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EventMemorandum on housing conditions in Fietas, Johannesburg
… for housing schemes for poorer Indians to the Minister of the Interior. Fietas ,as the Pageview community was popularly known, was one of the oldest…
EventWiseman Khuzwayo, reporter for the Durban Daily News hands himself over to the police
… in protest against the detention without trial of at least 7 black journalists. The journalists arrested included; Mike Ndlazi of the Rand Daily Mail and…
THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE IS ON IN EARNEST, Durban, 12 December 1959
… Presidential Address to the 47th Annual Conference of the African National Congress Durban, 12 December 1959 The … of the knowledge required of leaders of…
ArchiveWhy? Bless Repression
… hand in chains, blood; text: October 26 Group Areas Act Detention Eviction Why? Bless Respression …
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… Amersfoort , arrived in Table Bay with a valuable cargo of 174 slaves. Henceforth, the Cape entered the global stage of slaveholding societies. Slavery in…
EventNUSAS President Ian Robertson is banned
… The President of the National Union of South Africa Students (NUSAS), Ian Robertson, receives a banning order under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950…
ArchiveGrahamstown and Group Areas
… Documents relating to the Group Areas Act and its negative implications for Grahamstown …
EventThe historic Tana Baru Muslim cemetery is forced to close
… cemetery Tana Baru (meaning 'New Ground'), where some of the earliest and most respected Muslim settlers of South Africa were buried, was closed in terms of…
EventAndré Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born
… Brink was born on 29 May 1935. Brink obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature at the University of Potchefstroom in 1955. 1n 1958 he earned his…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
… This article was written by Cait Chapman and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … oppressions in the workplace during the…
ArchiveCourt Observers Report for 1993: Presented b
… on 16 March 1984 discussing pass laws, Urban Areas Act, detentions, apartheid. …
ArticleSouth Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990
… UNO South Africa and apartheid was placed on the agenda of the United Nations for the first time in 1946 by India regarding the treatment of people of Indian…
EventRand Afrikaans University is established
… with its seat in Johannesburg, was established by an act of parliament as the academic home of Afrikaans-speaking students. Through its academic … Potgieter,…
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
… South African Air Force pilot in World War 2 and member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed … restriction…
EventThe TRC is set up by parliament
… Commission in 1995. The Commission, based on the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, No 34 of 1995, investigated what happened under…
ArchiveOpening Address presented at the Black Sash National Conference held at Johannesburg, 1984
… on 15 March 1984, discussing: Elections, Group Areas Act, Reform, Apartheid. …
ArchiveThe Hambanati Story: Paper Presented at National Conference 1985
… Conference on 15 March 1985 discussing Native Urban Areas Act, apartheid, housing, separate development, Group Areas …
ArchiveFree Enterprise and Home Ownership: Mitchells Plain Style, Paper presented at National Conference 1980
… discussing homeownership, State-owned rentals, Group Areas Act, free enterprise. …
EventUnion leader, Moses Mayekiso is reported to be under arrest on his return from Sweden.
… Moses Mayekiso was the General Secretary of the Metal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU) and became a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP)…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - In the city by Emilia Potenza
… by Emilia Potenza Between 1921 and 1936, the number of Africans in the cities increased from about half a million … and a half million. This population…
ArchiveThe Black Sash Johannesburg Advice Office Report 1975
… March 1975, discussing: Aid Centre, Pass Laws, Urban Areas Act, Bantu Affairs, forced removals, homelessness. …
EventAnsuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor and community worker, poet, dramatist and novelist, is born in Durban.
… she completed her degree in Medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 1944. In 1946, Dr Singh returned to South … work, she was also known as a novelist and…
EventThe Bantu Labour Regulations Amendment Bill becomes operative
… introduced this the Bantu Labour Relations Regulation Act in the wake of wide-spread labour unrest to set up a limited system of collective bargaining rights…
PlaceOverberg District Municipality, Western Cape
… Atlantic and Indian oceans meet at the Southern-most tip of Africa. With its headquarters in Bredasdorp, the Overberg … C Municipality governing the four…
ArchiveJohannesburg Advice Office Annual Report Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1981
… on 14 March 1981 discussing case statistics, Urban Areas Act, employment and unemployment, farm labour, migrant labor, …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… townships, increasing military attacks and the imposition of international sanctions forced the regime to the … Vula (Open), aimed at facilitating the…
Document 40 - Anti-CAD, Why You Should Not Vote [1958]
… to fight the Coloured Advisory Council and the beginnings of a Coloured Affairs Department. The Anti-C.A.D. gnashed the C.A.C. by using the boycott weapon:…
ArchiveSouth Africa Is being de-pressed
… suspended * Agencies forced to register Ignorance is fatal ACT NOW! …
ArchiveCape Western Region: District Six in March 1981: Paper presented at National Conference 1981
… on 15 March 1981 discussing forced removals, Urban Areas Act, Cape Technikon, open trading area, churches and mosques, …
ArchiveThe Black Sah National Conference presidential Address held at Durban, 1982
… forced relocations, Pass Laws, detentions, Group Areas Act, Apartheid. …