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ArticleThe impact of the War on Agriculture and Land
… it was J. B.M Hertzog who was the driving force behind the legislation of the 1913 Land Act. When the National Party …
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… Legal instruments through legislation, resolutions, proclamations and ordinances played … and passed land ownership/ communal land and governance legislation…
PlaceBoshof House, Boshof Avenue, Newlands
… added. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 15 March 1985.The gateway to Boshof House was … in 1940, it was declared a National…
EventTobacco Products Control Ammendmant Bill passed
… manufacturers, who threaten court action against the legislation. Critics (Manufacturers, suppliers and sports … infringement on the right of free speech…
EventLocal elections receive go
… was convened by parliament on October 12, 1995, to approve legislation to permit local elections to be held on November 1. This step was taken in compliance…
Recommendations of Commission on undesirable publications - Interview: Albert Luthuli, 1 September 1957
… of safeguarding moral standards by suggesting fatuous legislation when it is a universally accepted fact that moral … would accentuate the strong…
Introduction
… white interests were sufficiently safeguarded by existing legislation; and that if ever the need arose to protect these … growing segregationist tendencies…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… calls for a broad anti-nationalist front to oppose anti-apartheid laws such as the Group Areas Act . May, Sam Kahn … Nations declares, "a policy of 'racial…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… the uprising can be traced back to policies of the Apartheid government that resulted in the introduction of the … of many students while others joined the…
Passive Resistance in South Africa by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "Southern Africa in Transition by Davis, John A. and James K. Baker"(Pall Mall Press), London, 1966
… statements of policy in condemnation of such practices as apartheid in South Africa, where black men and women are held … of action. It was not unusual for…
PlaceCity Hall and Francis Farewell Gardens, Durban
… to enlarge Declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 12 December 1975. Diagonally opposite - in … in history. The hall has seen the British…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… surrounding South Africa which were hostile to the anti apartheid struggle. After the 1976 Uprising hundreds of young … is announced by a series of bomb…
Indian passive resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948 by E. S. Reddy
… was initiated by Indian Congresses in protest against legislation applying solely to Indians, a number of Africans, … Soon after the National Party,…
Address by Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, to Corporate Council on Africa’s “Attracting Capital to Africa” Summit, 19-22 April 1997; Chantilly Virgiana, USA
… would have found it within themselves to end the system of apartheid peacefully, to queue one after the other, black and … of an experience from slavery, to…
ArticleGrade 12 - Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970s to 1980
… ruled by the National Party. The NP government imposed the apartheid system and could only be voted for by white people. The apartheid system was greatly…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the International Conference in solidarity with the frontline states and Lesotho, Lisbon, 25 March 1983
… of the struggle against the inhuman and expansionist apartheid system. We meet also because, in that southern … and destruction inflicted on millions of…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… squeezing Black people off the land. A series of draconian legislation designed to uproot people from their land or … and Occupation of Land Restriction Act,…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… to be the father of South Africa. Mandela was an anti-Apartheid activist, which means that fought for those who … became a civil rights leader, leading many…
ArchiveTrafalgar High School, Cape Town, marks 100 years
… a ceremony on Thursday morning for a school that defied Apartheid legislation and police brutality over a century, despite the … educators and learners…
PlaceLand Claims Court of South Africa, Randburg
… are done within the framework of the aforementioned legislation. In carrying out its mandate, the Court therefore … to adjudicate all matters related to the…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… welcoming deportees. Blue Book issued dealing with Asiatic legislation in the Transvaal up to August 9, 1910. September … Smuts, in reply to above, expressed…
PlaceRhodes Cottage, Main Road, Muizenberg
… Town. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 4 February 1938. De Post Huys, Main Road, … It was declared a National Monument under…
PlaceAlphen; Constantia Road, Constantia- Cape Town
… It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 30 June 1973. Nova Constantia , Constantia … houses. It was declared a National Monument…
EventSA signs multilateral treaty on the civil liability for oil pollution damage
… a result of oil spills, and to standardize international legislation regarding questions of liability. Oil spills have … issues, this treaty served as an…
EventLocal government elections thrown in disarray
… was given until 25 October 1995 to adopt the electoral legislation if the local government elections were to take … Affairs Portfolio Committee to consider…
Statement at the Conference of The Socialist International and Frontline States on Southern Africa, Harare by O. R. Tambo, 15 February 1989
… undermines all the fundamental premises upon which apartheid bases its rule. Pretoria continuously seeks to … it has national, indeed, international…
Document 2 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton
… and employers to negotiate binding agreements outside the legislation. We however feel that there should be binding … agreement allowed to interfere with…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… rhetoric, and decides not to proceed with anti-Indian legislation during the Second World War. October 8, At a … segregation (later to become known by the…
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… challenges that face them in the light of new pieces of apartheid legislation being introduced by the Malan Government. 1952 … Council for the Congress of…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… of Indians in Transvaal towns, but despite restrictive legislation enacted in 1885, Indians continue to settle in … Nationalist Party comes to power and…