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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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,…
Opening 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'. …
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…
Notes 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…
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
Adrian Leftwich grew up in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape), in 1940 in a liberal Jewish family. His father was a doctor, and his mother gave…
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…
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…
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… In the Eastern Cape, opposition to the new Black Local Authorities and proposed rent increases resulted in the …
ArticleMarikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
… on 16 August 2012. Addressing a press conference, SAPS authorities claimed its officers opened fire on the miners in …
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…
77. The South African Indian Council: an assessment from within, 1978
… appointed and fifteen elected by Indians serving on local authorities. The council's function was to advise the … The political struggles that ensued before…
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…
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
… the NIA leadership for collaborating with the white authorities to enforce voluntary segregation on Indians. 5 … arrested in July and convicted for violating…