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PlaceAlexandra, Township in Johannesburg
… Alfred Nzo. In 1985 the Government introduced Black local Authorities and Township Councils as an extension of the …
EventThe apartheid government agrees to eliminate racial segregation in theatres but not in cinemas
… city' were enacted, namely the Population Registration Act and the Group Areas Act . The first provided for the compulsory classification of … groups, as…
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…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Three - By Riashnee Pather
… the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act once the Pegging Act had expired that same year. The terms of this legislation … well as school reports…
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…
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…
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… black girls dead. 1964: Congress passes the Civil Rights Act, which declares discrimination based on race illegal. The … self-reliance for black people. A…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
… the Dutch as 'Herry'. He is later returned to the Cape to act as the resident agent or postmaster for passing ships and … of the Company. Though prohibited…
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… the Natal government with an article urging people Vukani Bantu! Rise Up you people'. For the time being Gandhi was … what steps they should take and what…
GANDHI THE PRISONER
… we had to contend with in our time. There was no Terrorism Act, no "Communism Act", no Internal Security Act, or … uncooperative: Gandhi was a model prisoner…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… being found guilty on five charges under the Terrorism Act. The state claimed that he supplied information to the … Ernest Dipale, arrested under the new…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at a press conference in Addis Ababa, 11 July 1973
… the present regime, namely, the Republic of South Africa Act 1961, expressly entrusts all sovereign power in South … entirely eliminated. It has been a…
Prisoners of Apartheid - Statement at a Press Conference in Addis Ababa by O. R. Tambo, 11 July 1973
… the present regime, namely, the Republic of South Africa Act 1961, expressly entrusts all sovereign power in South … entirely eliminated. It has been a…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1960 - 1969 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… much harassment from the Security Branch and other State authorities. Over the years several editions were declared … group "coloured" as defined by the…
EventThe SA department of foreign affairs announces that the bodies of two South Africans have been found in Thailand
… holiday in Thailand when disaster broke out. South African authorities and the Department of Foreign Affairs in …
Chapter 8 - ‘Creative Organisers’ rather than ‘Powerful Speakers’: Education as a Site of Struggle
… argued that SRCs were an attempt by the university authorities to control the student body. The rejoinder to … authoritarian attitudes and repressive…
Dr Yusuf M. Dadoo's Statement In Court In Trial For Passive Resistance, June 1946
… labour. He had been charged under the Riotous Assemblies Act and pleaded guilty.) Although I am pleading guilty … Congress which totally opposes the Asiatic…
Local Government
… effect, as did other hard-line options adopted by the authorities. At one stage the Government, briefly, considered … August 1892, the Government promulgated…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - In the city by Emilia Potenza
… to some extent by the long-term effects of the 1913 Land Act. Effects of the 1913 Land Act The Land Act marked the end … of the shortage of accommodation,…
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… was very little education and effort on the part of the authorities to 'prepare' black people in the colonies for …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 106th Anniversary of the African National Congress presented by ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa, 13 January 2018
… slaves. The rebellion, which was quashed by the colonial authorities, was one of the earliest instances of organised … in South Africa. - It is 105 years…
10th Annual Oral History Conference
… Northern Cape, under the theme “Centenary of the 1913 Land Act”. The theme speaks directly to the 1913 Natives Land Act legislation, an act that formed the…
PlaceChatsworth, Suburb of Durban
… Durban’s identity, and a direct result of the Group Areas Act . View Larger Map Chatsworth comprises an area that was … and Occupation of Land (Transvaal and…
EventThe first detainees are held under the apartheid regime’s 90-day Law
… apartheid government introduced the General Law Amendment Act, the South African Security Police, or Special Branch, … to arrest anyone they suspected of…
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…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… leadership wanted a 'respectable' gathering, that would act in a ' responsible' manner and pass anodyne resolutions. … CYL called for the boycott of schools…
The Legal Veneer
… piece of legislation known as the Internal Security Act, No. 74 of 1982. A thorough examination and analysis of … Emergency, P.W. Botha said the following: …
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… in the Johannesburg inner-city. He called upon people to act to stop evictions. He called upon them to defy the hated Group Areas Act. And he called upon…
ArticleThe Berlin Conference
… Africa. The outcome of the conference was the General Act of the Berlin Conference. Prior to the conference, … European race for colonies, Germany felt…
XIII - The Courts
… existence of the procedures and practices in the Terrorism Act and other repressive legislation undermines the rule of … against unbridled persecution and…