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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 …
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…
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…
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…
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
… breaking the boycott). However, the arrests and subsequent court appearances merely increased the women's solidarity. In …
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…
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…
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…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… During Democracy Jaglin and Dubresson suggest that just before the ANC came into power, they had an “ambiguous … ESKOM had prepared for the transition to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ArticleTransition and negotiation, 1990-1994
… judicial system including a powerful Constitutional Court. An entire chapter is devoted to the establishment of …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ArchiveLeon Trotsky
… Artwork of Leon Trotsky, murdered by Stalin on 20th August 1940. Call to Socialism. Photograph of people protesting …
EventGana Makabeni dies
Gana Makabeni, trade union leader and member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1940s, died in the Western…
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…