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… (pro bono) legal services to people oppressed by unjust laws.  The impact of its work was deep.  His and the LRC’s … many judgments that blunted the impact of apartheid laws.  As in the pass law cases, the judgments they secured even made it …

… with high grades, were asked to learn a new language and pass the same courses; this proved to be an extremely …

… December the Gaikas attacked a colonial patrol at Boomah Pass and destroyed three military villages. The Gaikas …

… Sangui, a powerful northern commander, for the Manchus to pass through the great wall. [70] This was a fatal mistake, …

… outside the police station, protesting about the Pass Laws . There were many dead and a large number of wounded. … were busy duplicating thousands of leaflets for the Anti-Pass campaign. This had been given a big impetus by Chief …

… activities which also allowed wealth of the guilty to pass into the hands of the Chief. [84] The Governor … of the Chief to ‘assist’ in dictating and carrying out laws to the people. [86] Sir George Grey, Governor of the … for the colony. He introduced acts like the ‘Kaffir Pass Act’, prohibiting the Xhosa from independently seeking …

… march to the Union Buildings to demand an end to the pass laws. We are happy to have in our midst Ms Sophie de Bruyn, …

… was to undermine his authority. From this it was easy to pass to the next stage. As the ferocity of the military … tribes, find out the customs of the people, and pass on this information where it was most useful. Thus they …

… taken up by the Durban City Council, which attempted to pass several pieces of legislation to counter these … the chief magistrate of Durban, who was supposed to pass sentence on PR. The sentencing however was postponed to …

… stop at Bakong to view the endangered bearded vulture, and pass through Ts'ehlanyane to meander around the rare …

… an English name. Again, that foreign phrase could hardly pass as current coin among the community. A small prize was …

… on Robben Island and in Pollsmoor gaol. Their lives pass by while they wait for the freedom, which they know, …

… the TIC and NIC, and calling for resistance against racist laws. Many of them volunteered, at great personal sacrifice, … leading to the great Campaign of Defiance against Unjust Laws in 1952, a non-violent campaign in which over 8,000 …

… retaining internal autonomy on matters relating to Tswana laws. Britain did not introduce economic development in the …

… a trained lawyer, answered the ANC call to break specific laws as Volunteer in Chief in the Defiance Campaign of 1952 …

… classes, predominantly black, in a world shaped by race laws and extractive industry. Others record the varying …

… and we are such a big group. We are tired of them making laws for us and against us, not with us. And that is why we …

… asbestos mines in the Northern and Eastern Transvaal. Soon laws were introduced which favoured the mine owners. Migrants …

… who had been reduced to squatters on their own land by the laws introduced by the British, and were increasingly …

… patrol the townships enforcing racially biased detainment laws [1] . Gwen Ansell describes these living situations in a …

… Prior to the passage of apartheid laws both Black and White South Africans played rugby, albeit …

… of this essay. Generally speaking, the constitution and laws of South Africa are very liberal, yet the reality is …

… 1998, p252). An extensive number of initiatives and laws have come into force, most notably the establishment of …

… Africa became virtually identical. The same repressive laws were passed in the parliaments of both countries. When … before it was banned in South Africa itself. Many of the laws in Zimbabwe are carbon copies of laws passed in South Africa. The legal system is the same. It …

… workers have in the struggle against the employers. Labour laws have helped in some instances, but only to an … against economic slavery and the tyranny of the Conspiracy Laws. We did not confine our appeals and activities to narrow … issue press statements, study the clumsily-drafted labour laws of South Africa, take minutes, issue reports-in short, …

… to Britain in response to the implementation of new land laws in the Orange Free State, which had stripped black … action, which involved breaking unjust apartheid laws, such as the permit laws which banned people from moving around freely. The SACP …