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The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… Second World War and its impact 1939 Aliens Registration Act No 26 is passed James Calata tours the union in the hope … Fietas, Johannesburg: The Asiatic…
Last of The Gandhians in South Africa
… in the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act of 1946 (the 'Ghetto Act ') - militants in the Transvaal and Natal Indian … continued to defy…
Africans’Claims in South Africa,
… We want the Government of the United Nations to know and act in the light of our own interpretation of the ''Atlantic … Transkei. (14) Mr. M. T. Moerane, B.A…
ArchiveChapter 3 University by Denis Goldberg
… of all schools, introducing a second-rate system of “Bantu education”, against which school-goers rose up in 1976. … completely. Towards the end of my final…
The strangulation of activity
… government was in 1950 with the Suppression of Communism Act. It declared the Communist Party of South Africa to be … was lifted in June 1988 under the…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… program. In 1950 the National Party passed the Group Areas Act defining the separate geographic areas within which … later they passed the Reservation of…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… 1955 and participated in the first demonstration against Bantu Education, which would become a lifelong effort of … issues. [21] She also organized…
ArticleRock Art
… origin. A transition occurred with the arrival of Bantu-speaking people, as some human figures were then …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… declared unrest areas in terms of the Public Safety Act No 3 of 1953. Gazankulu: Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Amendment Act No 6: Commenced:…
The defiance campaign by M. P. Naicker
… session. These included the African Building Workers` Act, depriving African building workers the right to work in … of Voters` Act, the Suppression of…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… from African competition. In 1913 the Natives Land Act reserved most of the land for white ownership, forcing … wage labourers on land they had previously…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… African government passes the Suppression of Communism Act , banning the CPSA. Communism was broadly defined in the … bodies in South Africa and not the…
PlaceSoweto, Johannesburg
… etc., they did this by using the infamous 'Urban Areas Act' in 1923. Soweto became the largest Black City in South … a student-led protest in South Africa…
Document 75 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Historical basis for the Programme of the Fourth International Organisation of South Africa”, Workers’ 1944
… were wars of exterminations and expropriation against the Bantu, and warfare between the Boers and the British. But … forms of existence, especially the…
PlaceHuguenot Monument, Franschoek
… The Huguenot Society of South Africa was founded in 1953. The original aim of the Society was to maintain and … The Huguenot Society of South Africa, was…
ArticleThe South African general elections: Introduction
… The South Africa Act passed by the British Parliament in 1909 combined the … the Orange Free State into the Union of South Africa. The Act, which served as…
PlaceSt Saviours Church Anglican Church and Cemetery, Bowwood Road, Claremont
… 1871 respectively. Further additions were made in 1903 and 1953. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC …
EventDr. Silas Modiri Molema dies in Mafikeng
… and was served with banning orders by the government in 1953. He also served on the African Advisory Council, Joint …
EventJohnny Clegg, South African musician is born
… Johnny Clegg was born in England in 1953 to an English father and a Zimbabwean mother. He left …
EventKenya is granted independence
… including Kenyatta and Achieng Aneko were arrested. In 1953, Kenyatta was charged with leading the Mau Mau rebellion …
EventThe Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland collapses
… federation. The history of the federation dates back to 1953. …
BiographyZuleikha Mayat
… would eventually be broken, however, by the Group Areas Act of the 1960s. The couple bought a home in Clare Estate, …
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
… corps disbanded. In early 1916 the Military Service Act was passed and it was decided to create a non-combatant … back as 200 BC. The San were later moved…
ArticleThe Mau Mau Uprising
… first half of the 20th century. The Crown Lands Ordinance Act of 1915 removed the few remaining land rights of the … against police and loyalists that…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… carry passes or court arrest. 1890 The Orange Free State Act 29 is passed. This law "aims to provide against the … the South African Republic (Transvaal)…
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… since the promulgation of the Restitution of Land Right Act 22 is significant. The legal basis for land restitution … the 1996 Constitution and the…
Women’s Food Committees in Cape Town during the 1940s
… for food and simultaneously extend the CPSA creed. By mid-1953, membership of the club had reached over 7 000. Women …
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… Natal. They lose vote in boroughs. Industrial Conciliation Act - this Act provides for job reservation. 31 May, the Mayor of … progress in industry was…
ArticleIndian Indentured Labour in Natal 1860-1911
… for the third year. This was in accordance with the Natal Act No.14 of 1859 The Natal Colonial Government formulated … Ordinance No. 2, 1850, (Masters,…
PlaceSea Point
… were. Forced removals in Sea Point under the Group Areas Act – Tramway Road & Ilford Street Though the population of … Point Common . In 1903, under the…