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ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
… State. The Government passed the Unlawful Organisations Act on 7 April 1960, banning the ANC and the PAC. By 6 May … of security laws, including the General…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… and institutions in every land and at every level to act now to impose such sanctions on South Africa that will … pledged that they would not return to South…
BiographyJan Smiesing
… significant standing. [xxxiv] In terms of manumission (the act of being freed from slavery), this marriage benefited …
ArticleThe History of LGBT legislation
… arrival of German missionaries, and ended in 1953 when the Bantu education system was introduced (Thompson, 1990). … and this rhetoric was used to pass the…
80. Local affairs committees: a means to an end
… of political limbo. All lines of communication between the authorities and the Indian community were severed. At this … of Phoenix and Chatsworth as separate…
EventChief of the Zondi, Bambata is killed
… refused to collect the poll tax and threatened white authorities with death if they attempted to do so in his … districts of northern Natal and Zululand. For…
ArticleHigh Farce in the House
… an NPP minister signed a bill favouring the Group Areas Act because he wanted to leave the chamber, which remained … walkout to demonstrate their rejection)…
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
… is between 45 000 and 50 000 1950 The Group Areas Act, the Population Registration Act, the Immorality Act and the Suppression of Communism Act are passed…
ArticleThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 1995
… under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act of 1995 and Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Dr Alex Boraine … objective and which comply with the…
ArticleTimeline of the History of Rugby in South Africa
… elections. 1950 The National Party enacts the Group Areas Act defining the separate geographic areas within which … Party enacts the Reservation of Separate…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
… African Congress of Trade Unions (Sactu) meeting at the Bantu Social Centre warned that 'there must be no Tshombes … and District Ratepayers Association on…
PlaceClaremont, a Suburb of Cape Town
… Claremont. Prior to forced removals under the Group Areas Act , Lower Claremont was a multi-racial and religiously … by the government – one of these laws…
83. South African Indian Council elections, November 1981: To vote or not to vote
… to be a very useful channel of communication with the authorities, and, privately, people who are opposed to it, … Nehru, Jinnah and others used the system…
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
… how women were taken away from their families if authorities felt they had broken laws that forced them to … women who had borne the brunt of the pass laws…
The Afrikaner Bond
… respect between the two white groups and their ability to act as a cohesive force’. Hofmeyr infiltrates the Bond DF du … and tried to water down the act to…
Chapter 8- Gumede walks the ANC and SACP tightrope, 1930–46‘
… of scare among all classes, due to the Riotous Assemblies Act Amendment Bill, and the Masters and Servants Act … command the respect of both the Europeans…
EventPatrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Congo Republic, is assassinated
… found that the execution was carried out by Katanga's authorities. It reported that President Tshombe and two other … with four Belgian officers under the…
”South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, October 1973
… per cent of the work force in 1936 to 66.5 per cent in 1951 and 70.3 per cent in 1967. The trend continues. Between … creation of job opportunities in and…
BiographyJames Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo
… to enrol in a three-year teacher’s training program at the Bantu Normal College in Pretoria, Gauteng. Following this he … In 2003, he was bestowed the Arts &…
Poqo political trials and the execution of its operatives in the 1960s
… to apartheid in the 1960s was the General Laws Amendment Act No 76 of 1962 . Known as the Sabotage Act it created the offense of sabotage by equating it to ……
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… into raiding and warfare. In 1657, the colonial authorities started a process of allotting farms to European … tension was also increasing between settlers…
Press Conference in Maputo: Comments by Oliver Tambo on South African offer of territory to Swaziland, 5 March 1982
… had already held two sets of discussions with the Swazi authorities on the South African "offer" of the Kangwane … reach an agreement upon between the ANC…
Statement by Albert Luthuli to the council of the Institute of Race Relations, 19 December 1960
… and aspirations. Well might some cynic say that the Act of Union was a triumph of the spirit of disunity and … of "separate development" by the sweet-tongued…
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… Consciousness Movement, Sophiatown, Soweto, 1967 Terrorism Act, exile, Nat Nakasa, Black Theatre, Fulbright Scholarship, … to a halt when he was arrested…
ArticleSouth African Defence Force (SADF)
… and part-time. Legislation The South African Defence Act, signed in 1912 by General J.C Smuts , gave cognizance to … the South African Permanent Force. In…
ArchiveEddie Webster leaves a legacy of advocacy for social justice that transcends academia by Ethan van Diemen (Daily Maverick), 5 March 2024
… 1975 Eddie was arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act and acquitted a year later for, inter alia, calling for …
ArticleBirth of the African Mine Workers’ Union
… ready to listen to its speakers, but the employers and the authorities were determined to prevent organisational …
Article1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban
… Commission issued its report, largely absolving the White authorities for what had happened. While the Native …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1930 - 1939
… discusses the controversial Transvaal Asiatic Land Tenure Act, which sought to curb and restrict Indian ownership of … , appointed under the Asiatic Land…
ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
… that something extraordinary was afoot. The opposition to Bantu education simply exacerbated the situation. The … sedition and offences under the Suppression…