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ArchiveInterview with Alexander Hepple
… parliament for the white socialist Labour Party from 1953 to 1958, and edited its newspaper "Forward". He chaired …
1. The Way to Fox Street
… Union government in 1914. Although the 1913 Natives' Land Act was already beginning to undermine the African … 4.2 (1945): 97 - - 101 and U Nhlapho Nezakhe,…
ArchiveThe Alexandra bus boycott
… oppressed are using this bus boycott to fight also against Bantu education; Bantu authorities; Urban areas and Pass Laws; and the entire …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Introduction
… of Southern Africa, the *baThwa, the +Khoikhoin and the Bantu, and confiscated their land, they had next to ensure … find more precise designations for such…
Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC by Richard Monroe
… faced with banning under the Suppression of Communism Act, dissolved itself as an open organisation - but was reconstituted underground in 1953. Those active…
EventParamount Chief, Botha Sigcau is appointed the first President of Transkei
… Eastern Pondoland, Botha Sigcau who had earlier supported Bantu Authorities was appointed the first President of … independence in 1976. On 30 December 1987,…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… that they carry passes remained in force. The Kaffir Pass Act of 1857 prohibited black African people from entering the Cape Colony except to work. The Act…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… the Dutch as "Herry". He is later returned to the Cape to act as the resident agent or postmaster for passing ships and … 1807 Promulgation of the Abolition…
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
… to the excesses of the Director of the Department of Bantu Administration (DBA) J. H. le Roux and the senior … to apartheid measures in the countryside. The…
PlaceTranskei
… districts before the period of apartheid. The Glen Gray Act of 1894 saw the establishment of district councils under … of the apartheid government, announced…
EventMinister introduces free and compulsory education
… The Minister of Bantu Education M.C. Botha announced that the government … and agreed in principle to give increased powers to Bantu Councils in Black areas…
EventSoweto students begin protest against the compulsory use of Afrikaans
… authorities on 4 June, who reported it to the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development and of Bantu Education, M. C. Botha. On that date 2 000 Black …
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…
EventMovie director Henry Cornelius dies
… in 1949 and the outstanding lighthearted "Genevieve" in 1953. …
EventDesire Wilson is born
… Desiré Randall Wilson was born on 26 November 1953 in Brakpan. Wilson is a former racing driver who is one …
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… October 1923, the Chamber of Mines newspaper Umteteli wa Bantu reported that "all kinds of sports are organized and in … tightened control over black sport…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… an address at the Mendi Memorial Celebration held at the Bantu Sports Grounds, Johannesburg. In paying tribute African … September, The League's founding…
EventTranskei Defense Force topples Transkei Bantustan leader George Matanzima, but denies coup
… a bloodless coup led by Defence Force Chief Major-General Bantu Holomisa. The army denied taking part in any coup and … Further reading: ANC article titled …
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu
… Education Native Unrest Cross-roads of Native Policy The Bantu and the Gospel Christian Missions and the Bantu …
10 YEARS PROJECT
… all the land promised them in the Native's Land and Trust Act of 1936 shall have been acquired. On account of this … Section 10 of the Natives (Urban Areas)…
EventANC members, Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe go overseas under false names
… Communist China. They returned to South Africa on December 1953 and attended the 41st annual conference of the ANC at … O’Malley P. ‘1953’ , from O’Malley:…
EventAlan Paton, author of “Cry, the Beloved Country” and founder member of the Liberal Party, dies
… in South African politics and efforts at social reform. In 1953, he went on to lead the party. Paton often felt divided …
EventGwen Lister is born
… activist. She was born in East London on 5 December 1953. After graduating at the University of Cape Town, Lister …
EventJomo Kenyatta, believed to be Mau Mau leader, is convicted
… shortly after the Lari massacre that happened on 26 March 1953 where close to 100 people were killed and scores of …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… April, The Government passes the Asiatics Land and Trading Act restricting trading among Indians. In terms of this Act some areas were exempted from the…
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
… establishment of this kind for Africans. According to ‘Bantu World’, Mohl described his objective as follows: ‘Our … to the Mofolo Art Centre in Soweto when…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… laws passed to regulate them. The first of these was the Bantu Authorities Act of 1951 , which created traditional authority structures …
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… a compromise with Smuts . Smuts agrees to repeal the Act as long as voluntary registration takes place. Gandhi … 22 June, Smuts makes Gandhi a new offer to…
ArticlePixley ka Isaka Seme Timeline 1881-1951
… to form the South African Native National Congress(SANNC). Bantu/Batho (people) a newspaper that serves a mouthpiece for …
Tsonga
… The Tsonga are a group of the Bantu-speaking population who live in areas extending from St …