… tower was only added in 1883. The City Hall serves as a Council Chamber as well as a concert hall, a lecture hall and offices for city council employees. The…
EventA consumer boycott is called in Boksburg
… measures by the Conservative Party (CP) controlled town council. In the local elections of October 1988, the CP won 12 of 20 council seats. At its’ first…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… It attempted to revive the Soweto Students Representative Council (SSRC), a student organization responsible for the … where they joined the South African…
PlaceMeadowlands or Ndofaya, in Soweto
… based, on their ethnic backgrounds. The Johannesburg City Council, provided additional land in Diepkloof , when space … to the name: "Diepmeadow". By 1978, a…
28. The Dealer’s Licences Act is an attempt to weed out smaller traders
… herein below referred to, their Lordships of the Privy Council have decided that, from the decisions of the town … arising out of the above Act, the decision…
28. The Dealers’ Licenses Act is an attempt to weed out small traders
… herein below referred to, their Lordships of the Privy Council have decided that, from the decisions of the town … arising out of the above Act, the decision…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… Africa as an indentured labourer. 1861 March, The town council sets aside 15 17 4 to employ 17 adults Indians for 28 … of Indians are indentured workers…
EventThe U.S. vetoes Angola’s application for membership of the United Nations Security
… Council For the fifteenth time the United Sates (US) vetoed … application for membership of the United Nations Security Council. The move to prohibit Angola…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… the White employers, Bolton was able to get an Industrial Council set up with only the White employers and workers … strike was a 100%. We phoned the Union…
Address by ANC President, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, to the OAU Ad Hoc Committee for Southern Africa Arusha, 28 April 1992
… on 23 April that elections be held for an Executive Council. This Council would be composed of three to five leaders directly … same pressures that drove the…
ArchiveSeparate Representation of Voters Act, Act No 46 of 1951
… representation in Parliament and in the provincial council of the province of the Cape of Good Hope of Europeans … as voters for Parliament and for the said…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… Legislation. This ordinance enables the Durban City Council to exclude Indians from ownership or occupation of property in White areas. The Natal Provincial…
Africans’Claims in South Africa,
… Africa. It is well known that the Union of South Africa is negotiating for the incorporation of the three Protectorates … the Cape "Native"franchise and the…
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… and Rasik Gopal, associated with the South African Council of Sport (Sacos). The rebel cricket league rejects … at Vlakfontein Farm. Assisted by the…
ArchiveInterview with Shaeera Kalla, former SRC president at Wits University, interviewed by Kyla Mc Nulty
… protest to End Outsourcing by 2016, the All Residence Council, and the Workers Solidarity Committee were some of … 8 statement] was released after we had…
A tireless campaigner by Jaspreet Kindra, 29 October 2003, South Africa
… court challenge eventually compelled the Durban Metro Council to provide 6 000 litres of water to its poor … been acknowledged by the government. The Durban…
ArticleJohn Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
… 1936 Dube represents Natal on the Native Representative Council until his death in 1946. 1937 Dube is elected as Natal’s delegate at the Natives’…
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
… 12 August 1946 . The call on 13 August by the Transvaal Council of Non European Trade Union for a general strike of … Party , SACP), African National…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… Leaders; and b. national legislation may establish a Council of Traditional Leaders. [viii] Where do they derive … The current requirements are that 40% of…
Liberation organisations
… 1980, another trade union federation was formed called the Council of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) . It was influenced … ANC. In 1986, CUSA and other unions…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… Asian members request an urgent meeting of the Security Council to consider the situation in South Africa. 27 March, … and fined £100. 1 April, The United…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… during a meeting between the Native Representative Council and Smuts, Walter and the ANC YL become impatient … Sisulu is in contact with the secretary of the…
Chapter 20. Malan’s Road to a New South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… labour policy. (a) Administration (1) There must be Labour Council which will devote itself exclusively to the problems and needs of labour. This Council…
Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on receiving a Honorary LLD degree at the University of the Witwatersrand 6 September 1991
… Vice-Chancellor, Distinguished members of the university council and senate, Members of the university staff and … to that which they propose? Are we going…
ArticleHistory of South African National Orders and Awards
… in May 1998, the newly-instituted President's Advisory Council on National Orders was given the task and …
ArticleJames Sebe Moroka Timeline 1892 - 2012
… represents the ANC at the founding of the Franchise Action Council (FRAC). 1952 Moroka is charged under the Suppression …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: Impact on the Indian Working class: the Growth of Indian trade unions
… was made to bear on employers such as the Durban City Council, private contractors and tearooms not to employ cheap …
PlaceKwaMashu
… The area was successively administered by the Durban City Council and the Port Natal Administration Board and, on 1 … in the 1950s intensified pressure on…
EventUN names four experts to investigate apartheid in South Africa
… This followed a resolution taken by the UN Security Council on 4 December 1963. The Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution which called on … to…