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ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 2: Policing and Resistance
… 8th, Human Rights Watch began reporting that the Nigerian authorities were using coercive financial measures to … the shooting, despite the mounting evidence…
ArchiveRadio Freedom: A History of South African Underground Radio by Chris A. Smith
… Nation” in Zulu). It was also a news station. Apartheid authorities did their best to keep forbidden ideas out of … were riddled with spies. The first…
ArchiveObituary: Eddie Webster’s influence over generations of students extended to the country and beyond its borders by Andries Bezuidenhout (Mail and Guardian), 6 March 2024
… in 1975 and tried under the Suppression of Communism Act. Understanding the power structures of society was one of …
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… in the 20th century resulted in the Natives (Urban Areas) Act of 1923, which provided for stricter controls over the … only allowed into towns when their…
EventNumber of banned persons in South Africa totals 936
… racial groups, such as the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act (1949) and the Group Areas Act (1950), laws such as the Suppression of Communism Act (1950),…
EventFifth Constitution Amendment Bill is introduced
… of the Schlebusch Commission and was promulgated as Act No 101 of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Fifth Amendment Act. It abolished the Senate,…
PlaceComoros
… of the 1973 agreement between the Islands self-government authorities and France that the islands shall gain …
EventSteve Biko, a pioneer of the Black Consciousness Movement, is born
… Sixty-five years ago Steve Bantu Biko who would become a pioneer of the Black … He was banned and detained several times by the apartheid authorities for his…
EventWorld Teachers Day - “Build the future: invest in teachers now!”
… unions and government officials, especially educational authorities, to find a way, this World Teachers' Day, to tell …
ArchiveOpening Address presented at the Black Sash National Conference held at Johannesburg, 1967
… Vorster, migrant labour, Suppression of Communism Act, Education Act, Terrorism Act, separate development, families separated by pass laws. …
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… The Union was formed in 1910 after the South Africa Act was passed in Britain granting dominion to the White … Indian) and 'Coloured and other mixed races'. …
ArticleBloemfontein the Segregated city
… in any way. Later, a White representative was appointed to act as a link between management bodies and the government, … each established at least one such…
Address to the National Council of Provinces, Cape Town 28 October 1999
… finances, in keeping with the Public Finance Management Act. As we have said before, the misuse of public funds is a … discharging their oversight function…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… of electricity production. The Transvaal Power Act (1910) effectively put electricity under state authority … recommended greater state intervention and that…
ArchiveBiography of Ruth First by Cole Deal Ruth Demissie
… government enacted laws such as the 90-day Detention Act and the Suppression of Communism Act to legally and … of detainment differ from other accounts is…
Document 21 - E.L. Maurice, “The Rôle of the Non-European Teacher in the Liberatory Movement”, Discussion, 1, 5, June 1952
… liberation to them as a group and that, by begging the authorities for more schools, they could lead others along … for the new Coloured Representative…
ArchiveNotes on the History of Parliamentary Franchise in Southern Africa: Fact Paper presented by Western Cape Region at the Black Sash National Conference 1975
… qualifications for Blacks, High Court of Parliament Act, Senate Act, Natives Act. …
EventThe SABS is established
… Bureau of Standard (SABS) was established in terms of Act 24 of 1945. The Act was revised on several occasions and is currently effective as Act 29 of 1993…
ArticleImperialism and socialism in the context of Africa
… In the beginning, control was limited to colonial authorities securing the loyalty of African chiefs and kings. … rule system. Instead of accommodating all…
ArticleMedu Art Ensemble
… African art. Thami Mnyele wrote: "For me as craftsman, the act of creating art should complement the act of creating shelter for my family or liberating the …
A new class struggle
… complaints: The withdrawal of grants of Crown Land (Act 25 of 1891) was meant to prevent Indians from settling in … and they began to settle in large numbers…
Debate in the House of Assembly during the second reading of the Immorality Amendment Bill on 23 February 1962
… Non-White had ever lodged an objection to the Immorality Act. I have listened attentively to the attitude of the hon. … actual carnal intercourse between a…
Address to the SANC Local Government Conference, 30 July 1999 Johannesburg
… Government President of the International Union of Local Authorities, Mr. Patrick Wanyeraw President of the African Union of Local Authorities, Colonel Max…
Chapter 27. The Police State in Action
… of Justice, introduced the Suppression of Communism Act (Act 44 of 1950), South Africa was enjoying a tranquility … Mr. Justice Clayden, who gave judgment on…
ArchiveHow China broke the chain of infection by Vijay Prashad
… contain it. On 13 January, the NHC instructed Wuhan City authorities to begin temperature checks at ports and stations … each other’s homes). All this had…
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… and Hermanus as anti-pass demonstrations spread. As an act of rebellion the passes were set alight, as seen in the … and the PAC were banned under the…
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… In the Eastern Cape, opposition to the new Black Local Authorities and proposed rent increases resulted in the …
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… footballers in securing playing fields from hostile White authorities created a new space for contesting, negotiating, … attempts to impose strict controls…
ArticleMarikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
… on 16 August 2012. Addressing a press conference, SAPS authorities claimed its officers opened fire on the miners in …
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… separated including The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act (1949), the Immorality Amendment Act (1950), Group Areas Act (1950) and the Group Areas Act (1950)…