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BiographyWinston Ntshona
… entitled Statements after an Arrest under the Immorality Act . Ntshona’s success in New York led to a series of film …
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…
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…
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…
ABBREVIATIONS USED
… Committee (SACTU) NIC - Natal Indian Congress NL (SD) Act - Native Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act (1953) NOC - National Organizing Committee (SACTU)…
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 …
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 …
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 …
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…
EventThe Pondoland Revolts
… and self-government of Transkei, initiated by the Bantu Authorities Act of 1951. During a protest gathering in the district of … and a commission of inquiry…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… land in prescribed areas were passed. The Natives Land Act, Urban Areas Act,The Native Trust and Land Actand the Trading and … “to reduce by gradual process…
EventBlacks in South Africa protest against segregation
… The six laws were; Pass Laws, Population Registration Act, Suppression of Communism Act, Group Areas Act, Bantu Authorities Act, and Separate Representation…
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 …
BiographyMithrasagaran “Murthie” Naidoo
… May 1980 to 10 August 1980 under the General Law Amendment Act . Murthie was involved with the Parents of Detainees …
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 …
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 …
BiographyPauline Podbrey
… apartheid legislation, in particular the Mixed Marriages Act , made life increasingly difficult for the couple, and in …