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BiographyMyron Peter
… Apr, 1986. Published photographs in the book “Organize and Act ” by Astrid Kotze. The book outlined the development of …
BiographyJohn James Issel
… 1974 he was detained under Section 6 of the Terrorism Act after SASO had marked the independence of Mozambique by …
BiographyMichael Alan Harmel
… the first to be banned under the Suppression of Communism Act which he defied and for which he was arrested. Harmel was …
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… of laws were consolidated in the Native Administration Act of 1927, the title of which was later amended to the … that enforced systems of racial segregation…
BiographyOliver Tambo
… in 1951, Tambo had to carry the workload on his own. In 1953, Chief Albert Luthuli was elected President of the ANC … after this the Congress of Democrats …
Nicodemus Kgoathe
… on 11th November 1968 under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act and on 21 January 1969 was taken from the Silverton …
George Botha
… 1976 in terms of section 22 of the General Law Amendment Act No 62 of 1966.He was detained in connection with an …
BiographyElliot Mngadi
… 1964 Mngadi was banned under the Suppression of Communism Act. He was confined to the district of Ladysmith for five …
BiographyJacobus Wilhelmus Sauer
… parliament which was eventually passed as the Natives Land Act in 1913. He continued to serve as a minister in the Union …
BiographyOupa Ronald Madondo
… Madondo was detained under Section 6 of the Terrorism Act , and was released seven weeks later in September 1979. …
BiographyLeonard Tebogo Tume
Leonard Tebogo Tume, known as Norman Nkosi, was born on 10 April 1957 in Galeshewe, Kimberly. He attended Barkly Road High School and after he left school in…
BiographyPaula Ensor
… banned in 1973 under the Suppression of Communism Act by the apartheid government. In May 1976, Ensor and her …
BiographyAlan McLeod Cormack
Alan Cormack, the youngest of three children, was born in Johannesburg in February 1924. His father was an engineer with the Post Office and his mother a…
BiographyDorothy Nomazotsho Zihlangu
… Town city centre to Langa Township under the Group Areas Act where she joined the African National Congress (ANC) …
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… politics. The passing of the Suppression of Communism Act by the government in 1950 enabled the state to increase … trade unions the right to join political…
BiographyShaleen Surtie-Richards
Legendary stage, film, and television actress, Shaleen Surtie-Richards, was born on 7 May 1955 in Upington, Cape Province (now Northern Cape). She attended…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… those which famously occurred under the Group Areas Act (and heavily influence urban landscapes today), it is … pegged it down and that’s final.” – The…
ArticleLand, Labour and Apartheid
… Africa was divided. In 1913 the government passed the Land Act. This Act decided how the land in South Africa was going to be … of protected labour remained…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… apartheid In 1948 Buthelezi enrolled to study history and “Bantu administration” at Fort Hare University . In 1949 he … completing his degree at the…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… organisations and people in the campaign. On 18 May 1953 the superintendent informed the Advisory Board of the … were forbidden by the location…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… marriage, and Coetzee was always grateful to Zuma for this act of kindness. In January 1994, Zuma was nominated as the … a National Key Point in terms of the…
ArticleIndian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and Segregation
… 19 June 1913 the Union government passed the Natives’ Land Act that prohibited black people from owning or renting land … Trust and Land Act, or Native Trust…
BiographyPixley ka Isaka Seme
… a serious challenge to the segregationist regime. The Land Act of 1913, intended to deny African farmers the only form … that impacted on their lives. Seme’s…
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 … in Johannesburg. Start of publication of Umteteli…
EventChief Kaiser Matanzima is elected Chief Minister
… clan. He was a strong proponent of the Apartheid regime’s Bantu Authorities Act (1951).For his support of the Apartheid government, … and sixty-four ex…
BiographyAubrey Levin
… before the Select Committee on the Immorality Amendment Act to illustrate his suggested ‘cure’ for homosexuality. His …
EventThe apartheid government agrees to eliminate racial segregation in theatres but not in cinemas
… city' were enacted, namely the Population Registration Act and the Group Areas Act . The first provided for the compulsory classification of … towns through…
ArchiveBothas emergency: legalized murder
… Copy of the Regulations in Terms of the Public Safety Act 1953. Black and white artwork of soldiers carrying machine …
Freedom In Our Life Time - Bibliography
… Bundy, Colin. "The Abolition of the Masters and Servants Act," South African Labour Bulletin x (May-June 1975); 37-46. … Peires, Jeffrey. "The Lovedale Press…
BiographyMaqashu Leonard Mdingi
… spells of detention under Section 6 of the Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967. He travelled to Lusaka to deliver …