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EventAn inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale finds no-one criminally liable for his death
… death. Dipale was arrested under the new Internal Security Act and charged with furthering the aims of a banned … person to die in detention. The Internal…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - ‘Locations’ For Labour
… of workers, how they did it, and why. The Urban Areas Act The first major response by the South African government … the government passed a law, the Natives…
ArchiveRobert Grendon: A Life Rediscovered, (Daily Maverick), 4 March 2024
… of his life being hounded out of positions by the colonial authorities. He died in poverty, in a small hut. The first … a full-length exposé of the injustice…
EventGandhi leaves South Africa
… and Gen J.C. Smuts led to the passing of the Indian Relief Act, by which the £3 tax on ex-indentured Indians was … were enabled to join their parents in…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Cross-roads of Native Policy
… of a virgin land. To the early English missionaries, the Bantu and Hottentots were brothers entitled to equality of … had of territorial segregation is that…
34. Further immigration restrictions, 1903
… Officer at Durban of the working of the present Act, it appears that only one hundred and fifteen Asiatics … of the Immigration Officer would go to show that…
EventDr. Dadoo and Naicker lead Passive Resisters
… of the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act, the so-called Ghetto Act, enacted by the Smuts Government. …
EventThe official launch of the SABC
… the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), under Act 22 of 1936. The broadcasts of the African Broadcasting … National Service broadcasted only in…
EventThe South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS) is established
… of Van den Bergh, through the Public Service Amendment Act of 1969. This Act did not give a full brief for the agency, but in 1972 the State Security Council…
EventSouth Africa Freedom Day - 26 June 1950
… apartheid government introduced the Unlawful Organisations Act and the Suppression of Communism Act. In March 1950, the African National Congress … 18 and…
PlaceDu Toit's Kloof Pass and the Huguenot Tunnel
… he acquired a piece of land for farming by the Dutch Authorities, which he called: ' Kleine Bosch ', just below … for the purpose intended. Taking his advice…
ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
… on the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act , No 34 of 1995. It resembled a legal body that was … were requested in accordance with the…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… jobs in the mines safe for white miners. 1910-1919 This Act provided for the reservation of certain jobs in the … and sharecroppers. 1926 Masters & Servants…
Article1913 Satyagraha Campaign Resumes
… transferred to the Pietermaritzburg prison in Natal. This act of protest by a relatively small group of Satyagrahis … £3 Tax , recognise Indian marriages,…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… such as the Pass laws and amendments to the Immorality Act. In 1951 the Separate Representation of Voters Bill to remove … Cape. All were charged under the…
Speech by Albert Luthuli at a public meeting organized by the South African Congress of Democrats, 1 February 1958
… a democratic people upon the lines of the so-called "Bantu Authorities" - where we will not participate in the ordinary … traditions. But it is in line with…
Our Vision is a Democratic Society, 1958
… a democratic people upon the lines of the so-called "Bantu Authorities" - where we will not participate in the ordinary … traditions. But it is in line with…
EventAfrikaans becomes the official language of the Union of South Africa
… On 8 May 1925, the Official Languages of the Union Act No 8 of 1925 was passed at a joint sitting of the House of Assembly and the Senate. By this Act Dutch…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 4
… Assurance. It is clear from the records that some local authorities availed themselves of these services. In the … Kajee endeavoured to meet the wishes of…
Document 71 - Spartacus Club October Revolution Celebrations Oddfellows Hall, 70 Loop Street, Cape Town, 6 November 1937
… "The Spark" "7th November" (in Xhosa) "The Earth is Good" ACT I Scene 1. At a Dutch farm, Transvaal, 1913, just after the Native Land Act has been passed,…
42nd African National Congress Conference: Resolutions, 20 December, 1953
… areas. 7. Conference is totally opposed to the so-called Bantu Education Act and calls upon the African people to do everything … possible to compel the…
PlaceBabanango, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… planning program was initiated by the Department of Bantu Affairs through Proclamation 31 of 1939 and regulated … those on trust land in accordance with the…
Archive”Presidential Address” by Dr. A. B. Xuma
… of Congress but we do not seem willing to think and act for ourselves as did these old stalwarts. To-day you and … system of franchise. Under the…
Presidential Address, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, 14 December 1941
… of Congress but we do not seem willing to think and act for ourselves as did these old stalwarts. To-day you and … system of franchise. Under the…
EventBritish presents final Peace proposal
… C Smuts, one of the Boer negotiators, immediately deleted "ACT OF SURRENDER' on the title page and replaces it with "ACT OF PEACE". The British proposal…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… the fall of Sebastopol in the Crimean War. 4 June, An Act is passed creating the Port Elizabeth Divisional Council. … First World War. 1920 Parliament passes…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of Phase 1B of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Mohale Dam, Kingdomof Lesotho, 16 March 2004
… review undertaken in that year indicated that the project authorities had been concentrating mainly on the engineering … European Investment Bank. The manner…
87. Today’s lessons are tomorrow’s weapons for students
… not formed before then? ANSWER: In the past, university authorities had consistently tried to keep student … taken over by reactionary elements; that the…
ArticleThe African Union and Regional Economic Integration
… industrialised countries. The AU is therefore expected to act as the primary vehicle for the advancement of regional … Pan-African Parliament in Article 17…
36. The fault of Indian immigrants is their poverty and their skin
… on the way in which the 1903 Immigration Restriction Act operated under Harry Smith, the Immigration Restriction … were denied entry into Natal during the…