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African People’s Organisation (APO)
… In a word, then, blacks were being disenfranchised even before the act of union was completed. The APO general …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Joint Sitting of Parliament to Report on the Processing of Some Presidential Pardons: Cape Town, 21 November 2007.
… date which shall be a date after 8 October 1990 and before 6 December 1993 ”¦ providing for the mechanisms, … set by the Post-amble of our Interim…
On trial for treason
… Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner 'Before dawn on 5 December, 1956, the security branch of the … But we didn't know why were arrested until…
ArticleCelebrating Freedom and Democracy
… law or common law goes against the Constitution then a court will say it is invalid. In other words, it can't apply …
South African Constitution 1996
… made provision for the establishment of a constitutional court which is the final arbitrator of the interoperation of …
ArchiveThe Arthur Chaskalson I knew by George Bizos, 5 December 2012
… after the SRC resolved not to hand over the money. Shortly before a vote was to be taken, Arthur Chaskalson put up his … mindful of the Bar Rule that one…
David Goldblatt: Intersections; Asbestos; Particulars by Sue Williamson, 1 - 25 October 2003
… mesothelioma, leading to a lingering and painful death. Before starting the series, Goldblatt asked his doctor what … blue fibres, natural causes would catch…
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… with which he worked. His goal was to get a new newspaper before the public. The first issue of Indian Opinion was … was a means of bringing news about…
PlaceBraamfontein, a Suburb of Johannesburg
… would go on to develop the Exclusive Suburb of Parktown. Before that, Lourens bought one of the subdivisions of …
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… made a speech in the dock in which he condemned the very court in which he was appearing as 'illegitimate'. He then … 1963 ten defendants appeared in the…
PlaceGroote Kerk, Adderley Street, Cape Town.
… was begun in 1666, one of the timber sheds in the inner court yard was converted into a church by giving it a stone … year but almost a quarter of a century…
ArchiveChapter 6 Underground in Joburg by Denis Goldberg
… the prosecutors the advantage. On a finding of “guilty” a court had now to impose a minimum sentence of five years … to detain a person for 90 days without…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Tributes to Lembede After His Death
… surprised because they had not heard of a Bantu lawyer before. Those who had known his dynamic personality on the … as the Europeans with whom he dealt with…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… only passed after great difficulty. Firstly, the Supreme Court announced it illegal as Parliament had failed to secure … 18 June 1951. It was revalidated on…
Chapter 27. The Police State in Action
… you desire to make to reach me at the above address on or before The 3rd October 1950? Evidence has been placed before me to show that you were a member and…
PlaceCrocodile River Bridges
… Bridge was Constructed in 1894 and was completed just before the end of the 19th Century. This bridge across the … of the bridge started in 1894 and was…
The Reunited National Party is founded by Malan and Hertzog
… provincial congresses of the two parties. On 29 January 1940 the Reunited National Party was officially founded with …
EventBram Fischer is released from prison on health grounds
Abram “Bram” Fischer was a lawyer, chairman of the South African Communist Party and an anti-Apartheid activist. He joined the SACP, a close ally of the…
The Founder: An Ambiguous Figure by Chris Saunders
… Middle Temple in London. It seemed that the world lay open before him. But he found it difficult to adjust to life in … the Privy Council. Seme now began…
ArticleFootball in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012
… soccer team tours South America. Soccer case back in Court. State to appeal over group areas case at Curries. … tour South Africa and they only play against…
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
… personal interest in his customers. In the early days, before the Second World War and shortly after it, there … in a clothing company and that's possibly…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… replaced Gumede as President-General in 1937; and in 1940 Mahabane was replaced by AB Xuma. In the late 1930s the … control of the Congress’ monetary affairs…
VIII - The Pathologists
… of bruise swelling and scab shown on a photograph before the court. Professor Loubser said he had conducted an ageing test … old. Kentridge This wound must…
The Pioneers
… and supernatural elements in the lives of the Zulus before their contact with the Europeans". (10) Virtually all … catalogue alongside his fellow white…
EventAnton Fransch, ANC guerrilla, killed by the special forces of the apartheid regime
… a grenade into his room, but security forces allege that, before it was thrown, there was a detonation in the room. … case, that of Mxolisi Khumalo, the…
ArticleTransition and negotiation, 1990-1994
… judicial system including a powerful Constitutional Court. An entire chapter is devoted to the establishment of …
33. Restrictive legislation against Indians not warranted, 1897
… not warranted by the circumstances, and, therefore, that before embarking upon such legislation a census should be … is an evil to the Colony, might have…
Chapter 13. General Strike, 1932
… place between the union and the employers' association before the agreement expired in the middle of August 1932, … shouted in Afrikaans to the members of…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… Marais, is committed for trial in the Pretoria Supreme Court on three charges under the Official Secrets Act. 23 … evidence on the cement products industry…
Restrictions on the media
… diplomats similarly worried. But it was a matter of time before this next logical step in the gagging process was … defeat, sought another route towards the…