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Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… state. By this time, policies, such as the Group Areas Act of 1950, the Population Registration Act, No. 30 of 1950 … into accepting unequal status’ (Sithole…
The Ideology of the Black Consciousness Movement
… Soweto Uprising of 1976. In 1976, student protests against Bantu education in Soweto, the Johannesburg informal … He had been detained by the police under…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… League The Youth League’s manifesto was launched at the Bantu Social Centre in Johannesburg in March 1944 ahead of … campaigns targeting specific apartheid…
Liberal Opinion/Reality
… the Liberal Party of South Africa which was established in 1953 by Alan Paton, after the National Government had won its … to disband under the Prohibition…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… out of the 'Reserves' carved out by the 1913 Land Act. Between 1960 and 1985, approximately 3.5 million … instituted under The Reservation of Separate…
ABBREVIATIONS USED
… Committee (SACTU) NIC - Natal Indian Congress NL (SD) Act - Native Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act (1953) NOC - National Organizing Committee (SACTU)…
Document 104 - Boycott the Elections! The Spark, 3,4, April 1937
… One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew For months past, "the Bantu press" has been working very busily. This so-called … of the ruling classes to spread their…
ArticlePrehistory of the Durban area
… family, which in turn is part of the larger Eastern Bantu group of languages. In the remote past, all Bantu languages originated in the Nigeria/Cameroon area…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… an address at the Mendi Memorial Celebration held at the Bantu Sports Grounds, Johannesburg. In paying tribute African … of African Trade Unions, the Native…
ArticleBlack Consciousness and student revolt in the Cape
… of movement were banned and detained under the Terrorism Act. The following year the nine leaders of BCM and BPC were … der Ross in 1975. In 1974 the South…
BiographyKing Sekhukhune
… acted in total disregard of the British Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870; the American Neutrality or Foreign Enlistment Act, 1818 and similar laws. They also…
BiographyGertrude Hope (nee Posthumus) Cooper
… who they got to know. In 1961 in terms of the Group Areas Act the Dudley’s were forced to move and in later years …
BiographyBenjamin Ulenga
… forces in Etosha . Ulenga was charged under the Terrorism Act in 1977 alongside other SWAPO members and was sentenced …
BiographySylvia Neame
… the strain. Charged under the Suppression of Communism Act , Neame was convicted and sentenced to four years’ …
BiographyRonald (Ronnie) Kasrils
… police sought to arrest him under the draconian Terrorism Act . However, Kasrils evaded arrest and began operating …
BiographyDennis Brutus
… or political meetings under the Suppression of Communism Act.In 1962, he helped set up the South African Non-Racial …
BiographyGeorge Sewpersadh
… the apartheid system, under the Suppression of Communism Act". Sewpersadh was then placed under house arrest from …
Chief Dingiswayo
… of their chief, who was easily routed. Godongwana's first act as chief was to change his name to Dingiswayo, meaning …
BiographyNeville Wilson Curtis
… They were both arrested under the Riotous Assemblies Act . After becoming NUSAS President in 1969 Curtis moved to …
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
… ‘non-white’ living areas. 1927 The Native Urban Areas Act is passed. 1930 'Africans' are moved out of the south of … people and Tamil people moved in. 1934…
BiographyGeorge Arthur Heard
… a magisterial inquiry in terms of the Criminal Procedure Act. Heard refused to testify, submitting that the ethics of …
BiographyJohn Beaver "J.B" Marks
… , Marks was banned under the Suppression of Communism Act . He nevertheless took part in the Defiance Campaign and …
BiographyPieter Streicher Steyn
Professor Pieter Steyn was born in 5 January 1940 in Vryburg in the North West. He is currently a senior researcher at the Department of Chemistry and Polymer…
BiographyTlou Theophilus Cholo
… unit were captured and charged under the 1967 Terrorism Act in a trail that became as the “Great Pretoria Six”. His …
BiographyDavid Hepburn Craighead
… issuing banning orders under the Suppression of Communism Act to its leaders despite their strongly anti-Communist …
BiographyPauline Podbrey
… apartheid legislation, in particular the Mixed Marriages Act , made life increasingly difficult for the couple, and in …
BiographyMithrasagaran “Murthie” Naidoo
… May 1980 to 10 August 1980 under the General Law Amendment Act . Murthie was involved with the Parents of Detainees …
BiographyMduduzi Richard Shabalala
… friends were detained under section 29 of the Terrorism Act and kept in solitary confinement for a period of six …
BiographyJames Randolph Vigne
… year he was also banned under the Suppression of Communism Act . When activities of the ARM were exposed, Vigne evaded …
ArticleKwaMsiza - A Ndebele village
… this land was expropriated to make way for an airport in 1953, they were relocated to the District of Odi, where they … Msiza. The family remained at…