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ArticleSouth African Student Organisation (SASO)
… blacks from defying restrictions of the Group Areas Act, which limited Blacks to 72 hours in a white area. Being told how students should act annoyed Biko…
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… the Witwatersrand 1886 onwards. Key Terms Annexation : the act of taking control of a country, region, etc, especially … renamed ANC); Satyagraha Campaign of…
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… the Congress of Democrats (COD). Formation of the LPSA In 1951, a number of people met in Pietermaritzburg to discuss a … brought about by the imposition of…
ArticleAngolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events
… and invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the United Nations Participation Act,prohibiting any form of US aid to Angola except through…
ArticleThe Information Scandal
… scrutiny. The Citizen was established by government to act as a counter voice of the Rand Daily Mail , an English … from public scrutiny by the Defence…
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… Peace and Land’. When the Provisional Government failed to act to end Russia’s involvement in the war, popular support … rural impoverishment as a result of…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
… eastern frontier however, although annexed by the colonial authorities, were retained largely as 'tribal areas'. Hut and … but the weak administrative…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… not being suspended to appease the unfounded protests of” Bantu agitators”, but because the jails can no longer … declares a State of Emergency . The Public…
PlaceRwanda
… Rwanda [v] . The most lasting effect was how the colonial authorities racialised the differences between Hutu, Twa and … Rwabugiri, named Muhumusa, rose up…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications by Allison Drew
The Azania Liberation Support Committee (ALSC) was formed in London around 1983 by Roseinnes Phahle and other individuals of various broadly leftist political…
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… in the trade unions; under the Suppression of Communism Act, 56 trade union activists were banned by 1955; the … Since the founding of the African National…
Federation of Amateur Theatrical Societies of South Africa (FATSSA)
… Federation, which promoted indigenous playwriting and one-act plays – two of which were Afrikaans plays that were …
ArticleSocio-economics in Sophiatown
… their parents. A common role for younger children was to act as izimbamgothi - guards - who stood outside to look out …
ArticleGarment Workers Union (GWU)
… several times and tried under the Suppression of Communism Act . He left South Africa in 1953 and settled in England. …
Indian immigrants engaged in non-sugar growing activities
… housing conditions with the implementation of the Mines Act of 1902. …
EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Smith, issues a Unilateral Declaration of Independence
… with the postwar trend toward de-colonisation, British authorities were prepared to permit Rhodesian independence, …
EventChief George Mzimvubu Mathanzima, former Prime Minister of Transkei, dies
… prosecution, George Matanzima handed himself over to authorities. He was sentenced to nine years in prison for his … at www.dispatch.co.za [Accessed 28…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU)
… Unlike the SANNC, the ICU did not officially petition the authorities, but adopted a more active approach with a view … letters ICU meant, ' I see you when…
ArticleGarveyism: Early 1900s philosophy
… particular support among women. The first clashes with the authorities were sparked by a more bread-and-butter issue …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2011 - 2020
… Intelligence Head Richard Mdluli hands himself over to authorities and appears in the Commercial Crimes Court in … with contraventions of the Prevention of…
BiographyIsaac Williams Wauchope
… Cape Town where he awaited his departure and assisted the authorities, because “he had a high reputation and he could …
Chapter One - From Abbotsdale to Kimberley
… and a Board of Supervisors ('Opsieners') which had to act as policemen, maintaining law and order. The congregation … sensitive to the enunciations of the…
EventSANNC (ANC) meeting is attended by a large number of people
… to discuss the conditions caused by the Native Land Act of 1913 and to chart a way forward. Also in the agenda of … to Cape Town to present African…
The Wider Significance of the Judgement of the Constitutional Court on the “Nkandla Matter” by Thabo Mbeki, 11 April 2016
… any failure by anybody or any governance institution to act according to the Constitutional prescripts? The adoption … and therefore constitute a counter…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… West such as the AAM. 7 April, The Unlawful Organisations Act No. 34 comes into effect. Under this Act any organisation deemed a threat to the public can be …
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
… between the Khoikhoi and the colonists. In terms of the Act, each Khoikhoi within the confines of the colony had to … denser population of white people on…
ArticleSophiatown timeline 1899-1955
… the ANC had in the township The Native Laws Amendment Act of 1952 is passed, destined to provide the NP government …
EventStudents at Lovedale strike against new Code of Conduct
… of school riots to come to the attention of government authorities and compelled the college to appoint a Commission …
EventMK’s Luthuli Detachment and ZAPU in a joint operation
… was not to be. Although initially unknown to the Rhodesian authorities, the presence of the guerrillas was later …
EventWomen protest against passes in the Free State
… was led by Charlotte Manye Maxeke, co-founder of the Bantu Women's League, the organisation that had organised the … they shouted remarks at the policemen…