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EventWinnie Mandela is banished to Brandfort
… often taken to court and imprisoned for not notifying the authorities about their visits. Source: sahistory.org.za …
EventC James reports that South Africa is a poor market for produce
… customs duties. On 24 May, C James reported to the British authorities that South Africa was a poor market for produce. …
EventNongqawuse’s unfulfilled prophecy
… belief that the true plotters were land-hungry colonial authorities. …
ArticleTimeline Interim Constitution 1991 to 1993
… became the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 200 of 1993. The interim Constitution came into effect on …
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…
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…
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…
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…
PlaceRwanda
… Rwanda [v] . The most lasting effect was how the colonial authorities racialised the differences between Hutu, Twa and … Rwabugiri, named Muhumusa, rose up…
BiographyIsaac Williams Wauchope
… Cape Town where he awaited his departure and assisted the authorities, because “he had a high reputation and he could …
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 …
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…
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…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… to focus on the planned elections for the Black Local Authorities (BLAs) and other local government in the … continue to use consumer boycotts to protest…
PlacePageview
… by forced removals as a result of the Group Areas Act. The majority of the inhabitants moved to Lenasia and … We stood together and formed a community.” He…
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…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1652 - 1699 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… were buried in Constantia. From the very outset the Cape authorities accommodated the exiles away from Cape Town as … Cape Town, but upon Shaykh Yusuf's…